The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-08-04

at present residents Of Butte, Montana.
She is handsome brunette and a
most devoted mother. The couple have
not lived together for over a year. and
the child. a wonderfully fine boy of
five years old, has been in his mothers
charge. Saturday morning the father
came to the Colonnade and asked leave
to take little Ray to Minnetonka the
next day, promising to bring him back
by Sunday evening. Friends of Mrs.
Arne advised her not to let the boy
out of her sight, and she tried to put
her husband off with a falsehood, say
ing that she had planned to take him
to Bald Eagle lake. But Mr.. Arne
was not deceived and at last Mrs. Arne
owned that she did not dare let him
take the boy away with him, though
she had done so many times before.
In reply Mr.. Arne said, LILLY I shall
never take Ray from you until I do
SO with the consent of the law. And
should [ ever gain legal control of him
you would at all times be permitted
to see him." The mother was at last
over-persuaded and gave in to his en-
treaties, and the child was allowed to
go with his father. Mrs. Arne did not
become worried over the affair until
after o'clock Sunday evening, and as
the time went by and the two did not
return, she arose from her bed, to
which she had retired at 10 o'clock, and
dressing, went down to police head
quarters where she remained until
nearly morning.
Mr. Arne, since leaving the Albion,
has resided at the Utopia, and to that
apartment house Mrs. Arne went yes
terday and asked permission to see
Mr.. Arne's room. The nurse, Mrs.
Chase, who is in attendance on Mrs
Seigman, the landlady, instructed the
maid not to comply with Mrs. Arne's
request. The latter, however, persisted
in her desire and asked the maid to
unlock the door At this the nurse
snatched the keys out of the hands of
the maid, and Mrs Arne in turn took
them away from her and handing them
to the maid, commanded her to open
the door. This the latter did, when Mrs
Arne, overcome by excitement and
grief, sank down and burst into tears
When she recovered she examined the
room which contained nothing to aid
her in the search for her boy The
door to the closet was locked and this
she could not gain admittance to. She
was told that Mr.. Arne had left the
house the day before and the people
there did not know where he had gone
Weary and discouraged she took up
her duties at the hotel and left the
matter in the hands of the police and
local private detectives. 1t is surmised
that the child has been taken to Chi
cagO.
1t will be. remembered that some
months ago a daughter Of Mr.. Arne's
by a former wife shot herself. She
has since married young Harry Keogh,
aged nineteen. Mr.. and Mrs. Keogh
are also residents of the Utopia, and
are not little disturbed over the fact
that the present affair is to be made
public through the newspapers.
Though as they profess the utmost fg-
norance as to the whereabouts of either
Mr.. Arne or Ray, and claim not to
have known anything of his plans be-
yond the fact that he intended going
away, it is not easy to see wherein
their somewhat violent interest lies.
Mrs. Keogh made a somewhat sensa-
tiOnal call on Mrs. Arne last evening
and said that she did not care at all
about the fact that the latter had lost
her son, but that she did not want her
father to have the boy to care for and
be a bother to him. Later in the eve
ming Mr.. Keogh called at the Colon
made for the object of convincing Mrs.
Arne that she had made grave mis-
take in making the matter so public.
Mr. Keogh scored the detectives, who,
he said, could not catch butterfly
with its wings tied together, and made
several heated remarks about the news
papers and reporters, who, he said,
would make a dollhouse of the Colon
made and only came there to gather
what sensational news they could with
which to fill the papers, and when the
nearly distracted mother begged him
to tell If he knew anything about the
whereabouts of her boy. he straight
ened up and with the scorn of 10 sum-
mers, remarked that he didn't steal
the kid and ended UP by vowing ven