The evening times., 1897-06-08
EZETA ONCE HER ADORER.
Ida Dent Wright Was Engaged to
San SaIvadar's vice President.


New York, June s.-Miss Ida Dent
Wright, daughter of Mrs. Marie Robinson
Wright, was married to DR.. Walter L.
Seymour, OF Boston, yesterday. only
few intimate friends were present. Imme-
diately after the ceremony the bride and
bridegroom and Mrs. Wright left the city
for Washington. DR.. and Mis-. Seymour
expect TO go abroad later.
Especial interest is attached TO this we'd
ding because of the fact that the bride,
who is native of Atlanta, was at one
time engaged To- Gen. Antonio Ezeta, vice
president of san Salvador. In the winter
OF lS@2-93 Mrs. Wright and her daughter
visited San Salvador.
One evening tile President gave ii bril-
liant reception, and among those who at
tended it was Mrs Marie Wright. Mrs.
Wright had been left d widow, with a
son and draughter to bring up, and had
adopted journalism as "a profession Fer
work carried her on several occasions tn
Mexico and Ceutral and South America,
and on the occa sion She was accompanied
by her daughter Ida, who lad just returned
from convent in Paris, where she had
been educated.
During the evening Miss Ida was pre-
sented to the lioniZed vice president. One
glance from her blue eyes brought his
uightneSs 10 her feet with an offer of
unconditional Surrender. In other wordS,
Eaeta fell madly in love with her at first
sight With the impulslveneSs of MS south
ern nature, lie proposed marriage at once.
Miss Wright, thinking he was Joking, ao-
cep.-d him lauGhingly, and thought no more
about il at the time
In the comse of the following afternoon
the general, in full uniform, duly presented
himself at the hotel where Mrs. Wight and
heF daughter were staying, and, t. the in
expresSihle establishment of both, made
a fuin.al demand for Miss Ida's hand.
The young lady demanded time for re-
Election. I, request that was reluctantly
accorded. and Ezeta continued to pay
court TO her with such devotion that he
finally succeeded in changing her natural
admiration for him into real affection
'rhe mothers consent to their union was
obtained, the happy day fixed, and Mrs
Wright and her daughter hied to Paris tO
procure the trousseau, while the happy
general proceeded to furnish the hoIne
Of his future bride with betting splendor.
But, alas loves young dream was dcS-
tined to be rudeiy interrupted. Ezeta had
sinncd in his youth, and Nemesis now
overlook him III the shape of native
woman, with whom he had lived when
poor, unbonorcd and un sung, and by whom
he had several children. The abandoned
woman, in revenge for the wrong he had
done her. apprised Miss Wrightof herformcr
relations with the general The young lady,
with th.' spirit SO characteristic of the true
American Clrl. at once put IN end to the
engagement aud, broken hearted, the gen
eral flung hiusrlr recklcSSly, desperately
into the civil war, which Resulted In the
overthrow Of his party
When the E2eta brothers were over
thrown Gen EZeta escaped TO San Fran
cisco on board the United States battle
ship Bennington. The eXtradi ton pro
ceedingS brought by the new San Salvador
government against the United States for
the possession Of Gen. EZeta was matter
OF great public interest ia the summer Of
1894 Miss Wright worked hard in the in
tereStS of her fiance, appealing TO Presi-
dent Cleveland aud the members OF the
Cabinet not to surrender Gen. Ezet a.
Judge Morrow decided that the offenseS OF
Gen EZeta Were not covered by thee Xtradi
ton treaty
Mrs. Seymour is about twentv-fUur wears
old. She has Travelled a great deal, and is
a gifted lirguist.