The sun., 1891-07-25
MISS COMPTON'S AMBITION.
THE MYSTERY OF HER FLTGHr FROM
HER HOME FxNALLY SOLVED

she wished 70 Be Reporter asa Went ts
New Haven ts Apply for = fiaes-shs
Was Referred 10 Ex.Qev. IngsrselPs
Daughter. who Kept Her st Her Home
UstH the oirrs Neither Arrived.
NEW HAVEN, July 24.-Miss Mary E. Compton.
who disappeared from her summer homo at
Bheepshead Bay on Tuesday. was found In
this city late last night By her mother. Mrs. g..
p. Cote OF New York. Miss Compton was at
tho home OF Miss Justine Ingersoll. daughter
ofex-Gov. Charles r. Ingersoll.
Mrs. Cote arrived hero Yesterday and told
the police OF her daughters supposed elope-
mont She was certain that the girl had eloped
with newspaper man. or had boon induced
by subtsrfuge to leave homo. and had. perhaps
unwittinRly, been taken to some house OF Ill
repute. She was accompanied By = detective
and her son. The party visited the house OF
Mrs.. Anne Coerahan and learned that Miss
Compton had called there on Wednesday morn
Ing. Mrs. Cograhan had this to say:
Miss COMPTON asked me II ! could assist
her to earn her own livelihood. apd said that
as she was accustomed to do newspaper work
she would like to obtain q position on ono OF
the papers. told her that would not aid her
In obtaining such position, but II she wanted
some place to stop she would be welcome to
stay at my house few days. She then told
mo that she had seen Miss InRsrsoll and
she was to return to her homo at 1880.
invited her to dinner. and she snid she would
como. went home. waited until after
o'clock. and she did not make her appearance.
! then went to Miss 1ngersoll. and learning
TINT she had been PLACED In the care OF tho lat.
on than she was With me. 'housh. @ IT. DO more more
% ,hS u na h" hear" 81 MI. scom
n An a m mi han - n
strength Of That ''"N ''S '"
.Ths story OF Miss Compton's movements
e Introduction 10 MEs. Cograhan. VIII" lives at
ner BY Mrs hi'!se. Mss So Compton ton walked bS
Mrs; Erahan's house. and not .eing faycra-
S Sh R X.
registered. At break fast on Wednesday morning
she asked ono OF the waiters about tho neyspa.
K;sgi..er. where shs met Col u. q; Osborne. the
To them shs told tho story of leaving home.
Col. Oshorne. spnreciatipe the delicate situa-
Sn p hs9 saSs a ill., Hay
ex.Goy. lnsersol!. There she was received
With kindnsss M and treated ss member Of the
Sss.ss ss1 s ssas 'sG1s &
The cause of Miss Comptons eseapade is due
to The fact that she 10 dispIensed with her
os. s9sSs! Ss S.% S%ssss os + Po. So
and because they object to her receiving at
woman pi ompted her to resent their Interior
ence and suggested that she ought to be free
70 receive such attentions as she liked. There
had been nothing ON her part in her intercourse
with the Young journalist except the mercst
iiirtstion; She left home ana came 70 this city
q New York journalist is responsibe for the
TACT that she was exceedingly ambitious to
work Tor q nowshaper. and rHrt OF her idea OF
opportunity Miss Compton returned to New
York with friends this afternoon.
Miss May Compton. the girl who ran away
Bay. where she and her mother were passing
the summer. cam. back yesterday.
Mrs. Gott Il suid 10 be a very suspicious wo-
man. and the girl could not sneak to any
Recently her mother beat her in the street
while she was walking with friends. Miss
Compton did not think she was treated we'll by
and earn her own living. She thought Of do.
the landlady Of tue Absrdeen. II she knew where
ss fsa 81 her MFt s s
them one who had charge Of = millinery shop
IN New Hsyen. II is supposed shi. led the girl
60 to New Sr moths, and
and as her mother had seen her talking TO +.
MaRnnls lvengh who boarded at tho Same
house. Mrs. Gott started out for him. accom-
he1 cub %Sch Mr. ivssh to
member. but be was not there. He was asked
by q Central Office detective to go to Sleeps.
head Bay last night. and complied He saw
nothing to do with Miss Comptons disappear
Mira. Ridge. who was arrested and put under
bonds on a complaint signed by Miss Comp
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