The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-04-22
NEWS FROM TACOMA.
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TACOMA. Apss. z---An interesting story
OF marital fnfslicify il Englisn high life
vas told TODAY fn Judge kean's court,
the parties % the action oeiaS OF the
very siUsss blood OF which England
israTss Or. Robert Harold Harrison.
formerly o. County Cork. Ireland. de-
seendaat Of valorogs MAJ. Harrison. OF
Oliver cyomwslfs army. waA the plainfEI
a. tina actton- His eompiaiEt fled several
ess@ks sEo.~,pntAIns the allegation THAI
hts wife Biarrg Harrison. ocnsorfed with
Ralph Moore. at divers times IN the year
$50 Moore waz AZ that time captain
N tho English army stationed In ireland.
Dr. Harrison asked the court for a decree
CT absolute divorce from bis wife and the
custody. without interference. Of his child.
Flora Marianne Harrison. aged u years.
While the bill Of complaint l. brief TO
the point OF ansx2rensss la It's allegations
- acts there IT. q story Of raFnsntic In
teress~xsack OF 10 Of anich only little
vas Telatsd in court TO-DAY. The hearing
Was had IN chambers. ard DR. Harris 0n
being placed on the stand related as 1T
tie OF his unfortunate martial experience
a. the risidity OF he law would allow. he
tald la brief how. wlen absent from home
in Dublin on business. his wife met young
Ealph Moore ciandsstlHsly and under the
stIlss OF q literary and platonlc friend
snip. gradually forgot the ties that bound
her 20 her Mustard. and finally d her
actions severed them altogether. For q
long time he listened 20 the stories con-
Meeting hls wife with Moore with deter
mination not to believe there was any
thing wrong until he was forced 20.
Finally no discovered letters which no
longer left any doubt Ia his mind as TO
his wife's guilt. Soon after he iiled a bill
for divorce In the irish courts In due
time the case came 10 trial aud jury
rendered Judgment In his behalf.
The Irish courts are restricted In their
power ia divorce cases to giving the mar
ried pair legal separation. In order for
an injured spouse 60 obtain an absolute d.
vorce the case must b. taken to the house
OF lords which sits as a court OF chancery.
This takes an endless amount OF time,
and Is very expensive.
Naturally, DIR. Harrison could not rest
until he was absolutely free. These rea-
sons and others. coupled with the fact
that remorseisss memory maze life in
his home In ireland unbearable. led Dr.
Harrison. who had achieved more than a
local fame as medical practitioner, TO
come to America. He has lived in Wash
ington for more than five years. and a
short time ago took out his certificate OF
citizenship.
DIR. Harrison comes from one OF tho
oldest families In England and Ireland.
lie II cousin OF the Duke of Fife and a
linsal descendant OF Sir Thomas Stand
ish, of Lancashire. England. brother to
hiies Standish of historic fame.
BY tradition there has been for many
years a Sfandish In the Harrison family.
and Or. Harrlson's brother. Maj. standish
Harrison. OF the Queens regiment, is the
member OF the family bearing the name
The home OF the Harrisons IL at Castle
Harrison. In County Cork, Ireland.
Dr. Harrison has been a surgeon In the
employ of the Northern Pacific Steamship
Company for several years. He is now on
the Victoria.