New Britain herald., 1916-12-01
TWELVE YEAR HUNT FOR GIRL SUCCEEDS Mrs. PadmOre Will Have to GO to
 Court to Get Child FOUND IN NEW HAVEN
Mother Was Deserted By Father and Left Girl With Friends, Who, It is Claimed Disappeared With Her Takes Out Habeas Corpus.

Hartford, Dec. 1.-After a search of twelve years, through Philadelphia, the mountains of Pennsylvania Chi cago and portions of Connecticut Mrs. Florence Padmore, of this city, has found her daughter, Dorothy, now a high school girl in New Haven and to- day, at a special session of the su- perior court in this city, Judge Joseph P. Futile ordered a writ of habeas corpus issued directing Eli J. Brick ley and Hattie Brickley, husband and wife, of No. 1887 State street, New Haven, to produce Dorothy Padmore at the superior court in Hartford, Tuesday, Dec. 5, at 10:30 a. m., and
 show cause why the custody of the
 girl should not be turned over to the
 mother. The petition for the writ was
 presented to Judge Futile by Benedict
 M Holden Mrs. Padmore's attorney
 and the papers were given to Depu-
 ty Sheriff Pierre McNerney of New Haven to serve. .t.-
 Daughter Absent Twelve Years. Mrs Padmore, said today she had not seen Dorothy since she was spir ited away from her in Philadelphia dozen years ago, but she feels certain that her long search will be rewarded
  the girl who is fifteen years old, does
 not know her real mother and has probably formed an affection for the Brickleys whose name she now uses. | The facts as obtained from Mrs. Pad more are:
 Dorothy was born in Pittsburgh, Dec. l 4, 1901, a daughter of Charles G., and l Florence Padmore. In 1903 the Pad- 1 mores lived in Philadelphia, where 1 MT. Padmore was retoucher for a i photographic concern. Mrs. Padmore 1 went on a visit to her mother who was i'll and because she did not return at l once, Mr. Padmore wrote her that she 1 need not return at all and he sold out 1 the household furnishings. When Mrs. Pamore went t@back to Philadei-
 uhia she did not live with her hus- l band She worked in a department
 store for s6 a week and supported
 herself and daughter. Through z i friend she learned of MT. Brickley i who was an express man in Philadel- 1 phia and also conducted a milk station i in his office. The Bric<leys had no , children and took little Dorothy to
 board Mrs. Padmore paying $50 a
 week for her at the time. Finally
 when her funds got very low the
 Brickleys said she need not mind 1 a bout the paymen MrS. HadHlOfe visited her baby every night but one l night twelve years ago when she went 1 to the house she found the Brickleys l had moved and she could get no trace l of them.
 Adoption Petition Denied.
 1 The anxious mother took every means of locating her daughter. She
 appealed to the police, to detective ! agencies and to a Philadelphia news 1 paper which published her story. About two years afterwards she re-
 ceived indirect word from the Brick
 leys that they claimed Dorothy under an agreement signed in 1903 by Mrs. 1 Padmore consenting to adoption. Mrs.
 Padmore said today, she never signed
 an agreement of adoption. but d-d
 sign a paper that she would be re- sponsible for the child and would see that it's father left it alone. It is 1 learned that petition for adoption was filed in Pennsylvania, but was 1 denied because it did not bear the l parents signatures.