The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-10-19
Danny Fitz Comes Back
After an Absence Of
Ten Years.
WIFE DECLINES
TO SEE HIM NOW
DISAPPEARED in 1904. Woman's
Application for Divorce In
1904 Being Dis,nissed When
Court Was Convinced That
He Was Dead-Had
Body Moved.

Believed to nave been killed ten
years ago by q train near Biueneid, w.
Va. Daniel J. Fitzpatrick. forty-si8ht
years old, a blacksmith. returned to
Richmond on Sunday to and that his
wife. Mrs. Lula Fitzpatrick. Of sos
North Twenty-third Street refused TO
see him. When he deserted her she was
forced to seek employment in Q fao-
tory to support herself and three chill
dren. all girls.
Fitzpatrick's return was as sudden
as his departure. and when he ap-
peared in Fulton and On Church Hill.
where he was well known. he astounded
many former friends and associates.
who thought him dead. He sought
reconciliation with his wife through the
latter's mother. but all Of his efforts TO
see her were futile. Mrs. Fitzpatrick
told a reporter for The Times Dtspatch
last night that she would have nothing
further to do with him. as he deserted
her, and she had applied to the courts
for a divorce.
Divorce Hearing STORED.
The divorce. however. was never
granted, the case being dismissed In
1904. when it was apparently shown
that Fitzpatrick had been killed and
was buried In the mountains Of West
Virginia In fact. 80 certain were H1e
relatives that he had met death In
railroad accident that his brother.
Michael Fitzpatrick, a mine FOREMAN.
sought the grave where he was sai0
to have been buried. and had the BODY
dtsinterred and placed in cemetery.
Mrs. Fitzpatrick was 30 excited ovef
her husbands return that sshe coul4
barely describe the circumstances OF haS
departure She separated from him.
she said, nearly two years before NJ
first left Richmond.
WY They Separated.
Thia according to her story. she
was forced to do. because Of his desire
for drink. She did not condemn Or
criticize him. merely saying that he
was a victim of an unfortunate habit
which had conquered him Their drse
wears Of married life she described -
happy. His disposition was kindly.
ana he was regarded as q splendi0
workman But when his appetite Tor
LIQUOR grew. she declared she was COM
PEELED to leave him and obtain employ"
ment.
During her fathers strange absence
his eldest daughter married. ana 10
now Mrs. Elsie CAN'T. and. With her
husband. makes her home with her
mother The other two children. Lyoaa'
fifteen, and Louisa, fourteen. heve
never seen their father to recognize
him
For the second time F1tzpatraek iefe
Richmond in company with man
Known as Phil Harris, ten years sgo-
Dr~~xht NevgD 0f Dean.
While attempting to board . tain.
according to subsequent reports. ne
lost his balance and was crushed 20
death beneath the wheels Harris u
said to have dragged the body from the
tracks and removed It to NEARBY
woods, where he buried 1t.
Later Harris met . friend from Hich.
r,onA while in Kentucky, and tntorme0
Mir, AZ Fitzpatrick's tragic death" In
the meanwhile. Mrs Fitzpatrick APP
piled to the Law and Equity Court
here for a divorce. The friend returneA
from Kentucky, and told Ms. F1tx-
p.trick of her husbands death Ae
was confident. and upon his testamonys
the divorce suit was dismissed
During his long absence. f1tzpeSc.
has travelled far and wide He sIsateo
Chicago and many cities IN the Wes"
ana spent considerable time In Canade-
n. came to Richmond from small
ton On the upper part Of New YORK
state.
Although his efforts TO have his wste
return 20 him have failed. Fitzpatrick
Z, n understood. has determines 70
remain in Richmond He 10 READY 70
"a to work and enlisted the services
~ former friends TO obtain employ.
mont In the meanwhile he 10 maksnS
n;~ home in a boarding house In Full"
ton
Dessh RepssseA - 1SeA
!, nubIished account Of FItxpatrtckO
.as.,,- appeared In The Times.D1o-
match OF May Is. 1894. and was - fos-
lows:
"A remarkable case Of . wife suiu8
yo- a divorce from her husband axtsr
he had been dead nearly Two year,
has ius, come to light IN R:chmond-
Tbe story ~ rich IN human interest
II deals with . mans desertion OF uss
20. "a two little girls when they
,s.sed Rim most II follows him - .
,r.~,c death under the wheels % .
,a,iroaA train. and TO . lonely ans
unmarked grave IN the mountains o
another state. I. turns! again 70 NJ
the wife, earning her daily eresA ID
factory. seekinG TO free herself ~ tee
courts Of the ties which higher esoV
had already broken
-Anou, ave years ago. Dantss :.
rYsxpasftek. Q well known No.
church Hsll js1S his wife 80 w.
A.uwneers. The wife sefore Der wor~
r.aes vas Miss Louise Martha
-ror ,eversi years after shs6 -
v,.s. ne was happy for sseW bsse-
and they had q pr fty astie hs0e -
irventy -asth street Bot bftsSoesS8
sook 10 ds!nk. fs1sl - DsOveoR -
Ma family and finally V~& 49,
IADsvs swo years sss - rseUUee -