Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-10-14
CONTROVERSY lovER KIDNAPPED.
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scoLEeouRNEN CHILDREN OF
81, GILMAN lNtcouRT AGAIN. 81
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kchiLDREN RICH BUT IN
; NEED cFtNEcEsslTlEs
Attorney for Mother and Children
Makes Unscuseefu Effort ito Get
Allowance - Mother. selngin Con.
! tempt Of Court, Blocks the1Way =
Is Many Complications Added to Case.


bourne Kre.s. formerly OF Gilman. and
n r Ensminger. OF that place, over
the possession OF Mrs IKreis' two chill
draa. Lucille ana Fay. and the money
Of ele!r estate, which shas been in the
local( and supreme cour1s number Of
years broke out afresh before Judge
! Parker n the district tcourt Thucsday
afternoon.
! Co.nplica ton has been added to COM
pl.cssct in this case slntil now II is
Z IN the courts of two nations. there are
two guardians. the children are resi-
dents OF a foreign country, the.-
mother IS ini contempt Of the highest
court OF the state. and tbs children
are unable 10 get penny OF the
! SIS 600 estate held by the guard ian.
J Nayor 2 r. EnsIninger, o. Gilman
+ These are the principal complications
/ in this case which, in the past. has
! had its seasa IionaI features
Wants Money For Children.
/ The case was opened up af-esh
Thursday afternoon when the attorney
I fo-N Mrs k-eis and the children came
+, INTO .cou-1 with an application tina, Mrs.
kreis be allowed approximately $50
from the ctllld-en's estate for neces-
I sites OF life which she claims to have
! furnished for the children.
! Because the mother, IN the sight OF
+! the supreme court, stands IN contempt
/ Of that court. this, application would
not be considered by Judge Parker.
/ This phase Of the case illustrates how
the disobedtence Of the mother IN not
oheving the courts order Is visited
upon the sinnocen, children.
| Want Children Provided For.
It is claimed by the attorney repre-
ser.ing the children that they want for
the needful things OF l.fe, and that be-
cause the mother has no means the
children can not be sent TO school In
this connection there is another Pc
cuiar phase OF the case. While the
children can not get money from the
estate which was left them by their
father the guardian s able to have
bills allowed 20 pay his attorneys THIS
IS again due to the fact that IN the
courts eyes the guardian IS within the
pale Of the law and the mother and
The children are outside OF it.
Wien Judge Parker refused to con-
slider lhe claim OF the mother for money
spa7t the court was asked to make
prov sio., for the chidren's future ex-
pensas and necessities Even the at
4 tornevs Tor the guardian consider these
lust bur le mother stands n the
way. This IS because TO way has yet
beer devised fo- getting money from
The estate 70 The children without i
goj-s thru the mothers hands and this
the guardian and his attorneys will not
listen 20 Eventually a way nay be
found bur + Will not be until the
mother Is eliminated.
Kidnapng Cause Of Tans'e.
The beginning of the trouble, which
dates back several years. reached lts
climax when Mrs. kreis kidnaped the
/ children from the Keller & Pound store
in this city one Saturday afternoon
about a year ago
when the father % the Children died
Ensrninge- vas appointed adminisi-a-
.or OF the person and estate 0. the Two
cailere-. The mother had them to- q
time. but eventually the lawful guar
dian secured them. Then Mrs kreis
brought habeus corpus proceedings -
regain possession OF hem; also a nloCi-
acation OF the guardianship, for ne
purpose OF making Ens-ninger guar
dian Of The state only was begun Judge
Parker refused 70 modify the guardian
ship. and the mothers attorney ap-
peaied 70 the supreme court.
Mother Defies the Court,
While the appeal vas pending. az
to-rseys for the guardian became aware
1aa. Mrs. kreis was determined 70
have.he- children in spite OF The courts
So. appearing before the supreme court
they secured an order restraining the
mother from taking the children. In
The fAc-,os This s:le KIDNAPPED the chill
a-en from this ci-y, hurried them out
Of town il an automobile and took
them 10 Alberta, Canada. where they
now are. Eventually the appeal on the
habeus corpus case came before the
supreme court. which not only affirm
ed thu lower courts decision that the
guardian should have the children, but
held Mrs. K-eis IN contempt OF court
and dismissed her case In that status
the case, i it might be 50 considered,
still stands
Mother Now Also Guardian.
After going to Canada II is said that
the mother applied 70 the Canadian
courts and had herself appointed guar
The guardian ard his attorneys say
they are wiling that the children
should be properly provided for. and
that they be well taken care Of and
sent TO school. but that they must be
returned 10 the guardian. This the
mother SO far refuses 70 do and the
local guardian is rowerless TO bring the
children from Canada In the mean
time however, the estate is increasing
in value. and the profits are being in
vested, but no part of it can the chill
dren touch because the guardian does
not have them in his possession and
because the mother stands in the way
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