Sacramento Evening Bee Wednesday, January 18, 1905 WILL NOT GIVE UP LOVED BABY Troubles of the Hanks of Interest in Oroville, Red Bluff and Gridley OROVILLE (Butte Co.), January 18 - The Gridley story in The Bee of Monday evening, in regard to the matrimonial troubles of John HANKS and wife, created considerable comment in Oroville and brought to light additional facts in the case. The report is circulated here that some days ago Hanks came to Oroville and went to where his wife is stopping and demanded to see his child. He was informed that as soon as an officer arrived his request would be granted. An officer was sent for and when he arrived the child was taken from a room in which it had been locked upon the husband's arrival, and brought into his presence. It is said that instead of caressing the child with fatherly love, he began to heap abuse upon his wife, which he carried on until, it is said, Officer REILY told him to desist from further abuse. Hanks then left. Attorney George GARDNER, the woman's attorney, soon after went to Red Bluff, where Hanks' father was at the time, for the purpose of stating his client's side of the case to the elder Hanks. The father, according to reports, returned with the attorney and interviewed the wife of his son, making her a proposition that she keep the boy one-half the time and the father the other one-half. The woman declined, saying that if they once took the boy to their home in Klamath Falls, Oregon, where the elder Hanks has a large stock ranch, she may never get the babe again. So the elder Hanks returned without the child. The opinion prevails here that the older Hanks are very fond of their grandchild and are desirous of getting it away from Mrs. Hanks, and are likely to leave him, if they do, considerable property. While here the husband made a search for witnesses which might aid him in his proceedings in Court, but just who will be called, if any, is not known. Both the parties are well known in Oroville and the sensation is the all absorbing topic discussed here at present. Each has friends here and many heated arguments are heard, though in a majority of the cases the sympathy seems to be with Mrs. Hanks. It is hinted that some prominent parties will be brought into the case as witnesses. Source: [email protected] Copied and submitted by Earline Wasser Member of Columbia Gorge Genealogical Society c/o The Dalles/Wasco County Public Library 722 Court Street The Dalles, Oregon 97058 http://community.gorge.net/genealogy [Note: new website address] Browse http://historysavers.com/orwasco/ recently updated information regarding Wasco County - Links are at the bottom of page The Dalles Chronicle http://www.thedalleschronicle.com/ http://searches.rootsweb.com/ "Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds you plant." Robert Louis Stevenson Incoming and Outgoing mail protected by Trend Micro PC-cillin program