New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-09-25
MISS KING COMES BAUM.
MARRIED TO S. L. CHAMBERLAIN Al
ONCE AT THE WALDORF-ASTORlA'
HAD GONE AWAY BECAUSE SHE FEARED SHE
MIGHT HAVE TO MARRY MAN SHE DID Noi
L1KE-wRoTE TO HER LOVER AND WAS
IMMEDIATELY BROUGHT HOME.

LIKE-wRoTE TO HER LOVER AND WAS
IMMEDIATELY BROUGHT HOME.
The marriage Of Miss Louise King to S. Lloyd
Chamberlain It announced YESTERDAY wa
soIen,n,zed at the Waldorf Astoria on Friday even
ing This is the eliminating incident In one OIL INC
most remarka bic disappearance cases tha' mas '
fronted the police and detective force IN years
Miss King is the daughter OF Frederick hlhs' d
retired wholesale grocer OF No. Il West one-hun.
ed-and-twenty- sevcnth-st. and the sister Vi
William F. King the president Of the Merchants
Association. Two weeks ago, on the ai'ei"o W
Sepember H. accompanied by her mad ANNA
IJndstrom she went to Coney Island Inc sam
evening the maid reported to the police 'ha' ''l
mistress had been drowned. She SAID that tneS
had engaged lighthouses at BalmerS Dalhl"s
navuion at o'clock and that after MISS hihs
had put on her suit and gone To the po"0" ' w
sight OF her and never saw her again
The maid later made several conncuhE s'a"
ments among them being one to the enec' 'la'
she had seen her mistress swept out TO sea VIM
they were in the water together. Every eHo't
was made 10 find the body and the Hle-Sd'"e
stations all along the coast were instructed 10 A''
a sharp lookout for anything that wouiu p.o''
conclusively that the girl had been drowned ~
| police however declined decisively to peneNe '"c
drowning story and william f. King and james
King the girls brothers. determined upon
thorough investigation With the assistance u
Deputy Chief Cortright and 5. Christie Meau anu
| w r Corwine of the Merchants Association they
finally succeeded in securing enough evidence ~
convince them that Miss King Wa I'VE.
1t was first learned from Fl al OF the si'
| that while she was at d house party near ''enS
| Falls which was given from the 81 TO the lo'h VI
| last month Miss King had had a large qu"''"''
| of extra clothing sent to her This co'hi''s 'le
subsequently, sent TO her home In this city. teihhs
her family that II belonged to "A friend Inc 'o''
ing was packed into two trunks ana was '.u
secretly shipped by her TO Philadelphia IL was "'o
! discovered that Miss King when she went 10 No,
| Island carried with her a large sum OF nho"eS ~
| To be nearly 5000 This money had peeh tNo'' ~
| her in small amounts by her mother and the mem
! bers of her family various times. and she hau
saved IT, She also had considerable amount OF
! jewery with her
| AFRAID OF A DIsTASTEFUL MATCH.
| According 10 a friend Of the family who spoke
~ thu case Yesterday Mr.. Emerson WHo
| lives AZ Glens Falls had been for long 'nhe
| DESTROYS Of marrying Miss King ana her la'h'i
! favored this match. Notwithstanding the TACT 'h''
! his daughter I'm love with MI Chamberlain
| Louise King knowing that he was determined 10
| have her marry against her inclnations. in
| consequence determined 70 leave her family aI'o-
pether She felt that she had means enough to
last her for some time and decided 10 go TO Europe
and complete her musical education. dcpehulhs
unou her voice for her future means or hvelihood'
Her brothers had never heard anything Of the
matrimonial plans that had been going on I'm the
! household and Miss King had made effort 10
cnIghten them or seek their advice or inter
| ference
In view OF the good feeling that has apparently
! existed between the brothers and the sister. and
the fact that they have been untiring In their
! efforts 10 trace her II is OF the remarkable
| features OF the case that instead Of seeking out
| those who could have advised her Miss kin- left
her home. II learned yesterday that she mas
| since been living in Philadelphia, and her where
oh q
| Mr. Chamberlain and which received by him
on Thursday It was described yesterday az Just an
ordinary love letter" and was said TO be The only
one that he had received during Miss Kings alb
| sence In the letter Miss King said that she was
| living az the home ~ he Young Womens Chris
| tan Association in PHILADELPHIA.
| M Chamberlain called on SIR. Corwtne on Friday
| morning and Informed him OF the letter he had
! received II once suggested that as Nir'
| Chamberlain and Miss King were In love with each
other the best thing would be for them % lie
married at once and II determined TO go at
once 10 Philadelphia and bring the young woman
home Mr.. Chamberlain telegraphed 10 her 10
meet him at the Broad-st station al o'clock fhi
in company with Mr. Corwine went 10 Rhladelphih
on the 4 O'Clock train They found Miss King walt
ing at the station and induced her return 10
Nnv.York They arrived hero al ab O'Clock or
Friday night.
MARRIED AT THE WALDORFASToRIA
N tho mean time William + King had been IN
formed and ARRANGEMENTS had been made for the
marriage ceremony 20 take place IN private
parlor Of the Waldorf Astoria. The Rev Charles
| Martin Niles rector OF 81 Pauls Church sing
Sing who had oficiatcd at the funeral OF William
F. Kings daughter. Miss Sarah kneeland KING
was sent for and performed the marriage cere-
mony The bride was given away 10y NlIlam r.
! King and william r. Corwine acted as best man
Mr. Chamberlains mother was IN the city pu' sHe
was not communicated with and was not present
hid "a
werc likewise absent, the only members Of the
Family present being James King and william f.
King. 1900
A statement was issued yesterday by william
p Corvine Of the Merchants Association. speak
ING IN behalf Of William +. King. announcing the
marriage Of Miss King and summing up tho details
Of the case In this statement It was said that
when she left the beach at Coney island on sun
dav afternoon September II. Miss King proceeded
direct TO Philadelphia. going to the Bellevue HOTEL
where she registered as Mrs. owens. She had
previously sent away. unknown TO her family. TWO
large trunks full Of clothing These had been ex-
pressed to the Bellevue Hotel on te saturday pre-
ceding her disappearance. Sno Ie, a S,,nnhnr
H. when she sent her trunks 70 me broad,s,' s,n
ton OF the Pennsylvania Rairoad e 4ss an ent
10 the railway station and obtained her trunks
and bv another expressman sent them to the Hotel
Walton. Philadelphia where she registered as
Mrs Criuendon. Of boston on Medhesdh az !.
Rome Of the Young Women's Christian Association.
Philadelphia, at Nineteenth and Arch SITS. where
she lived under the caro- of the matron ana ner
aids until she came NewYOrk late on Friday
evening Her trunks she left at the Hotel walton.
telling the people there that she would send Tor
them in n few days She took win her however.
a ha ndbag which was in one Of her trunks. and In
which she packed enough clothing to last FOR a
few days.
TRACED by HANDWRITING.
According to Mr.. Corwne's statement. Miss King
| and her trunks had been traced to the Hotel Wal
ton where her handwriting on tho register OF the
| hotel WAS recognized. but at that point all trace
NJ her was temporarily lost. When she was again