, 1860-08-17
HOW Woman &Dutgyttx II HFan nnd
EMIne PNsheshlOn uI lrr Iifdi

A very exciting Accne occurred at the he
trcis Mhsaukee depot Inst eseoiue, 1nciden,
to the unsuccessful attempt of maa 10 ret cut
OF to*n with his little boy wh Gu l:e had stolen
away fro1a his mother in ru,nghan,. Oakland
conntT. the 5c:alfs Of which ure these:
Not 1o3g before the arrival OF thu Detroit 4
Mil~ankee train, due Ut ',:45, officer Joy. The
policeman on duty there, recelved the following
'e eegTaphic dispatch from Conductor Dtfscoe'
dated Royal Oak:
81 l'e "n hund to arrest a man who is taking a
child from its mother. both ure on beard of
tr1i3."
Ihls, from its uncertainty, puzzled the ceu-
t'ous GtliceT, and he consulted @ prominent
lawyer who happened to be in the vicinity, as
10 h's po~tr TO act on such IN order, and the
1awyrr shook his head soon the train arrived.
ard IRON It there came u mna, apparently Of
some l'ity yenrs. lesdinga li.s1e bov Of three
or four years, and closely following was a wo.
,nnn much younger than the mau. lie was The
1ather aud she the mother. She had separated
from lin by 1tasou of bis bad hab,ts. or H.
treatment, retaining in the meaati1ne aud sun
porting the child. and applying for divorce.
LIZ had by stealth got possession Of the child
yesterdsr, but Eot >tea1.lily enough to keen
tie knowledge Of the fact ,rcm the mother ani
hef fsends, who got on board the same train
II come here and ii possible prevent the husband
1r'1 Carving tho child beyond reacL Of de-
e:.'on Of Michigan Cour.s
1He "oH4S ana heF friends beseecfed officer
I"y 10 p1eseat tue man from leaving with ,he
cafia on the Toledo train, till she could get ont
writ Of Aabeas corpus, or resort - other |. mi
measures to decide rs to her claims to retain The
idol Of her hCast. MIR. Joy told her that bnw,
ever strongly be sympathized with her. and
however much be would willingly do were he
not an officer Of the ia~, get bs,re An Officer. be
Na' po"eFless. The crowd gathered around
and their hearts beat warmly ior the motter
and had hand been raised to bcckon them nm
they would have thrust the man into the river
Iae little boy nestled up 10 his mother. and
begged her in childish accents to "co,ne
1.aE," for the excitement and the crowd anno1
cd him.
Netting could he done for the mother. linn
Jacob H. Howard, WHO happened to be in thc
depot Faw no legal way to prevent, The husband
aud father t1om going wlth his child whittier Le
I'ielscd. The mother apparently made up hcr
mind to tLat being l4e last time she should tea
her child, and tho poured out her heart in ex
pfess1ons Of lure and griei. aud IN the bestow
nent Of fond caresses and attentions. The time
approached for the departure Of the Southern
tran; the man had bougha his ticket, ard star
ed to Ett his scat, dragging by III. hand The
little boy. The mother followed to enicv for
the last second the sight Of the loved object. so
soon to be torn foreser from her.
She took ssas with the father, sitting near
the window. The air WAS warm aud close. and
she raised The window. Scarce q moment
elapsed before she grasped the boz, thrust him
through the aperture !, stout man. and he
With The rapidity Of lish:ning dar.ed Tor the
etreet, the crowd making clean passage for
him. The father in the rage OF despair, started
too out Of the car and alter the stranger but .he
crowd did not step inside. They yeiped in bis
ears. cEung to his coat tails, and in every way
lmpeded his progress.
Th~ stranger, powerful man, gained The
street tAfey, jumped into - hnck, ,-some esT
he JUMPED through the windows,-aad ordered
the driver of at the top Of lis speed. The pur-
suer ~ah too la'e. but be followed as fast as be
could, for the distance Of block or two. and
ten WISELY concluding that he bad been out.
T''ted. be found bis way painting with his chase,
back 10 IT, depot The mother was still at the
cars, but her heart w&s light. Her child :" wss
safe. with friends," and she WAS happy. Mauy
an Eye Vas moi'tened in sympathy With her III,
and loudl! they jeened aud dericed tbs man
who had thus been so snsrlly prevented frcm
dong 'oal wrong. lie went back to Oakland.
and she renlai.ed IN tue city. We were uaatle
vt the time to learn their names.-D<troi. 4 T.
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