The evening world., 1911-03-20
Murray and His Wife See
Mysterious Influence at
Work Against Them.
ADOPTION PROPOSED.
Advertisement of Lawyers
SRich Client" Asks Informa-
ton Of Williams's" Parents

". John Murray and his wife, Sara
v@ Allen Murray of East Orange. faith
hs,ers and phiianthropists. are in
crsesingly worried over what they call
q strange and mysterious influence to
set away from them Kenneth Williams,
IA n~vs-year-old boy whom they adopted
a year age and renamed David Murray,
because he seemed to them a reincar-
nation Of n beautiful King David OF
The Scriptures.
The following advertisement appeared
In yesterdays newspapers:
wILLdAMs-Ths p~rnts OF kenneth Williams.
nov nearly ak years old. and who was. up to
sbouf one year ago. In st. Mary's Orphanage ct
Pruudence. X. l.. are requested to communicate
with the undersigned on n matter Of interest 10
then and their son. Providence tR. H. and Boa
TON (MAn.l payers please copy. ARCU y.
York City.
Rich Client Wants Boy.
(. Jona. who Is a lawyer. says hs
In rted the advertisement on behalf Of
"A nch client who had seen the little
boy and who wanted to adopt him II
the Murrays ave him up.
Only nine days g after a year long
court light with the st. Mary's Or
phanags Of Providence. X. l., which
SOUGHT to take the child back. David
mysterdously disappeared from the
Murray home. He was found by Mr..
Murray . week g tonight in the
brooklyn Bridge subway station. with
a story Of a a who had lured him
au1nv Apvrn Aa,,n pIth .a,l- ..1 80
kept him two days and " nights IN
q big house with lots OF automobiles
and carriages In front OF It."
David Is the son Of Edward ana
Louise Williams OF Nova Scotia. The
mother took ham to the Providence
OrphanaUe when he was three years
Old. saytng she was obliged to carr
her own living and was unable 10 do
no when the boy was with her. She
agreed to a 81 a week for his sup
port and railing that 10 give the boy
up to the o~rphanage for adoption. She
died. The boy was taken over by the
institution and through Miss Amy
Mason. a travelling agent OF the Or
,phaisaxe. WAS placed with the Murrays.
Tried to kidnap David.
According 10 the Murrays. Miss Ma.
son. though she represented a Protest.
n Episcopa! institution, had strong
Christian Science leanings and when
she found that the Murrays had Sc
reded from Christian Science after 4
bitter quarrel with Mother Eddy. the
campaign to taxi the boy away from
mis- adopted parents began.
An attempt mas made 10 kidnap Da-
vld a year ago. There are always u
number OF children at the Murray hoine
being cared for temporarily or perma-
nently, and the wrong boy was lured
away.
The o~rphanaEc started proceedings IN
the court OF Chancery. alleging that The
Murray home was not ut for children
and that there was no assurance that
here would always he sufficient income
Tor the little ones support.
The Murrays live in fine style, with
automobiles, nurses and g~overnesses.
and have large deposits in several
hanks. The court overruled the per-
sonal charges. but held that the Muy-
rays had no visible assurance of a con-
tinuous income and ordered the child
sent back. The Murrays appealed and
David was left with them pending a
decision.
The Murrays leased a house here. No.
lib West Eighty-sevcnth street, n month
ago. They couldn't move into Il because
David could not be taken from New
Jersey while he was II ward az the
court. Then David was Kidnapped, and
peoAle who did not like the MJrrays
said the kidnapping was a ruse to get
him put of New Jersey without putting
the Murrays in contempt.
Some One Else May Love Boy.
1T may be-" said Mr.. Murray In his
healing nsrlor IN the Metropolitan Tower
today, that the advertisement just
means what il says. The advertiser nay
ma one who has seen David and loves
lin, as everybody does, Believing that
We will lose our appeal, TINS stranger -
trying to guard against any fault IN
such papers of adoption as he may
seek to take out"
The asylum authorities have eN-
planned that the papers committing tht
boy to them were not signed by tn'
father and that they had no right Il
send him out for adoption without IN,
fathers signature.
Another explanation Of the adver.
tlsing," said Mr.. Murray, might b.
hat the o%rphanage was seeking to I'm
he father in order to strengthen thel'
asa In the proceedings t. take Dayi,
rom us.
But I don't know" he said sadly
There Is q strange, mysterious and
most powerful influence At work to KEEP
that dear little boy from me. II is al
most supernatural. | DO upi pretend t.
Understand IT,"
Before this the Nurays have lntimat'
ed that malicious animal magnetism
was Ut work in the case.