Salt Lake Tribune | 1910-06-02 | Page 2 | Lady Frances Cook Released from Custody

LADY FRANCES COOKE RELEASED FROM CUSTODY NEW YORIC. June 1. A writ, of habeas corpus for Lady Frances Cooke, the suffragette, better romcmborcd as Tennessee Claflin. was granted tonight In the state supreme court lo Mary Sparr, Lady Cooke's sister. Tho petition recited that "Lady Cooko. who Is old and feoblc, was restrained of her llborty by John Floyd Hume and his wife .Mabel: that Iady Cooke was being secrelcd from her relatives, and that she was allowed to spend no money on her own needs. Mr. Hume, who Is a newspaper man. with whom Lady Cooke sometimes makes hor homo when she Is In this country, said that Lady Cooke's estate, which she inherited from her husband. Is strictly entailed under the laws of England, and that not a ponny of it could bo divested from tho fanillv. The complaint wns subsequently withdrawn with-drawn when Millard F. Sparr. a son of complainant and a nephew of Lady Cooke, informed his mother that she was wholly in error. Inasmuch as Millard Sparr Is Lady Cooke's business manager, hlB explanations ex-planations wore accepted. Scon at tho home of tho 'Humes. Lady Cooko said tonight: "It Is a very pathetic affair. My sister Is an old woman, ten years older than I. and tho Idea of her accusing me of not being in possession of my faculties. 1 was tho baby of tho family, and she prob-ablv prob-ablv thinks of mo even now as a little glrf. I wept when 1 heard what sho hnd done. "People always havo boon accusing others of coming after my money. Somo people have thought they could get some of it. too. Well. I believe In being generous. gen-erous. When I feel llko. It. I draw a check, but if anybody thinks ho can inveigle in-veigle me out of It. he Is much mis-Liken."