The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-02-11

couple. Ilaetfner protested that Mr..
Coulter had promised him he would
not be arrested II he went to the
society shelter and admitted parent
axe OF the children Mr. Coulter
changed his mind after he tuond
that Haeffncr's employers story ala
not 1T In with what Hueffner SAID
about his having been ont Of work
and after ne had learned that unul
recently Mrs Haoffner I'm ADDITION
~ her serge and satin gown, wore os-
trlch pumes OF quality that usually
sell for about SO.
Twice. il was learned last night
Mrs Haeffner failed to obtain en-
ploymcut as housekrcpcr ~ tur-
nishrd room places because the pro-
prl,rur NJ those places asserted Hhe
Irg ,ed upou being dressed UP "a"
lo, This information came Iro'"
Nr.s charles Fielder who dlSpoS.
s,ssod the Haeffners with the 'ns, '
,,,, NJ their children. from the o'u
uapsiop once owned by J. l., MolI
ot pifth avenue and l3lt street IN
december. They we're put out Mrs.
rl,,d.r said. after laeiucr told her
husband he would neither pay ms
rent nor give up the room
This dispossession ~ the family oc-
cured at time when lncffner de-
rlarcd ne was out of work Instead
go was learned YESTERDAY, he was
working and earning 81 and some
times $3.50 day then lle lnil the
omploymrnt because his employer
said ne refused 10 pay Hacttner hnli
DAVIS wages when the man did not
work hecnse Of bad weather
UacImcr Did the Washing
sure I quit Amt a man got a
right TO quit II he wants to- said
Ilacffuer when he was asked u MS
/ former employers story was true.
/ when they got any money, n
went mostly Tor clothes for Mrs
llaeffnA said Mrs Fielder she
said ne didn't care much about work
so I didn't hire her when she asked
/ for work ms housekeeeper OF the place
where they we're living
with the 81 they obtained from
Mr. Fielder the Haeffners and tholl
two remaining children went to a FUR
ulshcd room house kept 10y Mrs
Mary Mulhall, at No llO East i21tr
street. and rented a parlor Mrs
Mulhan said Mrs Haeffner wore
waist that cost az least 81 and had d
. fur trimmed gown also She dressed
for the street as soon az she got ou
of he'd In the morning Mrs. Mulhol
said. and Haeftner washed the chill
dren and hung his wlfe's clothes GU
/ tu air.
II refused the husband when HI
asked me to hire his wife as house
keeper" Mrs Mulhal said, 'becaus'
she wore better clothes than | di'
and saw that her hands were no
used TO the kind of work that had Il
he done told Hactfner his wifi
wasn't the kind ~ worker | need
I'D
BEFORE Magistrate Freschi Haeftne
assumed all the blame for abandon
Ing the four children
Tried 20 Save His Wlfe's Health"
what made you do this?' Magls
trute Freschi asked Hsetfner, afte
the prisoners had both signed state
monts pleading guilty to the charg
ot abandonment
After I'd got rid Of the first tw,
children" he said, ~ did II becaus
II was bringing my wifo's henltl
down. ia read an article IN tn
paper telling how child had bee
left In the street and found goo
home. SO I suggested to her that W
do the same thing did n TO Civ
. her chance Tor her health,
90 read once about Earle (the chill
. who died) having becen found whe
liI left him IN Fast FIFTY sevent
street, near Third avenue, but I wa
afraid tn inquire about him"
"pldn't YOU ever want them back ?
asked the magistrate.
oh I wanted them back many
4 time responded Haeffncr, loolin
At his wife. She smiled back at hll
{ from her chair
u didn't know any " them wer
j dead-noither did she-untii the
Just told us about Il, he continued.