In re Delano

This is a proceeding by habeas corpus in which Francis J. Delano seeks to recover from his wife, Catherine E. Delano, the custody of Francis Gf. Delano, a male child of their marriage, who is a little over three years of age. Mr. Delano is about thirty-five years of age, and Mrs. Delano perhaps younger. They were married in 1884. This boy was born February 10, 1886, and is the only child of their marriage. They lived together until July 3, 1888, when Mrs. Delano left their residence, which was then at a boarding house in St. Louis, and with the child went to the residence of her mother in…