The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1919-01-31
HOW LITTLE PAT
WAS SPIRITED OFF

was 3acertained toward the end
OF last Week that the hurried depar-
tine * Grandfather O'Quinn with
the little Orphan Pat bound for Mis-.
souri, had been made IL order 10
avoid the possibility OF being inter
cepted by court order counter
n.anding his taking the child from
Idaho. The old man took an automo-
bic conveyance from Salmon Mon
day evening. He had grabbed up lit
tief Pat in the wrappings of his crib
ana bolted away. much TO the aston.
isiAnent of Mrs, Manfull and her
household. where the child was kept
Tor his guardian or guardians. The
keepers of the helpless biz of human.
ify thought that there was some lack
OF care on the part of this one guar
dian in bundling OF the child.
The other guardian grandparents
the Herralls. who were present from
Mtridian, were deprived OF any
chance at showing what they would
do with the child when Grandfather
O'Quinn so hastily took him out Of
the jurisdiction of any Idaho court.
Mrs. Myers. a kindly. gentle faced
lady from Emmett. who came back
toeher former Salmon home TO lcok
out for Pat and had arrived on the
same train with Grandfather
.O'Quinn. returned with the Herralls
Al Leadore the two parties met to-
gether on the train, for II seems that
Grandfather O'Quinn had only gone
that far with his charge the night
before by motor Mrs. Myers writes
of meeting him there as follows:
"Old Mr.. O'Quinn was at Leadore
as our train pulled in from Salmon
He looked like tramp. He boarded
the train with two suitcases. two
quilts. hand satchel and little Pat.
also big six shooter strapped on
the outside OF his coat, all of which
he was packing as he got on the
tram Little Pats face was so dirty
yon could tell he did not have a
mother. The old man took him into
the smoker. Later | had a talk with
the old man. He said that Mr. Ma
nagan had driven him to a station
near Leadore Monday night and that
Tuesday morning he had come on in
ttrLeadore to board the train. He
said he had been told TO steal the
child and gel out as that was all he
could do. We asked him why he did
that when he had the papers enti.
ting him 10 the custody of the child
might be found flaw What he had
for the child TO eat was package
of soda crackers that had been lef,
in the home where the childs par.
ents both died and scme condensed
cream. | just want the good people
of Salmon TO know how we found lit
tie Pat looking and what kind OF "A
man the court had trusted the help
less infant with"
As has already been told Jack
O'Quinn and his wife and their other
infant child died little while ago In
the flu epidemic. Pat thus orphaned
is less than two years OF age. The
father had come from Missouri AZ
ter his marriage al Emmett he came
vice. where he and his wife and their
boy became general fayorites. partic-
ularly out in the interior. They liv-
ed at Forney in the summer time
Early in the winter the O'Quinns
iook a residence in Salmon. their
stay in this city being planned for
he coming of the second baby The
Iather had purchased out OF his say.
ngs thousand dollars worth of
War Stamps and these with small |
amount of cash left. less than nifty |
iollars, made up the legacy for Pat |
But funeral expenses and doctors |
bills must come out OF that to take /
II least half the legacy |