Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-12-04

me 20 brooklyn. i brought ner With The
full consent and approval of her father.
It was the intention that should keep her
for an indefinite period, or at least until
her father could arrange his business so as
to take charge of her, and arrangements
had been made to legalize the affair so as
TO give me full and perfect right to
assume the guardianship of the child.
was fitting out her wardrobe, which had be-
come entirely inadequate to the actual ne
cessities of a girl of her age, and was max
ing arrangements to provide for her edu-
cation, which has also been most shame
fully neglected"
"Was she contented to stay with your
ssShe was perfectly contented and APP
peared to be happy. She was always do
cile with me, and was very fond of her."
did she 60 away willingly with her
mother yesterday?'
'In the excitement of the moment she
did not seem to realize what it all meant,
and she suffered herself to be taken away
by her mother and uncle without actual
force, although it was undoubtedly a
case of coercion. When the woman called,
five minutes before Mrs. Melville and her
brother. and said she was the wife of En-
gineer Taylor, and was stopping at the
navy yard with some friends, was so sus-
picious that I would not allow Maude to
see her at first. and only consented after
repeated and earnest solicitation, and then
only in my presence. In fact, have never
allowed her go out alone or leave my sight,
for fear something might happen to her.
am now convinced that Mrs. Taylor was
sent here by Mrs. Melville to find out
whether Maude was here, and that when
she left instead of going to the
navy yard, she went to the corner
of Grand and Willoughby avenues, where 1
have been informed Mrs. Melville's carriage
was waiting for her. Then when Mrs.
Melville and brother called, 1, of course,
did my best to prevent them from getting
Maude, but was unsuccessful. Mrs. Mel
ville's brother never saw before, and I
never saw Mrs. Melville but once. Mrs.
Melville's brother is very rough man, and
he certainly treated me in very rough
manner. His name is Waldron, and I
believe he lives in Buffalo, where most of
Mrs. Melville's family reside. I had no
difficulty in recognizing Mrs. Melville's
voice. It is peculiarly harsh, load, shrill,
unpleasant voice. Poor Maude was taken
away with only thin cotton wrapper, and
nothing on her head. I did not follow
them because knew it would be useless,
and furthermore have no doubt, from
what know OF the woman, that she was
armed, and that she would have shot me
without hesitation had attempted TO in
terfere with her.
'sWhat are the facts in regard to the
trouble between Mr.. Melville and his wite.''
asked the reporter.
''Mr. Melville by his generosity sni his
desire to shield his family. has thus Tar re-
Trained from saying word ON the subject,
Notwithstanding all the public scanGag his
wife has made and the charges that have
been made against him of cruelty TO an,,
neglect Of his family. As to the charge thai
Mr.. Melville did not properly provide for
his family, it is absolutely false. He owns
a'house at Sharon, Pa, about seven miles
from Philadelphia, wdere his family reside
when he is away. While he was away the
last time. for eight months Mrs. Melville
drew from the paymaster of the Uniued
States navy $40 per month and
for the remainder of the time $50 per month.
And yet when he came home he found
himself involved in debt on every hand.
Among the bills was one of $40 for liquors,
including wines, whisky, and champagne.
When Mrs. Melville was taken to the
asylura at Norristown her other two chill
'dren-Elsie, ten years old, and Meta, eight
years old-were allowed to go with her,
but they had no clothes to wear, and Mr..
MelviIle's sister, Mrs. Demarest, who
lives in New York, was sent for to prepare
them to go to their mother. They were
absolutely destitute, and the house was not
much better. There were no sheets or
blankets on the beds, and everything had
been allowed to go to ruin. Engineer
Melville and his wife have been married
about eighteen years, and this domestic
trouble has hung over the household for at
least the last half of that period. Always
when Mr.. Melville returned home from a
voyage he brought handsome and costly
presents for his wife and children. Maude
had on her finger when she left here yes
terday a ring her father brought her worth
$500.
ssAs illustrating Mrs. Melville's temper
continued Miss Capel, sit is said that she