The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1878-05-16
A TALE OF TWO COUNTRIES.
The Story of q Man who Fled From
England With His Children
Leaving His Wife
Behind.
Two MISSING WAITS.

/
TWO MISSING WAITS.
E Yesterday morning Mr.. Joseph Newsome,
Of this city, was in Kansas City, and when
Z about TO take the train for LeaSenworth, was
accosted by Mr.. Richardson, of Kansas City,
. in business there, and formerly IN business
here with Mr.. Peat, now keeping at the south
) end OF the Fifth street bridge who informed
him that his two children, John, aged fifteen,
and Polly. aged eleven, had run away f,om
home and he wished Mr.. Newsome To be on
the lookout for them as he thought IL prot.
able they might
COME To LEAyENwoRTH,
as they had formerly lived here and were
we'll acquainted in this city. Mr.. :Newsome
promised to do 80, and after some fuTth,
conversation he entered the smoking car of
the train and remained in IL until the train
reached this city. Upon alighting in the
| Union Depot he was more than psssably
! surprised to see the Seritable two children he
had been
REQUESTED To LOOK FOR
emerge from one OF the coaches. He spoke
| to thenl and tried To induce them 10 enter
| hack aud drive to his residence, where lie in
tended To keep them untlI he could RETURN
| them To their father. But this the youngsters
| would not consent to; they sail they had
come TO Leavenworth TO meet their mother,
and would go To 10 ones house save 10 the
one where they could see their parent To his
| EARNEST PERsU AsIoNs
they were entirely deaf, and finding that
1 nothing could b. done with them they were
taken in charge by a couple of police officers
| and taken 10 the station house. Though both
were in tears, they were as stubborn and OBJ
| stinste in regard to going any place save
where they were bound as could be, and II
was To ascertain where they wished TO go
that the police took them to headquarters.
To the Chief OF Police they toti their story, |
and no one who
HEARD ITS RECITAL,
and considering the tender age Of the two, |
conld have believed otherwise than in its |
truth. 1t would seem to belong more proper
ly 10 the realms OF roma.ce and fiction than |
TO this world of dsear reality and worn fact, !
and contains every element which could /
serve as the foundation for one Of
THE MOST sESsA rIoNAL OF NOVELS.
Richardson, or, as 1t appears, Haigh, the lat
ter being his right name, the parent OF the
boy and girl, is well known in this city, Eav-
ing been a member OF the meat firm of Peat
between Choctaw street and the bridge. lie
afterwards dissolved partnership with Mr..
Peat AMI removed TO Kansas City, where he
now l., Mr.. John Kelly, OF this city, being in
tcrcsted with him.
THE FLIGHT FROM HONE.
Haigh, alias Richardson, is an Englishman,
and lived at Barnsiey, in the mother country |
Having become siezcd with the American
fever that the Emitted ST ttes was the land OF
promise, he concluded 10 emigrate, and made
arrangements accordingly He emigrated,
bringing with him three children, the two
now here in This city and one, between these
two, Alfred, who died at Valley Falls, and is
now buried. there but The woman who ac-
companled MIN was not MS wife, but another
woman, resident OF Barnsley, nained Polly
White
'"o''Hn ihH o.hNN II
ussethe' as man ana ~iie' anu nave pseh NV
ing 'oseIhef as sucn ever since. Inc year OF
'her leaving Ensiahu was NOT ascer'aiHen'
o"s mus nave oeeh soiiie 'iiiie "aeh' as "h
'he chiiofeh were very young ~heh they ieIt
tn''ir isiaha nome. -Af'er .'ie arrNa' ih inns
country ryuins "en' aiohs sihoo'"'y
gu" napp"s
n'' n'''''e was no' VI 'ie
an 'neie seeii.u " oe ho way " W.. ~"
"ouis .'.i u'''ei ,He ",,
e'ieap' 'o'o' io"i ~
anu nu"uieu 'iii.' VI 'N
nei anu ner ian'S anu 'nsie was nv p''>p.'
, 10 '.'e '"o".i -
y. "sn ,',.saN, -,
"'''A nu' 'nei s"ap
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YOUNG MAY |,
IN ms employ VINO knew oil kicharuson per-
ndy' and MT long n o he look IT into his head q
to go back to his native land. Richardson, (
however, before the young mans departure, s
whether through the influence Of brides or Q
friendship, fear or love, Is not known, in {
ouced nm 10 promise that he would say no 6
thihg ABOUT hieharuson's Whereabouts, or oil e
the TACT that he was
LNiN" WITH ANorhER WOMAN.
A"is Pi"n''e '"e Souhs NINA iaithiuiy Kept
J, 90. - %, a., -. -. ,',,
D.,
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'p''. =, 'i,e anu ""''","' a''en'ahs
- ~ sNiiieu pn. s'ciaps' 'ne MAINLY oo,aiheo
me mastery anu proven ia'ai. before uying'
however, ne iia'e hno"n ,he secret "hieh
he nau mp "e''o,oie ioeAeu Within HIS
''e'S'' anu Tue eyesoi
DESERTED WIFE
we're obehe", i'icha,uson hao' M 'he h'ean- Il
'Ihie' ho'ed from Aea'en"or'h 10 Mans
III anu ~ 'na' PiAce the "iie "'o.e Il ie.tef
~ hef oos' '"hn' ehoioSihS one aiso W hef
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r., p,.s.,.,s,,, -. En-, o.. 80 ~ !,
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~.
LEARNED OF A FRIEND
IF the children. I'm Kansas CITY. Mrs. R,ssIer !,
whose parents. Shan,on by name. live at The :
corner OF Lawrence Avenue and Cherokee,
streets, in this city. She, shortly afterwards, G
6ro.e !" 'ohn rom rhiiadeiphia' mat she
ou'u ~ ~ ss -, " oh " eun s,"!'
!. anu w n,,N anu III, sis'e' - iea'e
A"sS Wy i'' inns ''sn eniei isuaS
'isu' vi 'SiS HUI "i"e' anu IL '"es e"oi" no'
meet nef a.
THE RAILWAY STATION
sere 10 telegraph or write her where in this
III " they 0ronld h. NOT that Sh. rould | q