The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-08-09
LOVE FOR BABY
STIRS STRANGE
LEGAL TANGLE
Wandering With Child Of
Another Is Barred by
WOman'S Arrest.
MATE TOO TALKATIVE'
Husbands Statement Leads
to Police Probe: $4,000
Set as Bond.
BY HEZE CLARK
Times stan Writer

Almost a year Of wandering over
the middle west with the child OF
another. % whom She apparently IS
passi0natclv devoted. was ended to-
cav for Mrs. Mabel c. y. MCCane
81. owner Of a Minneapolis Mimi
hospital. with her arrest mere on
varrancy charges.
Mrs. MCCane. a buXOm woman.
is held in $1,000 bond at the city
prison she is scheduled for ar
raiCnment in municipal court this
afternoon. at which time the state
sill seek a continuance until au-
thorties here can hear from MN
neapOliS authorities.
Mrs. McCaue was arrested last
night 40 the home where she was
employed as a nurse. The 2-year-
old child. Juliet KOrth. was being
kept al the north side residence
Of a friend Of Mrs AIcCane Juliet
is a beautiful. biuc-eyed child with
a mop of curly. blond hair.
Police here are said 10 have con-
tacted Minneapolis first when the
womans husband. Charles H Nc
Cane. became too laxative while
with friends one night and men,
toned the fact that ne and his wife
had moved frequently and that she
feared the juvenile court at Mime
auolis might be trying to take Juliet
from her.
Agreement Is Reported
He later denied making such
statement
From Minneapolis authorities,
police learned that Mrs. McCane,
operator cf the Midwest hospital
there. said TO be a $4,000 property,
had had custody of Juliet since
soon after the time of her birth,
Jan. %. 1882 The child is the
daughter Of Mrs. Elva Elizabeth
EOrth.
Minneapolis authorities said Mrs
Korth had signed an agreement,
never verified in juvenile court, Civ
ing Mrs. 1IcCane the right to bring
up the child as her own.
IN October. 1888. according TO
naed to appear IN the Minneapolis
juvenile court. She failed to APP
pear and it developed later that
this was because she feared the
court might take Juliet from her
and reurn the child to Mrs. KOrth.
Chicago First Stop
A. ,rrrroDo-e ,,-anr3erincs began
then. Accompanied by her hus-
band. she went first to Chicago,
where she stayed one month. She
next went to Cincinnati. where she
STAYED until Jan. l. From Cmcln-
natl. she came 10 Indianapolis.
She and her husband obtained
lodging in the north side home
where the child has been kept since
that time. Her husband obtained
employment as a salesman and Mrs.
McCene went 10 work as a nurse.
Her father. Joseph La Motto, Is said
TO be operating the Minneapolis
hospital for her.
Juliet believes that Mrs McCane
is her mother and calls her
Mother" in Hsping. baby speech.
Happy i'm the north side home OF
Mrs. McCane'S friend, she plays
constantly with Laddie. a big brin-
die bulldog. which Is as devoted 10
her as she Is TO it.
Arrested While at Work
The child was asleep last night
when detectives. after arrestlng
Mrs. MCCane at her place of en-
ployment. took her 10 the north side
home. When she entered the room
where the baby was sleeping, she
looked att a moment. took it in her
arms and. tears streaming down
her face. said.
OH I could so to the end OF
the world with youl"
The detectives asked her If she
wished the child taken to the
juvenile detention homes nursery.
She said she wished il left with her
friend. Detectives agreed after first
taking the child TO headquarters
with her mother.
Mrs. NICCane. whose husband left
the city earlier this week after
telling frinds he had obtained fed
eral employment in Washington.
D. c. Is maintaining a steady
silence at the prison. She spoke
only a little 10 detectives and was