The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1876-08-26
Katherine Refs Fate.

HoNEsDALR, Pa, Aug. 22.--In 1s4s. John seitz
Young German clerk in u store III New York
CITY, was cntaaed IT, he married 10 German
girl named Katherine Ref. 1he Caiifornia gold
fever breaking out, ~eitz joined party bOund
lor thnt reg on. he first letter that lie received
from homo contained the intelligence thut NJ iss
Ret was soon to become the mother OF MS chid
lie wrote back that but for the distance and
lack OF means he would return ut once and
marry her. He pledged himself to come back
as soon as possible an d make her his wlie. SOon
after che birth of he child, the yonng woman
came 10 HOnesdale with the family OF a bro, ner
They henri occasioualiy from Seitz. He aiwavs
renewed his pledges, and said he was seeking
fortune HI0ne to enable to come east and get his
wte and chi.d. Then nothing fuItGer was
heard; and after. two or three years he was
looked upon as dead
Miss ltiel's brother was a carriage maker. In
his employ was young blaCksmi h. nam d
Mendt. This man had p ofessed great love for
katherine from her 6rst appearance IN this
place. She refused all his offers of marriage for
fojr or Ave yenrs AT length, believing that her
lover was dead and wlshingto re leyo her broth.
cepted the blacksmith. and they were married.
They went to New Y0rk TO live. Wendt turned
out 10 be "a brute. He abused aud neglect d his
| health.
few months after h marriage letter came
to Hone dale from Seitz He mad been for
long une IN outOl-waY diGgnes and h6d at
last m de his fortune He was about to start
East after mis- wife and child. This news created
n great sensation in the family. Seltz arrived
| ~ llonesdale IN due time, und was stunned at
the news he was told. He determined 10 sec
| once more the woman he had loved md pro.
| ceeded to New York for that purpose lie
found her in q miserable tenement dy ug of con.
| sumption with no ono near her but her infant
! chd. Sho died few days efterward, charging
| Wendt with having caused her death Setz had
| her remains inferred III Greenwood Cemetery.
| A week aftorward WendI, no dOuOt, filed VITA
| IcmOlse, visited the spot where sne WAS UuIied
and shot himself through the heart over her
| grave.
Seitz returned to California placing his child
| in charge OF Its mothers relatives In Hone sdale
| lne boy grew up under the name OF John Riet
| II was not until otter he WAS OF are that he
| learned his history and name. Six weeks ago
he wa prostrated with hemOrrhage of The lungs
and on Tnesony last he d oil. The night before
his death letter was received from san Fran.
ciscu saying that John Seitz OF that city was ly-
| ing al the pOint OF death. News has since been
| received that he died here an hour or 80 before
| hl' sons death here. Seitz married in CalliOr.
MIA, and at the time of his death was verv
wealthy. He owned handsome residence in
| san Francisco. in which there Is room. fir-
nishe0 elegantly. which Seiiz called Jonn, 's
room " 1t was fitted up for ms son in this place
| who wae too muoa attached tn his cblldhOods 3
friends TO go there and occupy 1t, as his 1ather
| frequently requested him 10 do. In al his let
terS seltz declared that his son should share
equally with his other children in his wealth 1t
Is supposed that the young man dying as he do
subsequent to his iather, was neir TO hand.
some property. As he beQueathed all his prop.
erty to the aunt who reared him, tins will fall
to her.