, 1876-07-06
CRIME.
TIE Observation-Disclosures.

ANAAA6e
TIE I1UsDA
.ftr Fork .yHr, Jaig3
Irene 1touae, Win killed her husband, Orson
a. Housc, occptcs Al ordinary cell In the jail in
Trenton, tho one recently inhabited by dtfauli-
Ing State Treasurer souy. ahu n sick. 9ht
collected her senses later in tho day. and feeling
grateful TO the Sun for its impartial report, sat
up and wfoto flcr version Of tho tragedy, ~ we'll
as 'lcr lIfo experiences
aho anJs that t'.cis entire PROPERTY is not
worth oses 81, 600. She made her will, be-
qt,cathing her property t' the two sons Ut Mr..
nn1se by his first wife. Shu Ia very lnw-spiritcd
md the Sheriff sala sic wou't gladly atop to
tle Kallo"s Her :athc: I'M. sistcre have been
chef stIco Jcasey IL tic nornins @i y to 3i sGnit X
1cr. to baIi.
Numerous stories arc told about Ho,sc's
?tesstonaas practses a a. sleap !sascs lawyer
burger Dt Portc,,cttcr, Wcstc!,csser County,
burger tled in 1sGs, and liousc then started ia
a cheap divorce lawyer. lie advertised extcn-
stvn to procure s!ivvfces for t2a without putl-
lleity." lie waa usscruputaus about tho mrans
hc cmploycti tn bis t,!lsinrss nnd frequently got
Into trouble with The courts. ANY case TINT
would pay 10 was ready to takc hold Of n.sl
"r''t thronEt'nr ~ r. no sxpsssse1 y, regaEAlces
WIS performed by two dceoy detectives. Tlley
wcr1 constantly employed In his oilec, and pai1
libcrafly for tllcr scryecs. Ills Practice wns'
great. g Clients vent to him from MI parts Of
tho country to have dtvnrccs proc.,reA. The
majority 0f them were wotnen, anil II ts said by
these wt.h kuew him t1at Ii, the tcn yenrs liz
aparatctl he nbtaine oyer G0o dccsccs of .vorcc.
In9 1an!tor nt u Nassau atrcet said yesterday,
lie did M Immense business here, ami niDc
fortune: hut llis work was NIL crppEc,4,u
Onu Of the first cacs that Hu1,Ac undertook
was tho divorce Of Josephine Mansfield from
her actor-iusland, Fra1lk Lawlur, for which
moved to l9l Broadway, where he fas ainec kept
an oil'ce. 10 The fourth story. l1u lodged there
for ncariy twp years With his vito Thc!s quar-
rc1s there at night after the business tcnanta
Hc fatl three rooms, tic wsils Of Wilt, arc
adorned With paintings, and photographs Of wt-
House II ea4d to havc ow1ed. Ifousc's full
name was orsoa Alonzo Moore House, hut IN
llousc, Attorney aud Counselior-at-Law," anu
below u 20. n. House, Lawyer" lie m19cr-
tiscd under the former ua1nc, and took the 1ut~
ter, ter when s,9 vent M ( 1nto court. r 1873 he
Lent divorce. lie was Indicted for sub.
ornation al, perjury and WIS held In 70 900 ball,
but through thu G1ertions of his wife nas.agei
ant md got lin to hiartlon lie @ prosecution. %
Iouso was several times arrested on the coul~
plalnt Of husbands and wives whose characlcrs
he bud hcsinirchetl.
The murdered man and fis murtlcresa were
both divorced persons ut the TING Of their rc-
putcd mnrrlnEc, ELK years ago. She had two hns-
bands {soEna persons say tiircc) lcfunc I1otisc,
from cac}, Of whom Bhp had been divorced. Her
marriage to House has bccu repeatedly qucs~
Gu ono OCCASION shc produced, In the Belmont
Hotel, paper pnrp0rtLhg to 1o certificate Of
thu 1narr{nge. When allc waS not guarrcltng
witt, House, she assisted hin preparing papers
Housc threatened her life several times. In
january, 1875, sllc had n eavage fight with him
about her soii, aud sia packed up i1cr jcweisand
clothing and lsft him; shc wa subsequently
rcconci[tl to him, and wrote to friend:
"Tl'erc ts no doubt alu most ut fault. / al
ways bent Mr.. II. ~ ladlY IN cortrovrssy that
he llas nothing left to save bis casc; so hs goca
to 1g1ting me u tho ,on1y way he run master
my opponents 50 badly, I would do 10 become j,
PARTNER Of Townsend. I commence tho study Ut
law THIS day, and will succeed II health Ia sparcd
me assure you will mover advertise to pro.
cure @ divorces WITHOUT publicity, although wiz
NIL my POSSESSIONS and absolute Freedom II he
prefrfrcd 1t. lie wanted me only lu prcfcsenco
to al the wcafti1 #, New York. OF eoursu TINT
was too MITCH for weak woman, and cavetl.
atn to hayo everything my owl way hereafter,
witt. Townsend, as our counsel 10 keep our
tcmpers In chains. It Is q t,no thing
to haye domestic difficulty ntter ull,-
onc finds out, one'a beat friends md enemies.
Mr; II. says TINT would be comfortable wife
Il | wcra not 80 airy eclf-wilied, oyrrbEartng,
Independent, proud, abusive, co'sectted, sensi7
tive, etc., ctc. l'say he Is the best husband in
thn world except TINT ! full to appreciate II
with my numerous faults, which rcder INC Oh.
awfully.n
Houses wife dressed c1ttavagantly, and was