New-York tribune., 1913-11-19
MOTHER Love WINS
OVER LAWS DECREE
Court Permits Woman to
Keep Son Who Ran Away
from Institution.
Is IN CONTEMPT,
BUT GOES FREE
,Crores Order to Produce Boy
Until Sheriff Acts-Ther Her
Story Triumphs.

Mother love was triumphant in the Su-
rene Court yesterday. 1t won over the
..r5ate Of the court itself, but not with
80, ,be suffering that only mother
.ns when she fears her child is to be
taken from hc'
~ the case AZ bar yesterday, that IF
NJ. Elizabeth katherine Hirsch, of No.
,,s Ucst 4ith street, there was first her
<.,r that her fourtcen-year-old son. Will
- Henry IHrsch. would he returned 10
!, Cbristophers Home for Boys. from
nth he ran away. and. ON the other
I'd thc.e was the possibility. which
.s,carned the mother least on her own
..,o,pt. that she would hc committed to
aleu- street Jail for contempt Of court
=. falling To produce her son in court on
writ Of habeas corpus sworn out by
,,o counsel for the home.
For several weeks Mrs Husch resisted
,.s Efforts OF the deputy sheriffs To arrest
,sy ,p the charge of contempt she dis
,,.ve5 toward the mandate Of the Su-
give M the boy.
Vnen D,urty Sheriff Bier went to the
home Of Mrs HirSch Yesterday he sue
,ss6ed I'm inducing her TO go to court. He
harmed from her that she had no inten-
.o, IN obgt~uCt the course Of justice. but
hat she could not endure being again
,s,arored from her boy. The deputy
.bsrir saw three reasons why the mother,
,oo poor to engage counsel to plead her
,sse had remained Indifferent 10 the court
order They were three little children,
,bs Oldest hoy Of three wears. The hus-
hand and father. it was alleged. deserted
his family.
william after he ran away from the
bo7,o got Job in an Eighth avenue dry
goods store at s. week which, added
n the IS earned by Mrs Hirsch. VINO has
hser doing laundry work, kept the little
family together Another son. who is
eighteen years old, ran away from his
homo and is believed to he I'm the West
Mrs. Hirsch. who had a hard struggle 20
support herself. was induced to put Will
am in -. Christophcr's home forlhis own
sake as VOL as hers, but he became rest
less and finally ran away.
Mrs Hirsch was brought to the Sheriff
Office with her three-year-old boy SherHi
Hsrburger was unwilling To let her go 10
su VIII ch would have meant that she
would have TO remain I'm custody until
she produced her son in court. SO far as
she was concerned. she would GladlN
have done so: but that would nave lei'
ber other children without the care OF
mother. Her eyes were filled win tear
&c sbe sat i'm the Sheriffs office trying 10
,bink a ,yav out Of the quandary, while
the baby made friends with the otiicials
and nlaved about the Office. Sheriff Har-
burger gave his permission lot NIS'
Hirsch 10 20 back to her home IN CUSTODY
Of the deputy sheriff and bring her son 70
ooprt IN aave her from going 70 jail. Inc
mother hesitatinGly Obeycd
When the case was brought before Jus
lice seabury in the Supreme Court M'S'
g,rscb was stllI without counsel Albert
Bl,nens,iel Of Sheriff's counsel. was IN
court. but did not try 10 hold MIS-. ii'IS'i'
or her son.
Counsel for St. christopher iioI''
not inclined to press the case further thaH
to say he thought William should he s'"'
back because Of the tad effect his running
svay would have on the discipline ot inc
Institution.
Justice Seabury saw no reason "hN ne
should break up the family and deprive i
Of their necessary support He parolsu
William in the custody Of his mother the
court even refusing 10 punish her ior her
defiance Of the court order.