The sun., 1900-09-01
IN HER
NFAIUATION JOSEPHINE
SOUGHT Wilkinson
Dover ElOperS are Again To-
gether and Off TO Texas,
N There to live.
DELAWARE DONE WITH THEN
tFather Packard Says He is Not
II Surprised at His Daughters
Latest Act. No Effort
Will be Made to
Il Arrest Elopers'
II Flight.
ELAWARE DONE WITH THEN

II Elignt.
II Philadelphia, Aug. 31-"A rag, q
fbonc. and hank OF hair"
n Howard NJ. Wilkinson and Josephine
II Packard have eloped again. The cou-
lElc met III this city yesterday and flew
III together, presumably bound for some
lhlont iii Texas, where Wilkinson eX
Meets 10 establish himself in business.
III Since his release on $500 bail TO APP /
Ipcar at the October term Of the Dover |
II 0urt to answer to II charge of deser- |
ION brought by his wife, Wilkinson |
has been in this city most Of the time
Epparrntly searching for the girl whose
kbnnd infatnation for her hrother-in-laW
bias made her notorious throughout the |
8rountry The man failed, but the Wo-
bnpn sought him, and the pair met and
&pnited their 1cstinies once more.
n After Miss Packard was separated
Erom Wilkinson and brought here by
Hler mother, every appeal was made to
Ehe girls sense Of morality. religion anu
#lecency. to abandon her sisters nus
bnnd. Josephine was obdurate. Lost to
eyery feeling that usually controls
young girls relations with men, she
k.loggedly refused to 90 home or pro-
E1klSp 10 give w HkllSuH WI. 'ht 'pih7
NpromiSed so far as to agree not to see
Vher brothel-in law for week, and in
Ethe meantime to 90 to the home of
kfripnd of the family Mrs. NJ. Q. Morri-
|bson. on Springfield avenue Darby. Here
VJosephnc was placed under as close
tsiwveillance and eonStruint as were pos
lsihlr. The papers were kept away from
Iher. and She knew nothing of Wilkin-
tsons whereabouts. Yesterday she Sc
IciIrcd Il newspaper and learned that the
Imam she was infatuated with was ut the
Hotel Imperial, Eleventh and Filbert
Istreets Immediately she was aflame
lagai All the wild passion which has
lmade her outrage every honorable senti-
tment was ut once uppernoSt. She set
4 her brain to work TO plot her escape
tfrnm thr MprriSonS. 70 make sure that
Itno clandeStinc meetings should he held
ffor Mrs Morrison had learned of Nilk-
Elinson's presence i'll the city--thp girl was
Esneyer allowed to leave her retreat with
E8out the company Of an attendant. Cen
Eeraly Mrs Morrsons hired girl went
Ealong whenever Joscphrine wished to
70 out
N With the most seeming innocence .lo-
Il senhinr started away from her temper
Il any home about o'clock yesterday
morning. and, us usual. the servant girl
went along. She said She was going
h to meet mammal
n On the way to the post Office, where
she expected some letters. Josephine be
u gan to display her fine fminine strategy
and develop the little plan, which she
had been formulating.
Her first move was to get rid Of thu
+ servant girl and this she accomplished
Why sending the latter back home with /
letter, which she said Mrs. Morrison
should see. She would see the servan
/ later, .'when she met mamma at til,
/ Broad Street Station" The servant lef
h her, and then Josephine went to fin,
Il fmamma.'
III Mrs. Morrison feared when the SCI
@kvant came back alone with the letter
EHer fears were realized an hour late
\ when she received the following not
II dashed off in dainty feminine hand :
r'AIy Dear Mrs. Morrison: Pleas
Kindly send III. things i'll my room b
EMbearer. Please PIT all you can get
tNthe satchel and wrap the balance III
tMpaper bundle. | don't think by man
6&ma's letter that She will be UP be1oi
N#tomorrow. If she comes you tell ht
INthat | said to lay all blame on me. 40
rouId not have been kinder to me tina
XNou were. and | feel greatly indeht
B3o you fer your hospitality Will VIII
HSou when | have more time. In hast
B&Sinserely yours,
H# Josephine"
# The letter was conveyed by Il messe
iger hoy. but Mrs Morrison refused
E and over the goods. An hour later Il
pther note came, this time in bold
,na clearer hand. written As follows;
"NJy Dear Mrs. Morrison: have SCI
NJ. Wilkinson, and we both think
EA,est under present circumstances for i
No start home this afternoon. and Il
business will detain me uptown he
till train time. not allowing me 70
but for my baggage, ard so send
messenger.
"Will you kindly send them upto.v
hi nv request. Will write TO you !
Anediately upon my return home. a
&sorry il is impossible for me to eau
8 JOSEPHINE"
M Mrs. Morrison was row collir,iieu
bier fears, and she decided that lose, ,
ng should not have Il stltch. one =
missed the messenger with few neal
Xwcrls. -,
M rho letter which reached Mrs MOI
son by the servant girl was not lr'
,Iosepaine's mother.
Called at the Hotel
Eleven O'clock saw Tho gill III
Xlmpelial She did not disclose h,r iu'
tity to any one, but simply askea "