NOTORIOUS CASE RECALLED

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2196, 8 July 1914, Page 19

NOTORIOUS CASE RECALLED

INVERCARGILL BABY-FARMING HORROR A VICTIM'S LEGACY MomnriLi of llie "\ruii m in Mjo tho notorious Inbj t rmtr, Mm io Dean, iviro recalled in tho Sil| rcniL Court yiitordaj nftiriuon di nn,; tho bearing of ii ippljcition under tno I Trustee A< t to luH oeif>ui monpj iiii'o available for pijimMit of logmps uiiilir tho will ol colnt M L ici<l j i 'Jiu> .irties to tho . ii|i'iidtinii \ ere Sir ill M'Ciirtor, who of insi }>)i M'C'artcr metal mcrch.nt, of ,nl Dallas, wife of Itobp-t Dillas, of (ills Kow, plamtiCs, iiii' tho Public I'ruM « us executor of ilie will rid codicil of Colin M'Lichhii cont.iutor, lat<i ot Oamaru, detont! uit U M 1 indluy appc ired fo- tho pliinntls, nMio tho solicitor frr the J'uMil iru-4 Oflico (Mr. J. Mudonuld) foj tho Public Tf*,stce Under the will of Colin Al'Lichhu money had U"on it ft to a cMld .lamed Colin Scnullir tf'La 'ilin f oi vhom no trnco could bo lojnd The «stato n.-us uot sufiicient to pa- "-p" in mil, and this wis ai nppiicat'pn to Imo tho missing child's siiaro made, a nhblo f or tho payment of the onpiid legicic: Tho applicftton \ns htard b\ Hβ Honour tho Cl.iof Jvsticp <3n Robert Stout), and it WA supjorUd 'oy an aflidnvit wlpch had l)e>u dlod Chief-Dete n tno M'lhcin» in ehi.pci of tho Criinii nl Hi gistMti'oii O°u i at Wellington, i\hi nib siitioned it Invereargill m IS% sti*i.! (bv afii'limt) that on Maj 9, ISilo, Minnie Dem win arrested on i clniyp of jimnter of in hifant named Honis , v, iml in co-in etion with tin* ilnrge Doteet e M'llvuney, with otl or po'iee nfficorn ton't part in i sei-c.l. of Minnie Dem's lioii.TC and premises it Wmtor, SouUiland, dining the month cienticned In tho prosecution of Jiis eoarcli ho and Detective Herbert fou , d a lc , t"r, re ad t ing as follows — "Aclinic , jn A<;j'um, •Tcli 2«, 1805 "Dear Mri Dem,—Diubticns. tou havo hoard that Air Colin M'Lichhn ,s dead. If not \ou \>i\\ be iiuch surprised. When ) siw hi n 'io sconifil si strong tint I feel \er} pciploxct . Should thero It wyl t'o trustees of Mr. ll'l.ichhn s eflcits, 1 iiciosi., would bo willing to fon ird 'uln it a future ditc lam an are hi' 'ittlo hoy is nn onU In gi iteful renicmbrnr.ee to jourseKcf,—l am, you«-s sincerely, "(Sg<' 1 rielon S-otillir "P.S.— t'lo wee fellow is a good boy I!o to write 'f convenient.— II S " On Juno 10, 18&1, at an nfjuest. n Invcrcargill, Detective "\l'llvene\ present when on" Cimerni, who had reeidod ivith Mn> Dem deposoil (inter i!iO Jn* eno » child niimcd Sooulh- brought to Mr 6. Dean's aboi t (no prinioiibly; that on <i Siturdnj in Ap iJ alnu* two years bofo-i 'ho n<iucU <-bc (Mir Karct (kinioron) v-m, senl \\\ r ill from tho ho I ccf Mr°- Dnin tint tho child Seoul! >r \» u there mi the morning, but had disippeirou i>\ tho e\eninp. Dotectuo M'U\ene\ b lio\ xl tbe child refe.icd to \in kumilii il with tho child Colin Sco\illar VT ichnn men tionod in tho will of Colin M'L'chl n, deceasod. 'Iho pe'lee hi«] Leon iniblo to find nnj trace of tho uhc-< ihouti of, tho child Mrr Dem wp i notonoiii baby farmer, iiho niis eoinictcd in 1 executed for the murder of an irifnnt (Dorothy Kditli Cnrto-) During tho trial of Mrs Dem f or thn 'nurder, ovidenco was adduced of her liai 1113 -procured eovoral vpfants (including the child Scoullar), vho frrni iimo to fine disappenicd undor cir"umstancoi pointing to thi ir mnrc'or by Mr?. Dean Dotectivo Jl'llvoiicy firniv bdio\r<l thnt tho cliild Colin fcou'hr M'Lachhin met hie death !n AprJ, ISW, at tho hands of Mrs Dean. Tho Chief Justin mndo. .\n order to release the monej, remarking timt it was clear tint tho pi f t tork effect, as the child died hoforo tho iloitn of deceased nnd whs preoi.mably ii'iraered by slrs. Deam It was itat 1 !] 0v co-.nsel \esterdav that tlio womm, IMcr Scoullar. ntw lieved to bo the mot! or of 1110 child, had not been hoard of miioo tin- Tnhlio Trustee had m<l to deal v iiii 'ho estate

FAMILY PROTECTION ACT

VARIOUS WILLS

Several applic ii o.is inucr Uio I'nnib Protection Act \.ero dc-il: «ith m tho Supremo Coi.rt \*>stcrdn\ aftciPooi. by tho Chief Jjstico (bir Robert Stout). His Honour ordoied adicrtisemcnte to lo inserted in three difforont English papo sin a - i endeaiour to discover the wlatoabouts of \\ iPidm Honry Denmark, w£ Ha'iimli JLrn Denmark, two children of Georgo Donmark, deceased, cirnenter vho uiod at Wftikouaiti jii 1870. 13% the v.ill of tho latter, th« iwo cliiidren rfcenca tho entiro esta'e, but the; had lie* boon, hoard (f fer imiv \f\'r->, and tlio estate had pasted into tiio odico of tho Publio Trustoo Tlio next of ]in now moved to obtain the cstato on tho assumption that tl-o ti.o clnldrtn of tho toetator were dead. Donald Smcliir Gunn Jjed mtestnto at 'l'iinarii in \iie,uu, VMS, nul Ins proportv passed to Jfisses K!ir-il)->th and Jlaricirot Sir.rlai The latter could not bo found, "iourli her ti'ter had recei\ed her share cf thn propert\ Tho Ohiof Just co ' ordered tho Public Trvstoo to mn'.o certain further inquiries fcy a(!^ort'<-einei l t for Miss Margaret Siiiclr.ir, and if tho-,i irqiiiries provo futilo tho cstr.to is to bo disbursed. An applic itiOM for naintet.anco from thoestato of tho Lito Wiiimiii Mirnrt%, formerly a Cartcrton storei-eeper, ««s before tho Court ii> Dccoinbc inst '>!ie:. thn Chief Justice J'rectcd that iho rcjatires wcro to lo lo.nr.ninir.itod v ith in tho matter of arriving ai- u.i ,ii rai.eeinont. Th« applica'io'i «ni aß'iir before His Honour •ostrrc'av and dcci eion is to bo at a V.lor date 't wns ntnted that Morinrt\ camo to New Zealand about f,O >cari aco and left Ins wifo and daushtors in America. Tho application for naintrnnmc van now made on behalf of tho uidow and lie. daughters.