Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1871-11-16
4 S;HRAN{iE CASE.
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From the D,trnl FREQ Press, 18TH
Yesterday two farmers from Oakland
county, named Aanson Gilbert and
George ~. Hall, arrived in Detroit i'll
search OF tho brother Of the latter, {;
yrI'ng man named !'lnnry Hall. They
made :, rather singular statement tu
>4riuns parties with whom they came
in r,nt:lrt while searching for Hall, but
, Iii, appearance, wh>n discovered, seem
CT to corroboratc everything stated. Ii
seems that young llull's mother is j,
widow woman, AMI that he lives ut
home and h;ss cl,:,rsc of the farm, the
! elder brother livin&innaothcrt township.
Being Il young mn Of twenty three,
, it was, perhaps, natural Chat
! Emory should think OF marriage,
and also lE,tural tl.at he should exercise
his own Judgment in selecting q girl tC
become his future wife. His selection,
however did not suit the idea Of his
mother, and for the past six months she
hes bantcrcu linn almost out Of his " it's.
She had her eye n a farmers daughter
whom she desired to call her da11ghter-
i!-iaw, but this girl was dist>,stcful tt
the son, and I'LL that could be said would
not induce him to rav her any attention.
! The elder brother lad some knowledge
"I how affairs were going, and it seems
that his plain talk created family fuss,
and that he was as good as turned out
doors by the mother.
Mrs. Hall, being wealthy, was able
10 WELD an influence which she could
not otherwise have had, and, by threats
to disilhcrit her son, made him consent
about four weeks ago to Wet, the girl
she lad chosen for him. Hehad never
visited the young lady, and, up to the
night before the marriage was to take
place, had not entered her fathers
house. Last Sunday WAS the ,,:ly set
for the marriage, and the young man
and his mother dressed mp in their best
and started for the brides house, which
was about four miles away. A few farm
crs and their wives had been invited, (,
minister WAS on hand, and there was
nothing lacking to make u happy time,
except a better feeling on the part of
young Hall, who acted more as if he
was going to the gAllows. His strange
conduct after entering tho house was so
generally observed that there was some
talk Of postponing the ceremony, and
while this was going onhc took occasion
to slip ont Of tho house. Search WIS
soon made for him, but he was not t>,
be found, although the country around
for two or three miles WIS looked over.
Sunday light, young Hall arrived at
Pontiac, and got Oh board of a train
for Detroit. IIc was seen by some one
vino knew him, and his brother got
word and cu1nc Oh after him in COM
pAny with a friend. No one had seen
the young man in the vicinity Of the
Detroit and Milwaukee, depot, and after
{, lock around town, and Il call at the
Central Station to see if he had been
arrested, the scarchcrs went to Windsor,
came back without a tsacc, and thcn
to the Central depot. Making inquiries
Of Officer Button, nc remembered that
he ht:I seen a person OF Halls descrip-
tiol, and a search among the saloons
brought the young 1nnn out, but only
to show that he had either been made
insane or had lost his senses and be-
came al idiot. He had lost or given
away his coat and hat, his shirt was
stained, lie was without collar or neck
tic, and his general appearance WAS
tllatof athorougllvagabond, cvento his
want Of finds, having in some way got
rid Of twenty or thirty dollars. When
found, he Was singing songs and dane
ing to a crowd OF drunken wretchcs,
u'.i it WAS !, long tirie before he could
be made to understand who his bro
thcr was, even forgetting his OWL name.
He had not been drinking, nor cp',l!
the crowd tempt him to, but his actions
were as silly as those of child, while
his conversation all went to show that
his brain was badly affected. He was
provided with new clothing, furnished
with IL dinner, Of which he ate rave
nolsly, and WAS to DC taken home last