The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1878-01-19
MORMON ROMANCE.

! srsm sne fsnsttetsm of Her Family
by Msrrfsge ssd are again In Texas.
la the year 1875 there lived near the
town of Richmond, Kentucky, fami-
Is by the name of Stevens, combating
OF father, mother, two SONS and daugh.
ters. The youngest of the daughters,
Hattie, WAS beautiful girl of some
fifteen summers. Living near was q
young and weil.to-do farmer named
Lucien Robertson who Gee asionaiiy
called at the house to pass the evening,
and In the course of time All intimacy
sprsng UP between the two that ripen-
ed into love, aud unknown TO her
parents they were engaged. When
the family learned OF the fact
Robertson WAS forbidden the
house, and their meetings after
wards were very seldom, yet they
we're not dauntej, but in their steiep
interviews vowed eternal love and
fidelity TO one another. IN the mean
time her family moved with her to
this state, settling in Tsrrant county
Her lover soon followed, purchasing
and putting into cultivation farm on
the Neuces river, in Live Oak county.
Last fall when the Mormon fever
ties In the state, her fsther and all the
family, rave herself. were converted
IT, the faith, aud lie determined TO sell
out aud leave tor Salt Lake city, which
he did, The girl, who is represented
AS being very Intelligent greatly
depiored the religion her FAM
lily had adopted, and begged
her father to allow her to re-
main in Texas aud teach school to
MAKE q living for herself. This he
positively refused to do, ana they left
last fail for Mormandom with a party
OF converts that left Fort Worth. She
notified her lover by letter of the fact
and he soon followed, opening up
store in Salt Lake City. Finding that
the father aud his two SOUS began q
systematic persecution aga nst him,
and nothing was too mean in their
eyes to do against him. The girl, true
TO her lover, defended the slurs and
slams that were hurled at him, and
she, too, ia turn, WAS also
Prosecuted by her fanatieal fatner
and family In a most cruel manner.
She was made to keep IN the house
days at time, while her and her
alliances notes were intercepted. The
fathers objection to young Robsertaon
was that he was GENTLE, and he.
swore he should never wed his daugh-
ter. Daring this time her motha
died. Thinking the old man might
possibly be softened by the death of
his wife, Robertson once more essayed
to gain his consent, hut was rudely
and indignantly repulsed. Her BROTH
ers threatened to kill him il he was
ever caught making further overtures
To their sister. All this time the young
girl WAS undergoing most merciless
persecution, while AN attteu pit was he
ing made to force her to adopt the Nor.
mon faith. She managed to commu-
nicate with her lover, however, now
and then, and tinally wrote him that
she could not bear the torment and
persecution to which her family and
their brother MormOn's subjected her,
and begged him If, it were possible, to
aid her In making her escape. The
young man took q sensible view of the
case, aud reported the matter to
United States officer, who upon the
swearing out of an affidavit, released
the young girl, whom he found shut
up in dark room. Tue two repair
ed at once to n magistrate
where they were married, and
they lost no time In taxing a hasty
leave of the scene Of their troubles,
and yesterday evening the happy pair
passed through this city en- route to
their farm on the Neuces. We learned
the particulars of their rather romantic
life from a friend of RobeTtson's who
rbde down from Denison with them
He 10 well acquainted with her swo
brothers aud is ARA Id they may yet
wreak vengeance on his IT end.
Masked Robbers sue DsntOa Road.
Last night about ten o'clock, as Mr.
Samuel swift was on hts road to this
city from Denton, when near Turtle
creek, some four miles north of the
city, he was called to halt by two
men, who, levelins pistol en- him,
told him to 'sshow up what change he
had and be mighty quick about itn
He gave them twenty dollars, bnt they
were not satisfied, and commanded
him to .'shell outp his pile, stating he
bad two hundred aud forty dollars at
the time on his person, to their certain
knowledge. In the meaa time the
other roboer had presented pistol at
his head, aud seeing that II he d Id not
disgorge the money he would De
killed, Mr.. 6wift gave them
up two hundred and some few dollars,
all he had at the time, having bought
and paid for some hogs with the re-
mainder of the money on his road
down. The men wore black mask,
and Mr.. Swift il satisfied, from the
manner in which they acted and
spoke, they knew him aud had sorae
knowledge of his affairs. The MORN
ing before he had sold q pair of mules
| tor which he had received the money,
He IL free to con fess. how ever, that he
has not the slightest idea who the rob
beers were. -
a SOM nAaab0sfs
Sunday night there occurred in this
city q arrange case OF som nam buiism.
and while we relate the facts, We with
hold at their request the names Of the
parties concerned A gentleman of
this city has a friend from New Or
leans visiting him, and having years
ago been old chums at college, he
knew his weakness for " alking la his
sleep, and when they retired at night
locked the door Of tn room and hid
the key in his boot, where be thong h,
1t would not be likely far his somnsm.
bulistic friend to find it. Bat be die,
/ for in the night, as 10 his custom, he