The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1878-06-13
An Unwilling Bridegroom.

A Springfield (O.) letter to the Gin
cinnati Commercial, SJh, says: eyes
terday morning a gentleman named
King, accompanied by his son, called
at the house of A. Cochran, on West
Main Street, and sought an interview
with young Aaron Cochran, insisting
that he should accompany him to Co
lumbus, aud then marry his (King's)
daughter, threatening the young mans
life If be refused, and drawing revolv-
er to enforce the declaration, The lat
ter finally consented, and was married
to Miss King the same day in Columbus,
then returning here. Cochran protested
his innocence of any criminal act, and
declared that he would never consent to
live with the young woman, and left
home by the midnight train, and his
Whereabouts is not now known TO the
parents, who, at the time of the first in
terview, urged that the wedding, if any
took place, should be at their house.
Hkss parents are among our most re-
spectacle citizens, and are fearful that
the son viii commit some desperate
deed to himself, The young woman's
family are also respectable people, and
the affair is much regretted all around"
YOUNG COCHRAN's STATEMENT.
Mr.. Aaron Cochran, jr., referred to
in the foregoing dispatch, made the fol-
lowing, statement to a Commercial re-
porter: ---,E
4 ".Charles King came to my fathers
house, corner of Main and Mechanic
Streets, Springfield, about 10 O'Clock a.
M, June Z, and then and there declared
that | should go to Columbus with him
and his daughter and marry her; that
ne would give me just five minutes to
get ready. / declared my innocence to
him, but he said if / did not go he
would blow my brains out. l told him
that was innocent; that l would not
live with her minute. He then drew
his revolver and said: [ will shoot
you if you don't go to Columbus on
this train. l will kill you now, for l
would as leave die now as not My
father interfered, and caught his arm,
and told him to keep cool; that there
was a way to settle this without killing
any body. My father told him it was
not necessary to 60 to Columbus; that
the license could be obtained at the Pro-
bate Court here, as they both live in
the city; there was no use going to
Columbus. King said if they went to
Columbus nobody would know it, and
it could be kept secret Ispoke up
and said l would not live with her.
King said it did not make any diff
ference! if did not go to Column
bus and marry her, he would
kill me- My father and young Charles
King, his son, both caught his arm
again, and his son said: Stop, father,
you have gone far enough now King
said he came here on purpose to make
me 90 to Columbus to marry his daugh-
ter or kill me. 1 consented to go
against my will, to save my life, and to
save the life of my afflicted mother,
whom the public knows has not yet re-
covered from the death of my only sis
ter, Sallie. My return from California
was party on my mothers account,
about a year since. l say once for all
that l am innocent, and the circum-
stances and facts in the case prove my
innocence. went to Cincinnati to at
tend the Law College Commencement
and Alumni, and also the May Festival,
Do Il GU OfOA tWO WCCho. IAO
put up job of blackmail on me, telling
it around that had to leave on account
of intimacy with Laura King,
and on my return my friends informed
me of the reports. went to work and
traced it back to the King family, then
let it go, considering there was moth
ing in it, and had not thought of it since
till this abrupt assault"
The valuable mineral corundum is
being mined in large quantities in the
northern portion of Tallapoosa County,
Ala. DIR. Lucas is now paying S65 per
ton for it on the ground where it is dug,
or three cents pound in less quantities.
/ If he strikes the main vein he will re-
move his mill, the only one in the
United States, from Massachusetts to
/ TallapOosa. ttt tae
-In-speakiDg of summer fruits and
the evils resulting from their use when
unripe or over-ripe, DR.. Foote in his
! Htalth Month3y saws: - The true rule
is to use them when they are the most
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