The daily gazette. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1874-1883, 1879-09-02
SECOND EDITION
DRIVEN WITH HER THREE chill.
DREN TOWARDS BOSTON.
ABsURDLY COLORED REPORTS OF HER
LAST DAY AT CANONCHET.
Special to the World.


Special to the World.
PROVIDENCE, r. l., Sept. 1.-While
1t 10 true that Mrs. Sp-ague suddenly
left Canonchet fer Boston on Saturday
last, the report Of her departure publish
ed simultaneously in New York and
Boston is false in nearly every respect.
The following facts are Cleaned from
the most Trustworthy sources. The only
person In interest whom 1t is impossible
to consult at present is Mrs. Sprague.
She has gone nobody (except perhaps
one person in New Y ork City in no way
connected, let me hasten to say with the
Legislature of the United States,
knows just where she is, and what is
very strange nobody here Or at Nara
gansett seems to be interested in her
whereabouts except as matter of curl
GUS news. The lady ha. panied and
annoyed her friends here greatly by her
whole course. Her stat ment made in
the Providence Journal and New York
Sun are not consistent. On her return
to Canonchet she certainly did not con-
with the previous understanding in vir-
tue of which she was received there land
her strange flight on Saturday evening
has caused very great embarrassment to
all her friends, including her counsel.
1t is believed by some persons that the
letter published 10 the New York Sun
was written by herself, without the
supervision of her counsel, who would
certainly not have advised such a way
Of attempting to justify her course.
Neither Is II true that he kept his
wife under close surveillance. It was
certainly not close enough to prevent
her from going away with her three chill
dren. TIE servants obeyed both Mr..
and Mrs. Sprague. They as we'll as the
Governor knew that Mrs. Sprague for
some time had been busy in sending of
her silver, jewelry, costly brio a-trac,
furniture aud linen and was provided
with money. On Saturday Mr.. Sprague
had friend with him who breakfasted
and dinned at Cononchett. He says
that family matters looked smooth
enough, both the lady and the gentle
man Of the house speaking to their guest
without reserve. At $50, when Mrs.
Sprague drove of, her husband was
asleep and Mr.. A. H. Watson,as well as
the common friend, was not in the
house. Mr.. Watson is not relative of
the Spragues, but has business relations
with the Governor, and husband and
wife have made him In some measure
their cOnfidant. As Mr.. Wa son drove
up to Canonchet the Governor receis ed
him with the quiet remark "The bird
has flown." This he had learned from
the domestics. Mr.. Watson then drove
| to the railroad station to find out whe
ther the missing party was there. Later
on it was determined to ride down tC
Kingston, another railroad station. But
their was no hurry or mud about this
the roads being in fair condition and
the time for the ride of eight miles near
ly two hours. Mrs. Sprague was not at
Kingston. 1t was found that she had
driven towards Wexford, and now it Is
learned that she arrived on Sunday al
noon at Longsdale, r. L., little village
north of Providence. Her horses were
used up, and after giving her driver a
douceur of 500 she paid Warren Mosher,
a stable-keeper, $50 fo- getting a fresh
team ready. Her new driver has not
yet returned. She is on the way to
Boston, avoiding the principal road and
apparently IN some dread of pursuit.
Should she remain in Rhode Island her
husband could recover her children
without legal process. She is pretty
certainly in the neighborhood of Bos OF
tonight and it is generally believed thai
she will 60 to Europe to live in quie'
French or German provincial town.