Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1919-10-09

was snatched from Mrs. Hattie Sha
er while driving thru town, by tn
child's father and taken into ar
other state, and later taken to Yak
: ma, Washington. The following art
Gle. taken from the Yakima Dali
Republic, is the second chapter o
the story:
PAPERS SERVED AT POINT OF I
GUN IN CONTEST OVER BOY
Though Deputy Sheriff Franz
Swensen was foiled in his efforts tc
get possession of Arnold Labbee, age
5. late yesterday, he fulfilled his
legal duty by reading a writ of ha.
beas corpus. returnable today, to
: Claude Labbee, who stood pointing a
/ gun at him, and TO Mrs. Elizabeth
Labbee, the child's grandmother
who wildly brandished a poker, ac-
cording to the account of the drawn
I battle which was brought to Yakima.
Such service of writ, according to
Attorney W A Stone OF Caldwell,
Idaho, is entirely legal.
Carse of Fight.
Mrs Goldie Labbee. the boys
mother, is suing for divorce from
Henry A. Labbee The couple form
erly lived at Caldwell, Idaho, and
according to the divorce complaint,
had anything but a peaceful exist
ence. Shortly after the suit was
filed the father is alleged to have
stolen the child, who had been given
into the custody of the mother pend
ing settlement of the suit
Frantic with anxiety for her son,
VINO, till then, had not been away
from her for more than an hour at
a time, Mrs. Labbee trailed him % I
Yakima. and found that he was be- /
ing held by his grandmother. Yes
terday afternoon in company with 4
Officer Swensen, she drove to the
Labbee ranch, IL miles beyond Top
penish, expecting to return that day
with her babe.
When Officer Swensen stopped the
EAR in front of the Labbee place he
jumped out to present his claim for
he boy to a man and woman who
we're standing near a shed, he says.
As hetold them what he had come
or, Claude Labbee reached back in
o the shed and pulled out a big gun.
which he aimed at the officer, and
he old woman began to flourish !
'oker, drawn from the same hiding ,
lace
Seeks. Reinforcements.
Deputy Swensen thought quickly. q
lie could probably shoot first, he 6
igured, but disliked the idea of
hooting in such a case. So he con- 6
snted himself with reading the writ a
} the man, who promptly ordered p
i'm to leave at once, and to cease all 2
Interference with the Labbee family. n
When he returned to the waiting &
achine, Swensen decided to make n
i effort to get reinforcements and n
exile the job again He left the n
,y's mother in the car with the in i,
ructions to watch the place, while II
, set off on search for the nearest \,
leDhone. 1t took some time to To- al
tie one, and when he came back to &
RS. Labbee she was almost inclined
give up her fight for the boy. n
le informed him that the members II
the Labbee household had packed p,
TO high-powered machine, and tr
iven off, taking her boy with them. 70
e could not give him any definite w
as TO where they had vi
ne, so there was nothing to do tn
I return to Yakima. or
Did Right Thing. fri
"A warrant charging Claude Lab gu
2 with resisting an officer in the m
rformance OF his duty will prob ST
" be issued today" says Deputy
eriff j. w. Day, in charge of the so,
riffs office during 8. r. Hutch IN
on's trip to Tacoma TO take w. A. nj,
TART in custody. I'm case Mrs. Lab en-
} does not appear with the boy CT,
8 afternoon, as specified in the ba,
I, action will also be taken against cls
:, OF course she may bring the Sc
into court today. as she was call
upon to do. but IT hardly seems son
'ly In view OF the hurried depart TO
. The family is evidently prepared jaU
light to the finish for the boy. inr
When Swensen reported back III q
e yesterday, he was pretty much the
appointed at the outcome OF the otts
[, bat assured him that he had SEt
e exactly the right thing in not I
oting in Gaze like this. There son
times when II rs better not to or
e a point, and this appears to way
to be one OF them" exc,
equity Sherfffs j. E. Kenney and are
nsen are on the Reservation to- OF
prepared to trail the Labbee afte