The Housekeeper's Lie: A Seattle Wife's Wild Chase to Honolulu

San Francisco, March 28.—A search warrant and a complaint of felony embezzlement issued today revived the incident that temporarily disrupted a Seattle family and caused Mrs. Philip Abrahams to make a hasty trip to Honolulu and return. Philip Abrahams was the head of a grocery firm in Seattle, and Mrs. Kate Hamilton was employed at his home. A couple of months ago Mr. Abrahams came to San Francisco on business. He had barely left town when the Hamilton woman told Mrs. Abrahams that her husband had gone to Honolulu with another woman. Mrs. Abrahams left her house in her informant's care and at once started for the Islands. In the meantime Mr. Abrahams was in San Francisco, unconscious of the tale that induced his wife to start in search of him. Mrs. Hamilton packed up the effects of the Abrahams household and shipped them to this city in care of the Pacific Transfer Company. She accompanied the invoice, which was upon arrival. When Mr. Abrahams returned to Seattle he found a tangle that could not be unraveled until his wife returned from her Island chase. She arrived a short time ago, and explanations soon set aright the domestic discord that had been occasioned by the Hamilton woman's tale of an elopement. A few days ago Mr. Abrahams again came to San Francisco, searching for his household goods and determined to punish Mrs. Hamilton. He located his effects in the transfer company's storehouse, and a search warrant was procured for the purpose of recovering the numerous articles. Mr. Abrahams has learned that Mrs. Hamilton was lately seen in Fresno, and he procured a warrant charging her with felony embezzlement.