South Bend news-times., 1915-07-09
WIFE TELLS COURT SHE
PREFERS HER MOTHER
Husbands HabeaS Corpus Pro-
CeedingS Fall Flat in Elk
hart Court.

ELKHART. Ind, July 9.-The ha-
beas corpus proceedings of Earl Gard
ner, p, against Mrs Edith EgglestOn
OF Osolo township. mother Of Card
ner's wife, for illegal restraint Of his
wife and four-weeks-o old son, fell flat
in the superior court before Judge
Harman Thursday forenoon, a judg-
ment being entered that Mrs. Gardner
and child were not illegally restrained
of their liberty by Mrs. EgglestOn.
Mrs. Gardner testified that she was
not being restrained from returning
20 her husband by her mother, that she
did not want 10 return TO her husband
but did want TO stay with her mother.
Eighteen members of Elkharts 5
Italian colony will be part Of a dele
CATION Of 1000 reservists that left
Chicago Thursday night for New York
where they will go TO the fatherland
to enlist in the cause of the allies.
The Elkhartans went TO Chicago on
Thursday morning accompanied by
the local padrOne, Angelo Dente, and
will be furnished free transportation
back to Italy.
Jessie. wife Of Raymond Riggs. and
Ross Volmer, an employe Of a local
factory. who were arrested on the
complaint of the wOman's husband on
charge Of adultery, pleaded guilty
in the city court. The woman paid
$11 and Volmer stayed" SIS. Riggs
and his wife came here with carni-
val company.
John B. Kelley of Detroit and his age
as AZ, was arrested by Officer Wooley
Thursday forenoon on suspicion that
he had stolen a bicycle. Kelley was
seen to get on a bicycle and start
south. The officer, on being notified,
went in pursuit with the patrol Four
miles south Of the city he learned
Kelley had left the wheel at the side
of house and returned TO this city
on an interurban. The officer came
back and got here just in time to ar
rest Kelley. Kelley said he was drunk
and did not know where he got the
wheel. 1t is unclaimed.
Drink is alleged to have been at the
bottom of an assault and battery case
that Drayman CARMEN Scott filed
against James Akers of just west OF
the city.
According to the story told the pros
ecutOr, Akers employed Scott TO haul
chest of tools from the y. Y. G.
shops to his home, the tools being the
property of his father-in-law. 1t is
claimed Scott owed one OF the men
S1.5O. 1t is also asserted that before
the men started out with the chest
they visited several saloons.
With them was a man named Bays.
Scott refused to allow Bays to ride
and was also about to refuse to haul
the chest when AkerS is alleged to
have used force to compel him to pro-
ceed with the chest. and then told
him he was already paid for the work.
Scott says whenever he resisted, Akers
hit him.
Charging that three Italians who
were about to leave the city with the
avowed intention of returning to the
to join the army, had OBJ
tanned clothing under false pretenses
and were about to take 1T away, To-
cal business firm caused the arrest of
two of them Wednesday night. The
clothing had not been paid for
Those arrested were Patrick Renal
do. who returned clothing he had Sc
cured, and Joseph Porcoralli. who
paid $3.50 for clothing he had pur-
chased, and proceedings against both
were dismissed and they We're allowed
to go. The other Italian is Clan Vito,
but as he had already gone to Chi
cago, his trunk was seized on an at
tachment for $50 and is being held.
The Insulating Products Co, with
a paid UP capital stock of $10O, 600,
whose office will be in this city, has
been incorporated in Indianapolis The
directors are p. l.. Turner Of Elkhart,
a. 3. Connable. II. G. Wright, Samuel
/. Bickerstaff and George l. Erwin
OF Kalamazoo: Frank G. limerick of
st. Louis; Frank X. Sawyer of Alex
andria. Ind, and G. FL. Bosworth Of
Chicago.
The cOmpany's product is claimed
by the inventor. Mr. limerick, can be
used for anything that asbestos is now
used for and is much cheaper. 1t is
made from rock wool. also known as
mineral wool. which is chiefly obtain
ed from limestone rock. Roofing ma
teral. covering for steam pipes. and
material for use wherever fireproof
construction is desired in building, will
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