Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-08-02
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mttment - JAN,
Mrs. Sarah T. Bau0r, wife of John q.
Bauer, OF this city, who Cloped ON tho lith
OF July with George Mulcr brickmakor,
returned to Lancaster ut 2 O'Clock this
morning, bringing with her tho threN.
year old child she took along with her
whcn she fled. She did not 80 to hnr
home, but sought ShDlrr with a friend,
| MTs Lut2, who resides on CunrstOga
street, near Beaver Tho uilinrs Of ihc law
got wind oi her arrival aud the place of
her cuuCealmout, aud armed with u war
! rant issued by Alderman McG INN, on com.
plant of her husband, charging her with
adultery, Cunstab'e.Shay. OF the S,h ward,
proceeded To Lut2's aud arrested her.
The arrest was NJ Uncn nOlscd abroad,
anh by tho timo tho prisoner reached tho
alderman othoc great crowd WAS gath,
orcd there, including Me-. Bauer tho ia
jurod husband
Mrs. Bauer, who in tout, rross look
| ing woman OF 80 years, broke down uJm-
| pirtoly when confronted 10y her husband
| and the gaping crowd. She sank to tho
to1r, screamed loudly aud begged fran
! ticly ot her husband Tor forgiveness.
| Mr. Bauer, however, was not IN Tor
! giving humor, and turned a deaf car To
| her suppNcNtiuuS lie took possession OF
tho trunk which Mrs. Bauer brought back
| with her, aud had it conveyed to his resi-.
! deuce, but no left tho child in her posses
| sion.
Aldcrmln McGinn made short work of
the case. lie demanded bail Tor u hearing
OF the charge OF adultery, on Monday next,
| and bail not being forthcoming he com
mtttod hcr tn the county iail, the thIoo
year old child going with hcr
| \ TCurpspntatiNa nI tho INrrt t,rt.N,r,-,,
endeavored TO interview her, but sho vas
too much Frustrated to give much ac
| count of herself Between her slbs aud
Croaus and calls upon "John" to forgive
her, the reporter managed To get from hor
| a statement that her malden uamu was
| tarman that she was brought up ia tho
| country that she married Bauer fourteen
years ago, and had nix children that tho
was OF lively disposition, "hut ucyor did
anything wIuug;" that John vas Jealous of
| her, aud especially Jealous Of Miller, with
whom she used to joke aud drink beer ;
that John oitOu when jealous, would accuse
her unjustly, treat her uukiudly and
tell her To go away from the house that
| finally sho thought that If sho did 60
| away for a while and then como back
again, no would treat hor bvtter, aud 30
ou the ligh Of July sho left home aud went
to Philadelphia. Sho douiod pootllycly
| that she olopod with Miller and whom tho
reporter told her that She was seon with
| him At the railroad station ami that shO
| took tue Same train ho took, she Stlll per
sisted that she did not 80 with him did
not stay wish hun IN PuIIaluIphiA, aud did
| not know where he nov was.
When asked where shJ had brru -tOpp-
| lug IN Phllddeiphia, she could not or would
| not toll. Sh0 said she was - stranger there
aud had 10 inquire for place to board
several places were recommended tp her
but the prices were tOJ high aud sho won't
into that part of the town that was not
built up so SJsely aud got board for -
day or two size could not toll tho uamo
or remember tho street then shu won't 10
another place to board on another street
| but could not tell where it was. Then her
child got sick and cried constantly for
the other children, and she resolved 10 go
home and ask John tD forgive her.
When asked why she did no5 X homo
ut once instead OF going to Mrs. Lu.I'r,
sho replied that sbc did not know whether
John was ~ home or not, aud she knew she
could tiud shelter at Mrs. LutG's and that
sue fully iutcuded u so home this after.
| noou had she not been arrested
By the time her rambling story had
proceeded thus lar, a coach 10 take her to
jail pulled up ~ front OF McGnau's uni5e.
She sank - the floor aud cried piteousIy
AZ the sight of it. 1t required the uu,tod
strength OF The alderman aud policemen to
| lit her into the carriage, out she was
| finally tumbled in, tho child was put IN
| alongside Of her, aud in charge Of Officer
| Rtchey she WAS taken to tho county jail.
lGquiry fails 10 elicit anything as 10 tho
whereabouts OF Miller, whom everybody
acquainted with the case believes To bo
| her paramOur, and 70 have eloped with
her. Mrs. Bluer's statement that she
intended tO return to her husband Is dis
credited. 1t is beloved that she Intended
to loaye tho child here, and then strike
for partB unknown.
Mrs. Miller tho young wife who was
deserted, has with her child returned TO
the homo OF her parents near Silver
Springs, this county.