The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1866-08-21
A Gay Bisamisf-A Minister'S Son Mar
rics Two Girls within Six Weeks.
From the Saginaw Mich. Enterpri'


Last week a young couple came to our
city and stopped at the American Hotel.
! The gentleman was gcnteelly dressed, and
appeared like one who moved in good So
! cicty. The lady was young and pretty, and
looked as though the cares of the life she
was just entering rested lightly upon her
fair shoulders. They had been in the town
! but short time when an officer from
abroad appeared on the scene in search OF
young gentleman answering to the de-
scription of the party above mentioned,
for whom he had a warrant for his arrest
on 4 charge of bigamy. After pretty
thorough search, the young couple were
found, although it does not appear that
they sought concealment. The young man
proved to be the person the officer sought.
lie was accordingly taken into custody and
placed in the county Jail for present safe
keeping. This happened on Sunday last
Monday morning, when the jailcr went
his rounds among the cells, the priso-
ner was missing-the bro had flown
Subsequently it was ascertalned that
he had made his escape through a
very small aperture in the cell door,
through which food was sometimes passed
to prisoners. Being very slim person,
and possessing good deal of the serpent
in his nature, he was able, to use a
homely saying, "to crawl ont of small
hole" which he accordingly did, and made
good his escape, as before minated. We
yesterday called upon the lady whom he
called his wife, from whom We obtained
| the following story of wrong and villainy
Her name is Miss Alexander, and she is
seventeen years of age. Previous to the
farce of marrying this man she resided
with her mother and step-father in q little
country town about ten miles from the
village of Gul Corners, where she became
acquainted with a gay and festive young
man by the name of Edwin NJ. Chambers,
the son of Methodist minister, residing at
or near Kalamazoo. The young man ap-
peared to have plenty of money, was well
dressed, good looking, with raven hair
curling over a massive brow, and pleasing
and winning in his address.
Mr.. Chambers was about twenty years
of age when he first caught sight of Miss
Alexander, and to use his own ecstatic
language, his " soul was fired with love u
for the beautiful girl, with her bright face,
her bewitching curls dark as midnight,
her sylph-like form, and her sweet, win.
ming ways. He sought an introduction to
her, which was consummated, and he
thought himself lucky man. He made
love to her after the most approved fash.
ion, which she, fond enthusiast, returned
with all the ardor of her young, trusting
| heart.
The young man finally preached the
snbiect of marriage, She blushingly re-
ferred him to ma, who, perhaps thinking
her daughter had chosen the better part,
consented to the nuptials. We would
here state that the young lady's STEP
father was a man wellto-do in the world,
and although by no means demonstrative
placed no bar in the way of the young
peoples union, undoubtedly thinking them,
however, both rather young to marry.
The course of true love had, up to this
time, apparently ran smoothly, when the
Young man was suddenly called away to
distant town on some real or pretended
business. As is usual in such cases, he
left his fair afiianccd in tears, but tearing
himself away from her embrace, hurried
off on the next train. We will now fol-
low the course Of tho young gentleman
lover. After leaving the presence OF
the confding girl he pursued his course
until he reached little country place,
about six miles from Detroit, called Bed
ford. Here he threw off every restraint
which thoughts Of the trusting creature he