St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-01-26
CHARLES MARTINS CRIME
Reveals to the Authorities d
Most Distressing ;
Case. 8
POVERTY LEADS A HUSBAND
To Embezzle From His Em-
ployers, and His Family 8
Suffers. d

In small kitchen on the ground
floor of a frame dwelling at % Eighth
street there sat yesterday frall. con-
sumptive woman, holding i'll her lap a
babe of possibly twenty months. The
woman was picture Of grief and de-
spar; and well she might be. for her
husband had fled from the city to eS-
cape the law, and had left her destitute
in her illness.
His name is Charles Martin. and he
was until last Tuesday evening in the
employ of YerXa Bros. & Co. Martin
disappeared that night, and the next
morning the firm discovered that he
had failed to turn over certain money
that he had collected from customers
to whom he delivered goods. Martin
was employed as driver Of delivery
wagon.
Accordingly Manager Freng, of YerXa
Bros. & Co., sWOre out warrant for the
arrest of Martin, charging him with
embeZzling the sum Of $50, as 1t was
positively known that that amount was
missing. The warrant was placed in
the hands Of the police, but as yet they
have not ascertaned the whereabouts
of Martin.
Yesterday afternoon a GLOBE repor-
ter called at the house No one answer
ing the rap on the front door, the re-
porter went around to the rear or the
house and knocked on the kitchen door.
1t was opened by Il pale
EEnaciaaed Little Woman,
who smiled family as she admitted
the reporter. One glance at her hollow
cheeks and glassy-like eyes told the
story. AS she sat down close to the
kitchen stove-for there was fire if
nothing else in the place-a golden
haired tot with the bluest Of eyes and
plumpest and roSieat Of cheeks, climbed
into the mothers lap and wound her
chubby arms around the poor woman's
neck. The mother smiled upon her
child and kissed her.
"When did you last see your hus-E
band?' was asked. =
last Tuesday morning" answered.
Mrs. Martin. Her voice was scarcely
audible.
did he say anything about going
away or not returning home"' -
mo, sir. He said he was going to dea
liver goods in South ST. Paul"
''Have you any money or provisions in
the house?' *
mo. sIr," was the reply, and then the
wretched woman broke down ana
sobbed bitterly, while her baby girl
opened her eyes very wide and gazed
Wonderingly at her weeping mother.
A few questions as TO the ehild's age
and name served to restore Mrs. Mar
tins composure, after which she related
some facts about her husband. She said
he had been in the employ of Yerxa
Bros. u Co. ever since last March. He
frequently collected money for the firm.
She heard that he collected 800 last
so. Mr.. Martin was.a Canadian, She
said, and came from place called Bed.
ford. He is thirty-siX years old.
Mrs. Martin was much distressed be-
cause she had no clothing for her baby.
Ivy--that is the little girls name-WaS
thinly clad in a blue gigham wrapper
that looked scant indeed.
How much salary was your husband
getting?"
Forty dollars month" was the an
swer.
"Was he drinking MANI"
No, sir, he always took care of US,
and seldom drank anything.''
1t is hoped that such charitably dis
posed people as are able to render as
sistance to Mrs. Martin will do some
thing for her at once. Her physical
condition is serious, and she is in need
of more than the bare necessities of life.