The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-01-22
ROMANCE IN RIAL LIFI.
The Wife of a Prominent Seattle
Man Elopes.
DISCOVERED IN NEW YORK.
She Takes Her Little Daughter and a
Large Sum Of Money.
a Music Teacher Accompanies Her
and They Travel for Weeks Before
the Wronged Husband Learns
of Her Unfaithfulness.

NEW YORK, Jan. 21.-The Herald SAYS:
The elopement of the wife of prominent
official of the state of Washington with
music teacher who deserted his wife;
the flight of the guilty couple across the
continent with the erring woman's
daughter; the pursuit by the husband
and his capture OF the child, following
close upon the attempt of the mother to
destroy herself and little one is a ro-
nance in real life that ended in an east
side lodging house last Thursday morning.
Assistant Attorney General Paul De-
Hirry. the injured husband, with his
daug hter, Orba, now occupies room at
the Hoffman house. Mrs. DeHirry, until
last evening, was still at 1913 Third
avenue, in room over the restaurant,
where the husband discovered her. I'm
der threat of instant death Edward G.
Morse, who eloped with Mrs. DeH1rry,
led Mr.. DeHirry and a friend to the house
where he had been living with Mrs. De-
Hiry and then disappeared.
DeHirry, two years ago, secured the
services of Edward G.. Morse as music
teacher for his wife. The wife became
infatuated with the musician, but the
weeks after the elopement. Through the
efforts of DeHirry, the musician secured
many scholars among the wealthy people
of Seattle. When his income had suffi-
GENTLY increased, Morse sent to San Fran
cisco for his wife and daughter. Morse's
Child died about a year ago and Mr.. De
Airry paid the expenses of the little girls
illness and funeral.
When Mrs DeHirry asked her husband
t,s-%
east to visit relatives in this city, ne
readily consented. Without his know
ledge Mrs. DeHirry sold two cottages in
Seattle belonging to her, on which she
realized $4,000. Mr.. DeHirry gave her
$500 more in cash before she left and gave
her tickets over the Northern Pacific for
herself and daughter Orba, who is nine
years old.
Accompanied by Morse and daughter
she went to San Francisco. where they
stopped at the Palace House as E. G.
Morse and wife. While there Morse got
all Mrs. DeHirrey's money and spent it
lavishly. On Dec. the guilty pair went
to Chicago, thence to Washington, and
Philadelphia.
1t was nearly three weeks after Mrs.
DeHirry IS departure that her husband sus-
pected the truth of what at first seemed q
coincidence. Morse's disappearance gave
MIN Vn6 HrSG nlnO Inab something Was
wrong. When he could secure no cJew to
her whereabouts by telegraph or writing,
with warm friend, John Carson,
son of a lawyer of Seattle, he set
out to discover his wife. After long and
tedious journey the pursuers arrived in
New York last Monday. He next ascer-
tanned that Morse and Mrs. Sherry had
taken apartments in an East Twenty first
street boarding house, where they re-
manned until Jan. 49,
Mr.. DeHirry, accompanied by Carson.
went to the boarding house last Wednes-
day, and it was through the land
lady, a kind hearted French woman.
that the father finally recovered
his child the next day. The landIady
said that during the stay at the boarding
house, Mrs. De Hirry had been detected
and on one occasion tried to kill herself.
They left the house last Friday, leaving a
trunk as security.
When Mr.. De Hirrv 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 fed leaving the erring woman be-
hind to shift for herself