Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-16
$4,000 BABY
|SCLOSELY
GUARDED
Actress Had Premonition of Death
and WiIIed Girl Should Be
Reared by Relatives.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 1--we will
never give up Lena without making
a fight until the last" said Harry
Wendell. No. 1894 Maryland avenue,
husband of the sister of the late Mrs
Jacques Bradley Swift, Of Atlanta,
to-day as the pretty little three-year-
old child played about the parlor.
why shouldn't we?" he continued
my sister, law died yesterday
abut II o'clock at the Providence Hos
pital, where she went for an opera
ton for appendicitis. She made her
will the day before she went to the
hospital, in which she said:
"I will and bequeath to my sister
Mrs. Harry Wendell. all of my per-
sonal property and designate and APP
point her guardian Of my only child,
Lena. to serve as such until said Lena
is twenty one years of age, and direct
that she have sole custody of the
child until said child is twenty one
years of age
Isn't that plan enough"
Qualities as Guardian.
Early this morning Mr.. Wendell
went to the District Of Columbia Pro-
bate Court and presented the will for
probate, and later Mrs. Wendell quail
fed as guardian of the child as d.
rected under the will. Mr.. Wendell
a +
torney and see what course would be
necessary in order to obtain the legal
adoption of the child.
IT think we are within our legal
rights in taking this step" he con-
tinued. Mrs. Bradley gave up a
settlement of $4,000 in order to re-
tain the custody Of the child" he
said.
she loved the child, and her last
words spoken were to myself and my
wife, In which she said she wanted
us to keep the child, and we will do
so as long as we can fight the Swift
money, which we realize may mean
hard fight"
Congressman Gives Advice.
The funeral of the mother Of the
800 900 baby has not been held There
will be brief service this afternoon
al the parlors of local undertaking
establishment, and tomorrow the
body will be buried in Glen Park
Cemetery.
Mrs. f. NJ. Harrison, Of Fork Ridge,
Tenn, the only other sister Of the
X cad mother will reach Washington
tb-night. Fork Ridge is near Middle
boro. KY. in the mountains of East
Tennessee, where DR., Harrison is u
physician for large mining compa-
ny, and he is coming to Washington
with his wife.
As soon as he arrives the sisters
will confer as to the plan of the fight
to retain the custody of the child. Mr..
Wendell is an employee Of the Gov
eminent Printing Office and an In
dianan, and with him resides Con-
gresham Ralph w. Moss, of the Fifth
Indiana District, and lifelong friend
of the Wendell family. He has shown
marked interest in the welfare of the
child also He has advised the Wen
dells from time to time.
Had Premontion of Death.
II is said that Mrs. Bradley had
a premonition Of death when she went
to the hospital, and for this reason
made provision for the child. Her es-
tate consists of nothing save personal
effects, which she said she wanted her
daughter to have in case she did not
recover
Although neither Mr.. Swift nor any
member of his family have given an
inklng Of their plans, it is generally
expected among their friends that
both he and his mother contemplate
reopening the legal battle for the
child. which was awarded to the
mother by the court in the last legal
bate in lieu of the 100000 for which
Mia swift sued her husband.