Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-03-25
A CASE OF ELOPEMENT.

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The st. Louis Democrat of the 22i inst.
tells the following story which will be news
to Nashville readers:
A curious case has Just come under the
eyes of the police, in which two women are
supposed to have eloped with one lover,
| who carries them away from their hus-
| bands, and which probably stands unparal-
leled in the annals of The tender passion.
little over week ago there arrived at
hotel in the cen raj part of town, rather
late in the evening, gentleman with two
ladies, one of whom was accompanied by
two children, the other with one. He sta
ted that he had just arrived on the train,
and registering as "Thos. Hughes and fam
ily," the entire party were given one room,
at his request. The trio remained a few
days, and at the end of that time Mr..
Hughes came 10 the landlord and paid the
bill with the exception of a few dollars, for
which he left bis trunk as security.
Nothing mole was thought of the matter
until The next day, when stranger stepped
into the Office, and inquired if woman
answering the description of the younger
had been stopping in the house. On being
answered in the affirmative, he broke into
a violent rage, excl2iming that she was his
wife, and had ran away from his home in
Nashville, Tenn, taking with her the chill
dren and all his available effects. On being
shown the registry Of the party, he intima-
ted that Hughes was q murderer, and had
once before eloped with another mans
wife, and expressed the determination to
find them if 1t took ali his life. His name
be registered as Frank SAKE of Nashville,
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gineeT.
On the next day second stranger ar
rived also in search of missing wife,
whom he quickly identified as the other
companion of Hughes. The second strang-
er was John Garrett, also of Nashville.
Mr.. SAKE learned in the course of the
conversation from the landlord that Hughes
had left his baggage at the hotel in securi-
ty for the payment of bis board, and found
among it trunk which he identified as his
property, which he cautioned the landlord
to retain in case Hughes should call. They
waited around the hotel for several days,
making excursions occasionally through
the city, and endeavoring by every means
to find their missing wives; but in vain.
On Monday Garrett gave up all hope, and
left for home, SAKE remaining here.
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however, SAKE went across the river
Wednesday morning to prevent them from
escaping on the railroads going East and
North. In the evening before he returned,
a spring wagon drove up before the door of
the hotel, from which Hughes alighted.
On asking for his trunks the landlord re-
fused to deliver them unless he could spec
ify their contents, and on one pretext and
another detsined him until an employee he
had dispatched for the purpose arrived
with a policeman. When the officer and
| he passed out the door of the hotel, Hughes
was permitted to speak to the driver of the
wagon, and whispered few words in bis
ear. On their way to the Four Courts the
officer sounded his prisoner, and ascertained
from him that Mrs SAKE was waiting for
him at the Iron Mountain depot, and that
they would have left ON the next train.
Hughes was taken to the Four Courts,
where he is awaiting further developments
in the case. Nothing has been heard from
Sake since be went to East ST. Louis, and It
is thought be may have drowned himself
in the river. Hughes, it ia stated, has a
brother keeping saloon on Broadway, and
it is thought he furnished the wagon which
was to take their trunks to the depot.