GERTUDE STEINING'S
FIGURE IN COURT
A sensational sequel to the divorce case instituted some time ago by
Cortrude Stebbings, through her attorney, Guy Wolfe, developed in district court before Judge Edgar Steele
Wednesday morning in the cross suit
instituted by the husband L. R. Stebbings, who was represented by Morgan & Keane when allegations were
made by Mrs. Beardsley to whom the
baby girl had been entrusted on order of the court had been kidnapped
by the wife and former plaintiff and
taken to Colfax in an auto. She
did not appear in court to defend the
cross suit. Her whereabouts and
that of the baby girl are unknown.
L. R. Stebbings was on the witness
stand in his own behalf and as plaintiff in the case. He showed a various
acts of frivolous conduct on the part
of the defendant and wife, and cited
some occurrences in Lewiston at a
dance. He showed that she and a
girl companion had registered at a
hotel there under aliases and stayed
out from his home. 