The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-09-07
Mrs. Emerson Deserts
Her Husband For
His Brother.
THEY ARE TRACED TO MONTREAL
No Attempt Will be Made
to Bring the Pair
Back.

street has disappeared, so her husband
says. From information gathered with
the aid of State Detective Murray. and
friends at Union station, Mr.. Emerson
says he is convinced that she is in Mon
treal With his brother, Clarence Elmer
son. The supposed elopement is the talk
of the west side. It's a case of young
wife's infatuation for a husband
younger brother.
Walter S. Emerson is employed by the
National Biscuit company, but in addi-
ton, he conducts the drug store at 203
Pleasant street, which for years has
been landmark under the title of F. H.
| Tenney e Company
| Clarence Emerson was a clerk at the
| drug store. For some months back.
| Walter S. Emerson told The Spy re-
porter last night he has been watching
the couple, being suspicious of them,
| not only because of stories that he
heard from neighbors, but also by rea-
| son of incidents that came under his
| own observation.
| Back of all this there is quite a ro-
nance. Mrs. Emerson was the adopted
| daughter of the late f. II. Terney. lIr.
Emerson was d friend of her foster
WITH
money during his lifetime. When he
died the property came into the possess
sion of Mr.. Emerson, who held mort
cages upon it. Mrs Tenney and her
adopted daughter being friendless and
practically without resources, Mr..
Emerson took them under the shelter
of his own roof.
Five years ago young Miss Tenney
became his wife. Until his 26-year-old
brother came upon the scene, Mr..
Emerson says that his life was a happy
one. Though there is some disparage-
ment in their ages, Mrs. Emerson being
about % while he is double that age,
they were strongly attached to one an
other and she wanted for nothing that
her heart could desire" to use the
words of Mr.. Emerson in telling his
story to The Spy man
Il purchased her horse and car
riage," he said, land she never lacked
for money. She appeared happy, but
being avery busy man. with various
business interests, could not be with
her a great deal. This she did not APP
pear to mind in the least. She would
tell me when / came home at night, of
pleasant drives into the country that
she had enjoyed with her lady friends.
From what l have learned of late, how
ever, it seems that the neighbors have
been talking for more than year about
my wife and my brother. Yet no one
gave me warning.
The first that l knew of this infat-
uation was early in May, when I met
them under somewhat dramatic cir
cumstances at Harrington corner.
had OCCASION to go home, and took a car.
At Harrington corner my wife and
brother boarded the car. asked them
to explain themselves. She said that
~ i, Il 20 he hr1I1 90, 1.4
didn't think she said, that it would be
wrong for her to have my brother &C
comp any her.
Then l began to hear vague rumors
| that set me to watching. l discovered
them together on a number of occa-
sions after that, and finally warned my
| brother to drop my wife out of his Life.
He promised that he would, and added
that her companionship was not of his
! own seeking.
| Some time after that he asked me
for day off, saying that he hadn't
| had a vacation for months. l granted
| his request but when he had gone it
! flashed upon me that all was not right.
1 suspected that he had gone to take
a drive with my wife. Hurrying over
to the house, l found the horse in the
stable. My wife. however, was out, and
then 1t struck me that they must have
gone to Boston. This suspicion was
afterward confirmed. They had gone
to Boston on the electrics.
Putting my foot down hard, I for
bade them to meet any more, and my
wife solemnly promised to have moth
ing further to do with Clarence. You
have gone out of my life forever she
said. Do you mean it?' said Clarence
L do she said, and 1 believed her
Clarence went his way. She once more
had my confidepce.
THAT all this was planned with care
am convinced. Everything points to
it. He took all that he possessed in the
world, and she, in addition to clothing
took away some solid silver. My
brother lived with my mother, but since
| his departure ] have been told that he
did not contribute much more than
third of the salary that paid him."
IF. H. Tenney was insured in knights
of Pythias. and his widow was to have
received about this time $1,000.
Il thought at first" said Mr. Emer-
son, that perhaps she had aided my
wife with money, but in this l believe
was wrong, as she has not yet drawn
upon her account.
Fred Jones, at the Union station.
knows my brother and he saw him last
Wednesday afternoon, when he went
away. My wife Jones said, stood in
the background. The baggage was
story to Detective Murray, he com
municated with the authorities in other
places, and thus located them when
they reached Montreal. l could bring
them back and prosecute them, but /
am not a revengeful man. Sooner or
later they will come to grief. There
is such thing as retribution, and
some time or other every one gets re-
ward or punishment as deserved"