The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-11-21
a Runaway wife.

WEALTH AND BEAUTY TAKING wINGS-FLIGHT
PROM PHILADELPHIA TO NEW YORK SEEK
ING A YOUNG SPANISH LoyER-ARREsT on
CHARGE OF LUNACY.
The Philadelphia North american OF FRI
day says: "Mfs. Eliza BergmaDn, OF this
city, was arrested in New York late on
Wednesday night on a telegram sent from
this city, and locked up at police headquar-
ters. The fact OF her arrest was telegrapbed
TO this city, and her brother and several
other relatives went TO New York. 1t
Is said that she was married two years
ago, when but fifteen years old. She
travelled with her husband in Europe, and
returned home recently. 1t is said she has
an income in. her own right OF $4,000 a
wear, which will shortly be increased to
S25, ,000 She is very pretty, and was very
defiant to the police authorities for having
dared to deprive her OF her liberty. 1t is
alleged that her family claim she Is insane,
and desire her incarceration in an asylum
for the insane. The young lady, ii is said,
denies the assertion, and says that the fami-
ly wish to get rid OF her. She talks natu-
rally enough"
The New York papers contain full par
ticulars Of the arrest Of Mrs. Bergman, who,
it Is said, was o Miss Swain, OF well-knOwn
Phlladelphia family. The allegation in New
York is that she had become tired OF her
husband, and had fled to New York to seek
a dashing young Spaniard, whose acquaint-
ance she made at sea on the Transatlantic
CompaDy's steamer France, which arrived
on the I'd instant. While this Is borne out
to a certain extent by statements made by
Mrs. Bergman 10 Police. Commissioners
French in New York, her relatives declare
that she did not elOpe, and had 10 intention
-, Nnr fha
young Spaniard with whom it Is said Mrs.
Bergman became infatuated is now In New
York city.
An AssociatCdPreSs dispatch from New
York says: "Mrs. Bergman, OF Philadel-
phia, is still at police headquarters, closely
Guarded by MatrOn Webb. Her husband
and relatives have been at headquarters all
day, and various conferences, IN which
Commissioner French participated, have
taken place.
"She was told she was at liberty to 60 with
her friends, but she refused because she
was afraid they would put her in uDatic
asylum. DR.. Marion Sims and DR.. Morton
examined her to-day, and expressed the
opinion that she was certainly insane on one
subject, that OF her infatuation for a
stranger with whom she herself admitted
that she bad very little conversation. Mrs.
| Bergman, however, MAINTAINS lnaC these
physicians were quacks. Charles Berg
mann, the husband, was at headquarters
to. day, but his wife refused to see
him. Efforts to effect reconcilia-
ton between them were made per-
sistenily during the day by Commissioner
French and Inspector Dilks, and towards
evening they bad so far persuaded Mrs.
Bergmann that slfe declared she would have
nothing 10 do with the Spaniard, for whose
sake she had left home. She had tele-
graphed to the Spanish hotel. where she
thought he would be found, before leaving
Philadelphia, and receiving no answer, de-
cided to seek HIM at the Fifth Avenue Ho-
tel, and afterwards by walking up and
down Broadwaysuntll she met him. Whle
resigned to the thought that she would not
see her lover again, she still refused to re-
turn TO Philadelphia. The question OF her
sanity will be made subject OF judicial in
yesligation tomorrow"