Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 41, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 February 1915 — WOULD ADOPT HER OWN SON [ARTICLE]

WOULD ADOPT HER OWN SON

Mother Tries to Recover Child Left at Mission When a Baby. * ,i Chicago.—Patrick Warren Hastings is four years old. Recently his mother, Mrs. Ida Mae Hastings Smith of Nq. 5873 Glenwood avenue, who has been seeking in three courts to gain his custody, filed a petition in the county court seeking to adopt him. Frederick L. Smith, the mother’s present husband, joined in the petition. Patrick’s father. Warren W. Hastings, is dead, and before Mrs. Hastings became Mrs. Smith the child had been left at a mission, where Mrs. Lee C. Hackett of No. 5837 Washington boulevard found him and tool? him home. Mrs. Emily F. Roley, No. 8437 Pralile avenae. waa -appointe<l guardian. + The petition sets forth that the adoption was sought in order to malm the child eligible to inheritance. - : - , . • ■ -