New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-04-03
ELOPEMENT WITH A WIFE AND TWO
DAUGR rERS.
A HUSBAND IN SEARCH OF HIS FAMILY.
F,em TIE Dsss oft Free RJsss SA

A HUSBAND IN SEARCH OF HIS FAMILY.
Fysm TIE Detroit Free Rrs'', SA
man named John Cooper, residing in Scotsviie,
Monroe Co., n. y, arrived in this city yesterday IN
search Of his family, consisting OF wife and Two
daughters of the respective ages of twelve and four
teen years The substance OF his tale was that they
had eoped with man named William Story of the
same place. who left behind him wife and three chll-
dren Of bis own. The party had brought with them
| their trunks and baggage, and were well PROVIDED
with all the necsssaries 10 the way OF clothing &C.
The eopeuent had been carried into execution on Sun
day the sth Of March, under plea of going to church,
the trunks having been privately taken out OF the house
the day before without his knowledge. IL was som
distance TO church. and the suspicious OF the bus band
were net aroused by the absence of the parties over
night, as he thought they might have remained a,
neighbours house. Their prosrscted absence aroused
bis suspicious however and he started in pursuit leav.
ing older daughter at home. Ihe woman Is 90 )ut
| fifty years Of age.
Cpon bis ARRIVAL here the affair was put into the
bands Of officer A. W. Sprsgue, who, With his usual
sacri.y and vigilance immediately set about ferreng
out The matter. He found that the parties had
arrived in this city some time since, and after some
trouble and inquiry satisfactory trace OF them was
found in one OF the trunks, le in Murdn's Hotel as
security for a board bill Of as. Thence they were
traced to the Lsned House. where thew owed sl2 ~,
| ano from there to JobDson's Hotel. They remained
there SEINE days and then took their departure for the
| country the man and woman passing as husband and
wife, and the girls their daughters. Officer Sptague
followed their trail and found tn party a. II ss brick
yard three miles from the city, minus the n,n Who
sffer decoypg the three females away from home and
probably robbipg them Of their money, bssey deserted
them lat Wednesday, and left them pennilees and
among strangers housed in q miserable shanty and al
most destitute of the nece ssares Of life TIE woman
is an intelligent person far advanced in life and the
daughters very interesting and attractive girls OF good
education and pleasing personal exterior. What mo-
10 in nnlu har
self but her own children by i'll advised and reok-
LEES a STEP we csnnot imagine Trusting to the
| promise of who would desert his own wife aud
children certainly fragile hope and one inst too
soon saw lite fufllment In the destruction OF all her
prospects Of peace comfort forever, as the sequel
will show.
The injured husband with heart scarcely less hsrd
than that Of the man who had wronged hlp TOOK n's
daughters with him. and repudstng the wife who had
shared his bed for twentyone years lett ner desoae
and alone in poverty and des'itution, to wear away
the remaining few years that allotted her In her old
sge among strangers and thousands Of miles rom Any
heart bowed down by the weight OF htty years, the
desertion of the man for whom che sacrificed every
thing and the separation from her only hope-nef
| children. The shanty that covers her contains net
clothing that the stony husband took from the
trunks and threw TO her, and nothing else. Even the
necessaries for the support Of life are wanting ter
rble retributon has overtsken her and more terri
BILE one aw ats the man who was the cause OF II, II
there il any Justice to be dealt out in time to coAe.
The trunks we're found to contain everything neces
ssry in the shape of cothpg together with books in
abundance and many other things, showing that the
woman had been accustomed TO comfortable style Of
living and could not have left their home on the plea
of poverty or inadequate support. That their home
| was happy one is deduction that the conduct OF
the father and husband doe. not seem to imply. H'
took the trunks and their contents with the exception
| of bis wfe's clothing, home with bin Heaven send
that dire dreams may haunt his pillow till he relents
fro his hsrd hearted decision aud acts in
cerdsnce with the dictates Of humanity toward his
| ring but unfortunate wife.