New-York daily tribune., 1859-08-01
ELOPENENT or 4 WOMiN WITH i
MINISTER.
Fros. Tae .i:5aay s'a;,,~as, Ja,y :.

MINISTER.
Fros. Tas A.basy Sd:simaE, Jt'y =
crest excitement prevailed e. me sfeamooa; landing
OIL saturday evening, consequent upon the capture Ot
n runaway wife. lhe facts o the case sre as follows;
4 yourg lr-h girl Of IL, named Ma'y Acn Conlon,
msiried fellow nan ed james DYKE, az Tia milton,
C. W. about three years since. lie par continued
to live st Hsmil;on until few weeks snce, when
DYKE who is telegraph operator. secnred employ
ment IN Syracuse, leaving his wife behinf IN fiaton
Feeling rather lonesome IN MS new quarters, ana SiSi
irc for he CompanUnsbp Ci his Wlie hs sent her ru
to come on and be would meet her a Lockp0rt. Sne
went ~ Suspension Bnige. and styling ner-eif Mfs.
Daniel t. Sokles" she took up her quarters at house
of l fame. Tne distinguished appelatoa uniet "hlcn
she h1uf.-he1 together WIKI msny natural grace, Ol
u,sur,r snd person caused Q1te crowd OF adniIers
- flock abou. her. Among those who paid homage et
her > rine T. me,hodcal looking lersonaIe, VINO
s,yled himsef The Rev. james W. iadiord of
T.1af." Ire reverend gentleman gave out that ne
ves possessed Of $5ulO, and upon hesrng that iacs
May at once proceeded 20 work herself INTO bS gooi
graces. She performed ner PSF. All d1naoly ana "uu
such tucce-s ,Bst the reverend gentleman became
chained si,h her ard beSJught her - Zee Win nun
Forgetting her husband lwlo, according 20 her story
u a miserable wretch, Mary 4, once s'eefed 20 the
proposal and the eDamored psr took the ears Or ths
ciiy and upon arriving here stopped at the Adams
House. 80
cionsress Of ali that had tTen.piref journeyei To
Iockport 10 meet the partner oi his bosom. Arrived
there are hearing i1ngs Of her, ne pushed forward
,u Susoeg~ou Bridge. Here he G>certalned Tue idcts
of the cese and learned aso that toe guilty par had
bu, few hours stsrt O him. Determined mol % o-e
his wife he took the train and reached here soon
after the runawsys. \ short search revealed the OBJ
l. ct of his Journey and with mingled accents ~ rsge
spd peasu!e he commanded her to return win h!u.
Mary hay refused 20 comply, and war of reproach
on both sides commenced, and was continued un'li
Spec,al Officer CoDkln appeared who at once arrested
both usrtes and toJk them before Justice Coe as
disor1erly persons.
The Rev. Mr.. Hartford disappeared a. the begin
ling of The dispute, and has not been seen slnce' IL Is
prohable that be took the evening boat for New York.
Iuon beipg arraigned st the police office, Dyke sta
ted The case, and m return Mary informed the Court
that he was ni cradle, idle shifiess wretch ana that
she had supported hm for the last Two years VITA me
wages of her shame. She did not deny that she had
d wsutons hfe but asserted that sue was forced to
DO II iron want. She said she was tired living WIN
him. and would besr it no longer. Justice Cole ad-
y.e her 10 return with him; she refused point blank,
but finally col sened and eit the office with him As
soon az she had cleared the portals OF justice however
her rsctious spin, returned, and sac stareu LOT 'e
New-York steamboat Dyke iohoged vsniy enueH, Hc
inc her 10 return. Mary Curtly Informed him. a. sue
sed down Broadway, that sne would see him hanged
before enc would return, and applied certain epthets
to him which caused a crowd to foiow them 10 tue
lanGIg. J.
Mary at once proceeded on board, and Dyke, finding
his requests dlsreg sIied rushed after and sezng her
IL his arms, bore her 10 carriage on the dock mary
fought Ike tigress: she scratched ard mauled nun
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In, head ard shOwered torrent Of abuse on him. IN
lsprusge more expressive than polite. Aer desper-
ate ,ruggle Dyke succeeded in placing her in the
carriage, but neither party having any money the
criyer refused 10 bulge an inch without hls fare At
this Interesting juncture, Officer DuHmefy mounted
the box ard ordered coachee 70 drive to the frst s-
trict Statop-House. Upon arriving there the war
Has renewed. but Capt. HagsdoIn put stopper on
the belhgerents by summarly locking them up in
separate cel, where they renamed darlog the nsM'
In the morning they were taken before Squire Cole
and upon promising TO return home together tney
were allowed depart. Although Mary assured the
Justice that she would return with her husband, II ID
doubtful if she keeps her word. The pair were seen
about town yesterday several times, apparently recon
cle bu. are inclined TO believe thst thc ehd II hot
| Jet.
The Niagara Fall Ga:ttte has the following con-
c,rning the parties engaged in The eopement "hich
We published on Monday
The msn came to the Mon'eagle House abont a
week 400 ard registered himself " Rev. Il. w. God
frey New-York.' 1hi. lspr baby his real pane, AMI
IL II further rery pTob0J th0t Ae Is Cmtoftc fres,
whose address i. at the metropolitan Hotel, New
York He made the acquaintance Of Mary Ann a. one
Of the houses ~ i-tame kept by womsn known es
Jennie JoLes. There II no accounting Tor tastes
sometime in his there is good evidence that DC
really became oespera,sy in love With the ira crea
tnre She apparently GecIprOcasd the passion, aud
thew made arrange 20 go together 10 New York
She took a carriage and went 10 Csyuga Sreeh ne
checked his baggage the BfGge Tor New York, but
took the train for Buffalo atd joined her at Cayuga
Creek. They probably stayed over night at Buffalo,
thus giving DYKE time 20 overhaul them AZ Albany,
when the scenes ensued a. related by the Albany
paper.
The reverend gentleman IL yet very aoxious 10 rescue
the girl from her husband, vhOm he terms brute.
lie will give " ry'hing' to OBTAIN her. Nhoc' er
therefore vii fro the .ad Mary Ann, and assist Der
To u eet him in Ne8-l0Ik be declares he will rchy
reward There IS good cbsace ior any one IN the .b
duc'iIg business.
DIXIE and bis Mary Ann have led wayward l'es.
Dy k. we believe ns,ye OF this place Gn1 Il respect
ably Connected His friends have exhausted sl efforts
to reclaim HIM When K. y. Brown, esq, rds SnpeT-
intendent Of the C.. & r Railroad, Dyk was ncket
agent ard telegraph operator az village between mere
and Batavia. ana gave Mr BiOSn considerable to0pie
by prailLg 10 his Own use the funds oi TIE Once
We believe ne has been mate acquainted with the m
side srrsr Of the ss az bu''lo Syracuse ani
some ether places. In company with the clefk ot
bark m Syrac,e they ell unGertODk 10 rob the bank,
and forged large sn1Wt OF paper, but a. the clerk
carried the key the bank snd slept here there Wa
fsure convict According 10 her s'0rles they nave
both been largely engaged in hOusebreakDg ana other
little waysarl freaks. They have been oil over tne
country spendir the ngnts, A. times, IN c0inortabie
quarters then sgain on the Netsrn prtres, and IN
cergoug much hardship. II il not strange, therefore,
that she sboud desire 10 bin of. Tnat size pasrd
herself here az Mn. ID. T.. >ckles : denied. TIE
Rev. G.. W Godfrey a. last sdylces was ANXIOUS q;
eve, 70 obtain the q dear creature.
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