Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1858-10-06
FINN the Cleveland PIdindedler.
Double ElOpement.

THE BOXER AND DEAN CASE OUTDoNE-Two
BROTHERS RUN AWAY WITH TWO SISTERS
ONE COUPLE GET MARRIED AND THE OTHER
DON'T.
Mr.. Lloyd, highly respectable farmer of
Wicklife, arrived in the city last evening in
an excited State OF mind. He sought out
Marshal Gallagher aud told him that his two
daughters had eloped Monday night with two
hired men, brothers, and named respectively
Chauncey Lewis and Watson Lewis. Mr..
Lloyd thought they were in this city The
Marshal put on his seven league boots and
commenced walking rapidly round the city
He found the enterprising parties at the
franklin House, on Pearl street. Watson
had already married one of the sisters and
retired for the night. Chauncey Lewis was
making arrangements to marry the other sis
ter when the Marshal appeared and took him
and his intended to the police station. Lock
| ing Chauncey Lewis up in the watch-house.
Mr.. Lloyd took his daughter to the CONNER
cial House and locked her up in room.
Mr.. Lloyd. in addition to being an extern
| sive and flourishing farmer. keeps a tavern
| in Wicklihe, which is very favoraby known
| throughout this section. 1t is located near
! the lake shore, and near where the Inflated
steamer Griffith was burned few years since
! Mr.. l.. owns some four hundred and fifty
acres of land in Wickliffe, and is quite
wealthy. His daughters are named Mary and
Laura. Mary is about twenty years old and
Laura about sixteen. They are splendid
girls and are fashonably and richly dressed
| They are both well educated having enjoyed
superior advantages in this respect.
The Lewis brothers are uncouth, uneducat-
ed and overgrown specimens of humanity,
| and can neither read nor write They hired
out to Mr.. Lloyd some six months ago. He
paid Watson. the oldest one, Sl3 and
Chauncey $40 month. Chauncery Lewis,
| the young man who didn't get married and
who passed the night in the Watch House, is
a very sleepy and stupid appearing young
man. We doubt If he knows enough to ex
| ercise the sagacity of common Shanghai
! chicken and go under cover when il rains
| He was released this morning at the sugges-
ton of Mr.. Lloyd and requested to s'scoot"
which he hastily did He promised, with
tears in his eyes, never TO come within ten
miles of Wicklife again. The married
brother Of course cannot he interfered with
The parties eloped at about III O'Clock on
Monday night, and were not missed until
yesterday morning. The brothers hired a
horse and buggy at Willoughby and went 10
| Mr.. Lloyd's house where the girls were await
ing them. with their trunks all packed. The
girls left the house noislessly and got into
the buggy, and the parties moved slowly to-
| wards Cieverland. One of the brothers walked
all the way here (about sixteen milcs) and
the other rode and drove. Arriving here,
they stopped at the Commercial House. Ia
the evening a Justice was called in, and
Watson and Mary were married. Chauncey
and Laura concluded to p spone being
united until this morning, which conclusion
fortunately enabled Mr.. Lloyd TO prevent
the ceremony. The parties all moved from
the Commercial to the Franklin, where they
were found as above stated
This Is the most remarkable case of elope-
ment that we ever heard OF. 1t utterly
eclipses the Boxer aud Dean Case. What
two handsome aud cultivated girls, ~ the
Misses Lloyd certainly were, could find TO
admire in two such fellows ms the Lewis
brothers, is more than we can imagine. Mr.
Lloyd and his wife are overwhelmed with
grief by this inexplicable conduct OF thei,
daughters ~