Held on fugitive charge

Associated Press · December 6, 1949

Mrs. Viola Rich DeWitt (left), 55, of Hollywood, Calif., and her daughter, Mrs. Priscilla Bradford Pratt, 35, of Las Vegas, Nev., leave felony court here this morning after adjournment until Dec. 27 of their hearing on a charge of being fugitives from justice. They were taken into custody after New York police were advised by Worcester, Mass., police that the two had taken Mrs. Pratt's son, George, 6, from the home of his father in Worcester without authorization.