The Washington times., 1921-10-27
BEG COURT
, 7 D ALLOW
FATHER To
HAVE THEM
Judge Surprised at Attitude OF
Youth, Harry, Who condones
Parents Affair"

While most children were in slum-
berland, dreaming sweet, childish
dreams of the morrow, the four lit
tie Dwyer children, tired, haggard.
and sleepy, appeared before Judge
Kathryn Sellers near midnight last
night in the Juvenile court and with
tears in their eyes, pleaded that they
be allowed to go home with their
father.
Dramatic Spectacle.
The unusual spectacle of the chill
dren protesting their love for their
new mother, whom the father married
a few days after his first wife com
mitted suicide, was the climax Of
night session of court filled with
dramatic circumstances and desperate
legal maneuvers, as witness after
witness, many of them children play
mates of the Dwyer children, testified
in Dwyer's favor.
Dwyer himself, pale and weary-eyed.
after spending the entire day in court
by the side of his attorney, c. Chester
Caywood, was placed on the witness
stand at $50 o'clock last night. and
for three hours defended himself
against the attacks of witnesses, who
had testified to the effect that he beat
his wife on numerous occasions, that
the home life of the Dwyer family was
unhappy, and that he often threatened
his first wife's life.
Boy Wants to Go Home.
Many OF the spectators in the court
room, most of them women, had tears
in their eyes when Attorney Caywood
asker little Paul Dwyer, seven years
old IL he wanted to go home and live
with his father,
Yes, sir" remarked the little chap,
looking at Judge Sellers.
why do you want TO live with
him?" Caywood asked.
Because he takes me to the
movies, takes me riding, and every
thing" answered the child. his face
Frightening up at the recollections.
When Elmer Dwyer, but year
older, was asked by Caywood why
he wanted to live with his father,
the child, his eyes filled with tears,
said:
"He has always treated us good
since we was born as / know Of"
Standing out in the testimony pre-
sented by the defense was that OF
Harry Dwyer. the seventeen year-old
son of Dwyer. He declared that the
married life of his parents was al
ways happy, so far as he knew, and
that he had never seen the couple
quarrel. He denied that his father
had ever beat his mother in his
presence, and that he Harry had
purchased revolver and had made
the statement that he would use It
on his father IL he continued to abuse
his mother. He further testified that
the step-mother, formerly Julia Coyle,
loved the children and that they
loved her.
Asked About affair"
At the conclusion of his testimony
Judge Sellers asked the youth IL he
knew that his father was going
around with Miss Coyle while his
mother was living. Upon replying
that he knew of it, Judge Sellers
asked:
HAIRY: do you think that it was
81 think Il was all right once In
while," he replied, 10 the surprise
Of Judge Sellers and everyone in the
courtroom.
"If you had a wife, would You
want her 20 20 around with other
mens" asked Judge Sellers.
'Tf I had a friend could trust
think Il would be all right" de.
clared the boy.
Testimony given last week by Will.
lam Triplet, sixteen years old, who
until short time ago lived with the
Dwyers, to the effect that Dwyer
struck his wife and that he had once
Witnessed him kick her and throw
shoes at her was denied by both the
father and son.
Dwyer stated that he had chased
Triplett out OF the house for being
uncivil to Mrs. Dwyer while sitting at
the supper table one night. He de.
clared that he reached over to slap