Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1865-10-19
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A Romance i'm Real, Life.
Extract, from from ! London Correspondent to

Extract from q London Correspondent to the
Cincinnati Gazette.
I'VE have had here romantic taffiiir, such
as will mike the mouth Of the Inan who does
up Cor used up) the highly spiceds things for
the Sunday Enquirer Of your city, water. A
few days agotheg groom orthc Rev Dir, Crosse,
the very aristocratlc clcrgyman Of Oakhnm,
was brought Up before Wandsworth Court for
|abducting the daughter OF his master, a~young
lady two years his senior, whom he was ap-
pointed to attend in riding, Miss Alice Car.
oline Crosse, the young lady in question, said
in answer; to the magistrate that she was not
prepared tosay whether she or the young man
made the first q Vance; she thought they were
about equal Her story Of the elopement
was told with tho greatest caildor Il think,
she said, 4 proposed to leave the house. -
There had been q great row.. and ! was un-
happy, and | wished to leave. / arranged it.
He (the groom) was sent away at n nome mt s
notice. saw him in the. passage. when he
was leaving, and ! merely told him to come
the night after to my bedroom window. ] lit
papers in the window, ard he came up out
side, ! think he was in the lane Il told him
| should go away 4 put my things out of the
window and them got out myself | scram-
bIed ou. somehow, as had no assistance. /
think he helped me little when got nearly
down, think was slipping down, and he
held me. Nothing further took place, except
thtt we walked together to the station. i did
not know where was going, but ] thought
was going to London. proposed wulking to
Weypridge Station II is d distance Of about
five miles and . half along the road We
walked there together We took a mail train
to London, and I Paid the fare. We went 10
Waterloo Station, from thence to d coffee
house in the city, where We had some coffee.
We went to Doctors Commons for license
Of marriage He applied for Ii, we could
not have it without my fathers consent
did not hear what was said, as j was.not pres
Hent He told me that afterward. We came
straight 70 Wandsworth, ] proposed Wands-
worth, as | thought it would be more conven.
lent; I had l'often been through Wordsworth
We took lodgings at Mrs. 5Wiggins from see
ing o card in her window. Mrs Virgins
described how the young people came to her
house, how she questioned them whether they
really were man and wife, MS she thought
they looked more like brother and Sister, and
how she was sure all the. time they stayed
with her that the lady was VA real ialS" =
The magistrateihad no doubt that Miss Crosse
gave herconsent to the elopement, but doubt
cd whether as a matter OF law young lady
Under agenwas icompetent to give it. y He
therefore adjourned the case, but admitted the
defendant TO bail, and thepoor hoy was. led
out Of court BY his siretiess the report says,
int half fainting and hysterical condition.
Miss Crosse was entitled to considerable prop
ertS, and had proposed 70 her lover that es
soon as she got possession of j they should
take ,ibusipess. i.s,g n a.. .3,,;.;., q.
The more the story, and particularly the
eiri evid dence, was examined into, the more
was public opinion aroused III fpvor of, George
Smith, tie groom, who seemed 10 have heen
the passive instrament IN the hands Of bis
mistress, Alter the case adjourned, Miss
crosse refused to 60 home, bnt finally eopsen,
ted to 20 10 tia house OF "a relative George
Irepoired to this house and walked ,pn and
down IN front oft Being requested 10 leave
he refused, until Miss Alice herself came .oot
and yeqpested hin, to Ieaye, when he at once
obeycds When dle cals 0 Abduction, &c,
caIneon for trial, Tie pristocratic, clergyman
declined 70 appear, against Smith Who was
led sont of the ,conrt ,rosr d hero He, was
eheered and caressed hy crowds, women rnsh.
ing forward 70 grasp his hand u iscegtnip
that Err Crosse owes i to his groon's honor,