Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-09-02
VOL. Is.
KATY DID,
BUT THE QUESTION IS, HOW DID SHE7
The MYSTERIOUS Flight Of the Prisoner OF
Canonchet-The lnfuriated Hus-
band Madly and Vainly
Seeking Her.

NEW ORR, August "i' A'O ''''
spacial from Narragansett Pier, says:
To-day the people at the Pier are in ex-
element over the escape from Canon
chet cf Mrs. Sprague last night. Mrs.
Sprague claims that ever since she re-
turned To Canonchet with her children
she has been subjected 10 many
annovances hy the Governor, which
eliminated ON Saturday by an actual
outhurst on his part. Her friends say
that the Governor, coming home on
Friday morning in an intoxicated con-
dition, suddenly went into the
room where the nurses were dressing
the children, and, seeing Mrs. Sprague
there. said: "Tll show YOU who Is mas
ter here. -" and without any further words
took hold of hera and shoulder, drag
ocI her around the room, and attempted
to throw her out oi the window, saving,
before witnesses, that he would 10 So.
He WAS prevented from carrying his
threat into execution 10y those present.
Tnpchildrpn were hali-drcSSed and were
screaming with fright.
Mrs. SpraSue began quickly to make
prrparatjnnS 20 leave the place, and Sat
urlav afternoon, about hali-past five,
quietly took her departure, accompanied
bv her three children, their nurses and
her luggage. - we'll we're her plans ar
ranged that the Governor and his
nephew, Arthur Watson, who were
kc,pinga vigiant watch upon her move
mrntS. knew nothing about her lie
pIrturc until the party hal agOOd hours
start and were many miles away. Mr..
Watson, upon finding them gone, I'M
mpliatelv started down town with the
Cnlprrd cook. and drove 10 the depot
ami hotels i'm hopes OF finding some
Clu, tu their whereabouts. Finding
none. hc turned back, and when half
way between the depot and the old l1er
met the Governor, who in hot haste
changed places with the cook AMI start
eel nj a bredk-neVk speed Tor Kingston
Junction, about eight miles away, lcdV-
in, the Pier 40 about tine same time a.
the train for Kingston. Tie Spurred his
horse tn a rlcr-cOurSc speed, and then
breln rar. between the Governor AMI
IA, tram. hc hoping to cut them oil If
they hal got ON board at any Out-Oi-the-
way place along the line ol that road.
When Conductor llalc'S train arrived
at Kingston the Governor was standing
on the platform, with mud-bedaubed
cnl' and excited face, watching for signs
of the missing party. lie accOsted Con-
dur.nr Hale with: "llaye YOU luggpd
of INV Children Mr.. Hale told him
he had seen nothing of them; and after
A. q l.. ~ Ha.nfH 4 IN
uu,riug ui the officials 40 the Kingston
Depot. the Governor started back tO the
Pier. as was supposed, ~ all trace OF
his movements was lost from that point.
Willie. his son, who has sided with his
father during all this unhappy affair,
was started oif on the TOId to Tower
Hill and Wakefield, but returned unSuc-
crS,iul in his search.
There are many theories n 10 the
manner iu vhich Mrs. Spraguc managed
the affair Soudruitlv. IL seems lmproh-
able that she could have taken the cars,
ior mo- train lriJ the Pier between half
past five ami hJli-paSt seven o'clock,
anil her departure was discovered be-
tween those hours. Her son Willie was
al the depot keeping watch m all the
interval between the tiuCot the diScov-
erv aud the departure ut the last tram.
The GENERAL impression Is that Mrs.
Sprl.uc lett jn steam Yacht, and that,
too, liom the pier oi the Newport boat.
A strange hooking aud very last steam
Yacht was seen lowering about the pier
nm the afternoon, ami suddenly went
up % the Newport boat dock, and alter
waiting about ten minutes, then steamed
rapidly away, perhaps with MIS-.
SprtgUc ON board.
n is claimcdby Mrs Spracuc'S friends
that she had gOod cause Tor departing
from CauOuchct in such q mysterious
and extraordinary manner; while ON
the other hand 10 Is maintained on be-
hall oi Governor Spraguc that hc WAS
justified hv the facts in Keeping the
closest espionage on al his Wliv.S move
mcnts, and In keeping her virtual
prisoner al CanOnChct. At the meeting
at Conductor llalc'S residence al the
Pier. which was the first interview he
tween the husband and vile alter theeN-
pul~iun ui Mr.. COnkliug from tJnunchct
IL was drvidrd that Governor Npraguc
should have control ot the children,
who had been taken with her by Mrs.
Sprl-uc when she left Ecr husbands.
house ON the dIv ui that memorable en-
counter After this decision aS to the
disposal oi the children, which was con-
Cured i'm by her counsel, Mrs. >praSue
WIS greatly agitatrd during the inter
view. When she was asked by Cover
nor Spriguc whether she would return
to Canoucuct, she Slij; IL lear Tor my
lii. d / do." 81 never harmed any
one. said the Governor ''aud You viii
be- entirely ~Jlr.
Eut MrS. >pragEr persisted in her as
sertiun that Governor Npra-ur bad SeN-
crll times before Threatened her lille,
AMI thut She could not bc sale It alone
with him iu tine house. She remained
at Conductor ilJlc'S iIr some time after
the departure of Governor Npra-uc and
the children. and there her agitation
hal assumed such q form thJt her cuuu-
SrI. Mr. Thompson Rowland llJZIlrd :
partner. concluded that 10 would be-
best Tor her tD follow the children. Ac-
coriin.iv hc sent % one cd the hotels
for Mr. Skinner, a lawyer from ONO,
who Ead been am intimate friend ol the
late Chief Justice ChJSc, Mrs.
Sprlgur'S father. Mr.. skinner, Mrs.
Spraguc and a Miss Emma foS'lirk, who
hal accompanied Mrs. SpuLUe to the
Pier from Providence, went to Canon
chrt. Governor SpyJguc consented
thal Mr. Skinner ShOlld rrl,ain at Can
nouchct. hut said that ne would not re-
crivr Miss FuS,liCk, ,whoacCOr,lIngly went
back tp her hotel. Since that tune, Fri
dIv. the 18th, Mrs. Spraguc has re-
miinrd 40 (auuuchnt.
Il ha. hc,n said that Governor
Sprlsue at once directed that the SER
wants should receive mo- orders from
Mrs. Spra.ur, that all tcicgramS and
message, tu her should first bc submit
tel to him, and that his vile should be
limited tn one room in thcuppcr part of
tine house. When she went out driving
a trusted servant always accompanied
her. lie denied admission to many OF
her friends, and even to her counsel
Bnt this. he said, was 10 keep her from
influences that ne believed would not
n, lur hrr gOol. His reasons as given
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