The Washington herald., 1912-03-28
BROKEN HEARTED,
PHILIP H|CHB0RN
KILLS HIMSELF
. Continued from Pas. one.

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news Of his suicide was known through
out Washington. The body was delivered
10 Gawler. the undertaken. No arrange
ments have been made for the funeral.
News Of the death was carried TO the
mother Of Hichborn at her home. iI07 n
street northwest, by her daughter. Mrs.
Pearsall The mother, already indisposed
and in bed, grew dangerously I'll. and
physiciaps spent the night at her bed
side.
Reporters found Mrs. Pearsau at the
home Of her mother. She appeared at
the door In response TO q message sent
by a servant inquiring the condition OF
Mrs. Hichborn- Mrs. Pearsall is noted
as one Of the most beautiful women in
Washington, and when she appeared In
the brilliantly lighted hallway clad in
a brown corduroy suit and black picture
hat, framing q mass Of hair, Il was
seen she has retained her beauty.
shows Signs of Grief.
Mrs. PearsaII, however. bore signs OF
her grief. though she stood very erect,
with her head thrown back and her hands
clasped before her. She described In a
low, even voice that bore q tremble OF
emotion how she found her brother. She
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her mother. Then, in answer to other
questions, she asked the reporters:
Don't you think you are treating me
unkindly?' The reporters explained their
regret at the necessity OF asking ques-
tions, and then Mrs. Pearsall was asked:
Where is Mr.. Hichborn's SOM
Tears sprang to the eyes Of the. won-
an. but she retained her composure. A
tear dropped upon her bosom as she re-
l. ~wrtNA hnE-a
Her voice broke on the last word. and
the reporters left. A close friend Of the
family speaking of Mrs. Pearsalrs foru-
tude said: 'Plucl<y woman: she has kept
her nerve" Mrs. Pearsall was Martha
Hichborn, later Mrs. James g. Blaine,
jr., and now Is the wife Of Capt. Paul
Pearsall, who resigned from the United
States military service to enjoy large
fortune with his beautiful wife.
Go to Hoyt Mansion.
From the Hichborn home the reporters
went to the old Hoyt mansion in Thomas
circle, the big. red brick house Of the
severe architecture OF a decade ago, which
attracts the admiration Of nearly all who
pass by In Fourteenth street. Here
colored butler announced that no one
would receive the newspaper men, The
mansion was the home Of the late Solici-
tor General OF the state Department and
is now occupied by his widow. Mrs
Hoyt. With her lives the former Eleanor
Hoyt. the daughter. who married Horace
wylie about twenty years ago, and Is
the mother OF his four children, the eld-
est of whom Is seventeen.
Mrs. Horace wylie. who, through the
entreaties of her friends. had just left
the seclusion she has maintained for the
past two years and begun to appear In
society again. wac entertaining a din
ner party OF close friends when the news
was telephoned her.
Poor boy" she cried. at Is no more
than / expected. He loved his wife and
her treachery broke his heart"
Mrs Hoyt's other daughter, Nine. Fer
dinand Won stumm. wife OF q member Of
the German foreign once. is en- route TO
America to comfort her. Nine. Won
Stumm Is connected with one OF the
most touching Of all the episodes OF the
first elopement
Born I'm Washington.
Hichborn was born in Washington
twenty-nine years ago. He lived most
OF his life here. He was q graduate OF
Harvard and entered the practice OF
law soon after. Though not a million
aire. as has been reported. Hichborn
was wealthy and could have retired to
live in luxury to an old age on his in
come.
He is survived by his son, his sister.
Mrs. Pearsall, his mother, and the wife.
whose desperate love for another man
led to the act which made life not
worth living for the handsome young
husband who had placed his all at her
feet.
Fled to Europe.
The tragedy of HIchborn's life is well
known In New York and Washington
society. In December. 1910, his wife.
who, as Eleanor Hoyt. was the belle OF
Washington. and to whom he had been
married for five years, deserted him and
fed to Europe with Horace Wylie. a
Washington society man, who had been
his intimate friend.
Mrs. Hichborn was persuaded to leave
Wylie in the summer of 1911 and returned
to Washington. Attempts were made at
a reconciliation, and wylie went back TO
his wife. But in the early fall Mrs.
Hichborn again disappeared, and II was
learned that she had gone with WyIie.
Since then Hichborn has been inconso-
liable. Against his will he entered suit
for a divorce on January last, but IL
was never brought TO trial, for since
IT was instituted the whereabout of the
elOplnB couple mas not Oeen knOWn.
Day after day Hichborn has brooded
over the loss of his wife His little son
was the only human being in whom he
took an interest, but even the little fell
low never made up for the woman that
the high-strung young man loYed with
his whole heart He took little interest
In the efforts Of his friends TO locate
the missing couple. or in the determine
tion Of his relatives TO press the divorce
suit
Gave Up Society.
He left society, in which he had been
q leader. altogether, and was seen
about the streets but seldom. His wife
mate friends. OF late he had been
growing more and More despondent.
He made a comfortable income out of
bis law practice, and had no fears for
the future of his son, but life held no
hope for him, and when the end of II
came yesterday his friends were not
surprised.
When Mrs Hichborn got to Europe
with Mr.. Wylle the first time, through
the influence of some American friends
she was persuaded to go to her sister,
Madame Won stumm, in Stuttgart
Madame Won Stumm advised a recon-
Citation, and Mrs. Hoyt went hastily to
Europe to see her daughter.
Acting upon her family's advice, Mrs.
Hichborn returned to Washington, where
she lived in close seclusion last summer
at her mothers residence. Mutual friends
made further efforts 10 bring about
reconciliation. Wylie returned to WASH
ington then and again took up a resi-
dence at his home. II was denied that
he had eloped with Mrs. Hichborn. After