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V. 1. 1935NUMBER 10ter 1Woman Seeks To RegainYoung Child Held Here1NGstramioor i les,1 ur-on-ser,del1lalf'm-the.;tra rice ?si-ery\DiA hearing on a habeas corpus writ filed by a former Sikeston woman to regain custody of her3-year-old daughter, Wanda Ogden, was continued until the November term of the Scott county circuit court when it was called for hearing at a special circuit court session in the Common Pleas courthouse in Cape Girardeau Wednesday.The woman is Mrs. Lola Hensley Odgen, 24-year-old former Sikeston nigh school student and a sister of Tricey Hensley of Sikeston, who with Mrs. Hensley has possessed the child since July.Mrs. Ogden, her husband, Jimmy Odgen, both of Havana, 111,. Mr. and Mrs. Tricey Hensley, Mr. and Mrs. William Hensley, and Mrs. Hunter Stephens, relatives, appeared in court Wednesday, the day the writ was returnable. The continuance was granted when the respondents stated they want certain Illinois residents present at the hearing.Mr. and Mrs. William Hensley, Wanda’s grandparents, lived in Ea*t St. Louis until last July.iThey formerly maintained a residence here and Mrs. Ogden lived with them until she married Jimmy Ogden, a railroad section worker. The child was born in East St. Louis, Mrs. Opal Jones, of Sikeston, a sister of Mrs. Ogden and Tricey Hensley, said in court Wednesday. Later, she liv-ed with her grandparents part ofthe time and with her mother the remaining months.Mr. and Mrs. Tricey Hensley lived with Hensley’s parents until twelve days ago, when they found an establishment of their own, taking Wanda with them. On the same day, Mr. and Mrs. Ogden came here to get their daughter, and failing, filed the writ with Judge Frank Kelly.Mr. and Mrs. Tricey Hensley contended in a formal return to the writ that the mother is not able to care for Wanda and that they can easily supply her needs.Robert Dempster and M. G. Gresham represented the respondents and W. P. Wilkerson and J. M. Massengill served as attorneys for Mr. and Mrs. Ogden.hind N o rt Orleft h e a ri whotimeherrwbecaihowlt;lionspidlyWcwifeWatsmanBeaiithe ipullearresShufhadJudgIhe \vHis 1In wour stabs right a sixSei er of Shair eight they home well diffic workWo
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Sikeston Standard
Sikeston, Missouri, US
Fri, Nov 01, 1935
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