Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1879-09-12
THE SpRAGU rs.
Mrs. Sprague At Jamaica rlains..uer
Husband Forwards lhither the Ward.
robe Or Her Children.
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atu>NdWN fui W dluS lHltUCI TIE NaIU-
robe or Her Children.
Kingston dispatch q New NorS Wor,a.
Dr., J, e. Perry, Of New York. who
hasa cottage At NarrasanSett Pier, told
me tonight that y conversation he had
recently had with Mrs. Snrasue led him
to believe that her departGrc from her
husbands residence WAS solely in CouSe.
quence OF the inability OF her counsel
10 get Mr.. Sarasue ~ come To AN I'M.
Outstanding about the disposition "a Lc
made vi the children. He added that
within n few days before hsr flight he
had twice seen Mrs. Sprasue out driv-
Ing, --once with her children, and once
alone. This explodeS entirely the story
that has been told 10 tho effect that
Coy, Sprague had her under ANYTHING
like strict surveillance Mr., Irving
Watson the proprietor otthc NarraSan.
Sett HcN,a, says that Mrs SpraEuc was
driven awSy from the Per Nv Tom
Handy the Providence driver referred
70 in Yesterdays ll'ond She was IN
her own harouche, but the horses were
landy'S. After Mrs. SpraGue'S depart
IRE the Governor went mp tN the fuwtr
Hull House alone, ard asked the pro
lrietor, MIR, Wood, lla lady who iSau init
mate friend ot Mrs, Sarague WAS thorc.
She was not, and GOV. Sprague
remarked that he was not going 10
bother any more, since all he wanted
vas ~ see the Children. MIR. Edward
Hazard, 81 counsel for Mrs. Spa2uc.
agrees that the stories about the sur.
veillRnce which Gov SpraSuc was said
10 have exercised over his wife were
greatly cNaggcratcd IL hot altogether
inaccurate. He had sluec Mrs SpraGuc's
return 10 CAnlnchet visited her there
twenty times, and on each occasion had
been received by the Governor cour-
teouslv, and had At MI times had access
10 Mrs Spra2ue, wine went ABOUT lust
as she pleased Mr. Arthur Watson,
who married n niece of GOV. Sprague.
was with Coy. SprNgue most ot last even.
Ing. Here, Ne sad to me, "aro tiNc
checks YOU see which the Governor
gave me tonight They are the checks
for 1--WE trunks ii led with his childreu's
clothing and effects, which am - hand
over TO MIR. Hazard, Mrs. Snrapue's
lawyer, for him to forward To the chill.
dren. This is the result of Mr.. Sprague's
letter of last SUNDAY TO his wile's
counsel, | was ut Ctnunchct when lie
wrote the letter. should like to say
something about my supposed con-
neetion with the chase after the run.
aways. That is all utter bosh. ar.
day night ut .230, and walked up
towards Canonchet. On the way met
the Governors coachmnn coming down
TO meet him. told the coachman that
Mr.. Sprague was not behind me, and
that he had better turn back. When
we reached tho house the first person
saw was the Governor He was walk
ing very quietly up and down the piuz6a,
not in excitement, although he had pre-.
viously been informed that his wife and
children had gone. After he Ind told
me Of the fact he said, IT cy have gone
III time 20 connect with the Shore line:
lei Us 60 and sec If they are in Kingston,
ler the children have got no clothes
We went and found they were not nj
Kingston, and after driving ont To llaA.
2trd's house we returned to Canunchel.
Then man came and told us that he
bad met Mis-. Sprague and the children
going to Wexford, and Sprague said An
right IL he had desired he could have
caught them, for he had plenty of fresh
horses The man told the Governor
they were hnrrylngaway and he replicd,
/ kncy they were going away and that
they were 70 have relays Of horses.
Mrs. Sprasnc has arrived safely AZ
Jamaica Plain, where some cousins of
hers, who live in Boston, are spending
the summer. Mr.. Sprague will not Mt
present take any proceedings for the
recovery Of the children.