The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-12-16
EXCELS ENOUGH ARDEN.
MRS. HARTsIGS STORY ECLiPSES
TIE TALES or FICTION.
Mourusd n. Dead-Fibding Her Husband
Married sh. Decides Notto Disturb
the New Life.

Mrs. Percis Anna Hartsig disappeared
in Detroit eight years ago. ana body
picked mn ON the railroad tracks near
that place, horribly mangled' was ldeh-
titled by Mrs. Hartsig's relatives ana
buried by them. A week ago iasl W ca
nesday the real Mrs HartslS walked mo
the office Of her son, r. a. Hartsig, in
the Security Building.
The story told by Lewis W. Hartsis'
son of the missing woman ana living at
No. l2Os west Adams street, is very
romantic ono He says his mother, to-
eether win his father and six children,
lived together at No. 1876 east High street.
Detroit, eight years ago, and that MS
mother was mentally deranged on ac-
count of i'll health. The family decided
TO send her to the Pontiac Lunatlc As| :
Ium, and from this place she escaped
twice within TWO months. Mrs. Hartsls
was not a dangerous lunatc' put the
family thought il best TO return ner 10
the asylum, as the physicians had hopes
that they might finally restore heI iea~
son. Her son Lewis arrdhseu 10 ma =
her returned. but Mrs. HartsiS discovered
what was about to take place, ana on
the night before her contemplated re-
moval she escaped, and this was the
last seen of her by any member OF her
family until a week ago last Wednesday
FRIENDS MOURN HER AS DEAD.
The family of Mrs Hartsig notified the
Detroit notice Of her disappearance. ana
the following day the body OF woman
WAS discovered dead on the tracks OF the
Detroit and Michigan road twenty mleS
from Detroit. The body was in man
gled condition, and the clothing was
literally torn from the woman lorHi,
The Hartsg family were notlned' anu
they identified the body as that OF thelr
mother. \ Detroit dentist also ldehllned
the gold-plated false teeth when were
i'm the mouth of the dead woman as those
sold to Mrs. Hartslg. The body was
taken in charge by the Hartsigs ana
given a decent burial at Elmwood Gene
terry, Detroit.
Mrs. Hartsia owned the property at
No. 33S east High street, Detroit Wnlch
Is valued at 5000. and her will was duly
probated and the rents Of the property
have since been collected by James H.
Hartsis. husband of Mrs. Hartsig.
HER MEMORY A COMPLETE BLANK.
Mrs. Hartsig. in telling her story to her
family after their happy reunion SAID
she Travelled by rail 10 Benton HaTboT,
Mich, after leaving her home in Detroit,
and was taken in charge by the benton
Harbor police on her arrival at that
The authorities placed her in a sanitar-
ium at Benton Harbor. and there she
remained for twelve months and was
then pronounced cured. But Mrs Hart
sig during her last attack OF insanity had
forgotten her name. The nearest she
could come 10 her correct name was Anna
Hartman. She did not even know tina:
she had come from Detroit, and there
was nothing about her clothing or jewel
~ by which she could identify herself.
She had no place In particular TO 80,
and decided TO come TO Chicago. She
secured a situation "a nurse In Evanston
about seven years ago, and has remained
in Evanston ever since, and has amass-
ed a small fortune in that city.
SUDDENLY RECovEEs HIR FACULTIES.
Mrs Hartsig was reading a newspaper
a week ago last Wednesday, her son
says and happened TO see the name T..
4. Hartsg, which was the name Of her
son. Hartsg has been indicted on a
charge OF forgery. Mrs. Hartsis at once
became possessed Of all her faculties
She recognized the name as hers and the
initials as those of her son. She went
at once to the Criminal Court and found
that T.. 4. Hartsig had been released
on bail. She secured his address and
went al once 10 room llG7 Security Build
ing. and walked into the office, where
she found her son and also her daughter,
Rose. who recognized the mother i'm
mediately.
While in the Office, another sen. Lewis
H.. who is employed i'm the wholesale
hardware store of M"sSrs. Hodge d
Homer, on west Randolph street, enter
ed and, as he said. he coull scarcely be-
lieve it was his mother. whom he had
not seer tor eight years.
There was still another person % whom
the strange relppeara.ce came as sur
Prise. aud this was - Hartsig, the hus-
band lie is fifty years old. and thinking
his wife dead had married AGAIN In De-
troit. He has also one child by the Sec
ond marriage and a very complicated
state of affairs exists In his house
hold.
Mrs. Hartsig. her son Le"is says, has
stated thdt she would apply for "a divorce,
50 as 10 cause no embarrassment 10 the
young wife with whom Mr.. Hartss is
now lyins.-ChicagO !ntcr-Ocean.