Sunday Washington globe., 1902-02-23
THAT ELOPENENT
OF the Two War Department
Employees a Few Months Ago
ITS SEQUEL IN COURT
Mrs. Riedel Sues the Real Estate Man
TO Whom She Intrusted Her Prop
eTty While She Intrusted the Lust
full William with Herself-A Sam
pie Chapter OF Gay Washington
Departmental Life Between the
Sexes.

A sequel to the elopement last June Of
two War Department clerks came to light
in the local courts the past week. The gay
and festive Mrs. Clara f. Riedel, widow
with two children and possessed ofan estate
valued somewhere near $4,000, and another
employe of the same Department named
William Morey a married man and the
father Of FIVE children, 1t will be recalled
by readers Of the GLOBE, suddenly disap-
peared from their respective desks in the
War Department They had often previ-
ously disappeared for brief spells, but
usually turned up again after few days
leave and indulgence in sexual debauches
in this city and Baltimore But this last
disappearance was emphasized by note
from Mr.. Morey to his unfortunate wife
and FIVE children to the effect:
II am going to leave you forever. will
see that you get SIoo a mouth during your
life, enough for you and the children. You
can do what you please about the woman in
the case"
Mrs Morey didn't do a thing; she couldn't
Mrs. Riedel who was anything but good
looking, and in or about forty years of age,
had hypuotized William and taken him off
to Chicago, all to her little self. This Mrs.
Riedel by the way is an Ohio product, being
the daughter of the late Congressman Ather-
ton, of Newark, suburb Of Columbus in
that state. She was possessed of the old
DainRerfeld estate, near Alexandria, which
was purchased for her as a wedding gift by
her mother. Becoming acquainted with
Mr. Morey and feeling her lonely condition
as the relct of the late departed, she
buckled on to William, and for months pre-
vious to their elopement the times they
had were not only good" but fast and
furious until every employe in the War
Department was on to them. The hey
day of the blood in Widow Riedel's veins
was as warm as when she was a maiden, and
William was not an ice wagon in this re-
spect
Mrs. Riedel prepared for her flight or
elopement with cool delberation. Being
sure of William and having a lead pipe
-cinch on his affections she proceeded to put
her house in order, in other words to raise
the wherewithal-the coin Of the realm
for a protracted sojourn with her paramour.
So she hied her to one of the numerous real
estate or money raisers and loanG.s of whom
Washington has a greater number to the
The GLOBE here permits the daily papers to
lucidly explain what Mrs Riedel did with
the real estate manipulation or rather what
he did with Mrs. Riedel. Here is the YER
acious account of this side Of the romantic
adultery with William:
Il is explained by Mrs Riedel that last
Iune, being the owner of certain lands in
Virginia and being about 10 absent herself
from that state, she onveyed the real estate
and personal property thereon to the de.
fendant.
It is added that simultaneously with the
conveyances the defendant executed two
declarations of trust, the fact being that
the conveyances, though absolute upon
their faces, were simply for the purpose of
constituting him the trustee or agent of the
complainant, to raise upon the security of
the real estate loan of $1,000 for the Gem
plainant.
Mrs Riedel goes on to say that subse-
quenty, finding that she would not require
the money, She notified Mr.. Hazard to that
effect. She eventually obtained an adj
mission from him, she says, that he had
made a mortgage, but he did not remit to
her any of its proceeds. Later, she says,
he submitted a grossly excessive demand
for allowances to himself out of the fund as
the condition upon which he would account
to her for tile proceeds Of the loan
Mrs Riedel announces that she gravely
needs the aid Of the court in protecting her
from spoliation at the hands of Mr. Hazard
and in requiring him to remove the in
cumbrauce, which, It is alleged, he has un-
lawfully created upon her property; or, if
he is unable to do this, IN requiring him to
account to her for its proceeds, and to in
demuify her against the interest charges
and other expenses TO which she may be
subjected by reason Of his unauthorized
and improper conduct" Attorney J. J.
Darlington represents Mrs Riedel
There you are While the hot blooded
Mrs Riedel was enjoying the charms Of her
William, Mr. Hazard was piliug up the ex-
penses Of looking after her estate aud two
children The latter, BY the way, are with
their grandmother in Ohio, as Mr. Hazaru
didn't want them so he considerably turned
them over 10 their grandmother Not so
Mrs Riedeps estate however, Mr. Hazard
found no trouble in taking care Of the beau
tiful Daingerfeld estate, the property Of
Mrs Riedel. while that buxom and festive
dame was enjoying her forbidden honey
moon with Mrs. Morey's husband in the
Windy City by the Lakes. Indeed. az the
time Mr.. Hazard gave il out and II was so
recorded by the veracious public prints that
he had purchased from Mrs Riede the
Daiugerfeld estate for the sum Of $4,000.
Mrs. Riedel travelled extensively when
young woman and while abroad. in one of
her numerous European trips, she met Mr..
Riedel in Switzerland, fell IN love with and
married him He died about four years
ago. all Of which period Mrs Riedel.
widow and anything but continent as