The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-08-04
,is hreakfast. / told him there was noth-

his breakfast 1 told him there was moth
ing in the house. as he had given me no
money the night before. Then ne 49 ana i,lad ms
ali of mine and the baby's clothes in
the wardrobe and said he was going to
have his way With With me from snat 70 % se
them 10 me. / went next door and bor-
rowed a screwdriver to try and force
and returned it TO its owner. | went back
again and he slapped me in the face and
threw me out into the hall.
Go do your dirty work. he said, and
get a divorce on that blow gave you
. Rob- yelled through the door, give
piled, and in the morning ! will have the
baby in an institution where you Will
never get it again.
Mrs Smyth, determined to get her
child at any ccst, sat very still in the
hallway watching for her opportunity
when her husband opened the door she
| made dash and attempted to get IN ana
secure her child. He threw her to the
floor and locked the door. This same per-
formance was repeated second time
Mrs Smyth by this time was desperate.
She borrowed an old skirt, CAPE and
hat that was too big for her, of her neigh
Dor, Mrs Mead. and went to her sister in
Bayonne for advice. The sister lent her
suitable clothing and returned ITO 70 pne 5ne
had left with the baby. A key was found
that would open the door, and Mrs
Smyth broke open the wardrobe and Sc
cured her clothes. She then went TO the
house of her husbands parents, at No.
209 Summit avenue. in search of her baby.
Her sister-in-law professed surprise az
what had occurred and declared she diu
not know the whereabouts OF the ehiid.
From there she started for the nome
of Jack Smyth. on Stuyvesant avenue,
near the Boulevard. Mrs. JACK Smytn'
Sc Harn X
pressed sympathy for Rob. Mr.. Smyth,
who is consumptive, is at Asbury Park;
The mother felt confident that sne would
find her baby at the Stuyvesant avenue
house. and she was not mistaken. Wnen
within block of the house she met ner
husband and his brother Fred: Wneh men
to the house. Blanche ran, TOO. ana a.
most caught her recalcitiant spouse. He
cot into the house first however, ana
Slammed the door after. him. The mother
feeling sure that her baby was there, tried
to break the door down, throwing herself
against it again and again. Elnding than .
sister, Mrs. James Corcoran, OF NO, 800
Summit avenue and enlisted Mr. Cor
coran He went with her to. the Mont
gomery street police station, where she
laid the case before the Sergeant, VINO
advised her that she could take her child
coran that he must not mix up in it to
the extent of using violence in aiding
Mrs Snlyth.
BlaQcnG
]. Corcoran, encouraged by this advice,
returned to Mrs. Jack Smyth's house
Rob and Fred were sitting, on the front
steps. Blanche demanded her baby; ana
was again refused. Then she and her
ally tried strategy. Corcoran engaged
Rob and his brother in conversation,
frst-fioor fiat, by side door. Her ruse
was discovered, and she was thwarted
by her husband, who forced her down the
steps, The argument between Corcoran
and the two Smyths continued, and
second time Blanche stole away. This
kitchen window open. It was high from
the ground, and She could just reach it
with the tips of her fingers. Making
mighty leap she seized the window sill,
and with strength born of desperation
dragged herself into the kitchen. Once
in the house she dashed through the
husbands $ sister. Jennie, Y years old, his
young brother Eddie and Hannah.
"Hannah,' cried the frantic mother. as
give me my baby. Where is hep
Hannah threw up the window and
yelled, Rob, come quick; she's taking
the baby
Blanche, in the meantime, had seized
her child, which Jennie had concealed be-
hind the folds of her dress. AS the father
entercd the room he seized the child and
atte .Ipted to tear it from its mothers
ar-fs. She held on and fought like de-
mon. Jennie and Eddie, she alleged,
scratched and bit at her, while Rob and
Hannah tried to overpower her and wrest
the child from her Fred was the only
one who showed the slightest sympathy
for her.
Let her get her breath, he said.
"Well do that much for her., replied
Rob 'sbut she shan't have my child"
Mrs. Smyth sank exhausted into a chair,
and her husband guarded the door. After
she had recovered somewhat from the eff
fects of her struggle she ran to the WIN
dow, and, opening it, called to Corcoran,
"Jinl, I've got my baby; I've got my
baby"
cheer went UP from the crowd that
had been attracted by the rumpus, whose
sympathies were with the mother. Smyth
saw this and let her leave the house with
out further molestation. He followed her
and hootings of the crowd to retreat.
Mrs Smyth went with her baby to Mrs.
Corcoran's, where she spent the night;
and she sent for her father who arrived
from Brighton Beach early Monday
morning. Accompanied by him she went
to the Coles street house and removed all
her belongings. Yesterday she went with
her baby to Poormaster Hewitt, who gave
her a letter to deliver to her husband.
She searched for him all day, but could
not find him. This morning she apphed
for a warrant for his arrest. Il only
want him to support the baby" she said.
tsI'H work for myself, and earn enough
money to get divorce from him.
Mrs Smyth will live here for the pres
ent with her married sister, MRS. Ridiey,
at No. As West 47th street, Bayonne.
Robert Smyth, when seen, said:-'My
wife would be all right if it were not for
her five sisters. One of them helped her
break into my house and steal the things
I paid for I don't want to have any.
thing more to do with my wife, but III
have the baby yet She was too young
10 be a mother, anyway. i have the mar
riage certificate and all my letters to her,
SO that she has no proof against me.
Smvth is twenty-five years old. Four
wears ago he was prominently identified
with Corps No of the Salvation Army,
where he held the position of Sergeant
Major. or chief local officer.
FUNERAL OF THE AuBERTS.