The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1866-04-17
Elopament Extraordinary.
TWO MOUNT uoLLEY LADIES ARRESTED
on THEIR TRAVELS.

The Rochester (N. ~ Democrat Of
March 3 LIST publishes the following account
Of an extraordinary elopemeot. aud inter-
ruption Of Two Vermont ladies on their
Westward travels;
Yesterday forenoon Clirf of Police,
Sherman, received dispatch from Sche.
ncdaday requesting bin to arrest two
young ladies who weA TO arrive in thai
city on the New York mall train. They
wefetaken into custody as they were about
getting on board the train ior Suspension
Bridge. and seemed to be much supris, d
when told that their journey must be in
lcrrultcd They were taken 10 The police
Office where they related thoir story.
They ire SISTERS, and thelr family name
is Maitia. Taeir mother aud brother re-
.iale a. = aaat HaAg, Y mqat nnA Of
them is twenty .tgo years OF age and III.
other seventeen. \ year ago This spring
tie younger one contracted marriage with
a Mr. 5. + Pryor rontary 10 tht vihes
Of her mc,htr AID brother. IrGa,,in fact.
runaway match, and tie marriage took
place in the cts Of New York The new
ly welded pnir lived together only d,ree
weeks, Whom the cruel other aud brother
found meaus 70 separate them aad they
have not seen each other since. Mr. Pry-
or is now living IN Big Rapids, Michigan,
aud hi, wife has maintained an occasional
correspondence with him through the in
teryentioH OF hrf sister She finally de-
iermincd to rejojn him, and ,urrepliouSly
Ieit home ou Thursday for that purpose.-
Her sister accompanied her, intending to
see her safe in the care Of her husband
and then TO return home. The brother
pursued, and at Schenectady caused the
dispatch TO be sent which occasioned their
arrest.
There was nothing in this statement
which could serve to justify their deten.
tion, but they saidahey were not afraid TO
meet their brother, aud were willing TO
wait till he arrived. During that day
they strolled about the city, and in the
evening returned to the police Office, On
the 1854 train the brother arrived, furious
with rage and determined to take the run
aways home n0ieas roieRS He was quiet
ly informed hat If he had any legal right
TO their custody be could have them-but
he could show nothing Of The kind, One
sister remin led him that she was Of legal
age aud had right TO control her own
motions while the Other said she had a
husband, who was her laalul protector,
and She was on her way to him. He At
tempted to carry out bis purpose by bluff
ing," but was checked by the ehiet Of po-
lice. He then said that be lost some mon
cy not long ago, and thought that perhaps
his sisters might have taken Il. That
story did not answer The purpose and
tLen he instituted another charge Of theft
against them lie had no papers whaiey-
er sub,tantiate his assertions, and il soon
became evident that be had come vest on
fool" errand The sisters persisted II
their intention Of going 70 Michigan, and
got oa board the cars He followed, aud
50 did detectives Rogers and Dresser
That was the. last We saw Of the party.
The train went of aud the oiIieers went
with probably 10 project tic ladies
from the enraged brother Our sympa-
thies always run with the course Of true
love, and therefore we hope that the
Young wife will succeed in joining her
husband, and that he will be to her all that
husband oughy TO be.