Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1893-01-27
SEATTLE SENSATION.
SOCIAL CIRCLES OF THE QUEEN
CITY TERRIBLY SHOCKED


A Befriended Music Teacher Entice,
Wife From Her Husband and
Leaves her when Discovered.
The N. Y. Herald OF the 2Ist says
that the elopement of the wife of a
prominent official OF the State OF
Washington with a music teacher who
deserted his wife; the flight of the
guilty couple across the continent
with the erring woman's daughter
the pursuit of the husband and his
capture of the Child, following close
upon an attempt of the mother to de.
stroy herself and her little one, is a
romance in real life that ended in an
East Side clearinghouse last Thursday
morning. Assistant Attorney General
Paul D'Heirry, the injured husband,
with his daughter Orba, now occur les
room at the Hoffman house. Mrs.
DHierry, until last evening, was still
at 1GS Third avenue, in a room over a
restaurant, where her husband dis
covered her. Under a threat of in
stant death, Edward c. Morse, who
eloped with Mrs. D'Hierry, led Mr..
D'Hierry and friend to the house
where he had been living with Mrs.
D'Hierry, and then disappeared.
D'Hierry two years ago secured the
services of Edward G. Morse as q
music teacher for his wife.
The wife became infatuated with
the musician. bnt the husband had no
reason TO doubt her until weeks after
the elopement. Through the efforts
of D'Hierry the musician secured
many scholars among the wealthiest
people of Seattle. When his income
was sufficiently increased, Morse sent
to San Francisco for his wife and
daughter. Morse's child died about a
year ago and Mr.. D'Hierry paid the
expenses of the little girls illness and
funeral. When Mrs. D'Hierry asked
her husband last November for per-
mission to come East to visit relatives
in this city lie readily consented.
Without his knowledge, Mrs. D'Hierry
sold two cottages in Seattle belonging
to her, on which she realized $40, 900.
Mr.. D'Hierry gave her $500 more in
cash before she left home, and gave
her ticket over the Northern Pacific
for herself and daughter Orba, who is
6 years old. Accompanied by Morse
and his daughter, she went to San
Francisco, where they stopped at the
Palace hotel as Z. G. Morse and wife.
While there, Morse secured all Mrs.
D'Hierry's money and spent it lavish
ly. December 1st, the guilty pair
went to Chicago, thence to Washing
ton and Philadelphia.
1t was nearly three weeks after Mrs.
DHierry's departure that her husband
suspected the truth of what first
seemed q coincidence. Morse's disap-
pearance gave him the first hint that
something was wrong. When he
could secure no clue to her where
abouts by telegraph or writing, with q
warm friend, John Carson, a lawyer
of Seattle, he set out to discover his
wife. After long and tedious jour
ney the pursuefs arrived in New York
last Sunday. He next ascertained
that Morse and Mrs. D'Hierry had
taken apartments in an East Twenty.
first street boarding-house. where they
remained until January 13. Mr..
D'Hierry, accompanied by Carson,
went TO the bosrding-houne last
Wednesday. 1t was through the land
lady, a kind-hearted French woman
that the father finally recovered the
child next day. The landlady said
that during their stay at the boarding
house Mrs. D'Hierry had been detected,
and on one occasion tried to kill her
self. They left the house last Friday,
leaving their trunks as security.
When Mr.. D'Hierry called, she sent
word to Morse to come and get the
trunks. He was confronted by the
wronged husband, who demanded and
obtained the child. Morse fled, leav-
ing the erring woman behind to shift
for herself.
A late dispatch states that D'Hierry
had forgiven his vile and that all will