The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-07-24
ELOPkRSOF VICTORIA
They ReaeA San Francisco After
. Exciting Chase.
Tus''ER's STORY Or FLIGHT.


SAs FaAsclscs. July A-By the
steamer Orseoa today came from As
eofta Arthur Turner and NfA Lock.
lsad p. Jamiasoa, Who slopsd
froo Victoffs % July - and
who To- week o. more we're sup-
possd - hsvs been drowned. They were
registersd - "a. Childs and wife" Nr.
Turner made the following statement 70 .
1--WE LETT Victoria about $50 O'Clock on
1hursday. July Is. in "a open host knows
. diA3y. The water vas rethsr rough
ana vs experienced no hardships
70 speak Of. Late that night
Lam. rs Kis .s sass s.s. ans. a,,.. :.
ana remained there over night Early the
nexs morning ve again took 70 our
host and went 70 Roche Harbor. eight
miles distant We did not meet the
yachting party spoken II In the teiegfams
from Victoria Al Roche Harbor Ne
boarded the steamer Evangel % o'clock
2. n. for Whascom. We len our small
and instructed him 70 return it to
the owner In Victoria. I advanced
the freight charges On the dingy % that i
would b. Immediately returned. We
were booked on the steamer Evangel -
-. II. Thornton and wife. and registered
under the Same name ct Whsscom. Early
n:xs morning ve isfs on . Great
vas on Saturday. We stopped in Spokane
over sunday. registering q the Palace ho-
tel under the name Of Thornton. Last
Monday morning ne left Spokane ct 1880
O'Clock on the Northern Pacihc wsst-bound
train for Portland
I'VE hsd intended 70 90 on 10 Portland,
bat seeing Victoria merchant on the
train ! Vas alarmed for fear he
Guided 70 iesvs The train AZ Ksl.ms. We
arrived ct kalsms. which IL on the Co
lumbia river. 81 4:6 o'clock in the MORN
Ing and took the steamer Telephone ct 8
o'clock for Astoria We remained IN As
toria until Friday morning, when we
boarded the steamer Oregon under the
name al Childs and came down here 70
San Francisco
II do not know what We will do. for I
have not had time to consider the matter.
do not want TO travel under an assumed
name, bat would prefer to settle down
here or in this neighborhood and Be known
. Arthur Turner again. I suppose that
Mr.. Jamies0n will secure . divorce, In
which case will at once marry the lady,
Who u now with me. Il Is not likely
Consequently must ind some employ
ment here until ] can communicate with
my parents. / have no great amount Of
money 1T my command just st present
and cannot Afford TO remain idle for very
long"
Mr.. Turner declined to say anything re-
Garding Mrs. Jamieson, and pleaded that
she b not interviewed. - she vas suffer-
ing more or less from nervousness after
their long and cireuitous flight from Vic
toria 70 San Francisco.
Turner 10 alleged By fellow passenger
20 have performed neat piece OF work
In eluding pursuit by making In
quiries In various quarters how he
could reach spokane without passing
through Seattle. The Newspaper men
who were following up the couple are said
to have stumbled upon this - likely clue
o. TO the route taken and autographed IL
far and wide that they had gone
to Spokane. Meanwhile the pair we're
leisurely journsying down to Kalama.
where they took one Of the steamers ply.
ing between Portland and Astoria and
reached the latter piace on Thursday even
ing. coming aboard the Oregon the next
dAy.