Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1913-03-18
MOTHERS FIGHT
FOR This GIRL
nIIL\lI IL \ PRETTY LITTLE
CHID AND MNRT-SIIOlLD
HER MOTHER NAVE HER?
A PROBLEM TO SOLVE.
Foster Parcnts VIII Fight For Her
Possession in Courts-liumanc
Agent l. Puzzled.

! Beulah--but that's all the further
| the story can go as to name because
| IL isn't quite determined what her
last name really is. Anyway, Beulah
Is the pretticst kind of "A pretty little
girl, just five and half years old.
She is bright as she can be, and in the
ycrnacular of the kids" she is "shar-
per n the dickens"
Beulah, however. is right now "A
bone of contention. Two women are
claiming her as their own, and A. NJ.
Welch, humane officer, is pu2zline
himself wild trying to determine all
about it. and the chances are that be-
fore everything is settled, the little
girl will have made her appearance in
court.
1t is rather pitifu sort of a tale
started in Bartcsville about four years
ago. At that time, Mrs. Margaret
Slade and Alice Malone were living in
Bartlesvlle. They were both mothers
but the child of Mrs. Slade had died.
The other mothers child was about a
year and half old at that time-that
is. Beulah was about that old, and her
mother found it mighty hard thing
to take care of the mite of humanity
and make living at the same time.
Ii was awfully hard. she said yester-
day at the Humane Society's head
quarters in the courthouse, to part
with the little girl, awfully hard, but
she found that II was impossible to
care for the child and make living
at the same time. SO she knew Mrs.
Sladc pretty well, and gave the child
over into her keeping.
Then it seems that the child and its
| real mother became separated to such
an extent that the mother could not
! locate the child Mrs. Slade removed
to Tulsa. however, bringing Bculah
with her. and the pretty miss has been
| a Tulsan ever since, living with her
| foster mother at First and Elwood
! Sometime ago the foster mother be-
came divorced, but the foster father
! loved Beulah as though she We're his
own child. and at numerous times
since his wife procured the divorce,
he has sent her money that she might
| fare well In this old world.
According 70 the story OF the real
mother. her heart has ached for full
three years for the sight OF her child
and she says she has longed to clasp
it to her bosom as she did In its in
fancy She thought of Beulah by day,
and dreamed Of Beulah by night, and
she claims she has made diligent in
Quiry in many of the cities OF the
| Southwest seeking to locate her little
girl
It was not until recently however,
that she applied to Ed Yoder. chief OF
police of Tulsa. After having worked
on the case for several days. Chief
Yoder found the child in the custody
Of Mrs. Slade In the latter's home at
First and Elwood. He notified the
mother. now resident of Chanute.
! KanS., ana the mother and her sister
came to Tulsa Yesterday morning and
at once sought to regain the custody
Of Bculah.
But the foster mother does not wish
To give Beulah up. She told A. NJ.
| Welch. humane officer. that she will
| fight the case in court until her every
! penny is gone IN order to keep pos
session Of the child. The mother is
just as strong in her convictions as to
the recovery OF custody of the little
girl.
The Humane society is just now
making investigations into the status
of the AFFAIR, and is seeking to ascer-
tain which one Of the two women Is
the more entitled to caring for the
child. II the influence of the humane
officer is Of no avail, 1t is quite likely
that some court action will be taken
early this week, the one woman at
tempting 10 gain the child's care and
keep, and the other seeking TO main
ain IL