Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-07-25
Is TON LARkIN HIMSELF.
Or 10 He Bntlce, the Hasbaad That
Died and Was hurled.

From the New York Word. 90 -..... .
; Mrs. Margaret Butler is a well-preserye I
woman of fifty. Some eighteen years ago
she was a ccmely matron with two young
daughters in her home in Ireland. Her
husband Was a sailor One bright morning
at that time he bade his family goodbye
and startel l. to SO on dong voyage. A
year later Mrs. Butler received frrm the
captain Of the steamship her husband sailed
-on cer;lIicat. of his death. ON the
strength of ta:s certiheate Mr~. Eutler col
ieetei some insurance money from a Ma
.senic lodge of which Eer sailor spouse was
a member. She pat on ter w-Iow-s Wee s
ant iNeI on the mcney sne received ircm
,ne Masonic tr.. ,ernIty. ears went Cn, her
u. lighters grow Up anu e-LGed to enigra &
Iney came u the nIte1 States n year as;o.
one even IL; Thomas J. lIarkin OF No. l5S
Sth aeenae, an empioye IL the department.
Cf pJp.ic wcrKS, Was walking aiong sln
avenue whea the two daughters CT Mrs
Butler suddenly seized his arm and gaspe1
r. atfler" Larnirf thoagnt the young W.
men were Joking at first, but they persisted
IN saying ne was Their father. Finally he
had them arrested. In court the follcN:ng
day they were discharged, but, despite tEe
caution of the police justice, they LEFT the
court room remarking that Larkin was ufle
father whom they had been told had died
at sea years ago.
The two daughters apparently wrote to
the!r mother in Ireland, telling her Of the
circumstances. Mrs. Butler soon came to
the CDiTel States and has lived since in
10th street near 9TH avenue. According 10
her story she had been look.n; for the man
her daughters believed TO be their father
Tor long time, but without Succe S. Last
night l-arkin was seated en- the stoop If his
Reuse smoking his pipe. A decentiy dressed.
eooa-Iook:ng woman passed him and sta red
at him very hard.
Ii was about q O'clock, but the gas lamps
near made l.arkin'S faa
easily d!stinguishabic. The woman passe
ans repasSei where Larkin was seated.
Finally she stopped and accostei him
Placing her hand on his shorller she said;
You surely are my husbanir'
Larkin looked up surprised. AS he did
so the woman said: ''Of course YOU are my
husband-the husband / thought dead and
buried
ret Butler introduced herself to I-arkin.
I-arkin did not like IL at all. He remember
ell MS experience OF a year ago. when the
two young women claimed him as the:r
father, and as he is q married man, fifty
years old he was not anxious for another
woman to claim him as her husband. Mrs
Butler. however. when he tried to reason
with her. became more determined in hei
manner than ever.
Several neighbors ;herei around. and
the Old woman assured them that I.arkir
was the husband who years ago left her In
Ireland. At last Larkin callel policeman
VINO lpoN iHt olu WOifidn 10 tne w est Httf
street police station.
SerSt William J. Coffey questioned Mrs
Butler and came to the belief that tho
woman was honest I'm her statement. tut
mistaken I'm her Identification. He asked
her If she would promise not to annoy
Iarkin again If he discharged her. This
Mrs. Butler enlphatically refused to do. Sc
she was locked up in the West Both stree,
station, where there is matron. A charge
OF cisorderly conduct was made against
her. Her daughter could not be found last
night