Daily Republican., 1879-03-27
rHE HARTFORD ELspEMrSr.
No News from the bridal Party
He was B.oWly born and she q
CovePnorss DAUGHTER

He was B.owIy born and she I
0overnor's Daughter.
Aspecial despatch from Hartford
Conn.,, says:
The elopemsnt Of the daughter of.ex
Governor Hubbard with her father.
coachman, continues the sensation o.
the day. The reports in the New York
papers of this morning furnished the
first connected accounts Of the local pa.
pers afferding their readers no infOrma-
tion whatever. 1t is sscertained this
evening that Governor Hubbard has
learned nothing Of the whereabouts Of
his daughter, and that he is taking no
steps In that direction. A few hours
after her fight on Saturday was dis
covered, her brother called on the po.
lice authorities and requested that she
bs taken in custody il she attempted to
leave by trains, but by this time she
had Joined her husband in New Haven.
With some discretion he gave nc clew
to tho reasons which prompted this re.
quest, but intimated that he had ap
prshensiOns that she was suffering
from temporary alteration of mind.
When she fed from her fathers
house she took none OF her jswelry OF
valusbles other than she asually wore,
and was attired in . maroon silk dress,
sealskin sanoue and dark hat. 1t is DE-
lieved she had about $50 in her purse,
and this sum, together With some funds
possessed by her husband, will enable
the couple 10 support themselves while
awaiting the termination Of the affair,
by reconciliation or otherwise. The
general impression here is that they
are in New York city. Young Shepard
was in New Haven On Thursday night
awaiting her coming, but they would
not be likely to remain there, as their
chances Of detection were too great.
On Friday Shepard's father received =
letter frsm his son, dated in that city,
giving him the first information Of the
escapade, and inclosing the marriage
certificate, with the suggestion that it
might be handed over to Governor Hub
bard il required. On Saturday, after
the Governors family had been sp-
prised Of Miss Nellie's marriage, two oI
her sisters called at the house Of the
elder Mr.. Shepard and obtained tn,
document, which has not yet bsea re-
turned.
Unless arrangements are made for
the return of Nellie to her fathers
house, her new home will be at the
dwelling of her husbands parents,
plain two-story house situated but four
or FIVE blocks distance from Governor
Huhbard's spacious residence on Wash
ington street, one of the aristocratis
thoroughfares Of the city. They pro
f-ss their willingness TO give her a
home, which, although plain in COM.
parison to her former surroundings, will
be comfortable. The parents Of young
Shepard speak Of the affair regretfully,
and assert that they never received
from him the slightest inkling either
OF his attachment OF his marriage until
the receipt of the letter from him on
Friday last. The Shepards may be
classed as respectable people, in mod
crate circumstances, and tho appear.
ance Of their house indicates thrift and
comfort. They speak Of their son as a
steady young fellow, with no indica
items toward fast or rough life, and al
ways willing to take any honest EN-
ployment rather than to b. dependent
on them. Since the surrender of the
marriage certificate on Saturday last
they have heard nothing from the fam
lily of the bride, not even an inquiry al
to whether they possessed any knowl-
edge of her whereabouts.
In conversation this evening the older
Mr.. Shepard spoke Of his son as some.
what deficient in nerve and expressed
surprise that he dared to aspire to the
affections of ono SO far his social super
ior. After intimating possibility that
he had been met fully half way, he re-
marked that reliance must be placed
less upon his sons irmness than upon
the spirit Of the BRIDE in securing an
amicable settlement of the affair. The
impression appears to be gaining ground
here that the elopement is tho out
growth of a mutual attachment, and
the general condemnation with which
it was first regarded is being tempered
by occasional words Of sympathy.