Arizona republican., 1912-01-17
. SOUTH SIDE NEWS

months. paving during that time
every possible attention to the boys
in the hope that they might be in
duced To go back with them said
Mrs. Mathews yesterday They
steadfastly refused. The old folks
had their heart set on il. but this
was the one thing that the TreVett
millions failed Ia accomplish. They
could not buy away a mothers love
and devotion. Consequently they
failed in their endeavors.
Apparently they have won. but it
viii be only for a few weeks or
months. as soon AS the courts can
offer justice To my cause she de
clared. The whole affair is a long
rre-arranged. well thought out plan
on the part of my former husbands
parents They enlisted the services
OF the chldrenS tutor. from all that
can learn.
For some time they had been
going Ia the Urban military academy.
There Captain \ G. Waddell was
asked To look particularly after their
welfare. Last summer he took them
on a trip L. Portland. Seattle. and
other interesting points in the north
western territory. With the APP
proach Of the Christmas vacation he
requested the privilege of taking
them on pleasure jaunt To Phoe-
nix. where he had friends and where
h wanted the boys To get acquaint-
ed with irrigation and view the
Roosevelt dam.
We never gave the matter fur
Their thought and the boys being
anxious for the trip. they We're made
ready and started on their way. We
received letters from them regularly.
Then came break and finally the
postal which told me the whole story
in a glance. Waddeil had played
false. from appearances"
The past week Mr.. Waddell spent
with Charles Haigler. He WAS in
town Yesterday and his attention was
called To the Examiner article. He
expressed the deepest Indignation at
the story ard characterized. it as Il
fabrication. pure and simple
The article which appeared in the
Los Angeles Examiner of Wednesday
the 10th. * nothing but contem-
pitb!e fabrication. the product Of the
lima gination of some rambling cub
reporter. said Mr. Waddell. The
facts Of the case are not only mis-
represented but were never known To-,
any one but myself. To- the guardian.
John II. Trevett Of Champaign, H..
and to the presiding judge of the cir
cult court of Champaign county. III.
These boys were placed in Ur-
ban military academy and when the
grandmother went east. l was re-
uuested To exercise special care and
to supervise their education. The
mother was permitted To- visit the
children whenever the guardian saw
fit but in no way was she to inter
fer with the guardian in care of the
children. The grandmother was
anxious for the bows to see the salt
River valley and wrote to me short
ly before the Christmas holidays and
asked that the boys be taken on such
trip. The guardian wired the nee
essary funds for their transportation
and we came to Phoenix. | found
telegram from John r. Trevett
awaiting me which said sickness pre-
vents him from visiting California
this summer. and he thought it best
the BOYS should come home.
We came over 10 Tempe and
stopped at the Casa Iona for sew
eral days. during which time num-
Der Of wired messages were eX-
changed and the boys were placed
on an eastbound train last Thursday.
The mother was notified. The boys
Were anxious 10 20 home