Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-09-25

came to her before she kidnapped
Herbert Clark and asked her advice
on the contemplated action. Mrs. Ly-
man said she urged her not to take
such an action but to go and see Mrs.
Palmer and try and adjust the matter
in an amicable manner.
Mrs. @Lyman's testimony brought
out further proof OF the number Of
different stories Miss Wendell told re-
lative to the parentage Of the child.
Dispositions introduced showed that
a number of nurses in Cedar Rapids
and Maquoketa, had the idea that
Miss Wendell was the mother of the
child. This seems to have been the
general belief in Miss Wndell's home
town. ...
Clark Takes Stand. r
G. F. Clark was recalled to the
stand yesterday afternoon, and again
told the story of how Herbert Clark
came into his home. Mrs. Palmer
first turned the child over to them to
care for while she was away on a trip.
When she returned she insisted that
they keep him a little longer as a
child at her home had w%hooping
cough and she was afraid Herbert
might contract it. That was in the
month Of November, 1872, and from
that day until the present time the
boy has been in the constant care of
the Clark family.
The story as told by Mr.. Clark of
the way the youngster gradually
found a place in the hearts of both
Mr.. and Mrs. Clark, has already been
told, and further comment is unneces-
sary. Every effort was made by the
Clarks to find the parents of the
child, but they all failed. AS Don as
they heard OF the Side family they
tried to get in touch with them, so
sincere were they in their efforts to
find the parents Of the boy. Their
trouble led them into the present
case. t. ....-.
Questioned relative to his ability 20
properly look after the boy and give
him a good education, Mr.. Clark again
related his plans for the boys future,
all of which are we'll under way at the
present time. He stated that he was
rot what might be termed a wealthy
man, but he was we'll able to bring
the boy up: in a. proper name His
income he stated vas approximately
$4,000 a year, half of which sum was
about the annual living expense of
himself and family. s.... r.
Continue Today.
There are several more witnesses
still to be examined and the case will
be continued today. Attorneys for Mr..
Clark think they will be able to COM
p1ete their case and have all their evil
dence in today.
The case has occupied the atten.
ton of the Supreme Court for the en-
tire week, and there is a strong pos
sibility that several more days will be
renuired to complete it.
There is no Case in the annals of
this state. or Of any other state that is
a parallel for this one. No novelist
ever conceived a plot more compli-
Gated. and no detective in fiction or
real life yer came in contact with a
case SO full of unexpected turns and
angles. ,,. . h., . "..
Those who have listened to all tn
evidence presented are more 9t sea
today.than ever; and are at a loss to
untangle the complex web which has
been woven. about the life of little
Herbert Clark. Like a rudderless
ship he has drifted about the country.
laundering and being showed into all
maner ofshomes. Here today and zone
tomorrow. life has been one continual
surprise for this little eight-year-old
bow. He: didn't get a fair start, every
thing was against him the day he was
born. and things continued to go
against him. .a...:,
Much interest is attached to the
case locally as we'll as in Iowa where
Mr.. and Mrs. Clark are known, and
the outcome is being a~nxiously await
ed '.
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