, 1879-04-20
CHlLD-SIEALING.
Husband, Wife, and Mother-in-L Law
Have an Evening Seance.
General Washing Of Dirty Linen for the
Benefit Of the World.

That grcen-eyed monster Jealousy, whom M,
SQuibbs recommended to Stevens to win bac1
his wifc's affections, vas having a high olc tim
of it yesterday iu one Of the fashionable resi-
denccs on Oakwood boulevard, in the southeast
ern extremity of the city. hcbrawls and grow1
were all within doors, and couscouent1
hidden from all the nciehbors, until yesterda
noon, when O most depiorable case Of domesti
difficulty was suddenly exposed to view. Th
house No. 50 Oakwood boulevard, one OF
handsome row OF two-story and basement brIcl
residences, is occupied by ". R. Austin, ,
commission merchant and operator on I'll,
Board of Trade, having an office at Noe
Iii and 143 Lasalle street. His family consist
ed only Of himself, his wife, little daughte
216 years old, and servant. Tie wife, appa
rently brave, courageous little woman, hat
kept ,all her domestic woes hidden, ani tht
outer; world knew nothing Of what wen1
on inside those walls. Being well ed
ucatcd aud lover Of music, Mrs. Austin
readily found her way into good Society, auG
able people. It was uoised about early yester-
day morning that the Austins we're about to
move. but as they only rented the house fur
nished of the owner, Mrs. Chamberlain, but
little was thought OF it. Along about noon a
carriage drove hastily up to the door, and from
Nj
He looked into the lower rooms, and finding
the furniture being packed up, be ran upstairs,
sr4Tcupn ma LITTLE pAUCuTR8 FRov ,rs
u0rrER,s AIMS,
anil NTH fop hurried oatns r,n do,nr, s+af-c
a.,1 1aa5 tha t;tt1a one in the carrtav" Tao
he darted back to hurl some more i'm precations
at his wife, aud to snatch some few articles of
baby clothing. Mrs Austin tainted and lay
helpless upon the Aoor. He strobe over her
md dn1vn etairs fnsNtlt. carrinpe Mira na.
nude, who had been ailing Mrs. Austin 70 pack
up, had reached the sidewalk and was@ max
ing determined effort to rescne the little girl
but Austin rudely pushed her aside, and
ordered The ld driver fn'o1 t9 put the %hp to his
The street Was filled with the parents
aud children Of the neighbofhood, and MIR.
Austin being known to nonc it was hastily con-
cluued that some heavy villain was committing,
robbery and abducting little Winnie Austin.
result, and the story Of an outrageous abduc-
tion in broad daylight reached down town within
m hour. There was no trouble in Keeping the
other children OF that vicinity within doors.
Austin having departed at his leisure, the house
bcca1ne rendezvous for I'LL tie friends Of the
family, and a.! the gossips, whose ears 1t quick
~ reacnea- 1nen 1of 1ne n'St t'nie YVES
THE SKELETON IN THE AUSTIN HOUSEHOLD
made publicly known to the nefghbors. Mrs.
Austin, after recovering in degree her COM
posture, stated for tie edifcation Of tue
crowd that her husband had abused ler for
years in most horrible manner, and that she
had determined to move all their household
roods urd serve upon her husband the necessary
papers for Giyorce Immediately thereafter This
she was doing upon the advice of her attorney.
A trcacherous servant girl. who vas TOO friendly
to Mr. Austin, had lorcseen Mrs. Austin's
scheme, and had gone downtown to his Office
to warn him Of what was going on. Hence the
hasty arrival and the exciting abduction.
4 7rRRUSE reporter VISITED the dOmicile last
evening. Entering, he was received by Mrs.
Chamberlain. and by her Introduced to Mrs.
Austin. She was very anxious to keep the mat
ter quiet, and, during the conversation, ::
MIR. AUSTIN CAME TO THE DOOR,
nskcd who WAS there. md. upou being told, ask
I'd lie renorter to follow him. He xas accom-
mof3ated rwo of his netrhbors were makin1 n
apneal to him to restore the child to
IT'S mother. and we're making eloquent argu-
mems ns tn ,Thy II should be done. Austin was
shoKinr hjs head waving his hands. and
ITnppin3r his tongue. the latter in a most
:ensclcss, even cruzv manner. He brought
Ill sorts Of charges against his Wlic,
and utterly refused to be comforted. Then the
wife Of one Of the netghbors,. motherly little
woman, entered, md made her appeal for the
:cstoration of the child. Austin became dra-
matte, and replied IN whole lot OF nonsense,
lsing harsh words, calling bis VIE woman
Who was only whiting to get rid OF
1im so That she might 60 to the DAD.
Then Austin went on into TRADE upon the
lttcmpt to rob him OF his Guild In order to send
Ter to Minnesota, und also the attempt to de-
poll him OF his household goods Lis Vile
A. -%,yyr