The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-03-02
TACOMA'S BIG SENSATION.
The Escapade of Seymour L. Rau, q
Prominent Society Man.

TACOMA, March 1.-[Special. THE cat
has finally jumped out OF the bag and
with it comes the facts of the
alleged mock marriage Of Seymour L.
Rau. one of the most prominent of
Tacoma's young society and business men,
to Louise E. Dearborn, beauty who has
figured in a certain class of society here
for two years. Mr. Rau is secretary of the
Washington Republican Club, and di-
rector add prominent member of the Ia
coma Athletic Club, and conducts a gen.
eral insurance business.
Mrs. Dearborn has very attractive
figure, pretty face, and dressed tastefully.
Her hair is fluffy, her teeth white and
even, her complexion fresh and her fea-
lures inclined to the aquiline, eyes blue.
She was a frequenter of the Tacoma
theatsr, and her male admirers called her
charming and the Cleopatra of
Tacoma" Her home is in Min
nesota, where her 6-year-old girl
child is living with its grandmother. Mrs.
Dearborn in an affidavit says she is 25
yaers of age. Until a year ago her form
was almost perfection, but of late she has
been growing stout. She is now at San
Francisco. Her husband is an inmate of
the Deer Lodge, Mont, state prison.
Mrs. Dearborn appeared in Tacoma
about three years ago and went to lead
ing hotel in the city. Her lady-like de-
meanor caused her to be treated with
great respect, and she was even received
as a visitor in the family of well
known citizen. But this intimacy sud-
ly ended when the family learned that the
charming young woman was employed in
the lucrative but dehasing occupation CT
"box rustler" at Harry Morgan's Theater
Comique. Here she soon attracted the at
tention of verdant youths and old
roues. Among her devoted admirers
were soon classed a wealthy capital
list and city official who &C.
cupied a high station. Rumor wagged
her tongue freely and it was said that
many evils in municipal affairs were
allowed TO exist because of the influence
of her employer, transmitted through this
charming medium to her gallant.
Last June Mrs. Dearborn and lady
friend went to Seattle and she was there
married by Justice Maggie, under the name
of Louise McBeety, to Mr.. Rau, who gave
the name of Conrad l.. Rave. In her ap-
plication for divorce from Rave or Rau
she says:
1t was joke all trough was told that as W o
took wrong nalAes II would amount to nothing
and so I stood up. Mr. Rlu never claimed me
as his wife, nor attempted TO provide homo,
and we have not cohabited as husband and
wife or lived together as such. Since then, as
before, our relations have only been of ac-
Quaintances-we have occasionally met, and
only met as such
She claims not to have any money or
property and denies that Rau supported
her She further alleged that there was
10 issue of the pretended marriage. nor
rights Of property of either plaintiff or de-
PENDANT that can be affected thereby. In
his reply Ran admitted the statements of
Mrs. Rave, or Mrs. Rau, and asked that
the matter be brought 10 a head
without the usual twenty days to
expire before answering the complaint. He
also claims the marriage to have been a
joke
The decree OF divorce was granted, and
the original name ofboth parties restored
and Mrs Dearborn left at once for San
Francisco, Mr. Rau remaining here. He
has been one of gay party of young men
who have had entire to society. one of
the members of this party is now absent
from the city.
E
was forSaken by her admirer. and she
lived quietly in one Of the lodging-houges
! in the upper part of town, being seen down
town only occasionally, and then only
with . female companion. \ year ago,
however. she again blossomed out at pub
/ lie entertainments under the auspices OF a
/ gay and fascinating young man. who, like
kau, was an athlete and a society young
man.
Mrs. Dearborn visited her husband at
/ Deer Lodge. Mont, state prison last 0cto-
Der. She sought his pardon and succeeded
I in having has sentence committed, and in
( April lie viii be set free. \ lew years
/ ago Dearborn was sentenced to seven
! teen years imprisonment for forgery and
/ dlsposiug Of an oatit of a civil engineer.
/ He civil engineer by profession, and,
| II IS said, was employed in laying out the
Seattle Lake Shore i Eastern route. Eli.