The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1866-04-27


Lashaway ElOpement--Sad Result OF
too much Shutting of the ''Light
Fantastic Toe'--An Indulgeut
Husband and a ssParting Kiss"
The De Witt (IoWa) Observer, of the
9th inst, gives an elaborate account of
an elopement that occurred from the
timber north of that place at a recent
date, in the case of Mr.. Joseph Liston' 5
wife Mary and one Albert Lashaway.
Sheriff Hogle, Of Clinton county, and
his deputy, Wickes, arrested the party
at Ramassa, seven miles east Of De
Witt, on the 5th inst
It seems that Mrs Mary was given to
much ashufling of the light fantastic
toe" etc, which her husband objected
to. Mr. Liston is an attentive, hard
working man, and recently sold farm
in the timber, as many of our resders
doubtless know, for $500 This money
was locked up st home in a trunk for
safe keeping, and 10 be appropriately
applied for their future maintenance.
Lashaway is a youth of perhaps some
twenty summers, and living IN the
neighborhoOd of Listens for some time,
has made living, as the Observer says,
by his fiddle. Of couIse great respect
ability is attached to that profession,
and the winning ways of one given to
it, as was LashaWay, soon won the fair
Mary. She concluded the embodiment
of perfection was in Albert, and not in
her lawful welded Joseph, and con-
nived plan of elopement with him,
taking, to defray all incidental ex-
penses, the $500 Mr.. L. was absent
from home at the time, but upon
his return found no one at home
the children at a neighbors. Ayoung
man from this city, an accomplice in
the act, had furnished the carriage; and
quoting from the Observer, who has prob
ably been credibly informed of all the
facts, "a brother of Mrs. Liston suspect
ing that evening that all was not going
right, concluded to watch at the road
side in the woods near the house.
Some time after dark a covered carriage
drove up near the house, passed where
the young man was keeping watch, and
turned around to 60 back. When the
carriage came near the young man, a
Woman's voice was heard to cry out
Hold on, want to ride Unknown
to each other, the brother and sister
had sought hiding places near together,
and when she advanced, making the
above remark, the brother sprang for
ward and caught her, saying, No. by
Cd, you won't She cried for help,
and LashaWsy, jumping from the car
Tiage, took part in the tussle, which re-
suited in the release of the woman,
and the couple, getting into the car
riage, rode Off The carriage was track
ed TO De Witt, and it was discovered at
the Gates House that they had arrived
there about six clock in the morning,
the gallant registering the name A.
Lashaway and lady The sheriff fol-
lowed them up IS already stated, and
obtained $500 of the missing money,
which was given to Liston. The hus-
band gave Mrs. ListOn $50, and said he
never wanted to see her face again
This she took very cooliy, but when, by
permission of the sheriff, she went TO
the Jail door to bid her hopeful fiddler
good-by, she was moved to tears. A
parting kiss NEs taken, and the loving
pair had to separate. Mr. Liston, from
respect TO the parents of his inhdel
wife, has dropped the case, though he
could, no doubt, have the offenders
sent to the State Prison. Both Lasha-
way and his devoted Mary declare their
intention of yet living together, al
though he has wife in Canada, having
come out here to secure place to
move to. Mrs. Liston gave Lashaway
$25 of the $50 she received of her hus-
band. He is now in Jail, and we have
not been informed of her wherea-
bouts.