Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 45, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 September 1917 — SOUGHT POSSESSION OF SON [ARTICLE]

SOUGHT POSSESSION OF SON

Demanded Offspring From People Who Raised Him. The case of George W. Sharp vs. Charles and Edna Rishling, in •which the former sought possession of his son Harold, twelve years old, was tried before Judge Hanley Monday. On September 6, 1908, Mr. Sharp’s wife and another child were killed in a streef railway accident in Indianapolis, and he then gave the care and custody of his 3-year-old son to the defendants. Five years ago Mr. Sharp was again married, and about a year ago he purchased and moved to a farm in Johnson county, since which time he 'has made repeated requests for his son. Harold, who stated on the witness stand that he had never known any other home except that with Mr. and Mrs. Rishling, did not want to go to his father’s home. He regarded his foster parents with every affection of a true child, and had received every care that loving parents could bestow. No decision has as yet been rendered, but will be upon the ing of court next Monday, and it is reliably stated upon the author-! ity of the court that the boy will be awarded to Mr. and Mrs. Rishling.