Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1872-08-22
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A MARRIED EAC RUNS CFF WITH a YOUNG
cTRL-TEB ELorEas REPORTED 20 HAVE
BEEN MARRIED IN TEEs CITT AID GONE
WEST.
For sgue tine past it has been reported ia
Prince William county. Va, thgJ james T.
Clark. late editor OF the VI anSSsss Gzrss5ss, and
CommoDwea.th's attorney, had eiof ed from
Manassas with -Cung girl vtiorr he had Sc
dGced, leaving behind him a wife and two chill
dren. Tie LyncS5Urg ;(Va.l R<s,.Bisacz says;
flames J. Clark Is son of the Rev. John
Clark, EDITOR Of the Warren SeEsiseG. ard a Bap-
tist minister OF good standing, and Is p nan or
sprigbtiy intellect and engaging n.suEers. Sew
erai year since he married besutitu. Young
lady, Miss Lee, Of King George count settled
in Prince William county. and engages. m the
practice &C his profession. law. He ives elected
commonwealth attorney, and edited tie Ma
nass&s ., etc a. the time OF his departure. Re-
Gently ne declared his intention tC remove
south, preparatory &C which he
EE1of 81 HIS WIFE AND CEELDRBC
TO her fathers residence in King George county.
On returning to Manassas he sold hos household
effects and took board at the residence a. Mr..
teWeH, TIE depot agent, and popular 2Esi re-
spested citizen Of that yil!age, He became at
ME, gin Of fifteen years, lovely liz person
and amaS.e, trusting in character. But the
fact that he was married man dis1-Glet the
suspicion OF the chiiG'S parents. and no account
was taken Of his attentions. Four weeks ago.
after Mr.. bSvells family had retired. the
daughter Fannie pleaded sickness and went
down stairs. Not TetgSl ing In reasonable tine.
search was 10 ttuted f9- her. bBt she could TO,
be found. The freight train bound Tor Aiexar-
drla was stans.-u in trolt OF the house, and M.
i. searched l.. a he thought thorough bUt
without success. But lie girl was
Cancelled IN TIE CABoosE.
anu IN this way Snected Ecr escape. Arriving az
Alexandria, she was met by Clark. Al W Ssh-
tnet0n, fearing to take the train. they took a
hack. and boarded the train a. Bad snsburE
whittier they went westward. The Cincinnati
knGtlr RS account says TIE guilty parties we've
married in Washington, but this is not believed
at NJ anasSas, for ii IS hardly possible that man
Of Clark shrewdaess would add to his Other
crimes that OF bigaiay. The g.cl and her parents
ave the sympathies of oUr.UEOie comm nitT."
The account in the Cincinnati En4airer OF the
18th inst, above referred TO, says:-''A Young
woman, apparently about Is years OF age, COOS
looking and respectfully dressed. arrived in This
Gig by the Ohio and Mississippi RAILROAD on
Thursday morning,
IN SEARCH oE EER HUSBAND.
Sbt stated 70 Officer Kinney, whc observed her
waiting and watching in the depot that her
naEe was Mrs. James Z. CLARK, and that she
IorIs 7riy lived at Manassas, PRICE William
COUNTY, Virginia, with her parents. There she
became acquainted with mir. James +. Clark.
with whom she eloped trosn home, CR accounto Of
her parents opposition 10 their me- rr.age. Nh.
Clark she said, Is lawyer, and was once prose
cutng attorney Of the co@uty IN which they
lived. They
LEFT HOME At MIDNIGHT
on freight train and went TO Washington.
where they were married. They then started
on wedding tour by the way OF Buffalo,
Detroit, Chicago and Mexico, Missouri, WHERE
the young gentleman proposed to locate and
practice his profession. They remained there
but a short time, when Mr.. CLARK determined 10
return East. Mrs. Clark gave her husband so,
ell the money she had, ard he started for this
city TO find a better opening. Sue stated that
aer husband had Instructed her to follow hin in
twO days. She expected him to meet her but
be had failed 10 80 so. for what reason she vas
unable 20 state. L he said her husband had been
kind l. her, and she knew no reason
Why be should Wish Ito desert her. She was at
terry perm iiess. Th3 Mayor gave her ticket to
Washington, together with about ten dollars,
which Officer Kinney had collected for her"
1t seems that her husband Joined her before
She LETT the depot in Cincinnati, and the papers
speak OF their meeting a. "a joyful one"