The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-06-08
Schmidt Saved From Pc
CuIiar PrediCament.
Mrs. Young Claimed Him as
Her Recreant Husband.
Her Mother and Butcher KOop De-
clared She Was Mistaken.

New York. June S.-"That man is my
husband. There is a warrant out for his
arrest. Catch him, quick" excitedly
shouted pretty young woman on Wash
ington street. Hopoken, late yesterday
afternoon.
Detective Louis Weinthal of police
headquarters whom the woman had
called, ran after well dressed young
man who was walking unconoernedly
down the street, and grabbed him by the
coat collar.
"He deserted me year ago." painted
the young woman. as she ran up to tho
detective and his prisoner, Then she
turned TO the latter and started To up
braid him. The man stared blankly at
her.
Madam" he finally said, II don't
know you. +"
The woman cried as she again declared
the man TO be her husband, whiIe the
man, as he protested that he did not
know her, swore at the predicament in
which he found himself placed.
Detective Weinthal, as "a large crowd
was gathering, took the man and woman
TO police Headquarters. To Recorder Me-
Donough the woman said she was Mrs.
Mary Young and that the man was hor
husband, Merwin w. Young. They were
married on October, 10, 1895. She then
was employed as gardener at Castle Point,
the home of the millionaire Stevens
family. Mrs. Young now resides at No.
ZOE Bloomfield street. Four months after
their marriage on February Is, 1896,
Young, she said, deserted her, and she
had not seen him since until yesterday.
There Is a baby in the case, pretty little
thing who arrived after its father had de-
camped.
While Mrs. Young poured out this tale
to Recorder McDonough the man looked
at her In amaZement. When she had fin
ished he said:
''I'm Frederick Schmidt and I reside
at No 24s Webster avenue. Jersey City.
/ don't know this woman"
"Oh, Merwin, how can you deny your
own wifeY" walled Mrs. Young.
Recorder McDonough looked perplexed
He asked Mrs. Young II she could produce
any one who would be able to identity
My mother can, !" said Mrs. Young, so
she was ordered TO summon her mother
to court. But when Mrs Young's mother
arrived she declared the prisoner was not
her son-in law.
More tears wellcd from Mrs. Young's
eyes, while tho man she claimed as her
husband breathed n sigh OF rolief.
Well, IL mother doesn't know you,
Frank Kocp does" said Mrs. Young.
Frank koop butcher at Sixth and
Washington streets, with whom Young
boarded before his marriage. was sent
for; He looked Schmidt over critically,
as he would prime cut of beef. Then
he declared Schmidt was not Young.
Your husband, said Koop address
ing Mrs. Young, twas not as tall as this
man. or as good-looking. Besides, don t
you remember, Youngs right leg was
longer than the left. -
All eyes were instantly bent on
Schmidt's legs He stood to attention.
Then he took half "a dozen steps without
showing a trace OF limp. "Those are
not Young's legs" pronounced Butcher
Koop.
Recorder McDonough told Schmidt he
was free to depart AS Schmidt hastoned
from the court room, Mrs. Young blocked
the way and with fresh tears, cried;
''At least my darling, come home with
me and see the baby"
'Some other mans child Not much, :"
said Schmidt and then he lodged the
woman and.ran for n car.
Mrs. Young wanted TO argue the matter
with Recorder MoDonough, but he fled
to his private Office, and she departed.
Merwin W. Young, the missing hus-
band, and his brother were Joint heirs
to $s000 left by their father Theodore
X. Young of Newark who died when
they were young. The best part of the
money was used Ivy the executors OF the
estate for the maintenance of the brothers
There Is still small balance in the exc
cutor's hands. When Merwin Young
deserted his wife, she consulted Corpora
tion Attorney James Minturn OF Hobo
ken, and he brought suit i'm chancery
against the estate, for almony and
secured writ of sequestration, ordering
the trustees to set aside certain portion
If the funds in their hands for the sup
,ort OF Young's wife and baby. The
justices failed TO lle an accounting and
ave been summoned TO appear today in
Newark, before Surrogate Jackson OF
Essex county TO explain their action. Ii
was also, by Mr.. Minturn's advice that
Mrs Young secured the warrant for non
support upon which Schmidt was ar