Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1865-10-04
4 .RoIoancc I'm Real Life.


We have had here a romantic affair."
sueb rs Will make the mouth of the man
Who does m Tor, cor used TO- the-highly spiced
J, things for the Enquirer, o, v6lf CITY
" water. A few days ago the groom of the
- Rev. DR.. Crosse, the very aristocratic
vm@- Of oa5ham, was brought up
s~ogtA Court for abdueting |
elele. ''''@teE, 2 young lady |
before Wa ee was ap-
the daughter of n.s Alice |
two years his senior, W.
pointed to attend in ri6inr
OaroIne Crosse, the youg adj -,
sllld IN answer to the magistrate b,r'i', tbot ~ .
was not prepared to say whether che st IL 10
young man made the first advir1co'. IN IN
thought they were about eonaI II She tR
story OF the elopement was told With ~ of
greatest eandOr II think she s9J l,T ID
proposed to leave the house There 5o5 gu
Deen a great row, and I was unbann.. ha
ana "iI wished to leave. l arranged If Ha We
t'ne groom was sent away at a moment eal
,,JaI' $50 saw nm in the passage oai
Wlen he was going away aSS zel
merely told him to come t5e niaL4 & ST.
after to my bedroom window and h. Su
came up outside. / think he was in .bo the
lane told him I should 90 away 7 the
put my things out of the window and Co
then got out myself l scrambled oDt 6la
somehow, as had no assistance. I tbinE Lo
ne helped me a little when | pot naarIv
down. think / was slipping down ana
he held ME. Nothing further took nloco s
except -tl-ft-ETp sg,llso1- tss-,tI.e, - af
station. did not know where I was gle
going, but thought | was going to Lon hay
loh. L proposed walking to Weybridqe lou
station 1t is a distance of about 6Ta sho
a half oil Al
walled there together. We took a mail two
train to London, and l paid tbe of {
fare. We went to Waterloo Station vat
rom thence to coffee house in rim
he city, where we had some coffee the
We went to Doctors Commons for Il sew,
'ense of Marriage He applied for it. We of /
'ould not have It without my fathers con- -b
ept. did not hear what was said rs I sho,
vas not present. He told me that ofter- Fat
ward. We came straight to Wadswortb ron
proposed Wadsworth, as l though it elm
would be more CONVENIENT. l had often trac
'een through Wadsworth. We took be s
odgings at Mrs. Wiggins from seeing a she
ard IN her window" Mrs. Virgins de- Mia
crbed how she questioned them whether mOu
hey really were 'man an wife" as she brac
hought they looked more like brother and gers
ister, and how she was sure all the time if tn
hey stayed with her that the lady was such
cal lady. The magistrate had no doubt not
nat Miss Crosse gave her consent to the cOur
lopement, but doubted whether as a su
latter of law young lady under age was seen
ompetent to give it. the
He therefore adjourned the ease but rattl
Omitted the defendant to bail. and the grea
oor boy was led out of court BY his sure their
es, the report says, "in half fainting mou
nd hysterical condition" Miss Crosse drinl
as entitled to considerable property, and cons
ld proposed to her lover that as soon as small
le got possion of it they should take head
1siness. state
The more the story, and particularly the outsi
iris evidence, was examined into, the ladie
lore was public opinion aroused in favor thep
George Smith, the groom, who seemed partl
} have been the passive instrument in the are 5
ands of his mistress. phra
After the case was adjourned Miss repa.
rosse refused to go home, but finally con- pibk
nted to 60 to the house of a relative cuml
gorge repaired to this house and walked by tl
? and down in front Of it. Being re- ded
Iested TO leave he refused until Miss afres
lice herself came out and requested him "corl
leave, wheu he at once obeyed. When had
e case of abduction, DC, came on for wher
ial, on the day before yesterday, the aris- very
cratic clergyman declined to appear ladie
,ainst Smith, who was led out Of the it, IL
urt room a hero. He was cheered and divin
ressed by crowds, women rushing for ever,
ard to grasp his hand. 1t is certain ment
at Mr.. Crosse owes it his groom's hon keep
, and not tohis daughters prudence that in vo
e young lady got no further than the way
lie page to her romance. Yesterday, to becoI
c surprise of all, Smith and Miss Crosse less t
ere married with the consent of the infori
ide's father. A worthy Baker, Mr. Job shall
Gorge, who had been one of Smiths Sc fact t
rites, oficiated as the bridegrooms best ladies
an, while his daughter acted as brides up
aid; There was an immense crowd as Steph
mbled, who insisted on a speech from clique
T. Smith, and he accordingly said a few not.
ords to them from one of the bakers up ed fl
T windows, which we are told were re- world
Ived with tremendous applause. Johns