Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-06-20
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ruK seCRsAaxsT-s NEMESIS.
beings IN caiifsrnsa sf Mr.. nesxAer,
fhe ln<&ne wsman-
:. =. Chronicle, June l1thl
The fashionable and quiet neiQhbor-
hood Of Van Mesa Avenue and Sastsr
street was disturbed last night BY q
scene IN which an enrsQed woman and
Q local Journalist figured prominently.
The woman insisted that the mans
name wsa DaBois and that he vas an
Actor who had abdasted her da1Rhief
and broken up her family. By persist
ent and vtsoso1s talking TIE unforsn-
nAt4 vietfm finally convinced the yvo-
man thai be was nos the raan fer whom
she vas looking. and vas allowed 70 de-
part IN peaoe after giving conclusive
proof of his identity. A still further
amusing feature OF the affair Is that this
10 the second timel that the Journalist
has been p0blicly accused By the wo-
man as being q base decsivef and the
wreckeF Of her domestic happiness. Last
fall. vhen the Fay Templeton Opera
Beuffe Cempany appeared In this city,
the too susceptible neWspsper man is
said 70 have become enamored Of one Of
the fair members of that Company. He
followed her 10 San Jose, where his
frst scene in ths unfortunate wosnan's
domestic troables occsrfed. He was
iouneina alonR one Of the principal
thorouEhfarss Of that burg ons evening,
With all the conscious ease and dignity
of mien usaai to q newspaper
reporter confident Of future fame and
untold afhaence, when he vas Suddenly
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elared him 70 be Dubois, the actor Who
had wronRsd her daughter. In proof Of
her charge she hauled out o likeness
him, bns fortunately his aeqaaintance
identity. while the affair may appear
ist's nishaps. is presents, il the old
lady's story be true, tale replese with
exciting incident and illustrating the
strength Of q mothers affection and the
base perfidy 0f q dishonorabIs man.
The woman states that last fall q young
actor namsd Dubois appeared at San
Jose, with whom her daughter became
deeply enamofed, and she disappeared
with him. The mother further states
that he is repaired TO already possess
several wives, and dissountensnces the
story which has been told her that hsr
daughter 10 married 70 him. Unable 10
discover her daughter's whereabouts
through correspondence and other
means. she finally sold her property and
With the proceeds started out In the
world in search Of her child. She
hannts the theaters day and night In
the hope Of finding she author of her
dsuQhter's ruin. In the mean time the
acter's double is sad and distressed,
dreeding every moment that he may
again be attacked in some public place
and become the central figure in de-
plorabls sceue.
rs. F. Chronicle. june 12th-
The individuality of the woman in
search Of her lost daughter and her SON
in. Law, II. X. Dubois, has been ascer-
tanned after some research. She 10 Q
Mrs. MeARher, who for short time was
an inmate Of the OreQoA Insane Asy-
lum, aud whose recent actions would In |
dicats that she should mot haye been re-
leased from that instit1tiou. It appears
that while resident Of Oregon she set |
her mind upon the marriage Of her
daughter 10 q physician, who, in return |
for Der maternal influence, was 20 es-
tablish her In business. The girl. how
ever, did not look fsvorably on the |
schsme and eloped with Dubois TO Van
eouver, where they were married and
aftarwara removed 20 Montana. Sub
sequentiy they went 20 Portland. where |
the yonng wife nov is, her husband be-
ing brakeman on the Southern Rail- |
road who never trod the floors OF Q
stage.
It 10 related Of Mrs. Meaahsr that
after the marriage Of her daughter abe
vigorously assaulted the elder DuBois
with an umbrella, and among other CO.
centricities at Portland she interrupted
funeral procession, claiming that the
corpse was that Of her daughter. An
other Of her freaks was 10 cause the
seizure Of trank, which she asserted
contained the mutilated remains Of her
child. the victim Of the ferocioas Du
bois. Last year she came to this city.
Subsequently, she vent TO San Jose.
where she had her Arst encounter with
the unfortunate Journalist, vhese
Anglo Indian appearance, be II said,
bears no resemblance 10 the features OF
Mrs. MeaGher's son in lag. Then
again she came 10 this CITY. and not
long ago paid visit 20 the Fountain.
where, In the person Of one OF the
aCtFo3104s eoc too0&ut sue feolHuiAcu
her lonc-loes Child. No argument
weuld convince her, and finally the
youuR woman vas compelled 10 disrobe.
10 furnish ocular evidence that abe did
not possess the birthmarks which are
said 10 distinguish tho fair Mrs. Bu-
Bois. Another Of Mrs. Meaghers car
| psrs 10 reported 20 have taken place
l&st Friday. when she visited lady on
Lafkin street. and claimed her aon in
law as the ravisher OF the former Miss
MeaRber. TIE rssalt vas q family
roc. TIE son-in-ia was expelled from
| The house. his wife followed him, and
the mother remained in indignant
| triumph unkil she discovered thAt she
had been made the victim Of Mrs. Mss.
Rher's deluded imsginstion. when she
seut Q carriage fos her children and the
/ family once more became reunited.
Then cAEne the sseond meeting with the
handsome jsarnslist. which wss de-
| scribed IN yesterdays pager. Since
then there have been no further devel-
opmenta. bat many youne man 10
keepsng a sharp lookout for the woman
With An halinginAsion for sone-in. iass.