New Britain herald., 1926-09-28
RETRACTS CHARGE
 AGAINST FATHER
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Roderick, Jr., and would take Evan geline temporarily if he had to.
 Mrs. Plumb was recalled by At 'torney Woods. She gave a different version of her conversation with Me- Quarrie on August 20, saying that he had told her that he would give her Evangeline if she would go before the board of pardons in his behalf.
 Judge Gaffney, in making his de- cision, said that the question was whether or not the Plumbs were suit able people to care for Evangeline. McQu lrrie, he continued, showed d personal dislike for them because ot what he called ingratitude. McQuar- rie would be in prison for elght or nine years more and could not pos siblv assume guardianship hlhlsel for that length of time, while Evan geline had originally been placed m the Phmb home at his direction. He had known the Plumbs persohailg for years and their character anu standing in the community were uH- Iimpeached, he said. He therefore re- moved McQuarrie as guardian ana Iappointed Charles H. Plumb.
 McOuarrie was brought rom wethcrsfield by Deputy Sheriff Harry Comstock and Gerald $. Rlsley or the states attorneys office upon Wrlt of habeas corpus. He left the court room before the hearing was oVer' asking as he did so, that he might be allowed to talk to Anna.
 Steps will be taken to onns about the release of McQuarrie from states prison, following the sensa-
 tional denial of his guilt as he testl-
 fled in the probate court hearing
 yesterday afternoon.
 Attorney Casale, who represented NcQuarrie at the hearing, said to- i day it is his intention to confer l shortly with States Attorney Hugh | M. Acorn relative to the case, and upon the developments at the con- ] ference will depend the procedure. | The attorney said McQuarrie has maintained that he is innocent every | time he interviewed him relative to l the guardianship matter, and the | reason he pleaded guilty in superior 1 court last year was that he was l ignorant of court procedure and had 1 expected to be given a full hearing
 at q later date.
 The stenographic record of. yes Itcrday's hearing will he laid before the states attorney, Attorney Casale said, as it includes McQuarrie's claim l of innocense and also the statement i of the If year old daughter who is now in the Florence Crittenden home that she was "coaXed" into making the discriminating allegations against 1 her father and whereas she replied Ia affirmatively to the questions of De- tcctivc Sergeant ". P. McCue, Miss Ruth Bristoll assistant probation officer, and Mrs. Plumb, she should have replied negatively.
 Dr. Purney Expresses Surprise
 Dr. Purney, who examined the girl prior to the fathers arraignment in police court, said today that he does not know why he was not called to testify in police court or superior court. He said he was greatly sur prised to read that MCQuarrie had been sent to states prison, because his examination did not reveal any indication that the girl had been criminally assaulted, unless the al legged assault was of the sort that could not be revealed by physical eX- animation.
 A pathetic scene was enacted out side the court room late yesterday afternoon, as MCQuarrie was being led away in custody of Deputy Sher- if H. M. Comstock and Gerald Ris- ley of the states attorneys office. I"Oh daddy. daddy I'm so sorry little Anna McQuarrie sobbed, as she buried her face in her fathers bos- om. "Oh, what will we do, what will we do, I'm so sorry" and she clung to him. her little arms reach- ing about his neck as he bent to comfort her.
 There, there, now" the convict whisrAred to her. his eyes moist with tears. "It'n be all right, we'll all be 1 together some day" and he was led away to an automobile waiting in 1 front of the New Britain National bank and whisked away to the states prison, where at least eight more years confinement await him.