Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-11-11
THE BARON'S FLIGHT.
A Well-KnoWn Local Celebrity De-
serts His Lately Welded Wife.
LINDEEAUER'S SUDDEN FAREWELL
The Wife Frustrated on Receiving His
Parting Message.
SHE ATTEMPTS TO COMMIT SUICIDE

A large, heavy man, with German face
and luxuriant dark side whiskers, who has
for about year been waiter in the Hotel
Duquesne cafe, has been well known to all
the patrons of the cafe as a man with his
tory. He has just added chapter to that
history. The distinguished looking waiter
was known as the Baron Won Lindenauer.
To those with whom he became well ac-
! quainted he sometimes told his story. 1t
was that he was member of the German
aristocracy; that, for political opinions. he
had been compelled to leave Germany, and
his estates had been confscated by the Gov
eminent. 1t was known to few intimate
| friends that the Baron was Socialist, and
that was supposed to be the political reason
for his leaving the Fatherland. The Baron
never went much into details, and sur
rounded himself with an air of mystery and
long suffering. He was a wronged man,
and borrowed money from his associate
walters and friends with the resigned forti-
tude of an Italian count. He sometimes
spoke, with Boulanger air, of the day
when he should return 70 Germany and
claim his own. 1t may be that he has re-
turned.
Last June the Baron took a wife. She
was Chicago widow, and came to this city
to become the Baroness. She held a good
place in Chicago, where she earned an e1-
ceIlent living, and her daughter, young
lady, was and still is engaged in that city
as clerk. The widow is 40 years old, and
the Baron claims to be only sc. Neverthe-
less they were married, and settled down to
housekeeping, apparently as happy as two
pigeons in hay loft.
THE BARON A PROUD MAN.
They rented fat on the third floor at
No. 80 Grant street, which the Baron fur
nished in good style. The Baroness did her
own cooking, but the Baron was so proud
that, the neighbors say, he never set his
foot inside Of the kitchen door. The wife
was very attentive to her Gege, and was
greatly devoted to him. Those who know
them say that she appeared never to be
tired of waiting upon him and looking after
his every desire.
Some of the visitors at the cafe, when they
learned that the Baron's wife was older
than he was, twitted him about it and told
him that he was fool to marry a woman so
old. He appeared to be panied by these re-
marks, and repeated them to his wife.
Saturday afternoon the Baron went to the
bookkeeper at the Hotel Duquesne and
asked for his wages. The bookkeeper asked
if he could not wait while, a few hours,
until all the accounts were made up. The
Baron said that he had resigned his place.
and intended to leave the city on an early
train. As hs had some bills to pay and
other things to look after, he desired to
draw his money little early. His wages
were given to him. The Baron owed money
to some of the other walters, and he paid
them. He then bade them farewell.
About o'clock Saturday afternoon Mrs.
Lindenauer was sitting in the rooms of a
lady who lives on the first floor at No. 80
Grant street. Two or three other ladies, who
are neighbors, were present, and all were
laughing and chatting in a happy mood. A
messenger boy appeared, asked for Mrs.
Lindenauer, and handed to her note. She
opened it, read it, screamed and fell upon
the floor. She moaned and shrieked,
TORE HER LONG HAIR
with her hands, and cried that her husband
had deserted her. She handed the note to a
friend. 1t was from the Baron, and in few
words informed his wife that he intended to
leave her and that she would never see him
again. The poor woman was almost frantic
with grief and cried piteously. She begged
one of her friends to go to the Hotel Du-
quesne and see her husband. The lady who
lives on the hrst hoor went to the hotel and
was there told that Lindenauer had already
left the house. They had no idea where he
had gone.
Mrs. Lindenauer became sufficiently quiet
later in the day to call upon Mayor Nc
Calm and tell her story to him. He was
unable to help her to find her husband, but
endeavored to comfort her with kind words
The deserted woman would not be consoled.
She did not sleep Saturday night, and cried
continually. Yesterday morning she was
no calmer. During the forenoon she at
tempted to open the third-story window and
throw herself out upon the pavement. The
women who were with her had difficulty to
restrain her. A number of the neighbor
women called upon her yesterday and did
all they could to console her. They Joined
in raising a purse of $15, which they sent to
Chicago to Mrs. Lindenauer's daughter to
enable her to come to Pittsburg at once.
The Baron left his wife without dollar of
money, but fortunately she has the new fur
niture. Last evening Mrs. Lindenauer re-
tired early, and at o'clock it was said
that she was resting quietly.