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Show VOUi.'G LOCHINVAR ' LOST HIS- WAY IN CONNECTICUT ROADS i Eloping Heiress and Chauf-fear Chauf-fear Lover Thus Escaped Pursuing Parents. NEWPOBT. R. r.. Aug. 14 That Mis Julia tstelle French, th voting heiress, and "Jack" Oeraghty, who eloped last Tuesday, were pursued well into Wednesday morning bv the young woman's aunt, Mrt. Klue French Van derbilt of New York, and half a dozeu Newport policemen and detectives from Boston in three automobiles, be cam known last night. The ttory of the automobile elope ment and pursuit gathers added interest from th fact that the eloping couple last their wav in unfamiliar woodland roads and ultimately suffered a braak down of their automobile. Kurther more, it ia said bv several of those who participated in the chase, had not tie-raghty tie-raghty and hit bride to be mistaken thr road they muat have been overtaken. It ia said they intended tn go to i'ut nam, t'onn.. to be married there, and that the fart that they mined the road threw their pursuers into confusion. Th fleeing couple bad barely patted the Jameatown ferry before the young woman parent, learned of the fact. Immediately MrsrVanderWIf w nntt (led and, according to the story told here last night, it wsa the who organ ised the flviog squadron of pursuit. Her own high powered automobile waa brought into th chat and two other fast machines requisitioned. Bos ton detective eagaged previously t. prevent the 'elopement were placed tn on of th machines and membert of Newport 's police force ia the other. After crossing th bay, the three machine ma-chine took different roads, but the pursuit pur-suit was centered on several crossroad, which H waa believed th automobile containing the eloper mutt ps.t on their wav to their supposed rnder.vout. Meaawkil. A. O. Paader, young Ge- raghty ' employer, who drove the auto mobile which he lent the eonple foi their flight, had lost th road to Put-nam, Put-nam, their declination, and waa eiplor ing tb wood's mads in aa effort to get back on the right track. It waa ia this manner, it ia believed, that they evaded without their knowl dg, th thr pursuing automobiles. Through th night they investigated this road and that, looking for th maia highway, aad about 4 'clock Wednesday Wednes-day morning their automobile broke dowa near (antral village. Oeraghty repaired th break, aad they had barely started whee a tir exploded. They war withoat aa extra tire, aad it was neaary to go into the town for one. It was aot until then that tha elopers decided to get married there. After touring th country roads for hours, Mrs. Vender bi It cava up th thtts and returned to Newport. |