The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-06-08
HOPES TO FIND MISSING WIFE
CIew to Whereabouts of Mrs. Charles
n. Murray, of Tacoma,

Tacoma.-Charles H. Murray. the
story of whose determined search for
his wife. who so mysteriously disan-
peared last August. has become COM
mon to nearly every policeman on the
Pacific coast, has at last discovered
clew which he believes will result
in his finding her A wealthy Cali
fornia mining man by the name of
Wallace, who was an uncle CT John
J. Vreeland, relative. who disappear
ed at the same tine as Mrs. Murray,
died recently and left quite a compe-
tence to Vreeland
Efforts are now being made by Cal
ifornia lawyers to discover the where
abouts of Vreeland and Murray is
positive that when Vreeland is found
Mrs. Murray will be with him. He is
also certain that the fortune Wallace
mas left Nreeland will tempt him to
come out of hiding. The disappear
| ance of Mrs. Murray proved to be one
of the most heart breaking tragedies
in real life that has ever come under
he attention of the police Of Tacoma
Murray and Mrs. Murray. with their
children, and Mr.. Murray's mother
| from Michigan. They rented a home
in the south end. Mr.. Murray obtain
| ed employment. the children were. put
in school, and TO all appearances the
| family was prosperous and happy
One evening in August Mr.. Murray
| came home from work and found his
! wife gone. She left a letter stating
that she would not return, giving as
| her reason that she could no longer
| bear the constant friction with her
mOther-in-laW. and that to attempt to
endure it would result in insanity
and she merely chose the lesser of two
evils. She took with her only the
clothing she wore and half the money
that was in the purse Mr.. Murray had
left for family expenses.
| Prior to that time Mr. Murray had
never known there was any trouble
| between his wife and his mother. his
| wife having carefully concealed all
her troubles from him. After her de
parUUre he learned that during his
absence from home his mother hal
disagreed with his Wifes methods OF
running the domestic affairs and man
aging the children, and while Mrs
Murray had found the chain too gall
ing to be tolerated. she had been true
to her settled determination to never
allow herself to be thrust between hel
husband and his mother
Immediately after her departure
Mr.. Murray began a search that has
continued without intermission from
that day to this. The police depart
ments in every city of the west were
notified OF the departure of Mrs Muir
ray. descriptions were furnished post
| masters everywhere, endless chain let
ters were started and private detec-
tive agencies were enlisted but not
The slightest clew OF the Whereabouts
Of the missing woman has been dis
covered
A few days after the woman's de-
parture. John J. Vreeland. a near rel
ative Of Mrs. Murray. also disappear
ed, saying before he left that he die
not know where she was but he in
tended to find her. That was the las
seen or heard of him.
Since his wife's departure Mr.. Muir
ray has built cottage for his mother
and he earnestly desires that his wife
know that if she Will return no trouble
some domestic complications will il
anywise embarTass her. and that only
a kind welcome and the comforts o.
a home await her. Through the means
Of a detective agency Of Tacoma. Mr.
Murray recently learned Of the Wal
lace will, and the hope is held on
that when Nreeland was found, Mrs
Murray would also be found.