New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-06
SEARCH CITY FOR
WIFE Of CANADIAN MINER
Couple Separated When He Left
Train to Chase Thief Who
Stole Baggage.
ARRESTED FOR DESERTION
Toronto Police Hold Him on Her
Story, and She Beats
Him to New York
by Hours.
ARRESTED FOR DESERTION

Detectives Campomenosi and Vezot.
| from Headquarters. are turning this town
inside out trying 10 find Mrs Margaret
/ Dubois. wife of Francois Dubois. a cop
per miner of Porcupine. ontario. Tho
miner and his wife left Porcupine early
or Sunday morning for New York. where
Mrs. Dubois. a bride Of seven months.
was to sail for her old home in Copen-
hagen i'm the hope Of curing bad attack
Of homesickness
About 6. 80 o'clock their train was run
] ming with brakes down into the little
! town Of Calzu. twelve miles out Of To
| ronto. They sat in their compartment.
with their luggage beside them. when a
man darted into the rear Of the car and
grabbed up one Of their pieces Of lug
gage. rushed out Of the front door and
! jumped to the station platform. with the
miner hard on his heels
Dubois overlook the thief and. being a
well set up man. was starting in To chas-
tise him soundlv. when the conductor Of
the train. who was standing with one eve
on the fight and another on the watch
in his hand. gave the signal 10 start tho
train. Dubois was left behind. while his
luggage and his wife We're speeding away
on the train toward Toronto He tels-
graphed at once 70 the Toronto police tn
care for his wife and hold her until he
could reach her Two hours later he got
a train for Toronto
AT the station he walked into the arms
of the Chief Of Police. who told him he
must hold him for deserving his wife.
Dubois was amazed He vas told that
his wife firmly believed that he had de-
serted her and that she was much de
pressed in spirits 50 much so in fact
that she refused to remain I'm Toronto
another minute. declaring that she would
GO straight to New York.
The Toronto police. Dubois said. LEI
him so after he had told his story 70
their satisfaction and at 30 y. m. he
boarded q train for New York. He
re0ched the Grand Central Station at
sos o'clock Yesterday morning. about
three hours after his wife is supposed to
have arrived here. Detectives found
that their trunks got here at 5:05 o'clock
in the morning. These Mr.. Dubois had
taken 10 the Hotel Abingdon. in Abing-
don Square.
AT | 80 O'Clock he walked into Head
quarters with tears in his black eyes
and with all the vehemcnce of his French
nature begged the police 10 find his
Danish bride. He was apparently heart
broken. He met his wife in Copenhagen
seven wears ago. he said and shortly af-
terward became engaged 10 her. Last
fall she came 10 Chicago to live with
relatives and in December ;hey were
married. Their married life had been
unmarried by quarrels of any kind. he
said The only trouble was Margaret
was homesick for Copenhagen.
The detectives have watched all out
going trains and steamship lines. and
they hope to find some trace of Mrs.
| Dubois. The woman is about twenty
five years old and is fair and pretty.
She wore dark colored raincoat and a
white straw hat. Mr. Dubois told the
detectives that his wife carried 500 on
her person when they were together on
rho train bound for Toronto.