Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1884-09-25
FLED WITH A G0ACHMAN
Flopement of Daughter OF Gould'a
Confidential Clerk.
sm.mms YVES Poor When She War
rfed Papa, and Pray. Am L ANY
Better Than Shels--she
Loved Her Ernest.

NEW YoRK. Sept. IL-Miss Victoria Mori-
.;ni daughter of Mr.. G. P Morisini, Jay
Gould's confidential agent, eloped late Tues
day from her fathers residence, near honk-
ers. with Ernest J. Stelling who, until
recently. was employed In the family as
coachman. 1t appears that Stelling was dis
charged because he had been too attentive to
Miss Victoria Stelling returned Tuesday
afternoon, and the two were seen TO leave the
house hurriedly and board a train for New
York Miss Morisini is described as being
about twenty-three years Of age and very
handsome. She is of medium build. with
blonde hair and fair complexion Steling Is
twenty-five years of age, slim build He has
dark hair and small sidewhiskers. A gen
eral alarm was sent out TO look for the couple
by the Yonkers police
NEW YORK, Sept l3 Now that the elope-
ment of Miss Victoria Morusini and Smelling,
the coachman has become al old story. and
their subsequent marriage by the Methodist
clergyman on East Fifty-fifth street has be-
come settled fact, the settlement Of the oc-
casion has given place to gossip and specula-
ton as to where the newly married couple
have gone, and what will be the ultimate re
suit of the alliance Mr. G. p Morosini re-
manned at home yesterday.
News! no, have NONE" he replied, in an
swer to a question, ''but am here waiting.
Then with a scowl on his face and his handA
slinched he seemed about to burst with rag
as the name of Shelfing was mentioned
YES he said, ION Mr.. Brewers recommen
aation employed that man as my coachmai
nine months ago. l never liked Smelling, as
I thought him cruel 10 my horses.
/ hate man who treats animals
brutally. He always treated them
well in my presence, but frequently saw
the marks of whip on the horses be
heve it was a conspiracy from the COM
mencement of his service here to weave his
devilish web around this pure innocent
girl Besides suspected he had designs OF
nay life, and if he had succeeded in killing
me last Good Friday il would have been al
plain sailing for him.
Miss Julia Morosini, the next sister in age
to the clipping girl, in speaking of her sisters
act said: SIT has been stated that my father
had seen that coachman with his arm arOunf
my sister How foolish to think of such
thing. Why, my father would have shot him
on the spot. Smelling was Victorias constant
attendant during her horseback rides, aae
other coachmen now say that they noticJi
the two always ri1ing close beside each othsJ
instead of bis following her, as SCI
wants should do. / was constantly beirf
surprised by my sisters conduct or the coach
mans, but l could not allow myself to be
come suspicious of my sister, but that coscb
man was awfully cunning. He played
number of tricks upon me. Last Easter
during vacation father told him to exercise
my horse for me so that / might go riding
with Victoria, but he exercised him with
vengeance in jumping fences until one day
he let him run away and he jumped through
a window into the barn, cutting himself
badly about the head. The horse was unfit
for use for long time and 50 he and my sis
ter continued their rides alone"
Mr.. Theodore Huelskanp lives at No. AZ
Laight street, and is the business partner of
Paul Stolpe, who keeps a German beer saloon
at the northeast corner of West Broadway
and Walker street To this place the runa-
way couple came Immediately after being
married, remaining four hours, when they
took the II D. m train west on the New FORK
Central Road.
"Yes,n said Mr. Huelskamp in broken Eng
lish, ERNEST is my stepson and l feel proud
of him. He came here with his mother from
Wurtemberg, Germany, in 1857, when he was
three years old, his father, named Smelling,
in 1853 in Sandy Hill, Washington County
New York, and adopted Ernest"
He emphatically denied the report that he
had ever been married, nor had be ever been
in. any kind of a love scrape. Mr.. Huels
kamp admitted that be knew of the contem-
plated elopement long before it took place,
adding: "As l knew him to be worthy
young man did not think it right for me tc
interfere l spoke to him of the possible
consequences and argued that serious conse-
quences might follow his marriage with q
young lady of such wealth, but he told me
the love was mutual / saw them two hour
after they were married, and they GER
tainly were the happiest couple have ever
seen
q Mrs Huelskamp Miss MorosinD talked to
me- and said she married Ernest because she
loved him and was willing to abide by the
consequences. She said she had fully weighed
the matter before taking the step and knew
that she would be reviled by her father, her
relatives and friends; but she added, turn
ing to me confldentially, mamma was
poor when she married papa, and
pray am l any better than shel She
loved him and l love Ernest Although we
are poor we will get along. 1 can sew,
iron and wash, and will not be ashamed tc
work. They are not in this city now, ard
even if they were would not tell where Er.
nest he's 81 500 which he saved and he will
not want for money. He is not a lowbred
man and can hold his head up anywhere. II
Mr.. Morosini should meet him and kill him as
he says he will his wife will surely kill her.
SELF