The New York herald., 1879-03-26
NELLIE HUBBARDs FLIGHT.
NO NEWS FROM THE BRIDAL pAITY-THE MAE-
RAGE cfRrIFicATE SENT BAcK-THE Brides
GRIT RELIED on ro SETTLE WITH TIE
FAMILY.
(pY rELpIrApn TO rae HERALD


HAisfroRp. Conn. March a5. 1879.
The elopement Of the daughter Of ex-Governor
Hubbard with her fathers coachman continues the
sensation OF the day. The reports in the New York
papers of this morning furnished the frat connected
accounts of the affair that had seen the light
in Hartford, the local papers atfordine tLe
readers no information whatever An hour after the
arrival of the HERALD the supply exhausted.
and copies commanded almost amy price this after
noon. 1t is ascertaned this evening that Governor
Hubbard has learned nothing of the whereabouts Of
his daughter. and that he is taking 10 steps in that
direction. A tew hours after her flight Saturday
was discovered her brother called on the police
horties and requested that she be taken i'll custody
if she attempted to leave by trains but by this time
she had joined her husband in New Haven. With
some discretion he gave Glow to the which
prompted this request but intmated that he had ap
prchensions that she suffering from temporary
alteration of mind
sTAnTISd WITH A SMALL CAPITAL.
When shc fed from her 1ashcr's house she took
none of her jewcry valuabes other than she
usually wore and attired in silk dress.
sealskn sacque and dark hat 1t is believed she had
about $50 in her purse and this together with
some funds possessed by her husband. will enable
the couple to support themselves While awaiting the
termination of the affair. by reconciliation 9TH
crwise. The general impression here Is that they
are in New York city. Young Shepard was
coming ing but % they " would not be- likely to remain ain
tnere their chances OF detection were too great.
On Friday Shepards father received letter from his
son. dated in that city giving him the first informa-
ton OF the escSpade and inclosing the marriage
tica.e with the suggestion thatit might be handed
oyor to Governor Hubbard il requested. On Sstur-
day. after the Governors family had been apprised
OF Miss Nellies marriage two of her siscra called ut
the house OF the elder Mr. Shepard anu obtained the
document, which has not yet been returned
NELLIks FUTURE IodE.
D Unless arrangements made for the return
OF Nellie to her fathers house. her new home will
be ut the dwelling her husbands parents, plain
two story house situated but four or five blocks
distant from Governor Hubbard's spacious resi-
dence on Washington street. one OF the arstocratc
thoroughfares OF the city They profess their
plain. in comparison to her former surroundings.
will be comfortable. The parents OF young Shepard
speak OF the affair regrettuly and assert that they
never received from him the slightest linking
either Of his attachment or his marriage until
the receipt of the letter from him FRIDAY last.
Tho Shepards may be cxssed US respectable people,
their house indicates thrift and comfort. They speak
Of their steady young fellow, with no in
cnations toward fast rough ife and always will
ing to take any honest employment rather than to
marriage certificate Saturday last they have heard
nothing from the family of the bride. not even
inquiry to whether they possessed any knowledge
Of her whereabouts.
POPULAR SYMPATHY WITH 1HR LOVERS.
In conversation this evening the elder Mr.. Shepard
spoke Of his son what deficient in nerve and
surprise that he dared to aspire to the af
fcctons of far his social superior. After in
timating possibility that lie had been fully half
way, he remarked that reliance must be placed less
upon his sons Grmness than upon the spirit Of the
bride in securing an amicable settlement OF tho
affair. The impression appears to be gaining ground
hero that the elopemcnt Is the outgrowth OF mutual
attachment. and the general condemnation with.
which it 1T first regarded il being tempered b.
occasional words Of sympathy.