The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1902-10-22
DESERTED.
Tuxford and his Wife Leave
Two Helpless Girls
She Went With Another Man!
Pitiable Case of Worthlessness
and Destitution Reported
From South Chickasha
Today.

A man named Tuxford, who has
been employed at Hopkins & Co. :
br OK yard and who lives ia box
house at the corner of Tenth street
and Michigan avenue, deserted his
wife and children yesterday morn
ing, and has not been EeaId from
since. Last night his wife also de
serted the children, leaving with
man other than her hus-
band, whose name cannot be learn
ed. The iamily il poor as the
proverbal church mouse, and the
story reported to the city officials
reveals piiiable case of destitu-
tion.
The husband went off carly yes
terday morning and did not return.
Along in the afternoon little boy
brought a note to the house. which
the woman answered. About
O'Clock the woman gathered to-
gether few traps, and telling the
two little children She was going
to get something for supper, went
away ana did not return. About
$50 O'Clock the eldest of the chil-
dren, frightened at the mather's
long absence, went across the
street TO Mrs. j.. o. Mason's aud
asked permission for Lena, their
daughter TO come over and stay
'uil her mother came. Mrs. Mason
and daughter both went over and
remained a long time, and also Mrs
Luxe Stout. another neighbour.
Near midnight both ladies left the
house for a few moments, and duI-
ing their absence il is supposed
the Tux ford woman returned while
( the children were doing aud 10
( the dark secured the clock and
some stuff from her trunk, as the
articles were missing when tie
neighbors returned. Daring her
brief visit the Tuxford woman
mu. have dropped the following
notes written on both sides of the
same sheet, " hich wss found by
Mrs. Mason later on:
Ema you go where you sed and
1 Will be there or half past you
BE at the railroad crossing west of
where live and | will be there.
5. IL.
Merit want to 60 with you
trunk or not i will go MeTt am
afraid to 80 away down there to
the water tank at dark will meet
you west Of town just there as You
come TO about the last house so
By by baby 5. II. E.
Mis-. Mason and Mrs. Stout
took care of the two children dur
ing the night, and this morning
cane down town aud reported the
matter to the police. DR.. Peters
OF the board OF heath, immediate
~ went 10 the house to make the
necessary investigations, and the
case is now IN the hands of thecity,
Tuxford has tue reputation OF a
hard working man, though he has
been badly handicapped of late by
sickness in his family. He has
four children, the eldest being only
ten or eleven years Of age, and ell
OF them, one after another, have
been down with slow fever. Two
of them were very i'll and came
near dying, and frequently, the
neighbors say, Tuxford has set up
all night caring for and waiting on
his sick children, after working
hard at the brick yard all day. A
| few days ago a brother of Mrs.
1 Tuxford came from Oklahoma
City, and toos two Of the ehilds
rem home with him. Tuxford
had nothing but his wages at the
hrickyard to pay his expenses
! Wltiis anu 0OCtOl Dlilc dtC ltlu
lhis salary to such an extent that
he was soon destitute, lost heart
and probably decided that the
+, easiest way out Of it would be to
pick up and leave, which he evi-
IDENTIFY did. Mrs. Tuxford's re-
putation among the netghhoEs
! has not been the best, however.
The deserted children are
both offender age, the eldest be.
ing only 10 OF II years. The lit
+ tie one is about 6, The young
esters are well behaved little
ones, and if possible they viii be
z found a good home among Chick
asha people.