The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-07-24
THEY FLED FROM VICTORIA.
Were Passengers on the Steamer
Oregon.
Roth UNDER ASSUMED NAMES.
Young Turner Is Son of the Min
lister of Finance in British Column
bia, and Is Swell.

The steamer Oregon brought two mystic
rious passengers to this city yesterday.
They were Arthur Turner and Mrs.
Lockland P. Jameson, who eloped from
Victoria. B. c.. on Thursday. July 49, and
who for a week or more we're supposed to
have been drowned.
Owing to the prominent social standing
of the truant lovers their disappearance
has created much excitement throughout
the Northwest. 4 few days ago The
CALL printed an Associated Press dis
patch giving an account Of their mysterl-
Gus flight and supposed drowning.
Arthur Turner is the son and heir OF
Hon. j. II. Turner. Minister of Finance
and Agriculture of British Columbia. and
Mrs Jameson, lis companion in flight. Is
the wife of the manager Uf the Victoria
shingle factory.
The Oregon reached Astoria on Friday
morning about o'clock, and shortly after
her arrival early risers noticed tall.
fnely-formed blonde. accompanied by
stocky- built, dark complrxioned gentle
man. who wore eyeglasses, come aboard
They evidently were anxious to escape
observation, and Immediately sought the
stateroom to which they were assigned.
The purser's register gave their names
as "a. Chids and wife" but their peculiar
manner and incautious remarks. soon con-
WINGED their fellow-travelers that some
thing was amiss.
Just before the departure OF the boat
from Astoria. the landlord of the hotel at
which they had been stopping, came on
board and told one Of the officers who the
couple were.
Mr.. Childs" made no friends and few
acquaintance in his voyage down. Neither
did his companion. Both sought the less
frequented portions of the ship, and seemed
satisfied in each others society.
A CALL man, who came down on the
vessel with him, however. gathered some
inform alton relative to his past, while in
conversation. and from gentleman who
was familiar with Turner's late escapade.
and who had known him in Victoria, the
following facts were obtained:
Turner is a man in the neighborhood of
80 years of age He was born in British
Columbia, and educated at Clifton,
suburb of Dover, England, and is an intel.
ligent and weil-informed man. He has
travelled extensively and tells what he has
~ ~ III Ill HidHUti.
Ee is, as has been before published the
only son of Hon. J. q. Turner, Minister of
Finance and Agriculture in British Column
Sia. aad a enteman of large means and
high social position.
He is also in business himself, being a
member Of the firm of Turner & Beeton,
ship-owners sd wholesale importers. and,
though young has developed considerable
business ability.
Young Tuner Is well known in British
Columbia society, 10 which his fathers
prominent position in both the political
and business worlds gave him ready entry
as soon as his college days were over.
Mrs. Jameson is tall. handsome
woman, vivacious in manner, probably %
years of age. blonde in style, and pos
sessed Of figure that would attract atten-
tion in crowd of pretty women.
The couple had been friends for long
time, but they had been so ercums pect in
their behavior that few people suspected
the existence of anything more than a
friendly feeling between the two.
Several months ago. however, Mrs.
Jameson's husband became suspicious
that something was wrong and watched
his wife. An intercepted note, writ
ten by Turner to Mrs. Jameson and
couched in endearing terms. caused scene
between the now thoroughly aroused hus-
band and his recreant spouse, which re-
suited in her promising to have nothing
more to do with Turner. Jameson placed
faith in bis wte's promises, but subsequent
events proved that she was only seeking
an Opportune time to leave the man with
whom she had spent eight years of happy
married life ald flee with her companion
in guilt.
On the night previous to their disap-
pearance from Victoria both were guests
in "A boating concert given by the Arion
Club Of that city. On the following day
Mrs. Jameson met Turner while shopping
on Government street and they started for
a stroll toward the harbor.
AS neither returned and the fact of their
having been seen together having been re-
ported to the wronged husband, he con-
oluded rightly that his wife had deserted
her home. her child and friends to follow
the erratic fortunes of dishonored man.
thorough search was at once insti-
tuted: every boat and train was CLOSELY
watched and the inhabited portions of
Vancouver Island systematically explored,
Out AuL tiDC HO lIdC6 VI LIE missing
couple could be found.
Neither had taken supply of clothing,
and it was supposed for time that Turner
had but little means with him, but subse-
quent developments disproved that theory.
As the search progressed it was ascer-
tanned that the couple had been seen and
recognized by Yachting party in Vic
toria's outer harbor the night of their dis
appearance. They were in a small dingy,
some two or three miles off shore when
sighted and were on the homeward course.
AS nothing further was heard OF tho
boat or its occupants for several days the
impression became general that they had
been carried out to sea and drowned.
But such belief proved erroneous. After
terrible nights experience in the voyage
across the Straits of Fuca, the voyaRers
reached Roche Harbor, on the American
side, where they took the steamer Evangel.
the first one up, as far as Whatcom, from
which point they doubled back over prac-