The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-01-22
FOLLY OF A WOMAN.
Mrs. Paul d'Heirry Elopes With
Edmund r. Morse.
THEY GO TO NEW YORK CITY.
The Husband Finds tho Guilty Couple
horse Abandons His Paramour, Who
Previously Attempted Suicide.


citizen Of Seattle with music teacher
VINO 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 the
attempt of the mother 10 destroy her
self and little one, is q romance of real life
that ended in an East Side lodging house
last Thursday morning. Paul d'Heirry,
the injured husband, with his daughter
Orba, now occupies a room at the Hoff-
man house. Mrs. d'Heirry until
last evening was still at I63 Third
avenue in room over restaurant
where her husband discovered her. Under
threat of instant death, Edmund r.
Morse, who eloped with Mrs. d'Heirry,
led Mr.. d'Heirry and friend to the house
where he had been living with Mrs.
d'Heirry, and then disappeared.
D'Heirry two years ago secured the
services of Edmund r. Morse as music
teacher for his wife. The wife became in
fatuated with the musician. The husband
had no reason to doubt her until week
after the elopement. Through the
efforts of d'Heirry the musician Sc
cured many scholars among the wealthiest
people of Seattle. When his income had
sufficiently increased Morse sent to San
francisco for his wife and daughter.
Morse's child died about year ago. and
Mr.. d'Heirry paid the expenses of the little
girls illness and funeral.
When Mrs. d'Heirry asked her husband
last November for permission to come
East to visit relatives in this city he read
lily consented. Without his knowledge
Mrs. d. Henry sold two cottages in Seattle
belonging to her, on which she realized
$4,000. Mr.. q Henry gave her $500 more in
cash before she left home, and gave her
tickets over the Northern Pacific for her
self and daughter Orba, who is years old.
Accompanied by Morse and her daughter
she went to San Francisco, where they
stopped at the Palace hotel as E. II. Morse
and wife. While there Morse got all of
Mrs d'Heirry's money and spent it
lavishly. On December 1 the guilty pair
went to Chicago. thence to Washington
City and Philadelphia.
1t was nearly three weeks after Mrs.
d'Heirry's departure that her husband
suspected the truth Of what at first seemed
a coincidence. Morse's disappearance gave
him the first hint that something was
his wife's whereabouts by telegraph or
writing, with his warm friend, John Cor
son, a lawyer of Seattle he set out to dis
cover her. After long and tedious jour
ney the pursuers arrived in New York
last Sunday. To their East Twenty-first
street boarding house, where the parties
remained until January Is. Mr.. Henry,
accompanied by Corson, went last
Wednesday. 1t was through the land
lady, q kindhearted Frenchwoman, that
the father finally recovered his child next
day. The landlady said that during her
stay at the boarding house Mrs. d Henry
had been detected and on one occasion
had tried to kill herself They left the
house last Fridag, leaving their trunks as
security. When Mr.. d'Heirry 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 tied, leaving the erring
woman to shift for herself.
Paul Henry and his family came here from
Walla Wa,la several years ago. Mrs.
q Henry a very active and brilliant woman.
a little more than two years ago Mr.. d Henry
built fine residence on Renton hill. He owned
the lot, and in furnishing the housed spared
nothing that would make pleasant home for
bis W fe and child, Orba. When the house was
complete it is estimated that he had ex-
pended fully $500. Not long after this
his wife's affection commenced TO as
sert itself. She became peculiar, talked
on all occasions and many times too much. In
short her tongue was continually wagging.
Her husband did all in his power for
her and tried to make their home
life happy and attractive to her. but
as time went on, she declared that sh G had lost
all regard for domestic ties and lived only for
music and her child Orba. Within the
last six months her condition became
such that there was no nlistaking the fact that
she WAS demented. she seemed to be in love
with her piano and desired 10 play all the time.
Her husband viewed this state of affairs with
alarm and made every effort to bring her to her
senses, but without success. He then decided
10 send her 10 his parents in Philadel-
phia and have her put under expert medical
treatment in hopes that her mind might be re-
stored to its normal condition. To carry ont
tbs plan he sacrificed ail-his home, the furni-
ture, carpets aud all that had been put into the
beautiful place were sold for $500. With
this money he started his wife and little
daughter Orba for their destination. When
they reached Spokane Mr. d Henry received word
that something WAS wrong and sud
denly LEFT town. When he returned he
remarked tlat MS Wlie D1u Deen taken
very i'll in spokane, and he had been to her.
However that may be. the next thing that
was heard OF her she in Los An
gees. During all this time dHeirry was
much troubled, and gave some of lis
friends 10 believe that his wife had gone off and
left him. The facts of the case were she met
Morse al Spokane and the guilty couple
changed the route laid out aid went
20 Los Angeles and then East. DHeirry evi-
hat ia col
aad had the wires sct to work to keep track
of their movements, for he suddenly
decided to go to New York city
two weeks ago.and nothing was heard from him
until last night, when the information came
from New YORK that Mrs d'lieirry had been
found living with Morse. and that the injured
husband had recovered his daughteri