The Davenport daily gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1869, 1857-03-17
rIlI DAILY GAZETTE.
lIISeFTLANEODS.
ROMANCE IN HIGH LIFE.
Marriage Of Coaehman to 1erehsnts
Daughter.

ROMANCE IN HIGH LIFE.
Marriage of coaehman to Merchants
Daughter.
On Saturday evening last a man
named John Dean, who has been
coachrean for Mr.. John G. Boxer TOR
the last two years, called upon a law.
yer to consult him as to the best means
ofreeovering his lost wife. 1t seems
that Mr.. Boxer is wholesale wine
merchant, doing business in Front
street, but "A resident of Tarrytown,
especially in summer. The gallant
Hibernian was in the habit OF driving
ont Miss Mary Ann Boxer, prepos-
se,sing yonng lady twenty two years
old, and as the sequel shows, succeed
ed in winning her affections. The
merchant prince became indignant at
the choice Of his daughter, and it
seems has endeavored to torcibly pre-.
vent her from living with the lucky
coachman. Here is his story, as re-
lated to the lawyer
I'd been his ceachman for nearly
two wears. In December he come to
to live here in the city, and ! stopped
in Tarrytown taking care Of the horses
lie advertised for a coachman two
weeks before he come up, and then
he discharged me because he knew
that the daughter kept my company
and | kept her company. lie asked
me il I'd resign her company, and |
said not, and she said not; and he
wanted me to 90 to California: And
so when come away stopped here,
and | addressed her few lines, and
he found il out. She answered three
or four letters, and she got out on
Wednesday; she slipped ont, and we
went to the Rev Mr.. Hatfeld's. in
Thirty fourth street, and he married
us about half past II o'clock in the
daytime, then she slipped back again
right of. She thought they wouldn't
know anything aboutit fora few days
and she'd got her clothes and we'd
live together. Mr. Funkc discharged
one ofthe girls; he suspected that twas
she that give the letters Mr.. Boxer
told her Mary ANN that he'd shoot
me lie has never said any angry
words TO me. lie won't let her out.
The day she was to be married she
told him she wanted to 20 out in com
pany with another lady, but he
wouldn't let her. She is over twenty
two. She told me that she didn't want
10 be led like dog, ami when her
father went to his business she slipped
ont: and she's got a right to be mar.
riod He told me once he didn't blame
me for getting married to her II got
= chance. | told him | didn't want
his money nor hers. He said he'd sec
her dead and under the sod before she
was marrienl to me. | have been
keeping her company about a year
anI a half. He's said everything to
her to make her resign me. When l
come away he said, See the rascal,
how he run awayn You couldn't see
his face goin' through Tarrytown.' -
She told me so. understand as how
he would give her anything at all if
he could get her off from here. de
was threaterin' to send her to Ger
many to get Inc out of her head; but
wouldn't PLACE him. She's shut up
there and be won't let her out. She
hasn't ate anything now for these
thray days. feel bad to have her a
erwin there all night and they all On.
own themselves. Ths wust Of It is
on account Of my bein' Irish; but I'm
as gotd a man as he is, ithe is rich.
Dean was comforted by the assur-
ance that counsel would get his wife
restored to him without fail. They
appeared before the Recorder, on
Monday. for the purpose Of restoring
his wife through a writ OF habeas cor
pus.
1t seems that the parties concerned
are lesirous OF settling the matter SO
quietly as possible. Our reporter
learned yesterday morning that it was
ac, ,aed upon to educate Dean and res
tore his loved one to his bosom.
[N. Y. Herald.