Salt Lake Telegram | 1923-04-24 | Page 2 | Girl to Decide between Mother and Woman Who Adopted Her at Birth

l Girl to Decide Between Mother and Woman With Who I F Adopted Her at B Birth CHICAGO April 24 By U. U P P.- P. Beatrice Deatrice Nuttall pretty 1 12 year old old girl born out of wedlock was asked today between the mother to choose who bore her and the mother who fostered her since Infancy The outcome of the strange test of child love In Joseph B. B Davids David's court was watched by noted psychologists pay pay- and students of ot human emotions Twelve years ago Miss 1 Ada Schultz then but 16 years of age and living In Sterling Ill was to become a a. mother she admits In Ine Inthe inthe the court recordS record Her e parents feling keenly In dl dis- dis arranged to have the child grace Brace snatched from its mother the tho minute minute min mm- ute uto of birth and p placed paced aced in a a. chIldrens chIldren's children's childrens chil chIl- drens dren's home A week later It was adopted by James Nuttall a Waukegan Vau kegan postoffice clerk and his wife The baby was given a n. name and reared by the family as their own child Soon following birth of ot the baby Miss Sc Schult married and Js is now 1 4 j l living under the name of ot Mrs Ada S S. Morris Mrs Morris traveled through many states searching for her child child- an and cover has T never 1 gIven m UP h hope of f recovering recovering re re- covering it it I J 1 felt fU no shame of my own flesh and ana blood and would have protested the adoption of my baby had I known of it she told the court ear UM A year ear ago ngo she finally located the child and they met frequently Deatrice flea Bea trice Showed an unusual affection for her mother who brought court au action to recover custody o of the child Judge Davis battled baffled by the Intricacies intricacIes of the case obtained Judge Claire Edwards of Waukegan to sit with him during the hearing The ine court ordered the foster foste parents parents parents par par- to produce the child In court and tho the wishes of the girl will be consulted In choosing her tut future re mother I. I Beatrice will 1 b be Informed In court for the tho first time of the circumstances circumstances circum circum- stances of ot her birth f C. C 6 i. i h 2