A Distressing Scene.

Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume III, Issue 366, 19 October 1889, Page 2

A Distressing Scene.

A scene of a distressing nature occurred between five and six o'clock on Thursday evening—just such a scene as makes the curiosity of people overcome their better i feelings in the excitement of the moment. J ’here had been some domestic troubles which do not concern a public joqrna]) between Mr and Mrs Catron, of Auckland, and an estrangement taking place Mrs Carron eight months ago came to reside with her relations in Gisborne, bringing with her the only child, a pretty girl of between two and three years of age. The father naturally wished to have the child at his own home. He came to Gisborne with that intention, but being unable to gain his point by ordinary means he adopted strategy, making a pretence of leaving Gisborne and then secretly returning to the shore. He wated for over a fortnight, watching his opportunity, and seeing the child playing near the hotel of Mrs Carron’s brother-in-law (Mr James Finlay), the father, being in disguise, snatched up the child and ran away with her. The alarm was raised, and in response to cries of " Stop him !” Carron was laid hold of by two members of the Standard staff, but he appealed so earnestly that it was his child that he was at once let go, and he then rushed into Mr Boylan’s office. A large crowd soon collected, and after the curiosity of the onlookers had been piqued far an hour, a)l those parties directly concerned drove off in a cab to Mr Cleghorn's place, and th»n Carron rushed upstairs with the child and locked the door against all comers. The sdrioe of legal gentlemen was obtained, but all efforts failed to do otherwise than make tho father more sternly resolved that he would not part with his child. - His intention is to go on to Auckland by to-morrow's steamer. It is a great pity that the innocent child, for which there has been so much aflection sbown, cannot be made the means of a reconciliation between husband and wife, instead of the cause of such painful scenes, It is to be hoped that when affairs have had a little time to settle, things will be smoothed ever and that by the interposition of frienfis husband and wife will be reconciled to each other) if for the sake of tbe ehibi alone this ought to be done. In the words of the poet—

•' Oh, what would the world be to us, Iffthc children were ao more F"