The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-05-31
ROMANCE OF REAL LIFE.
A MOTHER CONES TO GRIEF NJ KID
RAFTING HER own CHILD.
The Reckless Pistol Comes into play.


Yesterday morning there was case before
Judge Smith that was deserving to draw
from the idle crowd OF spectators that daily
hang about the courtroom o large share Of
| their sympathy.
1t was q mother pleading for her child,
1 which had been taken from her by a decree Of
: court, and which she was charged with hay
| ing kidnapped
1t appears that nine years ago Henry Bier.
now broker On Carondelet street, tfved in
Ney York city with his mother, who kept q
| little store.
In his mothers employ was d girl nafned
l.. BetHtfils, who occupied the position of
saleswoHlat.
Mrs. Her was during that year foroed to go
to Chicago on business, and
DURING HEB ABSENCE
she left her son, and Miss Beaufils. tbs lat
ter who was then only. 4 years OF age. in
charge Of the store. While Bier and This
young girl were living in tho same house he
tempted her, she consented, and in an evil
hour the foolish girl lost the respect Of the
world The mother heard of her sons dis,
honorable act and wrote him II letter to sell
out the stock in store and some to Chicago
Bier obeyed tlie commands 81 his mother,
and after settling up the business in New
York he went to Chicago, taking with him the
I
While In Chieag5 Miss Beaaills
BECAME A MUTHgR
Bier proposed marriage TO his within, bttt
upon such terms that she was forcsf 10 re-
fuse
After seven years ltd elapsed during which
time the mother had supported and reared
her child, Bier and Miss Beaulissfountt them
selves in New Orleans
Becoming very poor she went " Bier and
asked him 10 take the child and support II I'm
LII a 81 L.
ing for it herself Bier took the boy, and dur
ing the year that he Was supporting it hc
married, and his wife taking d fanoy to the
child wished to adopt ii. Bier placed the
matter in court, and the suit was rendsred In
his favor, tho decree setting forth thnt
the child should visit it's mother every Sun
day.
Tho child visited its mother every s.,lnday.
but this did not altogether suit the mother;
she wished to rear
HER own cHftD.
so she entered suit in the Second District
Court praying that her child be given to her,
which suit is yet pending and will be sopnde
eided.
few weeks ago, the mother fearing that
bhe above named suit might go against her
HIS the first one had, made u1 her mind that
the next time her child visited her she would
keep him
On the following Sunday TIE child paid tho
usual visit to it's mother, and she kept il.
wrote q note to its father saying: "The
child Is on the blue seas; you will never see
it again The mother then took the child
and has been wandering about with it from
place to place in order TO prevent its father
from getting charge of 1t again
Bier placed the case in the hands Of AidS
Minor and Pecora, who have been for some
time been following Up tho case. Yesterday
evening the mother and child were walking
on Canal street, when they met % friend who
offered the
WANDERERS A HOME.
This gentleman procured g carriage, pat
The mother and child in il and drove out
Canal street, and stopped Mt Hagan Avenue.
AS soon MS the @tffiage stopped n boy
about eighteen years Of age, named Andrew,
q brother Of Henry Bier, who had follows I'd
the party approached the carriage and. with
more reckleasness than discretion, drew ~
Lafeacheux revolver and fired three shots mt
the party in tho carriage.
Fortunately Andrew Bier was ~ very bad
marksman, and no one was hurt. This youth |
full would-be-rnurderer was taken to tho
Suburban station and locked mp, charged with
shooting with intent to
COMMIT MURDER.
BY this time Aid McDonogh and Special
Luby, who were also Interested in this CASES
reached the scene.
The officers made the mother and clild
prisoners and brought them to the Central
Station, where Henry Bier charged the
mother with kidnapping.
The cage was brought before Judge Smith
yesterday morning, and tfa, mother placed
under &250O bonds for her appearance 9th
the child on the 9Th Of June.