The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-09
AFTER HIS RUNAWAY FATHER.
Or. Mayer Deserted Hts Family. and His YouuE
Son Tracks Him TO 81. Louls.

ST. LOUIS. NO.. Sept. s.-A slip of a lad.
bright and gcntlomanly, walked into the Four
Courts warrant office this morning. He car
ried a small'valises strapped across his shoulder
and his general appearance was that OF o trav-
eller.
MY name is Joseph Mayer and 1 am from
New York city" he said TO Acting Assistant
Prosecutor Braden. Il am here In search OF
DIR. 1gnatz Mayer, my runaway father. and I
want q warrant for his arrest. He is guilty Of
deserving his family"
The Prosecutor was amazed at the business
like manner in which the youth made his ap-
plication for q warrant.
you say you are from New York; the
Prosecutor qucrled-
Yes, SIR answered the boy, II arrived in
st. Louis from New York this morning.
Then he produced a letter. written by his
public. The letter recited the story as follows:
Sf ny. i Es.s i aGs, s 30 .ss''
thereby request that q warrant be given 20 tho
isnass a iSysPa nv M1s husband any ' and s I t taa II my h I've
children. for deserr1on and non-support I also re-
will greatly oolise. Mrs. SARAH MATER.
Another letter from Mrs. Mayer. dated New
December. 1884. then residing at 1885 south Jener.
eaildrea. immediatsiy / went to police hesdqaarten
TO have a search made fos him In the meantime /
Of him. 6u, failed to and him unt;l a shors time ago
when I learned that he ws again In 81 Louis am
out income or support, l have been compelled to rely
on the charity 81 othera Lsherefons beg thss 10Y
In order that | may he able to obtain the necessities
bearer Of this letter. my .on. a. he. slough youas. u 3
acquainted with 81! the details OF my story.
UI +, nor+aiD me fathar "a hara - thn boy
said, and l think there will be no trouble in
locating him unless he gets a tip that 1 am
Oklahoma, and Just as I was about to capture
The boy is 4 years old; He 5oarpsyedt from
He doesn't know his fathers st. Louis address,
but has eonfd iiInS ! In hls ability aanih 70 find him.
nue. until two {eHrs ago; nrySEiss SSSlk x, JET;
and thinks he left the city in 1895.
DR.. Mayer's wife. who still lives at ia East
l02d street, told n SUI reporter. last night
that her husband deserted her two and a
halls years ago because, AS he said. she did
not have sufficient culture for the wife
When P sho marriod ihs ain sa'a and aS by ya dint { Of Re srest
fsf &C. %ss,e taSy e 5Hwsd snooYfh III m %ns to s9. pay %
years ago. she said, and immediately began to
practice as an o%ccuiist, travelling about the
town. Six months after he graduated Mayer de-
serted her.
One Of the places they visited was Oklahoma.
and while there Mrs. MAYER said she became
acquainted with tho editor Of a local ncws.
paper, and 1t was through him she was able to
locate her husband a month or moro ago
Mayer advertised In her friends newspaper that
he was going to he in Oklahoma for a short
time. and the editor sent her n copy Of the
paper. From Oklahoma she traced her hus
band:to st. Louis. and. being determined:to pun
ish him, che sent tho boy there to cause his
arrest.
Mrs. Mayer says she Is Destitute. being en-
tirely dependent for her living on the charity
OF her neighbors.