The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-07-16

ar HARPER AND WIFE" SAILED
FROM SAN FRANCISCO.
Wen, 10 New Zealand, whence the Minister
convert wrote Denying the story OF
nm Experimentation Reported TO Have
Returned and Gone Into Retreat.

-. chose who have followed his career
,.,rcrrl,y since his disappearance from
vrw York nearly year ago, that Henry
An.tn Adams, who, while a minister of
,ho Episcopal Church changed to the Roman
catholic Church 10 years ago is in hiding
:, or, Of the Catholic retreats near this
,,,v There are a number of quiet places
,,, far from here, where he could have
COMPLETE privacy and leisure TO engage in
,hs literary work which is now said to be &C.
r,,nvIng him Several priests who have been
xyoken TO on the subject admitted that
,hey knew Of his intention to return to this
country, but they said frankly that they
could not give any facts about him, even
If they knew Of his whereabouts.
/, has been charged that Adams eloped
from Brooklyn last August with the eighteen
,,,r-ola German girl to whom he had been
reaching sacred music. There was no
question of the girls infatuation for Adams,
,,,, her relatives in Baltimore have asserted
that this was a spiritual love, and that she
,,usI have entered some convent when
Adams went away. Adams recently tried
10 bolster up this theory by an ingenious
hitter from Auckland. In this epistle,
which is an appeal for aid, Adams said:
al have just got the staggering news
,hat it is believed left home under the
most scandalous circumstances. l do not
believe need tell you that am not guilty.
Of the unhappy child who is supposed to
lave fled with me | know nothing. She,
podoubt, succumbed to the horror resulting
from having her immaculate love for me
,,ased on the inspiration | was to herr
distorted in the minds Of others into sinful
passion She was wonderful soul
German mystic, musician Catholic saint.
And can well imagine her fine spirit break
Ing suddenly under tho weight Of so horrible
q suspicion.
This letter ended by the declaration that
the story of the elopement is "a damnable
attempt to egg on my wretched little wife
10 sue for divorce" His correspondent
is asked to address a reply to Tristan
Harper, the name he has selected to
masquerade under in the antipodes.
The passen ger list Of the steamship
Mariposa, which sailed from San Francisco
for Australia on Aug. 20, or ten days after
Adams disappeared from his home in Brook
lvn, contained the entry, IT. j. Harper
and wife, The name is written below
the regular list and no address is given,
except a pencilled memorandum that they
we're from the East. This IL explained
by the fact that the passage was booked
in New York. and that when the man
Ieached here he presented his order for
tickets at the steamer instead Of at the
uptown office. On the same steamer,
J,p,es X lynch and wfs of this city were
passengers, anu IL Is WI LynC'l viz 10
able to recaii the iiiciaehts Oh E gne VUyaee.
Lynch Is cashler oi the rlsC Na.loi al
Bank oil TINS Guy anu looh tiie wy dee a9
vacation trip; ne anu ms wiz Me WIZ
the only maTriea coupe q" we s'eu aa up
except Il. .. harper ana wle, anu iol
this reason they pa,d more aItentioli lnt 9i
they other"ise W9utu 10 .tie s'Idmse R Iian
Inc Two arL at,,ar,o J.S 81 the mn nras
time on Ihe sIe e ,;ni,a, ' nhio+ j. IN
sehteu az oIuei loi IN ,anr,d ahn,ir
usual, iAo We ',.h G hin - cpppp,nanan had
70 suan' roatI,ros ord looi,ad anvwhere
Sr, l,'a ao - OK I.ears ~ 400 Tbev had only
rom ~ ~ 80 I'd 80, ,his tba,, wers
. U,o o. ~, The nassengars RI he a bridal
supPpeeu py I Sa, 1897 ar haJ las- in a
Doupto VIZ a,,d tbrough ;navnarianc.
Fra. Luz 80 ittie boY not more
,bar baiF ~ large "a an ordinarv-sized
s s,,a,, r trunk This impression was re-
r,o,ad ,rhan uarper aaid they had been
,narriad twn vaara and had been house
taaniTg in Now York, Harper told Lynch
,h,t he was horn in the West Indies. his
gatb,rb ai,, ~ Ennlisb and his other Snanish
and tbnt ha Mad 6een educated In New York
.hara he had brothers in the banking bust
ress Ha spoke of being we'll furnished
,,iL lot,a,a of credit and CA hibted 81 600
in c,,rrencv He said his wife was native
= Baltimore.
The couple attracted much notice by
,hnir e roIT ,. Tspeciailv was this
$40 cese with the woman. who seldom
4poke 70 any one. and then only on the
,.lbiect of milsic. OF which she was passion
pIeIv fond She often PLAYED on the piano
and showed much feeling in her perform
arce, though she revealed the lack OF
finished musical education Harper al
wavs expressed great pride in her musical
abilities and remarked more than once
after she had PLAYED. Il will make a must
clan of her VET" Harper himself was
line singer. and when he became interested
n discussion he showed a remarkable
knowledge of music and musicians.
Those who saw Mrs. Harper at table
or in the reception room of the steamer
ever failed to remark her lack of knowl-
edge Of social ways. She had no small
talk and seldom replied even to direct
qle5tons, az Harper quickly answered for
her Her manner was so placid and her
>ef-contro 80 great that no one could tell
vh"hcr this was natural shyness or
N3Iorher She was acting under Harper's
rIar, Harper, on the contrary, was a
rIliilnt conversationalist and delighted
- discussion. He was also man of the
world and as well up in poker and other