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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 3, 1917)
THE BEE: OMAHA. WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 3. 1917. MOTHER REFUSED KEEPING OF CHILD Little Esther Gieselmann Must Remain With Grandparents Despite Mother's Pleadings, Judge Estelle Roles. Little Esther Gieselmann, 9 years old, pawn in a human drama enacted in equity court, Judge Estelle presid ing, must remain with her aged grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. William Gieselmann, 1458 South Eighteenth street. Her mother, Mrs. Frank Zerbst. wife of a wealthy Wyoming rancher, must return to her western home without her daughter. She is heart broken. Broken down with grief and hysterical after Judge Estelle had ruled against her in a habeas corpus hearing to decide who should have possession of the child, it was neces sary to assist Mrs. Zerbst from the court room Seldom have so many heart strings oeen pulled and broken oetore a crowd of curious in district court. The Zerbst-Gieselmann habeas corpus suit will go .down in district court history as one of the most bitterly fought and tragic ever waged. In her effort to obtain trjie custody of her pretty, bluo-eyed, flaxen-haired daughter, Mrs. Zerbst bared her life . in court and sobbed out a girl's mis take. Divided House. In the legal battle over Esther both sides were represented by attorney's who fought every inch of the ground. The GiesJmcnns are a divided house. In the struggle for the girl the grand parents, three daughters and " a brother were pitted against the moth er of Esther. Allegations and counter-allegations of kidnaping were made during the hearing.' Testimony of witnesses was frequent interrupted by violent sob bing on the part of the child, 'the grandmother and the grandfather. Zerbst, husband of Esther's mother, who owns a 700-acre cattle and horse ranch in western Wyoming, glared at the Omahans and occasionally looked with kindly eyes at the child, to whom he wanted to be foster father. Clings to Grandmother. Willian Gieselmann, engineer at VJomenius school, and his aged wife, Mrs. Dora Gieselmann, told the court Esther's mother abandoned her when she was a babe. They have reared the child as their own. Throughout the hearing, except for the time when she was on the witness stand, Esther clung to her graj -haired grandmother, drawing chser whenever any part of the hearing seemed to her childish mind to be favoring her mother's case. "I'd rather stay with grandma and grandpa," said Esther when at torneys asked her who she liked the best. "I didn't have a good time in Wyoming; I was afraid of rattle-sn?'-,s. coyotes and wolves." "They've coached her; they've coached her." shouted one of the at torneys for the Zerbsts. "They've SPIRITUAL WELFARE Several thousand Bibles have been distributed by the New York Bible society among the men of the famous Rainbow division of National Guardsmen, who are now training: for service in France at Camp Mills, near Mineola, Long Island. Ev:!W:.V. ..wvx... BIBLES TOTi SOlsUi&RS. poisoned the child's mind against her own mother,," Esther broke dowrr and sobbed un der the cross-examination. Mrs. Helen Goss and Mabel Nekel, sisters of Mrs. Zerbst, testified in favor of the grandparents and told the court Esther's mother was "not a fit person to raise her." Charge Kidnaping. One side charged that Esther was kidnaped from the grandparents' home in Omaha and taken to Wyo ming, while attorneys for the Zerbsts told the court the child had been ab ducted from her western home. She was living with the Gieselmanns when the mother began habeas corpus pro ceedings. Judge Estelle, ir. deciding the case, declared three parties were interested in Esther's welfare her mother, her grandparents and the state. "While the law is plain enough, it is the welfare of the little girl that must be considered most. It is hard to say that a child should be taken away from her own mother, but in this particular case I think it best the grandparents nave her." Under Judge Estelle's decision Mrs. Zerbst will be allowed to visit her daughter any time she desires. The girl may alsj visit the big Zerbst ranch during summer vacations, if it is agreeable to the grandparents, Judge Estelle said I The minute Judge Estelle got down from the bench the Zerbst faction and the Gieselmanns began a tearful spat across the court room. Attorneys had a hard time quieting them. Despite her mother's frantic plead ings to come to het and kiss her good- by, Esther held to her grandmother s hand and had to be induced to walk up to Mrs. Zerbst. "My daughter, my daughter," sob bed Mrs. Zerbst as the Gieselmann faction left the court room with Esther. Army Officers Guests at Commercial Club Luncheon Colonel Charles DeFrance Chandler of Washington, D C.'was the guest of the executive committee of the Commercial club at luncheon at noon. Colonel Chandler is in Omaha in specting the Fort Omaha balloon school. Colonel F. A. Grant, depot quarter master at Omaha; Major H. B. Her sey, in command at Fort Omaha; Major R. B. Hanney of the Royal Brit ish flying corps, station at Fort Oma ha, and Captain F. A. Cook, in com mand of a battalion of regulars at Fort Crook, were also guests at the luncheon. Cross Examination in Strike Hearing Near End The state