Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1870-12-08
\ Canadian Wedding Party, and what
Became of Them.
Prom the Detroit Tribune

Yesterday morning CDR George
Manning and Frank Logan, with several
aliases and two young girls, all from a
prominent Canadian town, were arrested
at one of our hotels and detained at the
police station until evening, at which
time they took passage for home, feeling
much better, in some respects, vet de
eidedly uncomfortable on general prin-
ciples. 1t appears that Manning eloped
with daughter of a respectable gentle
man residing in the town referred to,
and the pair were accompanied hither
by Logan and one of the prospective
brides companions. The girls were
of the period sort, and were appar-
emily determined to see the affair
through at all hazards. Everything
might have terminated happily but for
the fact that Manning does not bear the
best of reputation at home, and that
Logan has a wife living.
About the usual plan for an elopement,
including the lowering of trunks from
the back window of ''brown stone
'front.'" was duly executed, and the girls
had narrow escape from capture by
the ''cruel PARENT" stumbling over the
aforesaid trunks, which had been tenn
porarily placed In dark passage way.
These PARENTS" you know. always ac-
cidentlv stumble over something, when
they are expected to be asleep. Man
ming and Logan purchased tickets for
the girls to come TO our city, and they
started on Tuesday evening. A lynx
cred officer, however, prevented the
men from leaving at that time, an
they were compelled to drive TO an ad-
iacent station and take the early train
on Wednesday morning, on which they
came on to Detroit arriving here on
Thursday evening. The girls went to
one Of our leading hotels and were met
bv Manning and Logan and taken to
another hotel where they were register
ed as married people, and occupied
rooms accordingly.
At two o'clock Yesterday morning, the
Chief of Police was instructed by tele-
graph to arrest the quartette of crimi-
nails, and the detective above named
traced the party to their hotel, and ar
rested them after breakfast. Later in
the day the father of the girl who had
been. coaxed away by Manning and her
brother and cousin arrived here, and in
terviewed the erring females and the
scoundreIly men. A stormy scene en-
sued. Manning took the thing remark
ably cool, while Logan declared that he
was innocent. The girls shed crocodile
tears, pleaded forgiveness, laughed,
ioked, appeared sad, and generally de-
ported themselves as if they din't care
whether school kept or not. B" The
father called Manning and Logan scoun-
drels, regretted that be had not provided
himself with revolver for murderous
purposes, and manifested disposition
to let ont the brains of those who had so
seriously disturbed his peace of mind,
and brought disgrace upon his family.
After a prolonged interview, a COM
promise was affected. Justice Guenther
was called in and married Manning and
his eloping companion, and it was deci-
ded to let Logan and his female friend
return to T., and make his peace, as
best as he could, with the other half of
the family. The erring quartette were
short of funds, and the brother of the
bride paid all accrued expenses, includ-
ing the marriage fee and hotel bills, and
the whole party left ON the Grand
Trunk train, as ''happy as CLAIMS in high
water