Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1875-07-09

AN. AGED MAN MARRIES WING
WOMAN UNDER VERY MYSTERIOUS
CIRCUMSTANCES The Springfield Iii
nois Journal y few days ago, published
this announcement:
MARRIED AT the Central Hotel In this
city, on the 10th inst, by Rev.. W. ID.
mon county. to Miss Alice kennle, OF ot.
Louis, Missouri.
1t appears that by the noon train, wed
nesday, on the Chicago and Alton railroad,
there arrived a bright. looking, genteeliy-
dressed young womannamed Alice hennle.
who was apparently about IS OF 26years or
age. She at once took u carriage fer the
Central Hotel, and shortly thereafter was
met there by young man representing
himself as her, brother. BY the western
bound train on the Wabash road there.ar-
rived an elderly gentleman, recognized as
| William g. Pollock, of New Berlin, in this
county, who, in addition to being aged, is
| a cripple and obliged to use crutches. He,
| too was driven to the Central Hotel-pre-
viously visiting a city bank. however.
| After a conference had been held between
the young man and the girl. the elderly man
was shown into the room, but the parties,
| it is stated, did not so much as recognize
one another Shortly afterwards the Old
gentleman and the younger man together
proceeded to the clerks office and procured
a marriage license for :'WilliamC. Pollock
| and Alice Kennie - The application for
the license was signed by the young man,
| but by direction of the elder, 1t seems.
| The young man then inquired where a
clergyman could be found, and the services
of Rev. W. Fl. Webster, pastor OF the + lrst
Methodist Church being obtained, the
parties between whom there existed such
| great disparity of age, were duly married,
| and a certificate, which was insisted upon,
duly made out.
1t is said that during the entire cere-
mony the venerable groom seemed largely
| oblivious to what was transplrng, and
also appeared as subject to the control and
carving out the will of others Later it
appears that the woman telegraphed "a
| woman in st. Louis, who is not unknown
here, as follows: :
II have sold myself-Was married at 3
O'clock"
An explanation of the dispatch may he
I found in the statement OF one who claims
to have seen the act, that the venerable
| husband, not long after the ceremony,
handed his BRIDE Il package OF money sad
! to.contain 81 500
4 .IIE IAkIIES ~ IHE DALI lMOIs f.
| SHooTING.-The Baltimore papers state
| that Col. J. Lyle Clarke, who was Shot there
by the Brewer brothers, of Georgetown, on
the charge of seducing their sister, will
recover, and the two brothers have been
bailed in So 900. The Georgetown cor
respondent of the Baltimore eSunn says:
Miss Brewer is about thirty-fiye years
Of age, and some years since held posi-
tion as clerk in the Treasury Department
She is rather a handsome woman, and has
always been highly esteemed by her friends.
Several years since she displayed great
| courage in rescuing herself and a lady
friend from drowning in the Potomac neal
Georgetown. While skating, the ice broke
in and they both sank, but Miss Brewer
soon rose to the surface, and catching hold
of hel fainting companion managed to
keep her and herself floating until help
came and they were both safely brought
to shore. The shooting has created much
excitement in Georgetown. Col. Clarke
is also known in Washington to many per
sons in business as well as others, but OF
late he has. not been a frequent visitor in
| Georgetown. While III the District he
| WAS a constant companion of Henry Brew
er, who served with him in the confeder-
ate army during the late war.
The Washington s'Star" of last evening
gives the following in relation to the affair:
s'Henry w. Brewer, the elder brother,
who fired the shot which wounded Clarke.
is about thirty years old. He served in
Gilmor's command of the Confederate
army, and was subsequently city surveyor
of Georgetown and afterwards assistant
surveyor of the District of Columbia. Re
Gently he has been opt of public Office and
carrying on the business Of civil engineer
and surveyor. J. Newton Brewer WAS for
IL number of-years a clerk with Morris
near High After the death of Mr. Getty
his brother-in-law, lie took charge of his
establishment, book and variety store on
Bridge street, near Congress), and has
since that time conducted the busiBess OF
the store for his sister, the wideWsof Mr.
| Getty. Both young men have many &c.
quaintances, and are very popular"