Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1865-11-08
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Correspondence of the Chicago Times

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The newspapers of this State have been
ringing for number of days with the de-
tails of scandalous transaction that occur
red at the Pacific Female (ollege, near Oak
land, Just across the bay from this city, not
long since. The parties to the affair were
two Young ladies of this city, Miss Peck
and Miss Able, and Louis M. Gottschalk,
the pianist, and lie Gay, fashionable hat
ter on Commercial street. A brief history
of the affair may not prove uniDteresting TO
your readers, as showing something of San
Francisco life. The two young ladies'.
whose names are given above, were the
daughters of respectable parents in this
city, and had been attending the Oakland
College 1or considerable time. They were
there when Gottschalk came to this country.
How he made the acquaintance of the girls
is not clearly established; but he did know
them to their eternal ruin, One evening,
Gottschalk and LIE Gay left this city in an.
distance of eight miles, and proceeded in a
carriage to the college, short distance
from the town. The girls were apprised Of
their coming, and got out of the college by
adeception played on the principal. They
were dressed only in their night clothes,
their other garments being hid outside. The
tender damsels were assisted into the carri-
age, and away the party drove to hotel
kept by Frenchman near the bridge, which
spans an arm of the bay that runs up be-
tween Oakland and San Antonio, and then
drove to another hotel, where they remain
ed until near morning, ..
At the college, In the meantime, storm
was brewing. The matron of the institu-
tion had missed the girls, and they were
diligently searched for all over the build
ing. No trace of them could be found. The
stars were growing pale ere the guilty girls
awoke to their true position, and became
anxious to return to the college. They got
into the carriage and were rolled away to
the institution. AS they We're trying to
steal in, they were confronted by the prin-
cipal. The trembling girls were taken be-
fore the matron, and there they acknowl-
edged their guilt They were expelled
from the college, and their parents took
them home. The story soon got on the
streets on San Francisco, and finally the
newspapers told all about it. The indigna-
tion of the people against Gottschalk and
his halter companion was great, and tar and
feathers were freely talked of. lie Gay
subscribed to an affidavit, stating that he
had no criminal connection with the glrl
he was with. The girl and himself were
guilty of an indiscretion, he said, but moth
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as much of the affidavit as they chose. The
terror of Gottschalk was perfectly ridicu-
lous. He saw pistol in everything, and an
avenger wherever lie went. His fears grew
upon him at such an alarming rate that he
sneaked to the city prison one evening. and
requested to be locked up to save him from
the fury of the populace. The prison keep
er complied with his request, and took the
poor, trembling wretch Inside, and closed
the ponderous door. Gottschalk was still
afraid that he might be caught, and want
ed to go in cell. The prison was nearly
full, and the keeper was compelled to put
him i'm with negro and Chinaman. lie
said he did not seduce the girl, but that
she seduced him. i,l, r, .... ID. I, ,,.a,.,
The steamship Colorado was advertised
to sail on the following day, for Panama.
Gottschalk was afraid of an avenging bullet,
and he resolved to leave on the Colorado
and go to New York. Disguised as an
''honest miner" from Dutch Flat, the ''emi-
nent pianist" walked across the stage plank
on board the steamer. Not even the, 'lead-
ing citizens" who had rendered him so
many farewell concerts, could have detect
ed the fascinating roue, the irresistible gal
liant, the distinguished Gottschalk, .in the
dirty looking gindiVidual, who went limping
across the stage plank of the Colorado As
soon as he got on board the ship, he procur-
ed stateroom, went into it. and hired
man to keep guard over him until the ship
left the harbor. This was the manner in
which Gottschalk left us. .a.. .......