The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-05-04

The E1Opement Excitement In Ohio.
John DEAN ouTDoNE-sEvsNTY-FIvE THOUSAND
DOLLARS sECuRED-THE PARTIES ARRESTED AND
KxAMINED.
IRON The yenia (ohio) Nonpareil, April 27l
Previous Tuesday last there dwelt fair maiden in
the quiet and sad town OF xenia surrounded by all the
appliances of wealth and luxury aud, in addition the
These parties administered carefully, doubt. to every
possible want of the nden except that Of the society Of
young persons OF the other Against the naughty
men the Eule charmer carefully guarded rs II
every male human was bloody Carnanche, q" armed to
the teeth" and cannibal at that The guardian and the
elderly madens however bountifuy they may have
slowed their fvors in other respects reported TO have
kept Miss Sarah Martin in nunike sccusion. But a
changca radical at tatcane over the dreams Of
the maiden.
In some manner Miss Martin eudcd the watchfulness
of her friends make the acquaintance of OF the
by the name Of Boyd, who doubt, pr
MARTY attracted by the rosy checks and large sparkling
"ors Of the lady; and secondarily drawn by the
brilliant pile OF $4,000 in her right" Is surmsed
that young gsnteman-who rather fast, spend.
ing his "moIey free and enjoying occasionally gene
raj good time In company with number Of fast young
friends and was therefore compelled, at least openly 70
keep az proper distance.
However, 'young love-" mpetnous creature that he IT,
knows bounds and the self Tuesday referred
70. the two young ovyers mated In spirit and In pr
son. broke down all the barriers and fed from the lovely
PRECINCTS ofXen" Pursuing their way porihward they
underworld to procure marriage license a. Belleon
tame failing and being pursued by the vlant police
Of the aforesaid tx ena they hired with s2s az Is
said, - certain charoeer 10 convey them with ex,raor-
binary neetness " par unknown al least TO their pur
sucra.
! The next place Of stopping somewhere else"
where bono de license in some manner procured and
where, by justice Of the peace the marriage rite
performed according TO law. But the "honnds"
heard baying at distance, and distance lent enchant
men 10 the view usual, and they decmng all the
! while thai increasing the distance would increase
the enchanting felicity of the occasion, started again
their chevy chase" for matrimonial sweets, and ar
rived in due ume at North Lewsburg, In Champaign
county. Here they married according 10 law and 10
fact, o'clock in the evening, on Thursday. Next
morning they were disturbed by the officers OF Justice
among whom the lively "shern of Logan county !"
with warrant for the quasi husband on charge Of fnse
swearing IN attempting TO procure Ecense in Belcion-
The lady-Mrs. Sarah Martin BOyd-was then brough,
"a city Of Springfield and ON Friday evening appeared
before Probate Judge Hon J. 1orbert, under writ
OF haboas corpus Here, those who present saw a
yeang girl q scarcely seventeen summers with fair hair
symmetric form, all OF which rendered the possessor
richly worth running away withcven II she were with
out COPPER Bnt the fact that her father, the late Dr.
Martin of Xona. had left her the ~ his large property
east halo 81 rofnasce tho affair that Increased
a hundred fold s interest The guardians or the girl
were Represented before the Probate Judge, BY ESQ
Winaps,' a cute legal specimen from Xenia, while
the girl herself illegally sustained by Ichabod Cor
win, tsq During this hearing Eq Wiuansn represent
ed Mr. BOYD rs one grand scoundrel possessing If any
than i've six good traits In the world II the
picture true then indeed Sarah Ia sad ix
But the hearing continued until Saiurday morning Of
last week, when Mr. Corwn 10 considerable degree
dihed the impression previously Ircneed and argued
very forcbly that the grl was non legally held
and tba, she ought to be freed at ones
In the meantime young Boyd who LET say hero, IL
under twenty one and i aso under guardianship arrived
from biaooplpt bringing the sheriff u him for fear hc
might MOI bee him again.
Tie Probate Court was again siourned until o'clock
On saturday Afternoon, when both parties rcoronied by
their lawyer made their appearance IN the court
Mr.. Boyd quite good looking young man, with Gre
form, light hair hanging IN curb, fair and intelligent
couninance and apparently Just the romantic young
lady would pick out a. as party In an elcpcment
The young lady has been described and may BE- well
Imagined tina, the additional "s75 900" woild not be
! required 10 make her an acceptable party.
The lawyers male The most
had long wrangle in which they displayed An swful
quantity Of lcarncg and acu,ones. We svvte Of
| The testimony offered.
rbc,eg,inony proceeded with T,c ~ill Of TIE iA,e
", Martin, without the Journal entry Introduced.
TIE will stated ha, Robert n. roEue was appointed
guardian, and Bober, n ecgue and v-,. Mills, executors
! and trustees 81 the estate.
Mr. Harper, Probate 'yige " grcero county, swcrn-
Was acquainted with tbe Tarte hsd not sued license
a marriage to them; they bch cstlzcns Of Greene
county. Ni,s Martin ws native Nr. boyd had said lac
uncertain a. ~ sage tina he cahcr twenty
! past az "iwenty one pest
Mr. whlieman, sworn--Ih: heard Mr. Boyd say he was
age. hut would be In August Mss Martin had said
\ thai she would he scverice. IN October.
Tie counsel ~ the Iar' Of the defence offered
deuce hc certificate Of marriage signed by Aaron wirdcr
OF North icwissurg Ohio. copy the marriage hocnc
from Tho lrcbs,e judge ~ Champaign county.
cory paper Of the res gnaiion Of aaron windcr
Justice az the fesre, in March. 1857, certified 10 by The
Clerk az Champaign county wa presented but vs
| ,ccied 10 on the part Of the defence.
Mr.. torwin claimed thai no evidence whstcver
the resignation was private paper and could have M
force. The marriage legal because Justice did act
IRON the ocrhoaie IN presumed that nc Jusuced,
f0uo (ilr. Corwn quoted "a and 5th Ohio I,~por< and
| otiee source N sustain hls tr~iton)
A. This point the Court adjourned ~ ooursc the young
man win got bis wife The Nonra~d concludes Us rcPori
l with the paragraphs annexed -
We understand that Mr. Boyd without "visble
ncais 81 support a. heretofore stated, but tsst he has
c~nrtence We have no doubt " his facility FOR sup
porting both himself and hs wife in comfortable and gen
| tei gtyic.
great many reports concerning he gcuiran's perso
nal character and habits On Circulation which IN
tally untrue. and have been t 10 circulation ny interested
psries. We presume Mr Boyd able 10 ahow clean
record n The mass 81 bs canmniaiofs. About this
however have little 10 say farther than ~ clear
aclNe. Of oonynyIng any lmIrn.lnna Ahirn might