The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1913-05-19
District Attorney of Sacra-
mento and Representatives
of Mrs. Anita Baldwin
McClaughry and Her Hus-
band Arrange Limitation
on the Number of Guards
OFFICIAL ENDORSES
TERMS OF TRUCE
Not More Than One Detec-
tive for Each Watch on
Mothers End of Case
Same Force to Be Hired
by Father to See Chill
dren Are Not Molested

The siege of Gait has partly been
raised.
The fight over the McClaughry chill
dren that is being conducted by the
father. Hull McCIaughry. on one side
and Mrs. Anita Baldwin McClaughry
on the other. has come to definite
conclusion as far as District Attorney
wachhorst of Sacramento and Attorney
John J. Barrett, for Mrs. McClaughry.
are concerned.
city late Saturday, had this to say last
night:
I'VE have reached an agreement by
which 1t will be impossible to miscon-
strue the motives of Superintendent
Mundell of the Burns Detective agency
or of myself or others connected with
the case in the interest of the mother
of Dextra and Baldwin McC1aughry.
'Mr. Wachhorst and I agreed that
there should be no more than one man
for each watch on the mothers end of
the case, and Mr.. McClaughry has
agreed to have the same number of
watchers at the Gait ranch to see that
the children are not moIested.
'ENo KIDNAPPING SCHEME,
Il would like to say that under no
circumstances has Mrs. Mcclaughry.
nor any of her agents. made an effort
TO kidnap' the children. The Burns
men have simply tried to watch the
Gait ranch. to see that nothing was
done toward taking the children away"
Attorney Barrett. who rushed to Sac
ramento on a hurryup telephone cali
Friday afternoon. got into conference
with District Attorney Wachhorst as
soon as he reached that city. and ex-
plained that the purpose Of Mrs. Nc
Claughry was not to have her agents
do anything rash. nor did these agents
Intend to override the authorities Of
Sacramento. or any other county.
Mr.. Wachhorst presumably was well
satiseAd with Mr.. Barretts explanation
of case. and then 1t was that the
three men on each side. Burns for the
mother and Pinkertons for the father,
were agreed upon.
COURT APPEAL THREATENED
After this peace agreement the story
came from Sacramento that, unless the
two factions got together, resort would
be had to the Juvenile court for the
protection of the children.
Judge J. W. Hughes is the presiding
justice of the Sacramento juvenile court
and District Attorney Wachhorst is
said to have made application to him
to keep his eye on the case.
A dispatch from Sacramento had it
that District Attorney wachhorst said
that he would show Superintendent
Mundell" that he had something to
say about the conduct of the case
The official caused two special officers
from the sheriff's office to motor to
Gait yesterday and remain there to
see that neither the Burns nor Pinker-
ton men increased the guards.
Should District Attorney Wachhorst
take charge of the case and apply to
the Juvenile court probation officer
would take the six million dollar
youngsters" in charge and remove them
to the Sacramento detention home.
Should this be done. move will be
made by attorneys for Mr. McClaughry
to enjoin the courts from interfering,
and some sort of action will be taken
by Mrs. McClaughry's lawyers to force
the home to give the children over to
the mother.
Should the apparent truce between
the mother and father fail of observ-
ance, action will be taken by the Sac
ramento authorities today to bring the
matter to focus.
Mrs McClaughry wired her representa-
tives last night that she would spare
no expense in getting possession of the
children when the time came for her
to make the crucial test of who should
be their custodian.
Mr.. McClaughry kept closely within
the confines of his Gait farm and re-
fused to answer telephone calls.
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