Middletown transcript., 1898-10-01
MARRIED A M1DDLErowE MAN.

KING-CHAMBERLAIN Friday even
ing Septem Der % in private parlor at the
Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York City
by the Rev. DR., Charles Martin Niles, Of
Sing Sing, N. Y, rector ofSt. Pauls's, Louise
1 King, youngest daughter of Frederick and
Ella King OF this city, 10 5. Lloyd Chamber.
lain also of this city.
So ends the mystery of the strange dis
appearance of Miss Louise King, the beau
tiful Harlem girl who on Friday Sept. 9th
went with her maid to bathe at Coney
Island; who was thought by her family to
have been drowned in the surf, and for
whose body hundreds of men have been
| keeping double watch eyer since then
from Atlantic City to Montauk Point.
The police were right; she was not drown-
ed she ran away and when at last she had
worried her family so that each and every
member of it was on the point of collapse
through anxiety, and her mother and eld-
est brother were i'll in bed. this strange girl
wrote to her lover, S. Lloyd Chamberlain,
to come to her in Philadelphia, where she
had been all the time, knowing perfectly
well what was going on.
Her excuse for this is that her home was
unhappy; that her father was bound to
have her marry man she did not love,
and that, rather than do this, she deter
mined to let the earth swallow her up, leavt
ing her family and friends to believe her a
the bottom of the ocean. Her plans for the
future, so nearly as they can be learned.
were to escape to Europe, finish her musical
education there, and then--but she goes no
further
In making her pl ans Miss King was cum
ming and careful. Everything worked
well up to the very last moment Then
she forgot herself, and leaving her maid at
the oceans edge, she sent the girl away
with her keys and pocketbook, but she re-
tanned her parasol. The police could not
understand what reason any one would
haYe for carrying a parasol into the surf.
They believed she was not drowned. Had
she given the parasol to her maid the
drowning theory wonld have been accepted
Miss King took from her home none of
the clothes she was known to have. With
money saved from very liberal allowance
she purchased enough clothing to fll two
large trunks, which she shipped to Phila- |
delphia several days before her disappear
ance. When she started for Coney Island
that Sunday afternoon she wore complete
double outfit of outer clothing. When she |
stepped from the bathhouse she had wrap |
ped about her under her bathing dress an |
extra skirt and shirt waist, collar, tie and |
all the necessary articles of dress. Within |
her loose blouse were pair of shoes and a |
small hat. In her hand she carried her
parasol, purse and keys.
She went to Philadelphia and stopped at |
the Bellevue Hotel, where she registered as
Mrs. F. Owen, New York. She had pre-
viously sent to the hotel, unknown to her
family. two large trunks full of clothing.
She remained at the Bellevue until Tuesday
September 13, when she sent her trunks,
to the Broad Street Station. She then went
to the station and obtained the trunks, and
by another expressman had them carried
to the Hotel Walton, where she registered
as Mrs. Fannie Crittenden, Boston. Ac-
cording to Miss Kings story, as told by her
parents, she left the Walton on Wednesday.
September II, and went to the home of the
Young Women's Christian Association,
Eighteenth and Arch Streets, where she
lived until she went to New York, Friday.
Miss Kings whereabouts became known to
lends in New York on Thursday. The
result was that Mr.. Corwine, friend of the
family, Chamberlain her fance, came to
Philadelphia Friday evening. They arrived
about p. M, and took the next train back
% New York, Miss King accompanying
hem. Meanwhile friends had arranged
or the wedding ceremony, which took
'lace in the private parlor of the Waldorf
Hotel soon after the party reached New
York, Rev. Charles Martin Niles having
'een summoned from Sing Sing for that
purpose. So far, as the cause of Miss King
is concerned, it is still
mystery. Frederick King, the father of the
ride, has not seen his daughter since she
eft his home two weeks ago. He is far
rom reconc ed. He had picked out an
sher man for her husband.
The groom, s. Lloyd Chamberlain, is e i,
on of Dr. G. G. Chamberlain. of this town,
nd spent his boyhood days here. The city
apers announced that part of the honey
noon will be spent here.