The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-12-06
QUITE ROMANTIC.
MRS. PERRY HARTSIG WAS FAR
FROM BEING A CORPSE.
After Being Dead and Buried, APP
pnrently, She Walks Into the
Office of Her Son and Creates n
Sensation.

Chicago, Dec. 5.-Mrs. Perry Hartsig
disappeared in Detroit eight years ago.
and a body picked up on the railroad
tracks near that place horribly man
gled was identified by Mrs. Hartsig's
relatives and buried by them. A few
days ago the real Mrs. Hartsig walked
into the office of her son, E. a. HartSig,
in the security building.
The story told by Lewis w. Hartsig,
son of the missing woman, is a very
romantic one. He says his mother, to-
gether with his father and six children,
lived in Detroit eight years ago, and
that his mother was mentally deranged
on account of ill-health. The family
decided to send her to the Pontiac Lu-
matte Asylum, and from this she es
capped twice within two months. Mrs.
Hartsig was not dangerous luna
tic, but the family thought it best to
return her to the asylum, as the ply
sicians had hopes that they might
finally restore her reason. Mrs. Hart
sig discovered what was about to take
place, and on the night before her con-
templated removal she escaped, and
this was the last seen Of her by any
member of her family until week
ago.
The day following her disappearance
the body Of a woman was discovered
dead on the tracks of the Detroit &
Michigan road twenty miles from De-
troit. The body was in mangled con-
dition and the clothing was literally
torn from the woman's form. The
Hartsig family were notified and iden-
titled the body as that of their mother
A Detroit dentist also identified the
gold-plated false teeth which were in
the mouth Of the dead woman as those
sold to Mrs. Hartsig. The body was
taken in charge by the Hartsigs and
given a decent burial
Mrs Hartsig owned property in De-
troit which is valued at $1,000, and her
will was duly probated, and the rents
of the property have since been collec-
ted by James E. Hartsig, her nus
band.
Mrs. Hartsig, in telling her story to
her family after their happy reunion,
said she Travelled by rail to Benton
Harbor, Mich, and was taken in charge
by the police on account of her strange
actions. The authorities placed her in
sanitarium at Benton Harbor for
twelve months and she was then pro-
nounced cured. But Mrs. Hartsig
during her last attack of insanity, had
forgotten her name, and there was
nothing about her clothing or jewelry
by which she could identify herself
She decided to come to Chicago, Sc
cured a situation as nurse in Evanston
about seven years ago and remained
in Evanston ever since and has
amassed a small fortune in that
city.
Mrs. Hartsig was reading a news
paper a week ago, her son says, and
happened to see the name of E. a.
Hartsig, which was the name of her
son. Hartsig had been indicted on the
charge of forgery. Mrs. Hartsig at
once became possessed of all her facul-
ties. She recognized the name as hers
end the initials as those of her son.
She went at once to the criminal
court and found that e. a. Hartsig
had been released on bail. She Sc
cured his address and went to the
Security building and walked into the
office where she found her son and
also her daughter, Rose, who recog-
nized the mother Immediately. While
in the Office another son, Lewis H.,
entered. There was still another per-
son to whom the strange reappear-
ance came as a surprise, and this was
Mr.. Hartsig, the husband. He is so
years old, and, thinking his wife dead,
had married again in Detroit. He has
also one child by the second marriage
and very complicated state of affairs
exists in his household.