The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1858-01-28
i Romance OF kote-warnIng 70
.Theatre.aoIffk WHothers

a Romance OF warning to
Theatre-GOISKk Mothers. B
Hisssid that a ceriaIn Mrs. Hawley, in.
her early days. clipped ~fth certain Mr..
Hnwley. They lived together for some
time, and son and daughter were born un-
to them. Subsequently Mrs. HaWiey OBJ
tsined a divorce from her husband, and mar.
ried Mr.. Wright, who is now deceased
Mr. Hawley, the first husband, who also is
not living, previously TO his death, made
will leaving to his son and daughter some
$4,000 each. With these two children the
widow Wright has been residing in Thir-
tcenth street. ss4.s..ea sss-s-se--
Some four or FIVE years ago, Mr.. George
Taylor made the acquaintance of Miss Em..
ma A., Hawley, daughter of her who is now
Mrs. Wright. He became quite intimate in
the family, and was cordially received by
mother and children. About two years ago
he went to Scotland on business for the firm
in whose employ he was, and while there
carried on correspondence with Mrs.
Wright, and occasionally received 4 note
from Miss Emma, she having always been
accustomed to treat him as brother. Mrs.
Hawley took quite an interest in young Mr..
Taylor, and in her letters occasionally allu.
ded to his matrimonial plans. She spoke of
her daughter, Miss Emma, as being noble
girl, capable Of making an efficient and &C.
conplished wife, and who, moreover, was
possessed of the comfortable SUN of $780,
'OG0. The letters frequently hin.ed that Mr..
Tay lOr was Just the person TO guard the bank
stock from the hands OF matrimonial fortune
hunters, and their possessor from the storms
Of life. Shortly after Mr.. Taylor's return
from Europe, year since, he became enga.
ged to Miss Emma, with the consent OF her
mother, and took up bis residence with the
family. 1t was settled that the young couple
should be married in December last.
A lew months since, for feasous not ma.
terra to be stated, Mrs, Wright became op.
posed to the proposed union, and determined
that it should not be consummated. She
kept strict watch upon the young lovers.
not allowing them to leave the house toseth
er. 1t s supposed that George and Emma
planned various schemes for an elopeInent,
but all were frustrated by her watchlulness.
Last Saturday party was formed to visit
WulIack's Theatre. Mr.. Taylor and Mr..
Hawley. jr., were to 60 together. Emma,
a gentleman who was in The plot, and Mrs.
Wight. with another gentleman, were the
rest OF the party. They rode down in an
omnibus, and when they got out Emma and
her friend managed to slip behind the rest,
and, in the crowd about the door. to escape
unperceived. They hailed hack, and hasti.
ly jumping in, drove to private house,
No. Ninth street, where they had previous
ly provided clergyman, who had been
brought from New Jersey, and kept here for
two days to be in readiness at any time to
marry the lovers. ....... -. . .a
At the theatre, when our party had OBJ.
tained good seats in the body Of tho house
the eager eye OF the mother sought in vain
for her daughter. Mr. Taylor was also SUI.
prsed at her absence, but ascribed it to un
intentional separation in the crowd H.
thought thry might be up stairs, and consen.
ted to hunt up the lost ones. ie left the
party, but instead Of going to the gallery
proceeded as rapidly as possible (and that
was decidedly fusD to the house in Ninth
street. In about ten minutes u
merry party left the house in Ninth etree,
and proceeded to Wallack's, where they
took seats in the gallery. They had been
seated for but lew moments when Mr..
Huwey (having been sent to search aitel
Mr.. Taylor, the list hunter after Mas Haw.
ley)cam up. The party was glad to see
him, and as their seats were not very com
tortabe, concluded to Join their friends be.
low, whittier they all went, and alter sundry
wonderlngs how they could have got separa-
ted, gave their attentions to the "root o.
New York" Nor did the mother once sus
! no n hor nj h,I
But "murder will OUT During the ride
home, the mother made some inquiries suy.
gested by her sus icions, but the answers
were evosive. On Sunday her fears were
30 aroused that she refused to allow Mr..
T'ylor to see her daughter. On NJ nd.y,
Mr.. Taylor acknowledge that they had been
married, and demanded to see his wife, but
being still refused, he took out writ Of ha.
6sas corpus to obtain her. On going to the
house to serve the writ, he found that the
mother had fed to parts unknown, tukine
the new wife with her. The writ was re
turnable on Tuesday, but no trace of the
iusitlves could be found, and the writ be.
came voids On Wednesday Mr.. Tuy ylor
was going to the store of Mr.. Hawley when
he s4w carriage start from the door,
Thinking he might learn the whereabouts o
his vie he followed, until the cutriage stop.
ped in front of the office OF the AttOrney ol
Mrs. Wright. Being near Judge Suther.
lands office Mr.. Taylor ran in, and quickly
returned with writ of haheas corpus
Opening the carriage door he discovered hi.
mother.in' law, to whom he politely present.
cd the writ. She objected to receiving it
but it was pressed upon her in such deci.
ded mannei, that it would have been rude
for her to decline acceptihg II.
The writ was returhable yesterday, and
the counsel appeared and put in the return
in substance giving the above facts. The
further hearing was postponed until P. NJ
to day.
The parties Most interested are not our
authority for saying that the husband is
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