The herald., 1895-08-24
Mrs. Alton Is Thought to Have
Stolen Him
FROM HIS LAWFUL WIFE
Mrs. Daudnan Fears Her Husband Has
Deserted Her
He Ran the Vienna Model Rskery on East
First Street and Was Happy Until -
the Other Woman Came

Mrs. W. Daudnan is in a quandary. She
does not know whether she is grass
widow or not and the uncertainty il
slowly killing her. Her husband has
been missing since week ago Friday
and Mrs. Daudnan has begun to believe
that he has deserted her for some other
woman and left the country. The poor
little woman has scarcely slept wink
since he went away, and is worried
nearly to death.
Mr.. and Mrs. Daudnan had been con-
ducting the Vienna Model bakery at 45il
East First street for some time past and
had succeeded in establishing a very good
business. There were several routes that
had to be served with wagons, but the
bulk of their trade was from the people
And it is at the door of one of the female
patrons that Mrs. Daudnan lays all the
cause of her unhapniness.
Whenever husband goes wrong, as
Mrs. Daudnan thinks her spouse has done,
there is generally another woman in the
case and the present one seems to be no
exception to the general rule. The name
of this woman is Mrs. Alton. From what
could be learned the lady's personal ap--
pearance is not one of her strongest pow
ers of fascination. In fact she is describ-
ed as being O small, delicate looking per-
son and not of that robust type which
would naturally be supposed to be neces-
ary to arouse an irresistible passion with.
in the breast OF so vigorous an individual
as the missing husband is said to be.
No doubt though she boasts of some sub
tie nature against whose influence no
baker has yet been known to stand.
Mrs. Daudnan was seen at her place yes
terday by Herald reporter and the facts
of the case learned. The woman was
very indignant over the treatment from
her husband, but like all memebrs of her
sex blamed the entire affair on the other
woman and endeavoreu to mitigate the
action of her husband on the plea that
it would never have occurred but for Mrs.
Alton. Mrs. Daudnan seemed to thin k
that the newspaper man was an officer
and declared that her husband should not
be locked up, bat the woman should.
Mrs. Alton had lived at 152 Geary
street, which is near the bakery, and
ments OF Mrs. Daudnan, Mrs. Alton
seemed to manifest a decided predilec-
tion for the society of the proprietor of
the shop. She would frequently drop in
and lost no opportunity of conversing
with him. In fact, SO well did Mrs. Alton
succeed in ingratiating herself that Mrs.
Daudnan used to leave her in charge OF
the bakery while she went to purchase
supplies. Mrs. sDaudnan said that she
does not know what they talked of dur
ing her absence, but If her husband has
really gone, it ought not to be difficult
for her to imagine.
So persistent did Mrs. Alton become
though, Mrs. Daudnan asserts, that
Daudnan finally remarked that he wished
q would etav a home Hnwpynr
sistence generally wins out, and when
allied with the female gender is irresisti-
BILE. So it was not long before Mr.. Daud.
nan reciprocated with interest the regard
displayed by Mrs. Alton for his CON-
pany. This proved source of great pleas
ure to her, and like all young and tender.
trusting creatures, she reposed entire
faith in the doughty and generally
doughy baker In fact, she declared in
an outburst of confidence to Mrs. Daud-
nan, that she would trust all her money
to the other woman's husabnd.
= Some time ago Mrs. Alton announced
her intention of returning to her home
IN eastern Iowa, and would not dear,
kind Mr.. Daudnan go and purchase her
ticket You know man can talk so
much better than a woman. and those
bad ticket sellers are not so apt to take
advantage of him. Mr.. Daudnan is moth
ing If not gallant, So he hastily accomp:- :
nlcu tut lauy up toNh o'SS' i'oN
the price of transportation. When they
returned Mrs. Alton told Mrs. Daudnan
that she had not enough money by So to
procure the ticket, and would she mind
lending her that amount until she cou Id
get it at the room? Mrs. Daudnan conn.,
piled, and now is sorry that she did. for
she thinks it is just $3 gone to the bad.
All this happened last week. On Fri,
day MIR. Daudnan washed the dough of
his hands, donned his coat, and after
telling his wife he would return in short
time, left the store. and has never been
saen by her since. On last Tuesday Mrs.
Alton, it is understood, left for the east
without liquidating her debts to Mrs.
Daudnan. The latter has made every at
tempt to ascertain if the pair left to-
sether. but without success. She thought
tha. she had found them together in q
room in lodging house Thursday, and
visited the police station to get an officer
On investigation it proTed to be case OF
mistaken identity. Practically no trace
has been found by Mrs. Daudnan
She stated.that she had heard her husband
had been working at Santa Monica. hui
she placed no credence in the report
The poor woman is thoroughly discour'
aged, and it is to be hoped that the miss
ing man has not deserted her, as she fears