The Evening dispatch. [volume] (Provo, City, Utah) 1891-1895, 1894-12-06

Mrs. Hartsig Returns After Eight Years
To Find Her Husband Married and
Other Complications.
CHICAGO, Dec. 5.-Mrs. Perry Hartsig
disappeared in Detroit eight years ago,
and body picked UP on the railroad
tracks near that place horribly man
gled was identified by Mrs. Hartsig' g
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,
a sen of the missing woman, is very
romantic one. He says his mother to-
gether with his father and six children,
lived in Detroit eight years ago, and
that his nj er was mfp.rIagg @l tg- d. h, ,,~nged
decided to send her to the Pontiac lu-
natic asylum, and from this she es-
capped twice within two months. Mrs.
hartsig was not dangerous lunatic,
but the family thought it best to return
her to the asylum, as the physicians
had hopes that they might finally res
tore her reason. Mrs. Hartsig discovered
what vi as about to take place, and 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.
The day following her disappearance
the body of woman was d1scovere d
dead on the tracks of the Detroit &
Michigan road twenty miles from DE
troit. The body was in a 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 id5btifed 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 Hsrtsigs and
given decent burial.
Mrs. Hartsig owned property in De-
troit which is valued at $5,0H0, and her
will was duly probated, ana the rents
of the property have since been collec-
ted by James E. Hartsig. her hus-
band. 4,
Mrs. Hartsig, in telling Ter 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 hsr strange
actions. The authorities plsced 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 clothingor iewelry
by which she could identity herself.
She decided to come to Chicago, Sc
cured situation as nurse in Evanston
about seven years ago and remained
in Evanston ever since and has
amassed small fortune in that city.
Mrs. Hartsig was reading IA newspa-
per week ago, her son says, and
happened to see the name bf E. a.
Hartsig, which was the name of her
son, Hartsig had been indeed on the
charge Of forgery. Mrs. Hartsig at
once became possessed of allher facul.
ties. 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 E. a. Hartsie had been
released on bail. She secured his adj
dress and went to the security building
and walked into the office where she
found her son and also her laughter,
Rose, who recognized the mpther i'm
mediately. While in the office another
son, Lewis H., entered. There was
still another person to whom the
strange temperance came as sur
prise, and this was Mr.. Haftsig, 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 a very
complicated state of affairs exists in
his household.