South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-10-15

AANg "a &c ecAA4 ~ nave DENAE
Dearborn ST. in Hammond. Dec.
. 8 last year and have not been
seen since Feb. ! of this year. ac-
cOrding to information obtained
from Hammond late last night.
The manner Of their disap
Pearance as charged IN the afi
davit Is unknown. The affidavit
alleges that the children were
murdered in ways and means
unknown to this afiant (the
husband)
Mrs. McNalley was arrested IN
South Bend last Saturday on a
technical charge o. assault and bat
terry and held under bond OF s. 900
During thee week his bond was met
and Mrs. NcNalieE Obtained her
freedom
Drop ASSAULT Charge.
To- uoN develops THAT the uuroo.e
or the high bond as fixed bv pros
Floyd o JelH~on was 20 permit
. hammond author.rla- -o make THEN
f rFeStgatous ar JeuIsor. while ex-
3 treuely retioert last rign fr dis
/ oussing the case admitted tha- the
assault charge would be- dropped
From Hammond lt is charged that
/ the babies were born in the Nc
/ Nal.ey home -n Hammond but that
/ The husband was NOT present st the
time BE is said to have been pres
T eut later III also was charged thai
/ AIRS. McNalleg. tu order 20 cover uu
+ the appearance Of her babies. Sub
stituted larEe-s.zeI dolls placed
/ them IN a cab lowered he hood and
paradod the streets to ale in tho de-
ception
So suspicious did neighbors a. the
Hammond home become that the po-
/ lice there conducted an Investigation
I bun the story told bv Mrs McNaIIev
az that time II was reported. is
/ said 10 have caused them 20 free her
/ or any suspicion
Samuel =. Schwartz OF Schwartz A.
Scanlon. who has been retained by
I Mrs. McNalley as her attorney char
acterized the filing OF the murde err
charge as absurd Mrs. McNaUer
omitted 20 an operation two years
l prior 20 her marriage 20 her hus-
/ band which rendered her lncagabfe.
) OF motherhood. Air. Schwartz said
Unhappy Domestic Life"
The domestic life OF the McNaI-
leys. who have been married a year
and a half or two years. has been ar
F extremely unhappy one" saId 1Ir
4 schwartz. Knowing that she would
F never be able TO bear children 90 him
I ~ a
+ Later however. she developed az
idea that she would like % adopr
another child or two.
so she said 20 him: What would
I YOU think ~ I had another child or
two that you know nothing about
/ Her husband did not take kindly 60
the remark and that ended Tho con
/ VersatiOu as 20 that
/ The couple moved here from
Hammond IN July and they contin-
/ ued 20 quarrel Ia September. one
1 afternoon. she decided 10 20 90 Chi
s.. CaEO 20 visit her mother and be
fore she Left they had another do
f nestle scene she threw a mop
rag az him, and left on her re
turn last Saturday, she was arrested
. ca the assault and battery charge
The bond was extremely high
and when the case came up in city
/ court the state sought couunu-
ance. In the meantime. we fled a
motion 20 lower The blind which
was done TO-DAY T. being reduced
from 5000 20 500 ON Thurs
. Gay we provided bal f5r her and
she wes released only 20 be re-
arrested
Hearing Tuesday
Il made arrangements with tns
officer from Hammond who came
/ here for her 20 have the preliminary
I hearing set FOR Tuesday morning as
/ 7 viii be unable 90 Dc present on
Monday.
The charge that Mrs McNalisy
D.. murdered two children t. absurd.
! continued Mr.. Schwartz. she has
son seven years o.d by previous
\ marriage. and there - no reason
why she should have taken the Ives
OF two other children. even though
she had had them Her remark
N 20 her husband re lRtfve % what he
/ would say ~ ne knew she had SIEVE
"a other children about whom he
ha1 been kept n Lgnoranoe vas ~
\ fortunate = vas that stabsrnent
which led her husband % his the
nrard@z charge
the husband could not De reached
J. AZ q late hour art night = -
\ unknown whether ha has ben n,
I po=ssson o. the facts on which n
baSsd the charges made IN ~ an
!. davit sgains- his Vie since FEB.
\ q this year. ths date they hsv-
+. % tbs year. ne date they a.
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