Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-07-26

sudden Wight OF q ma0ibOm avenue
Heiress - She EIopes with Her
Lover : Their whereabouts Un.
known. .rar 1BE lF
From the New York Telegram. July 1871
The citizens in the immediate vicinity
of Madison avenue and Forty-second
street, have of late been unduly excited
by the sudden disappearance from among
them of an acknowledged belle, and
heiress to an immense fortune. Miss
Kate Taylor, about twenty-one years of
age, is surprisingly beautiful and highly
accomplished, no pains or expense hav.
ing been spared in giving her finished
education. She is an orphan and the
only heir of her grandparents, reported
to possess almost unlimited means. Miss
Taylor, be it known, had formed an at
tachment for Mr.. Henry Rowland, a
young gentleman of culture and means,
who reciprooated her love to the fullest
extent. But for some reasons, best
known to the grandparents of the young
lady, having at heart her best interest
and future happiness, they earnestly
counselled her to cease receiving the at
tentions of Mr.. Rowland, but this good
advice was not needed as the sequel will
show. A few days ago Mr.. and Mrs.
Taylor, with their idolized granddaughter
made arrangements to spend few weeks
at Long Branch with the fashionable
throng there congregated. Trunks were
packed and all the preliminaries ar
ranged for starting last Friday morn
ing, but events over which Mr.. and Mrs.
Taylor evidently had no control, and
of which they were in utter ignorance,
discsn ncerted all their plans, and instead
of leaving for the Branch they remained
at home and bemoaned the loss of their
darling granddaughter. On Friday
morning, Miss 7. not appearing at the
breakfast table as usual, one of the cham
bermaids was sent to call her, and imme-
diately reported back that she was not
in her room. Alarm and fear at once
seized upon Mr.. and Mrs. Taylor, who
hastened to the young lady's room only to
find confirmation of the maids report.
The house was thoroughly searched, but
DO trace Cf the fair fugitive could be
found. 1t was soon discovered that her
trunks, packed the day previously, pre-
paratory to leaving for Long Branch, had
been removed from the house; where
upon the truth flashed upon their minds
that she had eloped with her lover, who,
it is stated, had been forbidden the house
by Miss Tsylor's natural guardians. How
she could leave and take her heavy trunks
with her without the knowledge of some
one of the household was mystery
which seemed difficult to fathom; but
such was the fact, and it could not be
controverted. The sixteen or seventeen
servants employed in the house were
summoned and questioned separately,
but none of them seemed to know when
or in what manner Miss Taylor escaped
from her princely home. That she re-
ceived assistance in carrying the we'll
filled trunks from her upper room is
fact that cannot be.dieputed, and 1t must
also be admitted that the business was
adroitly managed on her part and those
of her assistants. The grandparents OF
Miss Taylor are almost inconsolsble at
her failure to comply with their wishes,
and subsequent flight from the city in
such a clandestine manner. That she
will live to bitterly regret the hasty action
taken is believed by many who are more
thoroughly acquainted with all the facts
in the case. Steps were promptly taken
to learn what course the lovers had taken,
and their intentions for the future, but
nothing further than the fact Of their mar
riage soon after fight seems to be known.
A few days more, however, may shed
new light upon the unfortunate affair
which has cast such q gloom over the
pres tent and future Of wealthy and esti-
mable family.