New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-01-12
TWO MYSTERIOUS PASSENGERS.

TWO MYSTERIOUS PASSENGERS
,,e SCENE AT THE DEPARTURE OF THE STEAMSHIP
uIINoIs-HAsTY ARRIVAL OF A GENTLEMAN
RESEMBLING MR. BENNETT WITH A LADY
CLOSELY vAuED-THE PAIR AVOID ALL OBJ
sFRvATIoN AND co IMMEDIATELY 10 THEIR
sTATERooMs.
10y TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNE
PuuApFIP HIA, Jan. 11.-1nfOrmation was re-
eeyed this morning that n startling and curious
SEQUEL to the May Bennett duel would take place in
the marriage of James Gordon Bennett and Miss
Nav and their departure for Europe in the steamship
Illinois of the American line, sailing from Phladel-
mia This news seemed contradictory and almost
Incredible especially in view of the fact
that Mr. Bennett had been traced to New
York on Wednesday morning. About o'clock,
on the steamship wharf at the foot OF
Christian-st. there was the usual motley crowd OF
hackdrivers, stevedores and wharfngers, with few
passengers of the better Sort none of whom seemed
10 be tourists in the usual sense of the word The
majority of those present were the dlers hotel run
pers steerage passengers and their friends that are
10 be seen any day any wharf upon the departure
Of ship for foreign parts. The Illinois got up
steam early in the morning. and about
o'clock the whistles warning those who
were not passengers TO depart were shr1lly blown.
Renners. the passenger agent of the company,
was on board receiving voyagers and Capt. Shack
ford was on deck About $50 carriage driven
violently down Christlan-st. attracted attention
from its gyrations from one side of the curb to the
other Two men were upon the bOx-one the
driver and the other evidently serving man. Two
leather travelling valises without marks were
strained behind the vehicle. Upon its arrival at
the wharf, the man upon the box paid the
driver and hurriedy opened the door OF the
hack. gentleman and lady aighted there
from. The gentleman was tall and mutied up III
nm Ulster oyercoat The ladys features were I'M
distingushable, from the fact that she had green
vail doubly folded around her face. She chung to
he arm of the gentleman with seeming tepidatlon
Hurrying down the pier they assembled the gang
way and were soon board the Illinois, making
their way to their stateroOms, which were under
stood to be Nos. 8 and s. and which it is believed
had been engaged by telegraph from New-YOrk,
with the names left in blank There is little doubt
that the lady and the gentleman were James Cor
don Bennett and Miss Caroline May, AS they
answered the description of both.
The two disappeared Immediately below the saloon
deck. The steward upon being applied to by re-
porter said that he did not know the names of the
persons, and the smiling stewardess said she sup
posed they were bride and groom. The servant
seemed to be lavish of money, and feed the steward
literally for refreshments which were ordered. At
9:l5 the Illinois left the wharf drawn by ice-boat
MOI At2p H. she passed Fort Mflin, and pro-
ceeded on her way
Mr. Benners of the American line was questioned
as to the departure of the two mysterious voyagers
and the following was ehcited from him:
IL was on the steamer before she sailed have
the list of cabin passengers, and no such name as
Bennett or May appears Oh the list"
but could not the lady and gentleman get on
board without your knowledgeT
Certainly; but then they would be stowaways;
we have those nearly every voyage"
what would be the treatment OF persons who
went to sea on false pretensesP
Exactly that of the other passengers. They
would be required to pay for their accommodations
and fare"
"Wi you give me a list of yOur passengersp
81 cannot do this. do not think Mr. Bennett is
On board. However, if he u.s. it is under an assumed
name"
"Is there any way of communicating with the
ship by telegraph or boat y
"No. After we get outside the Five Fathom
Lightship we steer directly for Queenstown"
do you believe that it is possible for Mr. Bennett
and his bride TO be on board the lllinoisW
At this direct question Mr.. Benners hestated, and,
quoting the old French proverb. Everything is
possible to him who Wills" seemed disposed to ter
inmate the interview A man on the Christian-st
Illinois hastily just before the vessel sailed, said to
areporter: THAT man is Commodore jim Ben
nett sailed with him in the Dauntless."
DR.. VIM. H. Pancoast Professor of Anatomy IN
the Jefferson Medical College, returned home late on
Wednesday night from what is reported to have
been visit to Maryland to attend to the wounds OF
Frederick May. On the day after DR.. Pancoast, jr
left the city, Dr. Joseph PancOast his father. held
clinic in his place. and told the students that his son
had gone to Maryland to attend to a wounded man,
and might not return for number Of days. The
news spread through the college. The students,
knowing that DR.. PancOast the younger was SAID to
be friend OF the Mays. at once concluded that Their
professor had gone to Maryland to take care OF the
wounded duelist. DR.. Pancoast returned on
Wednesday night, and yesterday he was visited
by score of reporters, to all of whom he
expressed his ignorance of Mays wounds, or his
amputate the arm of young man on the shore OF
Maryland This afternoon, at the clinic, he ex-
planned TO the students how he had performed an
excellent work. man had been wounded in the
left arm by pistol shot, which severed the artery.
Modification had set in and he had been obliged to
amputate the arm. A reporter visited the Jefferson
Medical College last night and learned that most of
The students firmly believed that DR.. Pancoast had
been called to attend May.
UNCERTAINTY IN THIS CITY.
THE REPORTS CONCERNING Mr.. BENNETT-FRiENDs