Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-09-10
A Foolish Girls Flight

TH1 DAuGHTRR OF JAY GoULD's PARTNER RIoPEs
WITH THE CoACHMAN.
For some months past young man named
Ernest j. Schell1ng had been I'm the employ or Mr.
G. p. Morosini, the millionaire broker and business
partner Of ME- Jay Gould. Mr.. Moroslni lives in
Yonkers, N. Y. Almost daily the young man would
take some OF the family out for drive along the
shady avenues overlooking the river. During many
OF these excursions IL was observed that he drove
Miss Victoria Morosini alone, and that he appeared
to pay her many little attentions which testified to
his affections for his young mistress Miss Victoria
is about 25 ye1rs or age and of a romantic dispo-
sition. She Is OF medium height, and has fair
fresh complexion, with rich, wavy blonde hair
Schelling Is few months younger than Miss VIC
torla and is Slim and TALL with fair skin and dark
hair rather thin on top. He affects ''sideboards
with delicate down covering his upper Lip, which
he keeps trimmed TO the minuteSt proportions
Monday evening there was condition of affairs
bordering on q panic at the MoroSini mansion.
Miss Morosini and the coachman Scielling had
gone about O'Clock p m, In each others company.
and at dark had not returned. Inquiry was made
In the near neighbOrhoOi and search was fnsti-
tuted, but not trace OF the missing pair could be
found. Ii began to dawn upon the Morosini house.
hold that the lady aud the coachman had eIoped
communication was Immediately mad with Chief OF
Police Mangtn, OF lonkerS- That official tee
graphed to Superintendent Wallng, or New York,
q description OF tie missing pair and detectives
have been sent TO look for the fugitiyeS.
her MOTHER DYING
The New York World to-day says: There was no
sleep In the Morosini mansion last night. When
reporter entered the beautiful grounds an hour after
midnight the whole house was lighted I'D and the
servants were running hither and thither When
the reporter rang, the door was opened by The
youngest daughter, Who was fully dressed She
acted like one insane threw the door wide open and
then slammed open the doors or the parlor, to a
seat In which she mOtioned the visitor Mr. Moro
SIM came down stairs in his night-clothing accom-
panied by his eldest son. who stood by his side
Raising his hand the Old man cried inpetuously:
what news? What news? Have you heard or
her Great Goo! l am heart-broken, and her
He tottered for moment and would have fallen
IN the broad corridor had not his and daughter
ran forward and supported him.
"lf catch that rascal" he cried 81 will Kill him
as sure as there is God above Ine!'
He then described the coachman, saying: ~He
has head like a baboon and sloping forehead.
He was corpulent and filthy in habit and on the
whole, he was as unSlghJly a person as one would
care TO see. l never suspected anything OF the
ticed that she was growing thinner, and two days
ago aScertained she visited my banker Colum-
oiana, and asked him for $1,000. Iknew nothing OF
Where do you suppose they have gone9' asked
Passing his hand over his forehead and looking
vacantly before him he replied sadly:
81 do not know. He has friends In Europe and
they may have taken passage there. or, perhaps,
they have taken the evening boat TO Albany on
their way TO the weSt where Sheiling also has
friends. He told me the name OF the place, but 1
mans and the Bleecker Savings banks, but do not
know whether he has withdrawn IL
Tne arrangements for the elopement must have
been planned some days ago. 1 do not think my
daughter had very much money. She has always
been noeraiiy supplied with pin money ana may
have saved some. You ee She was light hearted
and pure girl, fresh from the conyenL Sne TOOK
none OF her wardrobe, except two plain dresses
which she wore A diamond cross and earrings
and pair OF valuable ear-drOps are missing from
her room"
MI. Morosini gazed at the walls, which were COW
ered win ancient armor and tapestry, and cried
out: "The Scoundrel once tried TO XIII me.v and
then the old mans wrath broke out afresn. .'About
two months ago Shellng met me at the station
He had very baiky horse. just as was step
ping into the carriage he deliberately whipped the
horse The animal started OF and fell to the
ground, spraining my ankle" and he exhibited his
"I Will pay any sum OF money, go to any expense
or trouble, but will have my daughter and salts
faction from that ScoundreL I he grief is almost
killing my wife, and scarcely know what to do
myself