The Indianapolis daily herald., 1865-11-01
HERALD.
AScaNDALoUs AFFAIR.
co,t,ehalk in a New isoie.
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islffal tnfr'f fpofieence o. me Nniesso ab11''l
sax FeASc1soo, Cal. oet-3.
Tile newspapers OF this State have been ring
Jog for a number Of days Nth the details OF a
scandalous transaction that OccuTIed a. the Pa
ciiic Female College. near Oakland, just across
The bay from this city. noi long since The par
ties . the affair were Two young ladies' o. this
city. Mise Peck and Miss Able, and Louis N
Goitschslk. the pianist, and Ls Cav. fashion
able halter on Commercial street. brief his
tory u lhe affair nav 10. Prove uninterssting
TO your F-aiess 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 Tor a considerable
time. They were there when Got.schalk came
to this country How be made tho scqusin-
lance O. the girls i not clearly established
but he did know them to their eternal
ruin One evening Gotischal& and lie Gay let
this city in an opeo boat, crossed the bay TO
Olklsnd. distance OF eish. miles, and proceed
cd n carriage 70 the College, short distance
from the town. The girls were appTised Of their
coming, and got out Of the college BY deception
played on the principal They were dressed
only in their night clothes. their other garments
being bid on the outside The tender damsels
were assisted into the carriage. aud away he
party Grove 20 hotel kept bT Frenchman near
up between Oakland and San Antonio.
Here, in separate apartments, TIE girls and their
lovers passed several hours in a manner known
only to themselves and then drove to another
hotel, where they remained tl near morning, the
blissiu moments gliding by Sd happily that they
were scarcely noted. Al the college, in the
meantime, storm was brewing. I he mAtron
OF be institution had missed The girls, aud !hey
.efe'diliscnlly searched FOR all over The building
10 trace ol them could be found Young misses
we're roused from roy dreams and questioned as
to tae Whereabouts Of their fugitive shoolmatos:
bG; none OF then could tell 1rrhitlser they had
flown Every scholar IL the entire building
was awakened. in hopes that some ,dngs OF
the amOFous msidens might be CLEANED At
la,t tic mafruu CONCLUDED that some love affair
bad taken them away. and 50 the principal Of the
college was placed or gBsTd Tor the purpose o;
detecting the runaways should ihey come in
The stars were growing pale. and lie east had
been iinged with gold, efe the gGty gIls awOke
10 taeir true position aud becIme anxious ~ re
tltu 10 the college They soi into the carriage
and were rolled away toward tHe Institution. As
they were trying TO steal in, they confronted
By tie principal. Alas their secret was known.
and their fair names blighted and blasted forever.
The trembling girls were taken before the ma
tron. aud there ihey aeknoN lsdgel ther guilt.
They were expelled from tie college, and their
parents took them home The story soon got on
the streets OF San Francisco, and finally the news
papers told all about il The indignation against
Gottschalk and his halter companion was great,
and tar and feathers were freely talked Of. Ls-
Gay became fearful that his libertine carcass
might suffer ana he subscribed 10 an affidavit,
stating that he had no criminal connection with
the girl he was with The girl and himself were
guilty OF an iudiscrotion, he said, bu, nothing
more OF course people believed much ofthe
affidavit as they chose
The terror OF Gottschalk vas perfectly ridicu-
lous. He saw pistol in every thing, and
ayenger wherever he went His fears grew upon
him at such an alarming race that he snesked to
the prison one evening and requested 10 be locked
up to save him from the fury OF tho populace
The prieon keeper complied with bis request,
and took the poor, trembling wretch inside. and
closed the ponderous door Gottschalk was still
afraid that he might be caught, and wanted to
go in cell The prison was nearly full and the
keeper was compelled TO pu, him in with negro
and Chinaman. There he remained, grooming
aud walking bis cell ill morning disturbing the
Chinaman and negro, until they cursed him
again and again. lie said he did not seduce the
girl but tha, she seduced him Not content with
destroying her fair name, he must say all the
fault was hers, to screen his own vile and
eowardly person The steamship Colorado
advertised to sail on the following day
for Panama. G0ttschak was afraid OF
an ayenging bullet and lie resolved TO
leave on the Colorado and 90 to New York
tie had advertised to give farewell concert"
-abou. the tenth enc he had given in this city
and used thirty OF Chickering'S pianos on the oc-
casion; but concert. ChckeriDg. everything and
everybody were forgotten in the cne wild. ear
nest, intense desire 10 git up and Gi." from
San Francisco The advertisement relative to the
concert had already been published, containing
toe names OF leading citizens, who had requested
GOttschelk TO give the concert. The pianist did
not even bid adien 10 those Kind friends, bat
procuring hack he Jumped in. tearing down 10
the steamer break neck pace Disguised as
All honest miner from Dutch Fiat. ihe
eminent pianist" walked across tie stage
plank board the steamer. Not even the
leading citizens who had rendered him 20
MANY farewell concerts could have detected Tie
fascinating roGe, the Irresistible gallant tae dis
iinguishe'l G0ttschalk. IN the dirty looking in3i-
vidual who went 'iHping seross the stage plank
oi the Colorado. As soon ~ he got on board
the ship he pIOcUted a slate, oenl, gept tito il
and hired 10 keen guard him until
he ship left tLe hathuI ] ll- wss the manner
ia which Gott;chslk le.t 0s. How different from
the manner OF his coming Everybody here re-
grets ,ha. some one OF the relatives OF the girl
he ruined did not kill tie cowardly dor before be
got away imagine he will not est very easy,
let him 20 wilheIsoever be viii. Ghi- girl has a
brother, ami | am informed taat he will hunt
this s,rolling, libe'tine minstrel to The death,
sooner or later.