The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-11-22
CHILD IN TEARS
LEAVING SUPPOSED
MOTHER FOR REAL
Fireside in Manchester Will
Miss Little Anna Parsons
This Winter.

Much weeping and wailing was
heard in the corridors Of the county
court house. yesterday when little
six-years-old Anna Louise Parsons
was taken from the arms Of the wo-
| man she knew as mother and placed
in the arms of her real mother, to be
| carried away on the cars to New
Haven.
This was the outcome Of a habeas
corpus procedure In the superior
court by which Mrs. Ida Molampy of
New Haven, sought to get possession
Of her daughter by former mar
riage. Since little Anna was one
year-old, she had been cared for by
James A. Roberts and his wife, Adele,
plain farming people of Manchester,
but they had grown wonderfully at
tached to the little girl and Mrs
Roberts wept copiously and Mr.. Rob-
erts shed tenrs, when little Anna was
taken away. The little girl cried lus-
tily to stay with Mrs. Roberts, and
sobbed piteously when her own moth
er, whom the little girl did not know,
took her away from the court house.
The results of the habeas corpus
proceedings came about through an
agreement Of settlement between the
parties. Mrs. Molampy owed about
$3.50 board for little Anna at the
Roberts home, and her lawyer, Ken
dali M. Pierce, agreed with the Rob-
erts lawyer, Harry M. Burke, to pay
$65 in a week, and papers were to
be signed taking care of the balance
Of the bill in weekly installments.
When it came to the point where
it seemed probable the court would
award possession of the child to the
real mother, Mr.. and Mrs Roberts
were heartbroken, and said they
would adopt the little girl of the
court would let them, and not ask
for any money.
Little Anna was born in Bristol
and Mrs. Roberts was Mrs Nolan
py's nurse at the time. The little
girls father died in the insane hos
pital at Norwich, in 1913, and Mrs.
Parsons afterward married Mr.. Mo-
lampy. Anna had been with the
Roberts family since she was a year
old, as at that time her father was
taken to the hospital She had a
brother a few years older who also
lived at the Roberts home for a time,
but he was now in an institution in
4Nc" IldVcu. MT. anu MIS-. MOlamDV
live in two-room apartment, but
she told the court during a hearing
last February, that if she obtained
possession of Anna, she and her hus-
band would rent a fiat and have both
children at home.
When Mrs. Molampy came after
Anna about ten days ago, the Rob-
crises would not give the little girl
up, and seeking some ground for
their refusal, they claimed the moth
er owed them back board for the
child. While this was true, Judge
Shunway in the first hearing of the
case week ago, said the child could
not be held for the board bill, but he
would consider Mr.. Burke's claims
that it was for the best interest Of
the child that it remain with the
Roberts family.
The habeas corpus case was to
have been argued to-day, but the
lawyers negotiated a settlement and
thel awful mother has her sorry
hearted child, and two lonely mid
dle-aged people out in Manchester
sit beside their f1reside ON their farm
and wish the little girl had not got
such hold of their heart strings.