The Indianapolis journal., 1895-12-13
HIS WIFE INTERFERED
FRED SMITH WAS AT THE UNION
STATION READY TO ELOPE.
HIS Companion, Miss Lottie Miller,
Was I'm o Sleeping Car with


Of the Panhandle railroad for a number of
years. He is married man and lives with
his wife and two children, one a girl just
budding into womanhood. at No. 80 Temple
avenue. Smith has been a good conductor
and was in the direct line OF promotion. One
day this summer the superintendent of the
division took dinner at his house and inti-
mated he would be promoted to the passen-
ger service this winter. II is the custom on
the Panhandle road to send freight con-
ductors who have been promoted to Pitts
burg. where they ''go to school," as the
saying is. in the passenger yards Since the
visit OF the superintendent, Smith has re-
ferred to the trip to Pittsburg many times.
and his wife looked forward with happiness
to the day when her husband would be-
come a passenger conductor with increased
salary. AT different times during the past
five or six weeks, according to the story
told by his wife, Smith has taken his lay
over day for a visit to Louisville, pleading
his approaching promotion rendered it nee
essary for him to make the trips. She says
he announced early this week that he
would go to Pittsburg yesterday. He asked
her to prepare his clothing for the trip.
Yesterday morning he left home, ostensibly
to take the train for the East.
Shortly after his departure Mrs. Smith re-
ceived message from the superintendent
asking her to call at the Office or telephone
Fred's address, as the passes had arrived
and were ready for use with the exception
Of the dates. Mrs. Smith did not under
stand the message and went to the superin-
tendent's Office. She says she was thunder
struck when she got there and found her
husband had represented to the company
he wanted to take a trip to Washington
with his wife and had procured passes on
that representation. The idea came to her
at once that she had been deceived. anc
that instead Of going to Pittsburg her hus-
band had left for Tacoma in company with
another woman. She went to the depot po>
lice and asked for advice. They advised her
to go to police headquarters She went to
Captain Quigley and asked that the Chicago
authorities be notified Of the elopement
and arrest and hold the couple. Findine
expenses Of sending an officer 20 Chicago,
Mrs. Smith went out to see what arrange
occurred to her her husband might not have
taken the morning train and would leave on
the IL o'clock train. She went to the bag
gage room and inquired If he had been
her and seemed rather surprised at her
question. One of them said: "Yes, Fred
was here just a little while ago and checked
two trunks to Chicago. He said he was
going with his wife. Are you. not going
with him?' Mrs. Smith says she told the
man IL her husband was going to Chicago
with his wife 1t must be another one, as
she knew nothing about it. She immediate,
ly went back to the station house and laid
the case before Captain Quigley. Mrs.
r' the pair. The captain talked the
matter over with Sergeant Hyland. and they
such long trip he would take sleeper
Sergeant Hyland went to the ticket oriice
and found tickets had been sold for q Mr.
Smith and his wife, berths seven and ten
being reserved. This fact was communica-
ted to the station house, and Police Ma
tron Buchanan accompanied Mrs. smith 10
the depot. In the meantime Sergeant Hy-
land and patrolman DOS" Shaner went TO
the sleeper on the tracks west of the Union
in question occupying the same berth. They
had the entire section, but had thrown
their clothes into the upper berth. Smith
fronted by his wife. and at first tried to
make no defense. Afterwards he pleaded
with her to forgive him. but she referred to
and told him she wanted nothing more to
do with him. He was charged with wife
desertion and locked up.
Buchanan she had known smith for about
seven years. She first formed his &C.
through the s;bs snsnS Of
the road. and says she had corresponded
with Smith during the greater part OF that
period, but lost Slgnl Oh MIN iOr sc'eIai
months until about year ago, when she
happened to meet him in the depot here,
She gave her residence as I'll MASSACHUSETTS,
avenue where, it is said, she has been iiv-
ing for some time. She was utterly un-
concerned, and seemed to think she had
done no wrong, although she admitted she
knew Smith was married. Her mother for
merly lived here, but is now in Columbus,
Ind.
see his wife. She came to his cell door
and had quite long conversation with
him. during the course OF which II devel-
oped he had left her yesterday morning
without money to pay house rent and buy
provisions and with creditors about to
close in on her. She said "Oh Fred. Fred,
how am 1 to live. through this disgrace?
How could you leave me and your family
and 20 away with that woman? How could
you take your money and furnish her
room while / was at home trying to help
YOU save It? And just think of your daugh-
fer" Mrs Smith broke down and turned
away from the recreant husband. Finally
she regained a certain degree of composure
and bade him good night with the words
Il am going to leave you now. am go
ing to my ruined home and my disgraced
Mrs. Smith is a very intelligent woman.
probably thirty years of age and was neat
iy dressed She appreciates very keenly
her position, especially on account of her
The Miller girl saws she is eighteen years
old She is quite good looking and was
stvlishly dressed. She was not at all en-
barrassed when giving her name:. Wheii