The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-05-12
The Home OF An Esteemed
Citizen Shattered.
MRS. G. N. GLASS; LAPSE
GONE AWAY WITH A YOUNG Eel
LOW NAMED HART.
GREAT SHOCK TO THE CITY
Mr.. Glass, Who is Held IN the Highest
Esteem, Has the Sympathy of
the Entire Community
in His Trouble.

The people of Raleigh were startled
yesterday to hear of the disruption of a
family hold i'm high enteem by the way
wardness of the wife of Mr.. George III.
Glass, Superintendent of the Telephone
Exchange in this city.
On Thursday night of last week Mr..
Glass came into the possession of indis-
putable evidence that his wife had been
guilty of undue intimacy with a young
man by the name of Henry Hart, who
recently came here from Richmond.
1t seems that Hart had a widowed moth
er to support, and Mr.. Glass gave him
position here to help him along, and
took him to board in his own family.
Instead of approaching the kindness
shown him, young Hart abused the con-
fidence of his benefactor, and repaid his
kindness by destroying his home.
Convinced of his wife's infidehty and
Harris perfidy, Mr.. Glass drove the
young man from his home, and he hastily
week On the Friday night following,
the faithless wife followed and is sup
posed to have joined him in Richmond.
The worst of it is that she took with her
their little son, Raleigh, 8. boy eleven
years of age.
Mrs. Glass was well known in Raleigh
having assisted her husband in Cen
trail until few years ago. She has
been active in church and religious work,
being secretary of a leading benevolent
organization. The had a comfortable and
pleasant home, and every reason to walk
in correct paths. Her lapse is a great sur
prise to all who knew her. and but for
the incontrOvertible evidence no suspi-
cion would have rested upon her.
Mr.. Glass was a kind, thoughtful, hus-
band. His wife not only mad a nice and
elegantly furnished home. but COM
Portable bank account, and her husband
supplied her every known want.
Mr. Glass did not care to talk. He
has borne his anguish ia silence. Since
last Thursday night no mortal can know
what he has suffered. Nobody 5u The
city, except the servant in his house,
knew of the tragedy that had been enact
ed-of the driving out Of the migrate who
had blasted happiness-of the untrue wife
who had hurried away to hide her shame
of the ruin and desolation of it all.
But, though he would like to avoid the
| public talk, sooner or later the public had
to know the facts. So yesterday Mr..
Glass told one or two friends, and as
the news was repeated, the heart of the
whole city went out to him in sympathy.
Mr.. Glass is one of our best citizens, and
the only feeling here is one of regret that
such grievous trouble has come to him.
The young fellow was seen one night
in the early part of last week, in a saloon
III Raleigh, hourishng a lot of mOn,-y
and talking big. Thosew no knew him
knew that he had no way of making so
much money, and he seemed to under
stand that he ought to explain where
he got the money. With an air of bra
rado, he cried out: I've got the stuff,
where did / get it? There's woman
stack on me and she sees that | have
enough to sport on" 1t was this kind
of a cheap-John sport that broke up the
happiness of good man, and destroyed
a woman who had always borne good
repntatiOn in Raleigh