The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-10-06
MAN, WIFE, BABY, ALDERMAN.
MRS. CRANDALL JUMPS IN FRONT
OF AUTO AND STOPS TT.
Her Husband and Alderman Metzger In II
SHE Says That Metzger Assaulted Her
and That Her Husband Has Got Her
Baby-NOne OF Our Business, Say POLICE


she Says That Metzger Assaulted Her
and That Her Husband Has Got Her
Baby-NOne OF Our Business. Say Police
woman who wore number Of diamond
ornaments, but said that she had eaten
nothing for two days. patrolled the corner
of Eighth avenue and Forty-seventh
street for hours last night. She said that
she had lost he r husband and her baby.
About IL o'clock she jumped on front
OF an automobile that came up the avenue.
The auto stopped. 1t contained Alderman
Charles Metzger and Civil Service EXAM
liner Ernest l.. Crandall, who is a lawyer.
Crandail was her lost husband. The
woman accused the Alderman Of having
assaulted her earlier In the day and her
husband Of OBTAINING the baby. She had
been telling her story on the corner and
the crowd promptly said Lynch himl
Lynch him. as crowds, according to the
newspapers, invariably do under such Cir
At that, Crandall insisted on going TO
the Forty-seventh street police station. and
thither all hands went
Mrs Crandalrs story was that her hus-
band had left her in their home at Bloom
field, n. j., four days ago, with check
months-od baby. She telegraphed to
him for money and he made an appoint
ment to meet her here. She came to this
city with her baby and pursued him for a
whole night without finding him, and with
no money to pay for food or lodging. Yes
terday afternoon she found him In Alder
man Metzger's furniture store at 7o4 Seventh
avenue. Alderman Metzger was with him.
She put the baby In her husbands lap and
then started to 20 through his pocket. to
get money. Alderman Metzger assaulted
her she says, and pushed her out OF the
store. Mr.. Crandall kept the baby.
Then Mrs; Crandall went to the police
and they told her, it was warrant case.
When she got back to Alderman Metzger's
store, she says, she couldn't get her baby,
for her husband had disappeared When
she found him in the auto she jumped in
front of it to stop it. At the station this
time she demanded that her husband return
the baby
"She put the baby in my arms" Lawyer
Crandall said, -and intend to take care Of
it and see that 1t is well taken care Of.
Sergt Hosey said that he couldn't inter-
fere and the party left the station.
Mr.. Crandall was seen later at Alderman
Metzgers house with the Alderman. He
said that he didn't leave Bloomfield four
had had some words with her, he said,
and she told him to leave. She came to
town that evening He heard from friends
that she was here. When he left her In
Bloomfield. he said, she had check for
S74 and some cash. He went back to Bloom
field Yesterday morning and found that his
child by his first wife had been left with
a nurse. The baby has diphtheria. He
SAYS he saw that the baby was cared for
and came back to this city yesterday after
noon. His wife, he says. found him In q
saloon. Then they went to Alderman
Metzger's store. where Mrs. Crandal de-
manded money, put her four-months-old
- Iox> irln< To
his pockets The Alderman did not assault
her but simply removed her hand.
Crandall wouldn't say where he took
the baby. He says he'll care for Il.