Daily globe., 1880-07-17
Il TALE OF REAL LIFE.

Husband Captures His Own Child and
The Wife Remonstrates---A Compromise
Effected.
The police station is curious place for
the elimination in hatred of love born
and nursed under the summer skies of far
off France. 1t Is story of love and pas
sion, ending in woman's folly and bitter
hatred of the man she duped and then de-
serted. The affair came to the front in st.
Paul yesterday morning over fight for the
possession of their child, and the circum-
stances of the unhappy lisison may be re-
lated as follows: Several years ago Julien
Maichand, then promising young lawyer in
France, sought and won the hand of the
woman whom he afterwards made his wife.
The woman possessed the vivacity character
istic of the women of her nation, in addi-
tion to which she was noted for mark ed
beauty, traces of which are still visible.
The young lawyer cast about him for a
more promising field to exert his talents
than that offered in the overcrowded cities of
the old world, and he finally emigrated to the
old French city of Quebec. For time all
went we'll and he prospered, but circun-
stances changed and the couple removed to
Montreal. During their sojourn in the latter
city two children we're born, a girl and q boy,
The former died, when the boy became the
peace and joy of the household. The prac-
tice of the young barrister did not increase
as fast as he had anticipated, and he was
finally induced to remove with his family to
the Province of Manitoba, settling near
Winnipeg.
Business here was worse than ever, and
Mirchaud left the practice of his profession,
secured tract of land and went to farming.
Misfortune still followed him, and last Sep
ternber he bscame sick and was compelled to
go to the hospital for treatment. This was
the wife's opportunity, and she improved it.
During her husbands illness she left Winni-
peg, and, accompanied by her fve-year- old
son, came to this city.
The motives that actuated her to take the
desperate course pursued in this city are not
known; but it is generous to suppose that her
desperate conduct was solely owing to the
love she bore for the child and the natural
interest in his welfare.
1t is said thot she entered house of ill
fame, where her youth and good looks made
her valuable acquisition. At any rate the
mothers love wac apparent in the concern
manifested for the welfare of her son and
she procured board for him with a highly
respectable family on Seventh street. Thurs
day afternoon the outraged husband arrived
in this city from Winnipeg. He had written
to French priest named August Campion,
at Montreal, concerning the conduct of his
wife, at the same time asking for advice.
The latter execrated the conduct of the
mother and advised the father to procure
the child and bring him to Montreal, where
he would be taken care of.
Acting on this advice the husband con-
ferred with Detective Bresett. and yesterday
morning carriage was procured, and in
company with Bresett, the father visited the
child's boarding house on Seventh street.
The little fellow was in the yard and was
easily taken by the father, in the possession
of whom the parties repaired to city hall.
Ascertaining the turn affairs had taken, Mrs.
Maichaud rushed to the city hall, almost
frantic with mingled grief and rage. She
stated that the husband was not capable of
supporting the child, and instanced the kind
treatment he had received as cogent rea-
son for letting him remain with her. Trouble
was avoided by the appearance of Mr.. D..
Michaud, of this city, who appeared as
counsel for Mrs. Maichaud, the mother of
the child. The letters of the clergy were re
ferred to, and it was finally agreed that the
boy should be educated by the priests from
an annual allowance that he received from
his grandmother. Under these conditions
he goes to Montreal, and neither parent is to
interfere with his welfare.