The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-04-16
DESERTS HIS FAMILY
A Wife and Creditors Moarn .
Contractors Departure.
HE LEFT BETWEEN Two DAYS


On Monday isdy called On ths ehief Of
pofics and rksted thss shs wished biz ssd
vsry mach. shss her hasband, l. + Aveng.
. contractor Who has bssn puttanE mp .
isrxs number 81 eSevntors hers. hsd isef her
on he night previous and that sbe did not
know WHARF, he hsd gone 10. She VS.
quite certain that h hsd left for good. b.
Gauss he had taken his and hsf pictures
from the family album. and that BE- had also
met on the street and bads goodbye 70 one Of
the young men Who roomed IN their house
she begged the chies 70 70 with her 70 the
hosts and trsiss leaving the city. thinking
In thse way she might run acyoes her bus
hand. IL be bad not already left, and per
sunde him 70 return with her 70 her home
The chief did - she requested. bat
thorough search Of the city only confirmed
the Iisa that the wife had been abandoned.
Further Investigation proved that Aweng
not only deserted his family. but had also
left good many unpaid biils-
Last night 81 81 Fourteenth street, Mrs.
Awsng was found waiting and watching
for sons news regarding the missing hus-
hand, when reporter OF the Posr-Isrxl~
saEscgs called upon her. She stated in
snswer 70 his questions: II cannot see
Why my husband should leave me unless
IL was bec&use he owed some money. but
he shonld have faced his troubles and IN =
iittle while. the money which be Is owed
here wouid have been paid, and be could
then strsightsn his bills out One thiag,
however, he was much too easy.
and although he had no bad habits. yet he
lost . great deal OF money through his care
less wy of doing business. and only Sat
urdsy night last We had good many sharp
words b~cause he had not collected money
which was due him.
Mrs. Awsng then stated that - gentle
man had snsinuafed that probably there
was something back Of the money troubles
which had caused Aweng's departure. - bat
~ far a. she knew she did not think Aweng
cared for any woman, and II there was
any warm spot In her own heart for any
other than her husband II wss for no one
In this city.
''Of course we have had many quarYeis.
he and +" she confined. but 1t was not
about men or women. Mr.. Aweng is -
yesrs and am very much younger. and
Ne do mot ses things alike
Aweng gave her no money Saturday
night last and they auarreIied about It,
Sunday he appeared TO be oil right. bat In
the afternoon when she was out purchas-
ing something be packed his small chest.
and with his vaiise. removed from the
house, since which time he has not been
seen. except by ono Of the roomers. whom
he met on the street.
Mrs. Aweng produced her album last
night. intending to exhibit picture of her
missing husband. but was seemingly as
tonished TO ind IL and ali the pictures Of
members Of her husbands family had been
distracted.
On being told by the reporter that II
looked curious that her husband. leaving
on account OF his debts. should make IL q
point to take with him the pictures Of his
people, leaving all others In the album, she
confusediy remarked that of course there
VS. In her family little domestic troubles.
- there are In others. but TO distinctly
understand there was no man In the case.