Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-09-09
THE sPRAGUEs.

Mrs. Sprag,&e at Ju,natca PLai,,-He, Hus-
band Forwards Thttlter the Wardrobe Of
Her Children.
Kingston Dispatch to New York Worldl
DR.. ]. g. Perry, of New York, who has cot
tage at Narragansett Pier, told me tonight that
a conversation he had recently had with Mrs.
sprague led him to believe that her departure
from her husbands residence was solely in
consequence of the inability of her counsel to
get Mr.. Sprague to come to an understanding
about the disposition to be made of the
children. He added that within few days be.
fore her flight he had twice seen Mrs: sprague
out driving-once with her children and
once alone. This explodes entirely
the story that has been told to the effect that
Gov. Sprague had had her under anything like
a strict surveillance. Mr.. Irving Watson, the
proprietor of the Narragansett Herald, says
that Mrs. Sprague was driven away from the
Pier by Tom Handy, the Providence driver re-
ferred to in yesterdays World. She was in
her own barouche. but the horses were
Handy's. After Mrs. Sprague's departure the
governor went up to the Tower Hill house
| alone, and asked the proprietor, Mr.. Wood, if q
lady who ia an intimate friend of Mrs. Sprague
was there. She was not, and Gov. Sprague re-
marked that he was not going to bother any
more, since all he wanted was to see the chill
| dren. Mr.. Edward Hazard. of counsel for Mrs.
| Sprague, agrees that the stories about the sur
veillance which Gov. Sprague was said to have
exercised over his wife were greatly exagger-
ated, if not altogether inaccurate. He had,
since Mrs. Spragues return to Oanonchet, Wis
tied her there twenty times, and on each
occasion had been received by the Governor
courteously, and had at all tiLaes had access to
Mrs. Sprague, who went about just as she
pleased. Mr.. Arthur Watson, who married a
niece OF Gov. Sprague, was with Gov. Sprague
l zoe ook he
''are five checks you see, which the governor
gave me tonight. They are the checks for five
trunks filed with his ohildre..'s clothing and
effects, which am to hand over to Mr.. Hazard,
Mr. Sprague's lawyer, for him to for
ward to the children. This is the
result of Mr. Sprague's letter of last
Sunday to his wite's counsel. was at Ca
nonchet when he wrote the letter. should
like to say something about my supposed con-
nection with the chase after the runaways.
That is all bosh. I arrived at Narragansett
Pier last Saturday night at $50, aod walked up
towards Canonchet. On the way met the
| governors coachman coming down to meet
him. told the goodman that MIR. sprague
was not behind me, and that he had better turn
back. When we reached the house the first
| person 1 saw was the governor. He was walk
ing very quietly up and down the piazza, not
in excitement, although he had previously
been informed that his wife and children had
gone. After he had teld me of the
fact he said they have gone IN time to con.
meet with the Shore line; let us go and see
if they are at Kingston, for the children have
got no Clothes We went and found they
were not at Kingston, and after driving out to
Hazards house we returned to Canonchet
Then man came and told us that he had met
Mrs. sprague and the children going to Wick
ford, and Sprague said All right If he had
desired he could have caught them, for he ha0
plenty of fresh horses. The man told the
governor they were hurryiug away, and he re
piled, 4 knew they were going away and that
they were to have relays of horses.'" Mrs
Sprague has arrived safely at Jamaica Plains
where some cousins of hers, who live in Bos
ton, are spending the summer. Mr.. Spragu,
the recovery of the children.