The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1867-07-24
EIopement in High Life-Pursuit Of
Marriage Under Difficulties.

Quite an interesting incident occurred
on Wednesday in Covington, in which
the future happiness of at least four per-
sons was involved, and which gave rise
to considerable excitement, and caused
much amusement among n large number
of citizens.
In the morning detective Clint. Butts
received a telegram from Lexington, re-
questing the detention of two young la
aies, infinitely described in the dispatch,
who were on the train due at IL o'clock
A. NJ, on their way with two young men
(also named and described in the dis
patch to Ohio, for the purpose of being
married, until the arrival of their pa
rents on the next train, due at 6 o'colck
p. NJ. Mr.. Butts handed the dispatch to
the City Marshal, who detailed the AS
sistant Marshal, Mr.. Riff, to attend to
the matter. On the arrival of the train
the parties were met by Mr.. Riff, who,
after making his unpleasant duty
know, escorted them to the Planters
House, where he endeavored to enter
tain them until the arrival of tie pa
rents: The young gentlemen could not
be entertained, nor would they submit
to any unnecessary delay. They sought
the assistance of the legal fraternity,
who were not slow in devising means to
meet the emergency of the case. A writ
of hdbeas corpus was proposed, and no
sooner proposed than issued. The writ
was served on Mr.. Riff, and the young
ladies were brought before Hon. w. +.
Arthur, Judge of the Criminal Court, at
two o'clock.
The parties not being. able to show
cause, &C., on such short notice, the
Judge postponed the hearing of the
case until nine o'clock on Thursday
morning, and the parties slowly and
sorrowfnlly wended their way up Scott
street, the observed of all observers and
the object of great curiosity, to the ho-
tel. Their lawyers attended them, and
they freqently halted OH the sidewalk
to talk over their misfOrtunes and dis
appointments, when the Marshal would
quietly seat himself on the doOr-steps
to give them time to talk. On arriving
at the hotel a crowd of sympathizing
friends met them, who endeavored in
every way to persuade the Marshal to
permit them to escape. Failing in this,
they endeavored to attract his attention
to give the ladies an opportunity to es-
cape, but the Marshal kept an eye upon
them. A sham fight was proposed in
the crowd to draw off the Marshal, but
all efforts of the sympathizers were un-
availing until near 5 o'clock, when
there was but little moro than an hour
until the time for the parents to make
their appearance. An escape was the
only chance, and everything depended
upon speedy action. Knowing the de-
termination of the young ladies to es-
cape, if possible, the young gentlemen,
with their friends, had every arrange
ment made; buggies, with feet horses,
were in waiting on q back street to take
them to Ohio.
At last an opportunity presented it
self, when one of the ladies engaged
herself in conversation with the Mar
shal, for the other to make her exit
through q window and escape through
another room. The Marshal immedi-
ately followed, when the other ran
away. The Marshal was misled by
other parties, and the young ladies sue
ceeded by quick flank movement, in
reaching the street, when they jumped
into the buggies and speedily drove to
Cincinnati, where the young gentlemen
met and married them. The names OF
the young ladies are: Miss Mullens,
daughter of DR.. Mullens, of Lexington,
ard Miss. Walker, daughter Of 5. A.
Walker, Esq, of Richmond.
The young gentlemen, we learn, are
brothers, and one of them a minister OF
the Christian church. Their names are
B. J. Pinkerton, of Lexington, aud -
!, - PiDkertOn, of Richmond. The
parents were met by dispatch at Can
ton, and told Of the arrest and subse-
quent escape and marriage. They az
rived at six o'clock, and came to Gin
cipnati to find their daughters and
newly made sons, ltis hoped that they
will forgive and forget.-CiRciRRati COnI-
Hercial, 18th.