Albuquerque evening citizen., 1907-02-02
Mother, Father Nor Husband
Could Have Any influence
With Her.
LAST DAYS OF MINSTREL
CHEERED BY OLD PARTNER
Example of Affection in Aged Cou-
pie as Rare as 1t Was Touch
ing and Lasting.
Special Correspondence.

New York. Feb. "A sad-faced,
middle-aged woman, and young
man, walked slowly up the Bowery
few nights ago, peering into every
saloon they passed. The two were a
mother and a husband. They were
searching for a 17-year-old girl, who
was the daughter of the woman and
the bride of the young man. They
stopped In front of a Raines law ho-
tel at 100 Bowery finally, and called
Policeman James McKeon, of the
Elizabeth street station. They told
him they believed the young girl they
were seeking was in the place. Nc
Keon entered and found her super
fled with drink, and one of her eyes
was blackened Her tumbled hair
was dark and blossy and the bruised
eye made her rich complexion only
the more noticeable. She was taken
to the police station, where she gave
her name as Daire Thompson, II
years old, of 946 East 10th street
This little girl, Daire Thompson, was
once a member of the Floradora Sex
ette. Her history Is a remarkable
one and when 1 quote it, hope to be
able to show that the brighter the
star shines the more dense and dark
will be its antipodes.
Eleven years ago, when Daire was
a tot of six years, her mother, Mrs.
Wolf, married Daniel Powers, who is
employed by the New York Central
railway. Little Daire got along poor
iy with her stepfather, and when he
objected to her going cut at night
she left home. After two weeks she
went back, remaining there for a
year. The girl, however, was fond of
going to dances and again the step
father shut down on the late hours.
Once more the girl left home, this
lime for good. The dances TO which
her stepfather objected had done
their work and the girl became an
habitue of the Bowery There, in
November last, she met young
Thompson, while the latter was slum-
ming. The girl attracted him at once
and he became infatuated with her.
Though still a medical student at
Islip, L. l.. young Thompson was we'll
able to support a wife, as he receives
through his widowed mother an an
nuity from his fathers fortune. He
spent two days in the girls COM
pany and on the third the pair were
married at the Moravian church i'm
Brooklyn. The girls affection for her
new husband proved to be of very
fieeting kind, however, for almost i'm
medlately after their marriage she left
him and went back to her mother.
Thompson's affection was more
lasting. He believed i'm the girl and
wanted her to live with him. Ac-
cordingly. he did his best to induce
her to return to him. The effort APP
parently resulted i'm driving the girl
back to the Bowery, for several days
ago she disappeared from her home
and her parents were unable to find
her. Thus it came about that the
mother and the husband of the run
away went seeking her along the
Bowery a few nights ago The girl
was brought to the police station but
she did not seem willing to return
home. The Tombs police court ar
ragined her as an incorrigible child.
She was so tall and self-possessed
that she appeared ten years older
than she actually was. She told
Magistrate Sweetser that she didn't
want to go back to her husband nor
did she seem willing to return to
her home. The husband. who was
in court, failed to persuade his pride
10 go with aim. In preference she
went off To a prison cell To await the
arrival OF her mother, who had been
sent for. Just as tnc police were