The evening world., 1894-01-08

and was so positive that he was Butler
that she asked the Judge to let her
get at him.
They were all in court because Of a
disturbance on Eighth avenue Sat
urday evening, caused by Mrs.
Maggie Axwell SELLING hold Of
Larkins. or Butler. Mrs. Axwell is the
daughter of Mrs. Butler by a former
husband. She is twenty-eight years old,
big and strong. Larkins Is short and
not o~verpowerful. He left his apart
ments at No. l67 Eighth avenue about
5 p. NJ. Saturday, and took a stroll down
the avenue. He left Mrs. Larkins at
home. At Twenty-second street Mrs.
Axwell rushed out of a store, iourished
an umbrella. and said: Come home to
my mother and your wife. you scoun-
drel!"
Larkins tried to get away but a
crowd quickly gathered. penning him In
with the angry woman and the umbrella.
His woe was Increased by the appear
nnce Of Mrs. Axwell's sister Nellie, who
was equally pugnacious. There was a
furious bombardment OF words and wild
wave of the aggressive-looking umbrella
for several minutes. Finally Broker
Walter slipped Larkins into a store,
where he waited till the crowd scattered,
but the women did not bulge an inch.
AS soon as he started on the way Jack
to his home the two women kept pace
with him on the other side OF the street.
one waving the umbrella and the other
a market-basket One more sister Joined
the attacking party a little further on.
and Larkins groaned as he realized the
odds against him. He decided to end the
agony then and there; and when he met
three angry women. which was done.
They were taken to the West Twentieth
street station, where only Mrs. Axweli
was held. The charge was disorderly
Before Justice Mcmahon. in Jener-
son Market Court yesterday. Lar
kins denied that he was the woman's
Mrs. Axwell declared that she saw him
In England when he married her mother.
Larkins said he was only six years old
when he arrived in this city from Ire
from New York since than on the occa-
sion. Of an excursion to Poughkeepsie.
He had been raised next door to Justice
had worked In the Custom-House and
the Dock Department. He showed papers
to prove that his statements were cor
rect.
Mrs. Axwell could only say in defense
that she was positive Larkins was her
stepfather: He Tailed exactly with a
photograph her mother has Of him. She
brother, now thirteen years old.
Justice Mcmahon aid he was CON
vinced 1t was a case of mistaken iden-
tity. and held Mrs. Axwell In $500 bonds
for good behavior. This decision had
scarcely been when Mrs. But
Ter bounced in. portly, fiorid and loqua-
cious. She started right in for business
by declaring that Larkins was her dear
lost Patrick. She spied him near the
rail and made a rush for him. Court
officer Connally kept her away, and Lar
the door like "a scared rabbit.
"Oh. I've missed him again." she
screamed, as she ran to the Judges
desk and asked him to punish the man
who has SO cruelty abandoned me-
Justice Mcmahon threatened to lock her
Then she left the court, wringing her
hands.
Larkins said afterward that Edwin
Davis, a purchasing agent, OF No. sos
broadway, knew the family and had
the steamer Majestic and was buried
at sea. Davis ave Bob Denison, of the
Peoples line, and Hugh. Stone, boat,
swain of the Majestic, as his authorities
for, this statement. Larkins was mar
j. Larkins, lives with hin
Mrs. Axwell lives Mt No. S59 West
Fortieth street. She has been in New
York eight years. Her mother arrived
from England several weeks ago with
two daughters and a boy. They stayed
when they moved.
While Mrs. Axwell was sitting II
prison waiting for her husband TO ge'
bonds, she reiterated her belief in hcl
mously, IF | am wrong. l shall apologize
to Mr., IarkinS."