Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1917-03-02
MRS. C0WLES WILL
FIGHT IN VIRGINIA
To Garry on the Contest for Gus.
tody Of Her Children
DR.. Cowles Charged with kidnapping
Little Girls Were Spirited Away
on the Night of Feb. 6.

The sensational disclosure of the way |
in which DR.. Edward s. Cowlcs of |
Portsmouth, n. H., formerly of Brattlc-
boro spirited away his two little |
daughters from his home in the dead
of night on Feb. and took them TO
Toana, Va, was followed Monday by
Mrs. Cowles $ announcement that she
would at once go to Virginia and
would insist on seeing her children.
Mrs. Cowles, through her attorneys,
Joseph w. Bartlett of Boston and
Dwight Hall of Portsmouth, has petit
toned Attorney General futile of New
Hampshire for extradition papers for
DR.. Cowles, charging him with contempt
of court and Kidnapping.
In the meantime DR.. Cowlcs had ap-
piled to Judge ID. Gardiner Tyler of
| Williamsburg, Va. for guardianship
for his children. On Feb. % Judge Tyler
appointed as guardian Mrs. Harriet V.
Cowles, who is DR.. Cowles s mother.
However, it is understood that this
guardianship is only temporary and
that n final hearing on its pcrmanency
is to be had on the matter. This had
been set for Tuesday, but Mrs. CowleS
wired to Judge Tyler for delay until
she can reach Williamsburg herself At
torncv Frank Armistead of Williams
burg has been retained by Mrs. Cowles
to watch her interests.
DR.. Cowles wants his mother appoint
er permanent guardian, and there is to
be big fight, Mrs. Cowles being de-
tcrmincd that the children shall return
to the jurisdiction of the New Hamp
: shire courts. DR.. Cowles, in asking
Judge Tyler for a guardianship, said
that lie had given up his residence III
Portsmouth and was now a resident of
Virginia: that his wife was q resident
of Massachusetts, and that therefore
, New Hampshire had no claim ON the
jurisdiction whatever.
The Cowles divorce was granted a
year ago. BY the terms of the divorce
each parent was to have the children
! for six months, and each was privileged
! to visit the children during their Gus
. tody with the other.
= Mrs. Cowles was about to visit the
: children when she received a letter from
Il DR.. Cowles from Virginia, in which hi
o stated that he had the children, thai
. they would stay with him, and that SHE
would not again get them on March 4
when they were by law to go to her
DIR. Cowlcs, it is understood, asked
Il Mrs. Cowles S counsel some months ag'
to be permitted to take the children
a to New York, saying that he had beel
y offered two positions there in hospitals
lCounsel for Mrs. Cowles objected. ID
l. Cowles then petitioned Judge Sawye
r of Concord for permission, and he fol
bade his taking the children either t
q New York or to Virginia, the latte
Il place being DR.. Cowles IS home.
The first news Mrs. Cowles had of til
Z. kidnapping was the letter from ID
r Cowles and the publication of the new
=. of the children S removal. Mrs. Cowle
% says that every week she had visite
g the children.
l. ~ shall go to Virginia at once, to b
on the ground. ! have asked Judg
e Tyler, who is son of the late Presiden
n Tyler, to delay the hearing until | ca
o get there. l want to see the childre
and to be near them, and | shall fgh
e for the children until the very last.
n Just before leaving Portsmouth Dl
r Cowlcs said to a reporter:
T., ~ have decided no longer to spar
Mrs. Cowlcs for the sake of the chill
~ drcn. | will no longer submit to he
y whims. She has absolutely no love TO
., the children, and has constantly vic
- lated the court S orders. ! shall tax
matters into my own hands.