probably will conclude its cross-examination of witnesses in the strike injunction case the latter part of the week. Judge Leslie, sitting in equity court, is hearing evidence by which he will decide whether Attor ney General Reed's injunction against the Business Men's association and Omaha unions shall be made perma nent. The bulk of the witnesses have been nonunion teamsters, who have testi fied to acts of a'lefl;ed violence during the strike troubles in Omaha last spring. Flwin Shanghais Jurors To Hear Federal Court Suit I United States Marshal Flynn had to go out on Sixteenth street in front of the federal building Tuesday morn ing, stop pedestrians and "shanghai" them to serve on the federal jury. Federal Judge Woodrough waited with ten men in the jury box until the marshal brought in three likelv looking jurors, two of whom were se lected. The case on trial is that of Fran quilino Jiminez, a Mexican, who is su ing the Union Pacific railroad for $5 560. He was employed as a sec tion hand at Archer, Wyo. On Jan uary 11, 1916. he says, he was ordered to go to Hillsdale, sixteen miles away, by handcar and on the way he froze his feet and was sent to the hospital for eight months. He alleges he was compelled to make the trip and not beiiig accustcmed to a cold climate the freezing of his feet was the re sult of his employer's negligence. Negro Jailed for Striking Seventy-Three-Year-Old Man Isaac James, colored, 2219 Grace street, was sentenced to ninety days ,tn the county jail for striking J. H. McShane, 73 years of age, on a street car Monday. The judge in passing sentenced expressed his regret that ninety days was the maximum penal ty he could give. James denied having struck the old man but a bruised eye was mute evidence of his treatment at the hands of the negro. BURLINGTON STARTS WORK ONNEW DEPOT Omaha Freight House to be Doubled in Size to Care for the Incoming; Tre'ght. Work has started on the construc tion of the addition to the Burling ton's inbound freight house, with the contract providing that it shall be completed and ready for occupancy by January 1, 1918. The addition is substantially as large as the original building, erected in 1910. It is 60x 368 feet, and, together with the equipment, will cost about $60,000. To the north the Burlington's new inbound freight house will extend to Farnam street and south to the south line of Harney, were that street cut through. There it joins onto the freight house erected in 1910, which extends south to beyond Howard street. When completed this will be the largest building in Omaha, all on one floor. When readv for occupancy it will be equipped with electric trucks for transfering freight to the cars and from one part of the building to an other. Has Refrigerating Plant The Burlington's new building will be of brick, stone, cement and steel construction and will be fireproof in every respect. It will not only be built for -the economical handling of freight, but under its roof there will be large rooms where perishable freight can be kept for an indefinite length of time. These rooms will be kept cool in suminef by a refrigera ting plant and warm in winter. The erection of the new freight house at this time, when labor and materials are at the top-notch, so far as prices are concerned, is brought about by the fact that something had to be done to take care of the rapidly increasing business. A feature connected with the freight house will be the lighting sys tem, and thi. will be extended to the otfier buildings of the company in the vicinity of Eighth and Farnam, Har ney and Howard streets. High power electric lights will be installed all through the buildings and on the loading platforms in sufficient num bers so that in that part of the city night will be turned into day. 1917 COTTON CROP 12,047,000 BALES Government Estimate Based On Ginning Prior to Sep tember 25 Places Yield at 60.4 Per Cent Normal. Washington, Oct. 2. The 1917 cot ton crop was forecast at 12.047.000 equivalent 500-pound bales today by the Department of Agriculture, basing its estimate on the condition of the crop September 25, which was 604 per cent of a normal. A yield of 168.3 pounds of cotton per acre was forecast. Condition of western states on Sep tember 25 was: Texas, 53; Okla homa, 62; California, 80; Arizona, 87. Cotton ginned prior to September 25 amounted to 2,498.3818 bales, counting round as half bales, the cen sus bureau today announced in its second ginning report of the season. Round bales included numbered 60, 904 and Sea Island 18.731. . Wholesale and Retail Pricss on Perishables Following were the wholesale and re tail produce prices in Omaha Tues day, as gathered by the supervisor of 1 erishables under the state food administration: Vegetables. Wholesale. fotatoeM, bunhel 11.40 t 8weet potatoea, SO Iba.. 1.60 Tomatoea. bftsLet ..... .20 Reeta. buahel .75 Carrota, buahel ....... .75 Lettuce, head, doi.... ,t0 I-ettuce, leaf, doi...... ,30 Corn, doien ., .10 Celery, doien .40 Cabbage, docen ..45o t .75 Frolte. Grape, t-lb. basket 36 Applea. (hand picked), per bushel 1.00 Applea (windfall!) bu.. .50 California grapes, To kay. 4 baskets 4.35 .40 basket Peachea. Kiberta, box.. .10 1.10 bos I'eachea, choice, box.. .75 .0 bot Bee Want Ads Produce Results. 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