The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-07-18

VICTORIA, B. c.. July i7.--.Special. The
case Of the strange disappearance Of Arthur
Turner, son and heir Of Hon. J. H. Tur-
ner, minister Of financs and agriculture.
and Mrs. Lockland r. jameson. wife OF
the manager Of the victoria shingls fac
tory, . neighbor and acquaint ance, has
been puxsling the police Tor half the week
past and nov . solution has been found to
the mystery. Il il sad one, however,
and those who were fi:st - condemn the
young couple on facts % they then ap-
peared are now ready to admit that their
hasty judgment was beth unjust and un-
generous.
Arthur Turner Is well known 70 British
Columbia society. to which his fathers
position both in the political and business
world gave him entry - soon ss his col
lege days were over. Mrs. Jameson 10 .
han isoms woman Of perhaps y years.
blonde in style and finely developed.
Owing to the proximity Of their homes
and the harmony Of social engagements
they were thrown much together. and It so
happened that on Wednesday evening
they were members Of party attending .
boating concert given BY tho Arion Club
on Victoria arm by moonlight. On
ner while shopping on Government
street, and they started for =
stroll toward the harbor. Neither
returning and the circumstances Of their
having been seen together having been
reported to Mr.. jameson with variations.
he concluded with friends that his wife
had deserted him and their child. . boy Of
years. Search was at once instituted.
Every boat and train vas watched and the
settled portions Of Vancouver island
thoroughly explored. bat NO tracs Of the
missing couple Was found. Neither had
taken money or clothing. hence It was
thought they were not fas from here. The
police admitted thst they were puzzled.
and not till this morning did the clue pre-
sent itself. It Was followed, and the re-
suit 10 that the melancholy conclusion has
bsen reached that both have been drowned
in the straits Of San Juan Dc Fuca.
On Thursday afss.neon. meeting by
chance on Government street, thay walked
TO Jones' boathouso aud secured thir-
teen foot dingey for . row. They started
in the direction Of the outer harbor, whore
the boat keeper lost sight d them. Tide
was dood at The time .Aad the vtnd full
from the sea. the tvo acombining 70 send
the boat from Victoria in the direction Of
saanlch peninsula at speed Of fully nine
knots IN hour. That the boat taken BY
Turner did venture out on the straits 10
verified BY q yachting party who passed
them, one of the ladies on the yacht, Miss
Goddin. recognizing and bowing to Mrs.
T. Q h.~u>
miles off shore and being carried towards
Trial and Seabird islands. though their
course was shaped homeward and Turner
was rowing energetically. The yachtsmen
remarked at the time that they were
pretty far out in 90 fragile q
craft. but did not think much Of the cir
cumstances till the scandal developed and
became public property. Jones made .
search for the boat but could not find 1t
on Friday, and on Saturday decided to
look no more. concluding that il and its
occupants had been lost in the Straits or
carried to some Of the islands Of the guilt,
in which event they would be found and
brought home by the provincial police
launch. it being sent out to search this
morning Both families have concluded
that an accident Is the explanation, and
both are plunged in grief.
Turner 10 an only child, and the hopes
Of the father and mother were bound M
in him. He was . member Of Turner 4
Beeton. ship owners and wholesale inn
porters, and. though young, had already
develoyed considerable business ability.
He was also conspicuous in society, and
mourning for him 10 general.
PoKr TOWNSEND. July l;.-fSpecial. +
Word has been received from Roche Har-
Dor that rowboat, in which Arthur Tur-
ner and Mrs. Jameson left Victoria on
Thursday, reached that town at daybrsak
on the following morning. the young man
and woman worn and weak from the ter
ribIe night on the Straits in little cocklet
she'll. They spent the day and night ct
the hotel, and. giving instructions to have
the boat returned TO the owner came here.
passing through yesterday. It 10 said that
neither has money sufficient for q distant
journey, and the surmse Is that they
have gone to California. The facts of
tho case will be known in Victoria
when the boat Is returned tonight.
and il is expected that Jameson will start
on the trail Of the couple Immediately, a.
IL Is known that he Is = passionate man.
who would not hesitate q moment to
avenge himself on his unfaithful wife and
her companion. II is doubtful II they in
tended TO make the desperate journey
when they embarked. and It is more prob
able that they were carried further than
they intended and made the nearest shore,
flight then being determined upon as the
only recourse, their sbsence not being ex.
piainable. II il said that Jameeon's do
mestic life has not been unclouded. though
such termination Of tria,ng infelicitiss