The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-02-26
New York Tribune, 25th.I


Marion Caisch, handsome young He
brew woman seventeen years OF age, lett
her home. No. 2l3 Bloomfield street, HOBO
ken. on the morning OF January 10Th. to
attend, as usual, The kindergarten OF Pro-
fes.or Felix Adler, at Broadway and Forty
fifth street, in this city. From that time
until an early hour yesterday morning the
pa,ents OF Miss Caisch heard nothing from
her, and her sudden disappearance remained
profound mystery. Her father. Charles
II. Caliscb, is a wholesale tobacconist, dong
business at l59 Water street, in this city.
Mr.. Caisch and the brothers OF the young
woman, assisted by police detectives, Kept
up the most persistent search for her WITHOUT
any success. The single trace was the fact
that an acquaintance had seen her I'D u
| Sixtb.ayenue stationery store on Tue uay oi
her disappearance. wednesday night ABOUT
/ O'Clock a messenger brought TO Dir. Ca
liscb's door a telegram from New YORK,
| which ran "Come at once to the Thlrilcth-
street police station. Marion Calisch." In
great excitement the father and mother ana
eldrs, brother Of Miss Calisch hurried 10
New York. The difficulty OF securing cabs
at such an hour DELAYED them long time.
When ot last they entered the station. Miss
C,liscb cane forward from the captain 5
room and rushed into her mother
arms.
THE WEEPING or THE MOTHER
and daughter and their excitement pre-
vented explanations TOO some time. In TIE
station with the officers was John Hairs, a
travelling salesman for a large tobacc0-
house. He said that on leaving New Ia
ven train at the Forty-SecOnd.street station,
about midnight. he noticed young woman
t,lkinp cXcitrdlv TO q c3b-driyer. who was
ridiculino her. He overheard her say that
she wanted TO he taken TO her fathers home,
IN Uoboken. He became interested, stopped
10 question her, aud asked her name. with
ONT hesitation she answered " Marion "a
li,cb."
MIR. Harris knew OF Mr.. Cdlsch in The
trade and had beard Of the disappearance;
"Then." he said to her, "you are the
missing Young wOmIn.'
Yes, / suppose So" she answered I'D
bewidcrcd way, and with tears; land sir,
won't you help me to get to my home III
Uoboken? Eve only got forty cents, but II
the cabmar will only drive me home ~.
father will gladly pay bin twice his price.
Mr.. Harris suggested the elevated roao,
but the young woman said she was aIIalu 10
% that way - hate at night. Mr.. Harris
took her to IA telegraph station, and DIS
Matching the telegram which her parents
received, conducted her to the Twenty
ninth precinct station.
Miss Calisch MAS in an agitated stale OF
mind, and Sergeant YOUNG, who was IN
charge, let her take her own time IN
TELLING HER STORY.
1t was strange; but substantially it was The
same that she afterward tOldto her parents
and Others.
She said that she had been suffering Sc
verely from malaria for several days before
leaving home. and had taken large doses of
qunine. On the morning mat sne ul>ap'
reared her bead felt very bad, and she was
dizzy when she entered the >treet-car in
New York to 90 10 the kindcrgarten. She
has no distinct impression Of anything
fclse that happened to her on that day.
She remembers being in Sixth avenue
in the afternoon with the idea that
she was returning from school, and she
recollects entering the stationery store 10
lt,st. After that there is a blank, and she
knows nothing OF what happened to her I'M
tiI next she opened her eyes In strange
room after what seemed 10 her long sleep
She was living in bed, and beside her sat q
middle-aged negress, who began 10 s0otht
her as soon as she saw Marion was awake
The surroundings and furniture were plan
but nca, and comfortable. Marion asked
vbeIe she was, and was told that she wa
with friends who would take good care Of
/, her. She felt i'll and could not rise. She
awoke several times aiterward, sometime:
| in the light and again in The daytime
Then woman, whOm Marion distinguish:
rs the
"FAIR.HAIRED WOMAN"
came into The room. Marion asked TO b'
: taken home She was told she was too MI
but that letter would tie sent to her pa
rents telling them where she was. Every
nirht the negres, gave her some liquid t
drink. which she said was " medicine" and
each night soon after drinking it the sicl
Girl fell into a heavy sleep. She saw NJ
persons except these two women, and They
treated her kindly at all times.
As day after day went by and no wore
: came from her friends Marion grew moi
troubled, and every time she saw the fair
haired woman she begged her TO be allowed
70 communicate with her family or TO X
home. Each time the ansWer WIS eyaslYe-
letters had been sent; no reply had come
her parents did not care to come after her
or other letters and kilograms would be sen
TO them. But the patient was not allowet
2 10 dress herself, her clothes being Kept on
of the way; nor was she allowed TO set on
; of bed.
But last Wednesday Marion felt stronge
J and insisted on being allowed to dress her
self. She told her keepers, too, that the
, must allow her to 20 home. They yielde
i to her persistence and carried her clothes t
; her. She was still weak and the wOme
e dressed her. 1t was then evening. The
; took her through ball which was very dahl
l the negress leading the way and the Othe
woman following behind Marion. support
: ing her. They went down the steps OF
"high stOop," Marion says, and her con
i panions quickly pushed her into hacb
I Then they got in themselves. Marion saS
l no street-Iamps around her. Then the
were driven quickly away and continue
: to drive for a long distance.
"Where are you taking me?" she asked
u "Where YOU can have good time" WI
: the reply OF the fair-haired woman.
e THIS did not satisfy Marion, and whe
!, they continued to drive over pavement
u apparently without end,
|" SHE PRAYED THEM TO TELL HER
where she was and whittier they wei
|. going. The women tried TO soothe b'
e without giving any satisfactory repl!
" Then Marion began to weep, to impioi
h them, and finally to scream. When u
q women saw that they could not restrain h'
they stopped the carriage, opened the doc
v put her upon the street. and drove ava
e Marion says she looked around her an
l. tried TO discover where she was. On u
|. nearest corner she read the lamppost sig
e She was at Fifth avenue and Forty-bf
Al street. She ran down the avenue, and
II Forty. second street she saw the lights
, tho railroad station She hurried 10 Il