The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1921-06-03

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Habeas corpus proceedings brought
BY mother to recover custody OF her
child. have furnished attaches cf Room
OF the superior court Of Hammond
with some spicy testimony in which
Chicago people figured as the princi-
pals The hearing started yesterday
and it was expected that Judge Hardy
would render his decision this after
noon.
Mrs Helen Brauti gam. the mother
in setting UP her claims for custody
Of her hve-year- old child, Joan, had to
face her husbands charge that she has
an affinity. one Edward Houlette,
Chicago cigar dealer, with whom she
was arrested Sunday morning in
Milwaukee hotel.
Her petition for a writ Of haoeas
corpus was fled yesterday by Attor-
news Patterson K Critics of East Chi
cago In it she said that Mr.. and Mrs.
Peter Brautigam parents of her hus-
band. had forcibly taken possession OF
the child and had brought her TO their
farm near Leroy. She said that they
had refused to let her see the child
and added that as there IS a person
who is mentally deficient on the
farm, It as not safe for the little girl
TO be there
Because she feared the grandparents
would take the child out of the state
she asked FOR the writ and for an
order to have the girl brought into
court at once The grandparents ap-
peared this morning. represented by
Attorneys McAleer Dorsey & Gillett
With them was the father. Chester Z
Gz1fu2
.Cochrane, who was with Mrs. Brauu-
gam when the arrest was made IN NIL
waukee.
The defendants resisted giving UP
the child on the grounds that the
mother has shown herself to, be OF inn
moral character. They presented evil
dence to show that Mrs. Brautigam
had insisted on working for her cigar
dealer affinity IN spite Of the fact that
her husband did not wish her to work
and that she had a good home with
his parents who are comfortably stu
ated Peter Brantigan grandfather
of the child, is a grocer living at 5o21
Indiana avenue, Chicago.
Miss Cochrane. who is sister OF
Mrs. Peter Brautigam and an aunt by
marriage of Mrs. Helen Brautigan,
accompanied the latter on ali of her
little trips with Houlette. On one oc-
casion when Helen Brautigam's en-
ployers gave her a two weeks vaca-
tion they told the husband they were
going TO New York. Houlette met
them at Pittsburgh and took them in
his car 70 Washington, Philadelphia.
New York and Buffalo Brautigam
did not learn until recently that Hou
lette was with them.
1t was shown that for five years the
woman and Roulette had been spend
ing considerable time together. Last
Saturday evening Brautigam received
an anonymous telephone call warn
ing him to watch his wife and telling
him she was going to Milwaukee in
stead of the summer resort as she had
told him. He had al operative Of the
Burns Detective agency follow her
jointed the detective IN Milwaukee
Sunday morning His wife and baby.
Miss Cochrane. Houl2tte and Albert
Taylor. d government meat inspector.
had registered at a hotel under hctlci
Gus names.
Police raided the rooms and found
Mrs. Brauttgam and Houlette occupy
ing one suite and Miss Cochrane and
Taylor in another. They were arrest-
! &
conduct. The men put up $50 cash
bond for themselves and the women
but none Of them appeared for tria on
Monday While they were at the po-
lice station, the baby which is suffer
ing with whooping cough was given
to the father who took it back to Chi
cago. Yesterday when the Brauti-
gams drove to their little farm near
/ Leroy, bringing the baby with them.
the mother followed and started the
proceedings to recover custody Of
the little girl.
Mrs Brautigam admitted meeting
Houlctte on various occasions but tn-
sisted that thcir relations had not been
improper when she testified. Tier only
other witness was an aunt with whom
she expects TO live now that the sepa-
ration between herself and husband
has taken place. Her husband. his
parents. Miss Cochrane and the Burns
detective were witnesses for the de-
fense.
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