Connected to Los Angeles Times article, July 4, 1930, Fight Made to Win Back Sold Infant, Mother Given Kidnaping Warrant Against Woman Who Bought Baby. San Francisco, July 3. (Exclusive.) … Mrs. Ruth Smith of this city was granted a kidnaping warrant against Mrs. Bertha Higdon … to whom Mrs. Smith asserted she sold her baby on the day of its birth … Mrs. Smith charges Mrs. Higdon bought the child to deceive her husband … A second warrant was issued for Mrs. Higdon’s sister, Miss Gladys Hatfield … Mrs. Smith declared she was misled into believing Miss Hatfield intended adopting the baby legally …
2 images of Ruth Smith, in dark dress and hat, holding small bottle, seated behind railing between woman and man. These 2 images are duplicated in uclamss_1429_2940 and uclamss_1429_2941.
