The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-08-25
May SEND A MOTHER TO JAIL
YRS. STlRBICk va ST FIND HER
CHIIDREN ~ TO-Dti.
justice brad, says she'll Ne InsprIsoasd
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Supr-m- Court Justice Brady told Mr-
Grac. I S,arbuck yesterday that unless
she cpni-- into court az noon to-day and
tells sh-re her two children are he will
cunteIupt Mrs Starbuck said that she
would come 10 court prepared IN go Ca
Jail. becaus. the children had run away
from her two weeks ago and she has no
idea where they are.
Mrs Starb,lck - tn. wife 81 Ferdinand
Starbuck. a salesman. who IL suing her
for divorce She has filed n counter
suit and asked Supreme Court Justice
Bischod for alimony Ne gave her SIS
a month and awarded the custody of the
children. Ferdinand. aged ~. and Cath
crime. n ~ the husband. Two weeks ago
they disa ppeared suddenly.
S,arbuck's lawyer went ~ Justice
Bischor and said that Mrs Starbuck had
kidnapped the children and taken them
10 Jersey city. where she IL living. Justice
Bischuff ordered her to bring them 90
lneH latueT anu " NaH pr'"u'' Sh' ""'
failed TO obey that order that she was
before Justice Brady Yesterday To he
punished for contempt.
J NJ Gro-smsn. counsel for Mrs star
buck said that he had done his hest 60
get Mrs Starbuck 10 comply with the
Courts order She insisted that one
dav the children called up their father
aud pleaded To he permitted Ia stay with
their mother. Their father talked 80
gruffiv q them. the mother said, that
they told her they intended to run away
where he couldn't find them She gave
them 81 and hasn't heard u them since
sh. told her lawyer
Mr. Gro@sman said he told his client
that the Court wouldn't believe such
story. but she still insisted that she didn't
know where the children went. He
asked the Court to take into consideration
the fact that Mrs Starbuck came over
voluntarily from New Jersey. although
knowing that she might he sent to jail
That's strange story remarked
Justice Brady.
The lawyer asked that Mrs Starbuck
he permitted To tell her story and when
the Court consented she said
L have come here to answer this pro-
cesding and 10 tell you that ! do not
know where my children are. because they
have run away I have my things here
and am ready 20 60 to jail. but my chill
dren are really lost. and have been lost
for two weeks
After my husband took the children
from me ! used to 20 up TO MOrningside
Park each afternoon and meet them
They told me- they wanted TO he with me
and that daddy was not kind to them
They came 10 me two weeks ago on Mon
day They went out and i.lephoned
som. here and then came back and
asked me for money. gave them 81
They went away and have never seen
them since Your Honor can send me
to Jail. for I am ready TO go since ny
husband sued me ! have been attending
college ~ that | can earn my own living
hut there IL not hing for me TO do now but
go to Jail because ! cannot find the chill
dren
That story IL very improbable said
Justice Brady I cannot b~lisve that
two children hav. b-en wandering around
With o. for two weeks and all trace Of
them. has b..en lost You do not seem TO
show much maternal concern for their
whereabouts For all Won know their
bodies may bs floating in some canal or
other water
Mrs Starbuck still insisted that she
didn't know where the children went.
although she suggested thar they may
be- with soIne relative Justice Brady
sid he didn't like 20 send Mr. StArbuck
20 prison. hut said that she must obey
the orders Of IN. court and that she must
know where the children arr
Justice Brady said that since Justice
Bischon had looked into the case thor
oughly h. wanted the latter TO hear the
contempt proceedings He adjourne ed
the case until to-day - that II can he
taken before Justice Binchoff II possible