The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-07-23
Little Alma ThOringtOn, Kid
mapped, Located at Lawrence.
Mother Stole Her Away From
Foster Parents.
CASE WAS SENSATIONAL ONE
Wealthy Family Spent Much
Money Making Search.
Ed Rooney, Topeka Lawyer,
2 Seeks TO Recover Child.

Mystery of the whereabouts of
Alma Thorington. years old, the
Kidnapping of whom by her own moth
er after she had been adopted by
Mr. and Mrs Felix Good, wealthy
residents of Los Angeles. which stir
red the entire west a few years ago.
enaec the latter part of last week
when the little girl was located at
Lawrence. 1t is alleged she had been
left there. by wealthy relatives who,
II Is said, aided in the kidnapping.
Ed Rooney. Topeka lawyer, acting on
20 Lawrence. and filed habeas corpus
proceedings to obtain the girl.
The story Of little Alma Thorington.
49, told in the petition of habeas
corpus and recited by attorneys, is
spiced with romance and made still
more spectacular by a motor car
chase over the entire length of the
Pacific coast and across the Rocky
mountains into Kansas in 1914.
But to begin at the beginning of the
story as it is told in legal papers:
Was Abandoned Child?
= In Februry, 1913, Alma Thoring-
ton, the daughter of Alma Thorington,
Was held by a juvenile court in Los
Angeles To be an abandoned child.
She was given into the custody of Mr..
and Mrs. Good who legally adopted
her and gave her n home of refine
ment and advantages. Then lie
mothers foster parents and grand
uncle and aunt of the child. Mr. and
Mrs. c. Raphaels, 4S17 Gramercy,
Los Angeles appeared and started
suit to obtain the custody of the
child from the Goods. They failed.
In 1914, Alma, then a wee baby, was
1t H. II IL. III mi
lowed an exciting and spectacular
chase up along the Pacific coast thru
Seattle.
The kidnapers, alleged by attorneys
and the Goods to have been agents
of the baby's mother and the Ra-
and in out of the way places. Sheriffs,
detectives and others followed close
on their heels and from. Seattle the
trail turned eastward
Lost Trace in Kansas.
All trace. however, was lostsin Kan
sas Mrs. Raphael, it is alleged in the
habeas corpus petition. came to Kan
sas and with the act approved by the
mother, adopted little Alma. She
feared, 1t is alleged, to take the child
back to Los Angeles and left it at the
home of r. f. Ingills. a Lawrence con-
tractor, and a relative of the Ra-
phaels. Mrs. Raphaels, it is charged, is
paying the girls board at the Ingills
home.
Recently Alma Thorington. the
girls mother, was located Somewhere
in Topeka" Thru correspondence of
hers the little girl was located Good
then telegraphed Rooney to file the
Habeas corpus suit. Good will Z rive
N Topeka tonight. The Raphaels, it
- said, are unaware of the latest pro-
weddings and it is understood Ingills
VIII no. fight the suit. The hearing
has been set for $3.50 O'Clock tomor-
row morning at Lawrence.
The Raphaels, according to Room
e5s are wealthy glass manufa cturers
90 Los Angeles. Rooney and the
shsrltf OF Douglas county visited the
1ngills home Friday. Alma -axnressed
Pleasure when told that she would. if
attempts did not fail, go back to Papa
Good. The Raphaels are in CaIifor-
ria