New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-09-01
DOCTOR AND ORGANIST.
A YOUNG PHYSICIANS EsCAPADE.
REPORTED TO HAVE ELoPED WITH MEMBER o'
AN EPISCOPAL CHURCH CHOIR.

REPORTED TO HAVE ELOPED WITH MhMDh" VI
AN EPISCOPAL CHURCH CHOIR
Tn the early part of last spring the house NO.
340 West Thirtieth-st which hau peeh 1 w,
ed for some months. was taken by Ut. Snaiios -
Fischer IT., q young physician, VINO nau oI.y iu
Gently been graduated. He was pleasanlly Hell mai.
nered man. dark as to complexion, anu WIN t
black mustache and nervous trlcK 3i ino, r
almost amounting to awkwardness Ills prac'ice
was naturally not extensive. but that seeme9 10
be matter of small moment TO nln as ne nav s. n
interest the business OF o. d D. FISCHER n;,so,
manufacturers, whose warerooms are over Di sun
music store in Broadway. and. whose factory Is ~
No. Ais West Twenty-eighth-st. lie nau q wiz VIC
and three little children: IL was NwEorIander
and possessed of comfortable fortune wn,ch ndu
been invested by her husband in ms 1atners pus,
ness. Dr.. Fischer came OF a musiCa Itnl''y, anu L.
much interested in musical matters lie was hIo1
of Dr. Backus's church in the immaculate nolenpo'
hood and not only sang i'll the choiT Dui LOT Solno
has filled the office OF oreanls. cue and proph
esed bright future for the young doctor, VINO, 81
far from struggling with poverty after the inannei
of his kind, had spent oonsoerapi r. Little By
proving the house before moving INTO IL. L'Iao ~
little however unpleasant rumOrs began 10 oo w.
culated 1t was whispered that the young maIIieu
man was seen too often lii the company o. pIoPJo
sessng Young woman who lived IN West lwenl h u
ST. Miss GrlswOld, with whom MS name was ou o
connected, boarded with her lnvald iatnsI' WaSt
tired fancy goods merchant at NO 800 VS. u
Twentieth ST. and a member OF inc cnor VI ny M
Church of the Holy Apostles, on whose organ ~ -.
Fischer played. lie seems 10 nave pSti of Miss
great or greater effect on the suscepuOllies Vi n
Griswold for night after night he was seen 10 wan
homewards with uer, always, however iea'ins n'A
at Ninth-ave. and Twentieth 81. ,,;..,o cola his
About two months ago Ut. FISCHER 'oiu
friends that his wife going to spend tue summer
OF Newport whittier she and the three chluie G
went. unaccomPaniea oy ,bs ,ne retnPned. appar.
emily xpectedly. After staying rev uays W. i
Fischer again left the house IN trunk auen 1a n
and this time her husband said lhat MS iauiy hu
60. 70 i ony Ranch One day Frederick fiscner
the doctors brother, arrived al NO. 9to "o
Tbrtieth-st. ahd began TO lOad some Vi tuJ
o,ticles of furniture on wagon. Ills etpIahal
IN Dr Kennedy who lives next door, was tnat MS
brother had gone to Newport for week anu Was Vas
AFRAID that burglars might strp tne hPhs oa ~ to
absence When the heavy furniture began W
follow the smaller articles 1t struck everyone tha
IL would take exceedingly muscular burglar ~
carry of q heavy mahogany extension taole anu
tall hook case; so that remark alIerWaius
dropped by one of the family to the erect tnat
Charles was gong to study for two years III
Europe was not much OF surprise though Why 10
much mystery should nave surrounueu lis uop'i'
ture was not apparent. - 49,
the same day Miss Griswold also disappeared, III
the nds of all who have been aware OF the recent
occurrences no doubt exists that they nave elopeu
There is much excitement. not only IN m!isicai cur
cles but among Dr. flschers iate hcIsno"iS a' J
tae members OF DIR. Backuss congregation ana
mnoh sympathy is expressed for Mr. fisher.
Al No 45S West Twentieth-st fair-haired wo-
man. who opened the door to IRIBUNE l reporoe5
Yesterday said at first that no one named Griswold
I,yed there. She afterward admitted. however.
that Thomas N GIiswold formerly lived theTe with
Mr.. Grswoid is an invalid" said she, and Is
at present in New-Jersey. HIS daughter l prefer
not TO talk about. can only saw that sns ieI' INC
house in a highly suspicious manner. and as you
seem to know somel hing about the case. may add
thai have no doubt Sue has run away with d.
Fischer" D..,.o,. no
one was in. but one of Ditsons clerks SAID botn
brothers had gone away early. saving they were
going 10 Long Island, where they are living at
nrrsent None of the firm were at the factory III
West Twenty elghth-st.