The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-06-08
MRS. BARNES A 5
 POLICE TO BRING
 BACK STOLEN CHILD
Alleges that Husband from Whom She Separated Five Years Ago Has Removed Little Girl to His
 Home in Virginia

Convinced that her husband from whom she has been estranged fol | five years, has kidnapped their pretty golden haired girl of ' to make hel his companion on lonely voyages ou of Hampton Roads. Va, in his fish ing smack, Mrs. Jennie M. Barnes o1 A Arch street, has appealed to the police to help her regain possession of the child, missing since yesterday
 The police have placed the matter in the hands of Prosecutor Delaney They are convinced that Barnes has taken the girl back to Virginia, and they believe he can be arrested as a kidnapper under a Connecticut statute that makes it a criminal offence for parents, when estranged, to lure their children away from one another. and take them outside the bounds of the state in which they reside.
 Mrs. Barnes has been the sole sup port of the little girl and a boy for five years, and today when she fear claim her daughter, she was nearly prostrated. But the dire need that has beset her ever since her husband sent her away from his home in Norfolk, into Connecticut. made her lay aside her grief and return to her  where she is an operative in the rub- Der factory.
 Five years ago according to her story to the police, Barnes, well TO do fisherman of Norfolk, sent his wife and their two children, Everett then 2 lad of 6, and Mildred Marie, then 2, to visit his sister, Mrs. Annie Howard Anderson, Who lives at 1926 Main street, this city. Mrs. Barnes came to Bridgeport enjoying the holiday. She wrote letter to her husband, and he answered. Then she wrote again, asking about going home. and the letter was returned. unopened
 Through relatives Mrs. Barnes learned later that her husband didnt want her to return. She was practi- sally without funds, and she 1i1n { feel that she could depend upon her sister-in-law for support So she sought employment For four years ST @ had been working with the Can field Rubber Co. Latterly she has been living at IA Arch street, where she maintains three rooms for her self and her two children.
 Everett and Mildred, the children, got their mothers befmission to go to Mrs. AreRrson's. S. IS Elm street. yes. terday afternoon, when they learned that because of the rain there was no afternoon session. When their mother was at the factory, they went to Mrs. Andersons and there they found their father, Howard Edgar Barnes.
 Barnes made his appearance al the Elm street house at o'clock yester- day morning, according to his sisters story to the police. He said nothing to her of plans to take the children away.
 Barnes appeared to be overjoyed at sight of the little daughter, but he gave little evidence of pleasure at sec ing his son. The little girl was neatly clad. for the mother. though without much funds, always managed to keep the children attractively dressed Barnes invited his sister to accom- pany the children to the stores with him. They went to $. B. Thing & Go. 1153 Main street, near street. where he bought shoes for the son and while they were trying on the shoes the father suggested that the little daugh- ter should accompany him to the rail- road station to get a timetable.
 Mrs. Anderson and Everett agreed to wait for them at Mrs. Andersons house, and father and daughter walk ed out of the store towards Golden Hill street to go to the station
 When night came, and the children were not home Mrs. Barnes hastened