Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1858-10-05
Daily Yirsiaiaa.
From the Cleveland Plain Dealer, Of Sepssmbr %.
Double Elopement--The Boxer and Dean
Case Outdonoi

From the Cleveland H0ia Dealer, Of September ~.
Double Elopement-,The Boxer and Dean
Mr.. Lloyd, highly respectable farmer Of Wick
life, arrived in this city last evening in IN excited
state Of mind. Heeeought out Marshall Gallagher
and told him thaghis two daughters he'd sloped
Monday nigh. with two hired men. brothera. and
named ; respectively Chs1noeS Lsxi' and WATSON
this city. The Marshall put on his seven league
boots and commenced walking rapidly round the
city lIe found the enterprsing parties q last 1t
the franklin House, Pearl street. Watson Lewis
had already married Of the sisters and retired
for the night. Cbauncey Lswiswas making arrange
appeared aud took him and his intended to the po-
lice station, Locking Chaunccy Lewis up in the
Watch iIouse, Mr.. Lloyd took bis daughter 10 the
Commercial House and locked her up in room.
Nh Lloyd, in addition to being an extensive and
lourshing farmer, keeps tavern in Wicklife,
which is very favorubly known throughout this
section. 1t is located near the Lakeshore, and
near where the lfatcd steamer Grihith was bur-
ned some years since. Mr.. l.. owns some four hum
dred and fifty acres Of landin Wicklife, and il
quito wealthy. His daughters aro named Mary
and Laura. Mary is about twenty years old and
laurn nbon, sixteen. They are splendid looking
| girls and fashonably and richly dressed. they
| are both well educated, having enjoyed superior
| advantages in this respect. -l5
The Lewis brothers are uncouth, uneducated
| and ovcrgrown specimens of humanity and can
neither read nor write. They hired out to Mr..
Lloyd some ak months ago. lie paid Watson,
tho oldest one, Sl3 and Chauncey $40 = month
Chauncey Lewis, the young man who didn't get
married and who passed the night In the watch
housc,is u worry sleepy and stupidappearng yonng
man. We doubt IL he knows enough to exercise
the sngaoity Of u common Shanghai chicken and
60 under covcr when it rains. lie was re-
leased this morning at tho suggestion Of Mr.
| Lloyd aud requested to "scnot," which he has
| tily did Ile promised with tears in his eyes,
never to come within ten miles of Wckli6s again.
| The married brother Of cannot be ihterfer
| red with.
The parties copcd Mt about II o'clock on Mon
day night and were not missed until yesterday
morning. The brothers hired horse and buggy
at Willoughby, and went to Mr.. Lloyds house
where the girls were awaiting them, with their
trunks all packed. Tho girls left the house
nosclcssly and got into the buggy and the parties
moved slowly towards Cleveland. Ono Of the
brothers walked ul tho why here (about sixteen
nilcH) and the other rode aud drove. Arriv-
ing here they stopped ut tho Commercial House.
In tho evening. Justice was called in, and
| Watson and Mary were married. Chnuncey
and Laura concluded to postpone being united
until this morning. which conclusion fortunately
enabled Mr.. Lloyd to prevent the ceremony.--
| The parties all moved from the Commercial 70
tho Franklin, whore they were found ~ above
| stated
| This ia the most remarkable case Of elopsment
that we ever heard Of II utterly eclipses the Bo-
kcr and Dean case. What two handsome and cul-
tivnted girls rs the Misses Lloyd certainly were,
could find to admire in two such fellows 40 the
| Lewis brothers, Is more than we can imagine
| Mr.. Lloyd and his wife arb overwhelmed with
grief by this inexplicable conductof their daugh-
| ters.