The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1914-04-27
Father Seized Little One
Whom Grandmother Says
Mother Bequeathed to Her.
HE IS A PHYSICIAN.
Makes $4,000 a Year, He
Says, and His Daughter Had
Been Put in an Orphanage.

""0t"ef NocuSty JOSephsn0
ThompThcmpson's mother had a
legal right 20 'beQueath" . child -,
when she was dying Is to be decided
by the Supreme Court Of New York
instead Of the Childrens Court. where
tho question was discussed to-day.
Judge Franklin c. Hoyt decided that
he had no Jurisdiction. and the father
and grandmother will carry the case
to tho higher court. In the mean
time Rosemary remains IN the Gus
tody Of the Children's Society.
Her father. DIR. Joseph A. Thomp-
son Of Philadelphia, seized her In
Eighth avenue. near One Hundred and
Forty-second street. last night. when
her grandmother. with whom the
child lived. had sent her out for rolls.
The grandmother contends that tho
child II rightfuliy in her custody be-
cause the mother 80 ordered before
she died.
Rosemary's father carried her into
drug store. followed by a man and
woman. evidently his friends. Sergt.
Dougherty Of the Lenox avenue sta
ton pushed through the crowd into
the pharmacy.
This IL my child" said tho man
who had picked ZIP the little girl. ~
am DIR. Joseph A. Thompson Of Or
thodox and Worth streets. Philadel-
phia, and I am telephoning for a
motor car to take her home with me.
AZ I have a perfect right TO do. Her
name Il Rosemary Josephine. and she
Is seven years old. MY companions
nre Robert and Maud Johns, private
detectives. who have helped me
search for my daughter"
All three produced credentials and
Sergt. Dougherty was puzzled TO
know what to do, ''Ts this your
father" he asked the girl.
yes. sir, but ! want to go to my
grandma" she said 'She sent me
out for roils-and here they are. and
the change"
| Just rs the Sergeant was asking
for the identity OF the grandmother.
that person appeared. She was Mrs.
Bridget Galway. about sixty ye3rs
old. whose home II at No. 30s West
One Hundred and Forty second
street.
That's my child-hcr mother gave
her TO me-" she exclaimed. Don't
let that man or that woman have
her." The old lady. not knowing the
identity OF Miss Johns, who In young
and good-looking, struck at her AMI
clinched with her. Patrolman Win
terhalter separated rho women. Miss
Johns refused to make "A complaint.
About this time the motor car
which DIR. Thompson had called for
drove up. and the whole party wen,
In II 20 the T.enoX avenue station
here Lieut.. Farrell heard the stories
Of both sides,
DR.. Thompson said that four years
ago his wife. who was Mrs. Galway's
daughter. and the little girl came &c
New York, III OF the grip. Mrs
Thompson died In her mothers home
That broke up his home In Philadei
phia. so no decided TO leave hi.
daughter with her grandmother for q
time, He paid her expenses, he said
But when he wanted the child back
this winter Mrs. Galway wouldnr
surrender her until she received $500
Then she secreted the child in an or
phanags az Rockaway Beach, bring
ing her home only a few weeks ago.
Mrs. Galway, on the other hand. de
clared that her daughter. dying, he
queathed the child to her. and said
) Don't over let her father have her.
BESIDES. the grandmother asserted 4
Lieut.. Farrell. DIR. Thompson WASH
proper person 70 have charge O
little Rosemary. He lived In tn
slums. she said.
"Why. Lieutenant, ! have prac
u tice Of we'll over $4,000 q year and
beautiful home" the physician ca
:, claimed.
y Lieut. Farrell decided II was all to
complicated for him. NO he had tn
;, little girl sent down TO tho Children