The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1874-11-27

fused. and wished to see her father, but
be could not be seen at Carlisle, and
contented himself with sending his
blessing, and message that she should
not lose a moment, but hasten across
the border and liberate him from his
difficulties. The natural love of the
child prevailed. She yielded timid
consent, was hurried over the border,
and married at Gretna Green in the
presence of a drunken blacksmith, the
landlord of a public house, and post
boy. Dread of certain penal statute,
of the repeal of which Wakefield was
ignorant, fortunately prevented the con-
summation of the marriage. He was
also unaware that the marriage beyond
the border had interposed a technical
difficulty to any prosecution for felony.
Being, therefore, in constant fear of
pursuit and recapture, Wakefield did
not let the grass grow under his feet.
| The wondering bride was hurried away |
by forced marches to London, and |
| thence to Calais. An announcement of |
| the marriage, with all due pomp and |
cermonny, in the Morning Post, and a
modest paragraph announcing among
the departures from London Mr.. and
! Mrs. Edward Gibbon Wakefield for
| Paris, first communicated the astonish-
ing intelligence to the family,
They lost no time in seeking to re-
cover their young relative. Armed with
q warrant, and attended by Bow street
officer, the uncle of Miss Turner and
Mr. Grimsditch hurried to Calais, where
the deluded girl threw herself with de-
light into the arms of her kinsmen, and
turned from her betrayer with horror
when the whole scene of fraud and cruel
falsehood was exposed. A French mag
istrate authorized the grieved relatives
to take her home forthwith. They did
SO, and at once commenced criminal
proceedings for q conspiracy against
the two Wakefields, their French SER
want Thevenot, and their stepmother
Frances Wakefield. The case came for
trial before Baron Hal1ock, at Laucas-
ter, March %, 1927, and, though the
early hour of a. m. was fixed upon for
the opening. the spacious shire hall was
crowded to excess. OF the eight eminent
counsel who figured in the case, five
subsequently rose to the bench and one
to the woolsack. It may, therefore, be
reasonably believed that the forensic
battle was well planned and ably
fought.
Mr. Turner and Miss Daulby first
testified as to the facts within their
knowledge the carriage was shown to
have been purchased from dealer in
Manchester postboys and innkeepers
testified to the route followed from L;v-
erpool to Gretna Green. Mr.. Grims-
ditch gave an account of the interview
at Quilac's Hotel, Calais, where the
defendant exhibited GOODNESS and
"cheek" approaching the sublime. He
said that Miss Turner, he supposed,
was his wife, and he would take care of
her, but did not wish to make her reIa-
tives angry with her, SO would allow
them to see her. He acknowledged that
he believed he would send bullet
through the head of any one who should
carry off his daughter In the same way,
bet said he was going to make Ellen an
excellent husband As to the threat of
arrest, he said he had more interest
with the police than his opponents, and
they were on the wrong side of the
water for such performances. He then
called Miss Turner down to see her
relatives. She clasped her uncle around
the neck, and on Mr.. Grimsditch re-
marking that it was an illegal marriage,
she exclaimed:
II am not your wife; you have de-
ceived me-"
u Wakefield said:
l. You must acknowledge I have be-
l. haved to you like gentleman
le Yes, do acknowledge that but
t. you have deceived me, and will never
Ie more go near you again"
le With the termination of Mr. Grims-
IT ditch's evidence the forensic drama had
n reached its most interesting point. fol-
b the heroine herself, wisely kept for the
l. last by the prosecution, was now called
" to the stand. She told her story in a
!. manner at once so artless and SO clear
l. as to win the sympathy of the jury and
e spectators. She described the first ap-
pearance of Gibbon Wakefield at Man.
v chester, his ingenious stories about hel
r fathers pecuniary difficulties, and his
d introduction of his younger brother.
(. She had then entered the carriage, sup.
# posing she was going to. meet hel
-e father. Gibbon Wakefield said if there
1t was no letter at Halifax, and If they did
a not see Mr.. Turner there, they must
d proceed as far as Kendall, where they
a would be sure to find him. At Kendall
a William Wakefield read letter at the
d chaise window and his brother looked
a over him, but Miss Turner did not see
d it. Had she been older, it might have
s. excited some surprise that she should
h not ask to look at the letter herself, but
1t suspicion did not line the countenance
ID nor distrust overshadow the mind of 8
at schoolgirl of fifteen. Upon reading the
g letter they said her father was not
there, but had gone forward. The
Is party pushed on. On the way Gibbor
or said he had received letter from Mr..
le Turner, authorizing him to disclose the
ID state of his affairs, and then gave the
j. account of bank failures and his uncle'E
or loan, alluded to above. the uncle haG
n demanded security for the sum which
ID had been lent the estate at Shrigley
" Wakefield then approached the gist o.
ID the matter, which we will let Miss Tur
10 ner in her own words:
N Papa might Che said) be turned ou
b. of doors any day. It had been suggest
r ed by Mr.. Grimsditch that he (Mr
9. Wakefeld) should be my husband; tha
i. then the property would be mine, anc
or it would be in my power to turn paps
al out of doors, if liked but, OF course
m I should not think of doing it. He al
f. luded to the subject several times, ant
TT said he was desirous to know what con
TO clusion I had come to. He first said
e. should see papa then he said shoult
ir give my answer to him."
Id Gibbon also informed Miss Turne
Ill that her father was Sc chassez-ing" u