The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-11-24
DIs0WNED By HIS son
The Second Chapter Of the Sew
erin Romance.
The soy MAKES TRAGIC SCENE
ne Threatsns 70 xiii Hssns.ssf " Forced
q Go VIVA nKs Yasher, and
Carries Hfs Fosnt-

A ne~ chapter 81 TIE chain Of events Of
the strange csc Of Asgnsfns SEVERN, az
account Of whose long search for his miss
Ing eAildreE was given In yesterdays Posr-
iSrxEIssKscKz, hiss commenced.
Friday night when Mr.. SEVERN and his
son Iefs Probate Judge osbora's efhcs the
bcy declared he would not 20 9Th his
tatheT. Nc. SEVERN had decided that Il
was not besE far Gnaase 20 say farewell 20
Ar. and Mrs. Wallace. thinking that the
slight confidence which he thea had IN
them wonld be shaken BY the parting In
this IL seems he was mistaken. Is Gussls,
who i high-spirited youngzter. did not
consider that such treatment was right.
The result was that. after q scene on the
street. the boy boted and ran away irora
hia father. gtssSs down dark alley. where
Ar. SEVERN was unable to fellow him.
In The sabjoined letter 70 Judge Osborn,
which he wrote shortly after his son left
him, Mr.. SEVERN explains what happened
and bis future Intentions regarding The re-
clamation o. his son. II Is Is follows:
7rDAsts TEdge osborn--Dsar SIR: After ieav-
ing you sfiz evening thought everything wa
settled. Aaf then came the worst d AZ The
boy positively refused 70 come with ne. There
was scene on the street. ne elanE % Tess, ana
had - carry Aim ~ fGrce. efawd s0on col
leesed and told thsm wonih explain Il they
wenld take ~ 10 the police. There The Dor
pHtled Gut katie and swofe be would Kill hiu-
self before he would 50. and II took alma b.
infhe he would rna away the frat ehsnce
he gos. what was / % de- / talked
70 Aim ior half IA hour. then
gent ouf and Is soon p Ne gut out he ran
away from me. ! ssId nothing bar 20 les hiEa
80. - presumed ke was going home went
70 Chisf Mitchell and told hiIa. and also that
! did ST. In ny power ard that there vas moth
ing lsfs for me % do but 20 20 % San Francisco
and try 70 get the SRI. II succeeded in hav-
ing her come with me Khere she could 80 ths
good home bad for her, she would write 70
Gussse. and Il he would come would send him
she money. starr EaF san Fraaciaee in she
moaning. and VIII write yoa fruEn these. II JOS
shonld meet TIE boy ID she street ~ any time
know ycn viii aEai1 endeaseg 10 tnauenee hiIa
20 80 with me. Many thanks for the kind
ness shown me an yours, Au0. sEvERIS-
Mr. SEVERN left on the 5:f3 train yester-
day morning. For the reasons be explains
IN his letter. be did not attempt TO ses the
boy again.
Ever since the boy, Gnssie, understood
the change that was to occur in his life,
and bis father had told the story OF past
events, he was reluctant 70 leave his old
friends. the Waliaces. They had always
treated him kindly. he said. and it seems
there Is = mutual attachment on both
sides. The boy could not be reconciled 70
his newly-found father. He had been told
back In San Francisco By hts mother, and
IL Is quite likely under the influence Of
Morris, the man with whom she ran away
from Philadelphia. that Gnssie's father
bad abuaed her, and that was why she
left him. This had made deep impress
sion on the boys mind and was never for
gotten by him. He was deeply attached
20 his mother, and the mention OF her
name 70 him 10 enough 70 bring tears 70
bis eyes.
Mr. SEVERN told . PcsT-TxrKaEaaKxcsH
reporter yesterday that both Morris and
bis wife had poisoned the minds OF both
children against him. While accounting
his experiences Yesterday, the mans mood
changed from pAthatic remembrance ct
the long separation and loss Of his boys
love and confidence. % fierce denuncia-
ton OF Morris and the woman. whom he
said had estranged his children from him.
He averred that the only trouble between
him and his wife was her determination 10
go upon the stage. and the subsequent in
fuence which Morris had over her. ut
is all Morris fault. - said be, and ali my
troubles date from that mans acquaint-
ance with my wife"
After bis flight. which occurred about
$50 In the evening, Gtsssie went direct TO
his horne ~ the WAilaces. who live Oh
Third street near Jackson. and declared his
intention Of remaiaing with thesn
Mr.. Wallace told him that sooner or later
he would have 90 give hiIn up. He hated
TO have him 30. he said. but his father had
. prior claim 20 him and would surely take
him some time
Mr.. SEVERN viii 80 10 Sacramento and
endeavor 70 gsin possession Of bis daugh-
Ger Virgins, who has been legally adopted
b. a Mr.. and Mrs. Fontreaa, theatrical
people living there.
Its quite likely he viii yet return 10
Seattle on bis way East.