, 1858-03-12

Writ Of Habeas Corpus to obtain q wife.
There was another curious case Of hd6eds cor
pu' before the New York Supreme Court in
which young lady was the "bOne of cOnten-
tion." She is the daughter Of wealthy widow,
who in her early days, elOped with Mr. Haw-
ley, from whom she subsequently obtained u
divorce, and married a Mr.. Wright By her
first marriage she had two children, q boy and a
girl, to whom their father, when dying, left
$4,000 each. With these two children the
widow Wright has been residing in Thirteenth
street, New York. Some few years ago, a Mr..
George Taylor, a merchants clerk, then about
twenty years of age, made the acquaintance Of
Miss Emma A. Hawky, the daughter Of Mrs.
Wright He became quite intimate in the fam
lily, and the mother indirectly gave her consent
to the marriage. He, however, had to go to
Europe on business for his employers, during
which time he constantly received letters from
both the daughter ard tho mOther-the latter
in her letters, always alluded to his matrimoni-
al plans, and spoke Of her daughter in connec-
ton with them; but on his return, Mrs. Wright
became opposed to the proposed union, and de-
termined that it should not be consuinmated.
She kept a strict watch upon the young lovers,
not allowing them to leave the house together.
1t is su posed that George and Emma planned
various schemes for an elopement but all were
frustrated by her watchiulness On Saturday,
January 9th, party was formed to visit Wal
lacks Theater. Mr.. Taylor and Mr.. Hawley,
Jr., were to 60 together. Emma, gentleman
who was in her plot, and Mrs. Wright, 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 a
hack, and hastily Jumping in, drove to private
house, No. =, Ninth street, where they had
previously provided clergyman, who had been
brought from New Jersey, aud kept here for
two days to be in readiness at any time to marry
the lovers.
At the Theater, when our party had obtained
good seats in the body Of the house, the eager
eye Of the mother sought in vain for her daugh-
ter. Mr.. Taylor was also surprised at her ab-
sence, but ascribed 1t to unintentiOnal separa-
tion in the crowd He thought they might be
up stairs, and consented to hunt up the lost one.
He lef the party, but instead Of going to the gal
lery, proceeded as rapidly as possible, (and that
was decidedly fast) to the house in Ninth street.
In about ten minutes a merry party left the
house in Ninth street, and proceeded to Wal
lacks where they took seats in the gallery.
They had been seated but few moments, when
Mr.. Hawley, (having been sent to search after
Mr. Taylor, the lost hunter after Miss Hawley)
came up. The party was glad to see him, and
as their seats were not very comfortable, con
cluded to join their friends below, whittier they
all went, and after sundry wonderings how they
could have got separated, gave their attention to
the "Poor Of New York" Nor did the mother
once suspect the other play had been acted.
But "Murder will out" During the ride
home, the mother made some inquiries suggest
ed by her suspicious, but the answers were eva
siVe. On Sunday her fears were aroused that
she refused to allow Mr.. Taylor to see her daugh-
ter. On Monday, Mr.. Taylor acknOw edged that
they had been married, and demanded 10 SEE
his wife, but being still refused, he took out .
writ Of habsas corpus to obtain her. On going to
the house to serve the writ he found that the
mother had fled to parts unknown, taking the
new wife with her. The writ was rsturnable on
Tuesday, but no trace Of the fugItives could be
found, and the writ became void. On Wednes-
day, January 18th, Mr.. Taylor was gOiEg to the
store Of Mr. Hawley, when he saw carriage
start from the door. Thinking he might learn