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ni’ si* Af. Spinney, ihe cuslody of wliom:the New Jlanipihirtj courts gave bim: two years ago, Harman G. Spinney of j Souh Eliot, Me., has appealed to. Hhist of Police William JL Hill 0I! Eveceit to rescue her from her moth-1h. or, Mrs. Alice, Heimll of 8 Parker’ street. Evereett.The girl is 20, with a mass of gold-, ,011 hair, svide bine eves, and is well j educated. She says that she is afraid J njto go against her mother's wishes[ ^,and return to her father. ■£ | Notea written on tissue paper and :II jsent. to the father, an appeal made in I Hmany way*: to merchants and finally!|the planting of money and a warning’ k jSent to the girl naming an hour to at-’ a | tempt to escape are strange ineidens ^* | that figure la the case 6j The Spinneys have been; divorced,III the New Hampshire courts granting frjth-e father custody of his daughter.jTwo years ago Bessie left her father (and came to Everett to visit her [j j mother. She lass never reurned to j her father.i. j Spinney lately received a letter 21 signed “ AFjIend” which told him ^ that his daughter was being detainedj by the moher, who has married a sec-jumd time.J The girl, it is said, has mat:a U: -e j attempts to escape from Co l.ous-\ \ i ‘j October it is declared she uyj.ai.ul [to some of the neighbors for help i but when she tried to leave her bouse . jher mother detected, her. j At Cbrismas, her friends say, she jtiied or.ee more to escape hut fail* Jed. Spinney says his daughter has j written him several letters on tissue | paper, imploring him to come to her j assistance. She asked for money with which she could oome back to South Eliot, but money sent her never reached her.j Chief Hilj. though he believes the i story of the father, says' that there :s I nothing in the edicts of the New [Hampshire courts which gives him ;i!io right to take the girl forcibly J j and restore her to ’‘her father, hut he would assist_her to return provided she made complaint that sho is illegally detained.LOCAL DASHESJThere were six lodgers and but single drunk on the police blotto last night.If people would use a little jurig raent and shut the wator oft* in th cellars these cold nights mth^
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Portsmouth Herald

Portsmouth, New Hampshire, US

Tue, Jan 31, 1911

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