The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-10-01
THE PAWTUXET VALLEY
Dubee and His Family Disa-
pear From Phenix.
Folded Tents Like the Arabs and as
Silently Stole Away.

perance Union met In It's rooms on River
street this afternoon and held special
services In honor of the birthday of Miss
Francis Willard, the National and worlds
president OF the organization.
| At the special meeting OF the Warwick
+, and Coventry nre district, held for the
purpose of securing better fire protection
in.some parts of the district the hydrant
committee was empowered TO contract
for and locate ten additionl hydrants.
Rev. Martin II. Ready left today for
Washington, ID. O., where lie will spend
two years in the Catholic university.
/: The. Ladies Prayer Circle met with Mrs.
NJ. ID. Wood at Anth ony this afternoon.
Motorman.Lillis has recovered from the
injuries which he received in the acci-
dent at the car shed and resumed his
duties on the electric cars.
The Democrats are making prepara-
tions for flag raising at Hope Saturday
night.
| DIR. X. Nj. Smi tn has returned from a
trip to the south.
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much excited just at present over the
mysterious disappearance OF one of their
compatriots and his family and the
peculiar circumstances which preceded
and attended the afair. The family In
| question is that of Joseph Dubee and its
mem bers are well known, not only TO
the French Canadian residents OF the
4 h,t all 70 nf olI
nationalities on account Of Dubee's pre-
dilsction for fast horses and his general
"sporty" proolivities. Dubee has resided
in the valley for = number Of years, and
although his name appears In the direc-
| tory as an operative be has for the
| greater part of his residence here been
engaged in farming on a small scale.
] on..Atwood Plat" near Phenix, and erect
ed a small dwelling no use and a smaller
barn on the place. Here he moved his fam
| lily, which consisted of his wife and three
adopted daughters, whom he had taken
at different times from orphans homes
| and who were tho mainstay of the family,
as about ell OF the expenses were paid py
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| working in the cotton mills. For time
Dubee appeared to prosper and make
money on his farm. About six months
ago there was trouble In the family, but
the cause was not made public, and after
| ii had blown over Dubee purchased
another horse and drove pair in Q man
per more "sporty" than ever. A short
4 q n,k kao ID 70 he
superintendent of the mill in which one
Of the girls was employed that her hus-
band was not acting In the manner be-
coming a husband and father toward the
oldest OF the adopted daughters She had
been told by her husband, she said, to
mind her business as he understood hls.
| Dubee frightened his wife into silence
and from ell accounts the conditions COM
planned of continued with the usual re-
suits and one morning Monsieur Dubee
awoke to find himself in a rather EN- bar
rassIng position. AS it was evident that
matters could not be kept secret much
| longer, Dubee resolved to "ny the coop" {"
and to show the love which be had for
his family be decided not to leave them
|
cordingly made elaborate plans and
preparations for his fight. For several
Gays previous To the time set for his de-
parture he was busily engaged in packing
| his furniture in one of tie rooms OF his
house and making arrangements with one
OF his friends to occupy the place until
his return. Some pigs which he had on
t. .Ia
Friday night everything was ready for
the iitting. Some time between sunset
on Friday and sunrise on Saturday Du-
Des hitched his pair of horses to a dem
ocrat wagon. and taking his family and
little personal baggage drove of, aud
since then has disappeared as completely
as though the earth hsd opened and
swallowed him up. The fact OF his disap-
pesrance was not known for some Time
and then number of his creditors be-
came suspicious and common eed an in
vestigstion, which resulted in several ct
tachments being placed on thu house for
unpaid oils. Dubee's wberea bouts is at
present unknown, but the officers are
anxious to locate MIN and take the girls
from the orphans nome from his posses
sion and also to incidentally compel him
to answer to several other charges which
have heen made against him.
Two Belgian women became engaged
in a quarrel yesterday at Nstick and
pummeled aud scratched each other TO
their neart's content. IL was reported
that one OF them used a knife, but the
report was unfounded, as neither OF
them show any marks OF the weapon this
morning. Ire csuse.of trouble as usual
was Jealousy, one woman claiming that
the other was too intimate with her hus-
band.
Mr.. and Mrs. Francis Coffield OF New
York are the guests OF Mr.. and Mrs.
Patrick Carroll at CLYDE.
Thomas NJ. Holden has returned from
a trip to Texas.
Theodore Lafayette has accepted posi-