The San Francisco call., 1906-04-18
ELOP|NC PAIR
IN CITY PRISON
Joseph Drinkwater, Who Ran
Away With Sister-in-Law
From Chicago, Arrested
LARCENY THE CHARGE
Deserted Husband Asserts
That Couple Robbed Hin
of Large Sum of Money

Because her husband was brutal she
saws, Mrs Charles Drinkwater of Chi.
cago eloped with the younger brother
Of her spouse, and they came to this
city The irate husband and brother
caused the head Of the Chicago police
TO telegraph to Chief Dinan asking the
arrest of the pair on a charge of grand
larceny, alleging that the woman took
$4,000 which belonged to him. The
elopers are now locked up in the city
prison The woman declares tnat the
money belonged TO her, but where II Is
she will not say.
The arrest of the couple was rather
spectacular. They were about to en-
ter a lodging house on Market street
near Powell when Detective Bailey
called the man by his name, Joseph
Drinkwater, and announced that he
was under arrest Drinkwaters hand
flew to his back pocket and Bailey
grappled with him. The woman
screamed and a crowd quickly collect
ed, but when the man understood that
Bailey was an officer he surrendered
The pair were taken to the Hall of
Justice and their names entered on the
detinue book pending advices from Chi
cago
The woman, who is blonde and
buxom and within two years of being
called fat, fair and forty, declares, that
the money which she is accused of taxi
ing was her own. Joseph Drinkwater
says that he came here with the
woman because she promised to defray
his expenses and to take care of him.
A dispatch was received by Chief DinAn
stating that Charles Drinkwater left
Chicago last night for this city to press
the charges against his recreant broth
er and wife. a
When questioned the woman said: :
I'm from Chicago. I'm no fool, neither
am 1 a thief or a murderess That is
all 1 have to say.
To Captain of Detectives Burnett she
confided that she was the keeper of "a
lodging house in Chicago, and declared
that she had been supporting her hus-
band for some time. According to her
story Charles Drinkwater treated her
brutalIy and paid attentions to other
women. While she was suffering from
the beatings and mistreatment the
younger brother came along. He was
better looking than the man who
abused her and he sympathized with
her. They soon planned to run away.
Joseph Drinkwater is eleven years
younger than the woman he eloped
with. He makes no pretense of being
madly infatuated with her. He says:
My brother treated her cruelty. She
told me that If I went with her she
would pay all the expenses
The pair contemplated going to the
Orient. They travelled. under the name
of Mr.. and Mrs. r. Hill The arrest
was made en- a telegraphic description
sent by John A. Collins, superintendent
OF the Chicago police.
CHICAGO. April. 17.--Joseph Drink
water and his sister-in-law left Chi
eago April 1. after the woman had
drawn all the money she and her hus-
band had deposited in the bank Their
account was a joint one and she had
no difficulty in securing the money.
Charles Drinkwater, the husband, did
not discover HIS loss until two days
after his wife had disappeared He
then notified the police, who traced the
couple to California. 80