The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-06-21

3'year-Olu daughter, Llly, WHIch
vas KIDNAPPED by her husband,
Willard q. Crawford, sewing
machine agent, from the house at
723 North Fourth street, about 4
o'clock Sunday afternoon. Toe
writ was made returnable before
Judge jenkins at 10 o'clock this
morning.
Mrs. Crawford told the story of
her troubles to News reporter
yesterday morning, but as her hus
band could not be seen for his state
ment and as no legal steps were
taken by the wife what she said was
not printed.
She said that her maiden name
was Annie Booker, that she va.
married at eatherford in July,
1888, and that she ran away from
home to wed MIR. Crawford. Her
parents have never forgiven her for
this and they would have nothing to
do VITA her. She and her husband
have been living IN Waco about
year and half.
Her domestic troubles, she claims,
are caused by the excessive jealousy
of her husband, who, she alleges,
has mistreated her by striking and
abusing her in various ways. She
stated further that he has failed to
provide for her properly in the last
two year, She said that her hus.
band had often said that he never
loved the child and only wanted to
get it away from her. He attempt
ed, she alleges, to blast her reputa-
ton and said that he would publish
her in certain low publication
circulated in this city.
Sunday afternoon Mrs. Crawford
said she was visited by cousin of
her husband from Tennessee, who
told her that he was going out in
the county to spend the day. Later
on a man came after her husband
and he also stated that he was going
out of town. Later on Mrs. CIaH.
ford received note from a man
asking her to meet him at specified
place. She said she knew the note
was decoy written by her hus.
band, but she went to the stated
place to show him that she knew he
had written the note and when she
got there she found Mr.. Crawford
and two policemen. After scene,
when her husband left her, she
started back home. Just as she ar
rived at the gate she saw her hus
band coming out with the child,
which she had left at home in
charge of negro girl. There was
hack at the gate in which wal
seated brother of her husband
while cousin and another brother
were seated in buggies nearby. Shs
took the child away from her hus
band, she says, and started to g
in the gate when the negro cal
driver violently took the little CIR
away from her and put it in thu
carriage. In the struggle she claim
that her husband knocked her dowl
and held her until the child wa
safe in the hack. A number of tn
neighbors witnessed all this. Whel
the hack started off, followed b,
the men in the buggies, Mrs. Craw
ford says she ran behind and calle'
to policeman she saw to stop tn
carriage, but he did not do so.
Since the kidnapping Mrs. Cfaw
ford claims that people have bee
watching the house and that oh
has made herself sick from worr
and trouble. She also alleges tina
her husband wants to get posse ssio
of her furniture and tina. she ha
been afraid to leave her house.
The lady wept bitterly Will
telling the unpleasant story an
seemed to be in the greatest dlstres.
She is "a yesrs old, of medium
height, has symmetrical, tri1
figure, regular features and thic
masses of dark-brown hair are pile
up on her shapely head. She is
very attractive locking woman, of
rather nervous d sposition. Sh
admitted that she stuck fork int
her husbands arm during tn
trouble Sunday afternoon