The evening times., 1898-10-17
MR.. Van ALSTINE'S WIFE
Found After a Long and Ex'
citing Chase.
RUSTICATING IN LONDON
The Truant Had the Missing $685. 900
Safely Tucked Away i'm IN Inside
POcket-Was Not Averse to n Rec
OncilintiOn With Her ForgivinE
Husband.

New York, Oct. T.-Charles Van Ais
tine, the eccentric Klondiker, stepped
down the Umbria's gangplank yesterday
with his wife on his arm and the re-
mains of the $3S. 600 she took from him
here several weeks ago in his inside
pocket.
After chasing her through London, Os-
tend, Brussels. Paris and Dover the de-
tectives that Van Alstine employed
found her at Margate-the Coney Island
of London-and there in the hotel recep-
tion room they met and talked it all
over in confidence.
1t was stormy interview at the be-
ginning, and the lady shed tears. But
Van Alstine is a big, good-natureI per-
son, in whom resentment is not long
lived and whose instructive chivalry
wouldn't let him doubt the explanation
of a lady who declared that she had
meant nothing by running away with
his s3S. .00o-had merely obeyed a sudden
impulse 10 see something of the other
side.
Van Alstine is a miner who struck IL
very rich in the Kiondike section. lie
registered at the Hoffman House as
long ago he sold one of his chief prop
critics for s2D0 600 and decided to get back
| to civiliza ton and blow in some of 1t.
On the Yukon steamer going down TO
San Francisco he met the woman who a
| few days later became Mrs. Charles Van
| Alstine. They made merry tour of the
| big cities after the wedding, and on Oc-
| tober ii arrived in New York where they
registered at the Hoffman House. Here
| supper restaurants and theaters and their
| money was scattered broadcast.
After one particularly satisfying dinner
| the bride persuaded Van Alstine that his
! fortune would be much better taken
! care Of in her more thrifty hands So he
promised her, by way of displaying his
| confidence. that she might take charge
of what was left and the next day he
| handed over to her seven certificates of
| deposit in a local bank for $500 each,
| with one for $1,000 and another for $500
| Besides that the wife had about 81 600 in
| cash.
A day or two after this signal evidence
| of marital faith Mrs. Van Alstine COM
| planned of feeling i'll, and it was decided
| that she should go to st. Marks Hospital
| to be treated there by Dr. Frauenthal
| the nerve specialist.
The second time the doctor called he
was told that his fair patient had gone
| for a walk and hadn't come back. This
remarkably sudden recovery the modest
! physician was unable to attribute solely
to his professional skill. and he thought
1t best to inform Mr.. Van Alstine. That
| gentleman went TO Capt. McClusky. OF
| the detective bureau for help. declaring
| that he feared foul play. Investigation
showed however. that the woman had
gone from the hosuital to the White Star
steamship office. and had bought ticket
on the Majestic for Liverpool.
On making this discovery Van Alstine's
| worst fears were quieted, but he began
to worry about that s3S 600 that his wife
was taking care Of for him. Being =
man of action, he lost no time In wiring
| a London detective agency of Ebberline
| Offering S., 600 reward for information thai
would lead to the discovery of his bride
Then he himself took passage for Eng
land. sailing on the Umbria.
Though the wife had but three days
start, she led the detectives a merry
chase over a large part of the continent
before Van Aistine was ushered into tn,
| hotel at Margate where she had elected
to enjoy the sights of the London pleas
ure ground.
The detectives, with much charity ant
WISDOM left the pair alone for an hCu
in the reception room and at the end o
that period all had been happily arranged
Van Alstine. much relieved and com
forted, had found that only a few hun
dred dollars of the $3S 900 had been spen
in the tour of the Continent. They mad
up the little unpleasantness, paid the de
tectives 5000 reward, and decided to g,
back to New York together. When the,
left the steamship yesterday they wer
still serene and smiled as they drove of
from the pier to the Murray Hill Hotel.
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