The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-08-07
A! SAD CASE.
Aged Woman Dies
in a Garret.
Had Been Deserted by
Husband Years Before.
The Man Turned Up After His
Daughters Death.
Demanded and Secured Girls Saw.
ings Amounting TO 500.
Money Was Intended to Get Mother Into
Home for Aged Women.
The Man Turned Up After His
Daughters Death.
Demanded and Secured Girls Saw.
ings Amounting TO 500.
Money Was Intended TO Get Mother Into
Home for Aged Women.

II the good and philanthropic women
of the Women's City Missionary Society
of Providence. who make it their duty
to seek out and relieve the suffering,
should tell their stories and have them
published the volume would be one of
revelation of tho horrible. IL would cer-
tainly be realism and there woulu be no
kind or degree of misfortune, misery and
crime that would not find its chapter.
Mrs. Angel, chairman of the Ninth
ward visiting committee of the mission
was ever given to a reporter.
IL Is of a noble, self sacrificing daugh-
ter, an invalid mother and a man whose
life Is disgrace to manhood and TO
fatherhood.
The two womon are dead now. The
man isn't. That is usually the way.
Mother and daughter were both poor and
both dependent upon the efforts Of the
latter for their living. The young woman
worked hard and always took the best
employment that was offered. During
the hard times of 1893 she even scrubbed
doors and although there were times
when some assistance was absolutely nsc-
essary the daughter never relaxed her own
efforts and for the greater part of the
time they were sufficient.
She was Intelligent and attractive so
with the improvement in business her
friends were able to find her a good
position as bookkeeper.
She went from scrubbing floors to the
Office and did both equally well.
THEY WERE HAPPY.
AS book keeper her wages were nine
dollars week, more than enough to sup
AL pSx of akt1
mother and the girl was happy. She bad
an ambition and the surplus enabled
her to carry it out. The ambition was TO ao-
cumulate enough money, s4OO, to purchase
for her invalid mother the right TO spend
the rest of her days in the Old Ladies'
Home
The first dollar was placed in the Provi-
dence Institution for Savings and little
by little the deposit had grown until
more than 500 were to the girls credit
and her mother knew nothing about it.
A short time ago the girl returned
from the office one Saturday afternoon
and com planned of not feeling we'll. Sun
day she was worse and Monday morning
she died.
Mrs. Angel and her associates went to
the house to make arrangements for the
funeral and to care for the grief stricken
mother.
THE MAN SHOWS UP.
Tuesday the man i'm th case showed up.
He went to Mrs Angells and intro
duced himself with the remark that he
understood thnt his daughter was dead.
1t was the first intimation that she had
had that tho girl had father. Hs had
not been noar his family for twenty years.
Still he could prove his identity and
asked for the privilege Of looking at the
body. Permission WAS granted.
Then he insisted upon going TO his
wife's chamber to see her, and bereaved
mothers grief was Knocked at by the bIs.
band she had not seen nor heard from
since her daughter was a baby although
all that time he had lived in this city,
sometimes mt the expense of other
women, sometimes on the profits of the
gambling place OF which he was the pro-
prietor.
After seeing his wife he demanded the
privilege of riding to the grave. There
were only two carriages and IL was nee
essary to make room for him beside the
invalid mother.
With the ride back from ths cemetery
his attempt TO appear decent and re-
pentant came TO an eni. The next day
he again called on Mrs. Angell and said
Re understood his daughter had left a
bank book and he would like to have il.
Mrs. Angell refused. She had found
out in the meantime that the man was a
gambler.
INSOLENT AND GRAs p .NG.
He was insolent and with grin