New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-02-25
RETURNED TO HER FRIENDS

CARED FoR-HER ENTRRATIEs TO 90 HOME
EvADED-sRT FREE IN THE sTREET-FoUSD AT
THE FoRTY-sEcoND-sTREET STATION.
Marion Calisch, handsome young Hebrew woman
seventeen years of age, LETT her home, No. 213
Boomfeld-st., Hoboken, on the morning OF January
10 to attend as usual, the kindergarten of Profess
sor Felix Adler at Broadway and Foryfffth-st.. in
this city. From that time until early hour yes
terday morning the parents of Miss Casch heard
nothing from her, and her sudden disappearance
mained profound mystery. Her father, Charles III.
Calisch, is wholesale tobacconistdong business at
No. 159 Water-st. In this city. Mr. Calisch and the
brothers of the young woman. assisted by police
detectives kept up the persistent search for her
without any success. The single trace was the fact
that acquaintance had her in Sixth-ave. sta
tionery store the day other disappearance Wednes
day night about o'clock messenger brought to Mr..
Calisch's door telegram from New-York, which
ran; Come at once to the Thirtieth Street Police
Station. Marion Caliscb." In great excitement the
father and mother and eldest brother Of Miss
Calisch hurried to New-York. The difficulty of Sc
curing cabs at such an hour delayed them long
time. When at last they entered the station
Miss Calisch came forward from tho Cap
tain's room and rushed into her mothera
arms. The weeping Of the mother and
daughter and their excitement prevented explana-
tions for some time In the station with the officers
was John Harris travelling salesman for large
tobacco house. He SAID that on leaving New
Haven train at the Forty-seeond-st station.
about midnight, he noticed young woman talking
exctedly to cab-drver, who was ridicuing her.
He overheard her say that she wanted to he taken
to her fathers home in Hoboken. He became iu-
terested, stopped to question her. and asked her
name Without hesitation she answered Maroon
Calisch.p
Mr. Harris knew of Mr.. Calisch in the trade and
had heard of the disappearance.
"Then," he said to her, you are the missing
young woman"
"Yes suppose soD she answered In O bewidered
way, and with tears and, sir won't you help me
to get to my home in Hobokenf Pve only got 40
cents, but if the cabman will only drive me home
my father will gladly pay him twice his price"
Mr. Harris suggested the elevated road, but the
young woman said she was afraid to go that way 80
late at night. Mr.. Harris took her to telegraph
station. and dispatching the telegram which her
parents received, conducted her to the Twenty
ninth Precinct Station.
Miss Calisch was in an agltated state Of mind,
and Sergeant Young who was in charge, let her take
her time in telling her story. IL was strange;
but substantially 1t was the same that sne AFTER
ward told TO her parents ana others .,--
She said that she had been suffering severely
from malaria for several days before leaving
home and had taken large. doses of quinine;
| On the morning that che disappeared, her head
felt very bad, and she was dizzy when she entered
| the street car in New-Y0rk to go TO the kinder
| garten She has distinct impression OF anything
else that happened to her on that day. She remem-
bers being in sxth-aye in the afternoon WITH she sh
recollects entering the stationery store to rest.
| After that there is blank, and she knows nothing
| her eyes in strange room after what seemed
| to her q long, sleep. She was lying IN
bed, and beside her sat a middle,agea negress Rss
| was awake. The surroundings and furniture were
ptTsn: -lsrs-nelst c0usfosta5e. Marion asked
where she was, and was told that she was with
friends who would take good of her; She felt ill
and could MT rise. She awoke several times after
ward sometimes in the night and again IN the day
time Then woman, whom Marion distinguishes
as the " fair haired woman" came into tho room;
Marion asked to be taken home; she was told
sS TSus Ss seSt fo her Oq parens telling Ss%
where she was. Every night the negress gave her
some liquid to drink, which she said was !" medi-
cne and each night soon after drinking the sick
girl fell into heavy sleep. She saw no persons ex-
cept these two women, and they treated her kindly
at all times.
her friends Marion grew more troubled and every
time she saw the fair-hared woman she begged her
70 be allowed TO Some Hseb TSS ti%e ss tss
answer was eVasive-letters had been sent; no
reply had come; her parents did not care to como
after her; other letters and kilograms would be
sent to them. But the patient was not allowed to
dress herself her clothes being kept out of the way
nor was she allowed to get out OF bed.
But last Wednesday Marion felt stronger and in.
sisted ON being allowed to dress herself She told
her keepers. too. that they, must allow her tOg9
her clothes to her. She vas still weak and the
women dressed her. 1t was then evening.
They took her through ball, hall which iCa.
way and the other won an following behind Marion,
supporting her. They went down the steps OF a
high stoop" Marion says, and her companions
Quickly pushed her into hack. Then they got in
themselves Marion no street lamps around her:
Then they were driven quickly away and continued
L.. knrn lonu 10
Where you taking me y she asked.
"Wbere you can have good time," was the reply
u This H did not satisfy Marion, and when they con-
tinued to drive over pavements, apparently wlthoug
end. she prayed them to tell her where she was and
whittier they were going. The women tried to
soothe her without giving any satisfactory repiys
Then Marion began to weep, to implore them, and
finally to scream. When the women saw that they
could not restrain her, they stopped the carriage
opened the door, put her upon the street. ana drove
away. Marion says she looked around her ana trled
to discover where she was. On the nearest corner
she read the lamp-pOst sign. She was at Fft'-ave.
and Forty-tifthst. she ran down the avenue. d at
Forty-second-st. she the lights at the railroad
station She hurried to the place and began TO be-
seech the first cabman to take her home. lie was
laughing at her scOrnfuly when Mr. Harris APP
Marion told only the outlines Of this story to the
Sergeant at frst and many OF the details were oO-
tanned by question and were given 70 the parents III
their confidential talks afterward. Inc young
woman was nearly Frustrated by nervous exclte'
nent and when clasped i'll her mothers arms she =
wept freely. Inc seems ol Vno noetlps Mae ss.y
affecting. The paleness' Of the young woman's
eontenance and her evident illness did not conceal
her natural beauty or the intelligence of her eounte-
nance She has blue eyes, light brown hair, hne
figure and, when IN good health, ruuuy ous iar
complexion She speaks with eatnestness and in-
telligcnce. She is universally spoken OF among her
assneates as amiabe, modest aud capable her
nonnIaTitv and good favor among them were shown
Yesterday by the many tokens that were sent In oy
ihem in the form of flowers or notes.
'nSh Mnrnn reached home at o'clock yesterday morn
;p~ She was too i'll to talk much during the day
except with the members OF the family and one or
two Others The family physician, who
was called in said, after o minute examination,
that the Young woman had sustained no physical
ininrr In her ahsence except from nervous excite