The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-04-18
ANOTHER CHAPTER
IN OSLER STORY
Little Family Abandoned
by Bigamist is Now
Broken Up.
TWO BABIES At ORPHANAGE
Deserted Wife Reduced to Want,
+ Obliged to Give Up Two Of
Her Children.

Today furnished a sequel to the the
Walter Osler abandonment case when
the little family of the man who is
now paying the~penalty of his misdeeds
in the Michigan City penitentiary, was
broken up by poverty.
This morning two of the babies, the
oldest of whom is four and the young
est a year old, were taken to an or
phan asylum at Lake Bluff, Lake
county, Illinois, while the baby, who
is quite i'll, was left in the care of the
mother.
Mrs Osler. who is a plucky little
woman, has made a living for herself
and babies by taking in boarders
since her husband was sent to the
penitentiary. At first she did very
well, but the closing down of the mills
and the resultant depopulation of the
town, deprived her of her source OF
revenue. One after another her board
ers left her to seek work elsewhere
and the result was that she was soon
| in destitute circumstances
The Missionary society of the Meth
odist church learned of the case and as
they had no funds which could be de-
voted to this purpose, the good women
of the organization helped Mrs. Osler
out from time to time. But this could
not go on indefinitely and with her
] little brood to care for, it was i'm
/ possible for the mother to leave her
home and go out to work. She could
not leave the children alone in the
house. Neither could she take them
with her. So it was decided to put the
| town girls in the orphan asylum, and
Mrs. James Whitby and Mrs. /. E. Dick
| inson accompanied the family to the
institution this morning.
| Yesterday the little girls were made
jubilant by a complete new outfit, In
cluding everything that was needed to
! make them warm enough and present.
able. Their delight. especially over
their new shoes and stockings, knew
no bounds. They accompanied their
mother and their two benefactresses
on the "choo choo' cars with the same
eager delight, little realizing that the
end of the journey meant separation
for them from the mother who has
struggled so bravely against want in
their behalf.
However. Mrs. Osler is not so down
cast as she might be. She looks for
ward to better time when she and her
little brood will be reunited, for it is
far from her intention to give them
up. She believes times will pick up by,
fall when it is her hope to again re-
sumo her occupation of keeping board
ers. In the meantime she will do what
ever odd pieces of work come her way
The Osler abandonment case was one
of the most widely published cases that.
has sullied the court annals in many
a day. Walter Osler lived in Ham?
mond for some years with his wife and
children when he bundled the little
family off to Mrs. Osler's home town
| and proceeded to make love to a re-
pectable Lake county girl whom he
afterwards married. Mrs. Osler No 1
was informed of the step by friends
and came to Hammond to prosecute her
husband. At first he denied having
ever known the little woman and his
children. but the evidence was over
whelmingly against him and he was
forced to admit his guilt Then fol-
lowed an appeal on his part to her to
take him back and forgive him, which
involved a proposition to give up the
girl he had so recently married, of
course.
Mrs. Osler No. / refused to listen to
his pleadings and the result was his
trial and conviction in the Lake super
ior court.