Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-08-20
An Experienced EIoper.
HAVING ELOPED TWICE WITH ONE WOMA
HE TAKES HIS BROTHERS WIFE FOR
CHANGE

HAVING ELoPED TWICE WITH ONE WOMAN,
he TAKES HIS BROTHERS WIFE FOR
The Oswego Palladium of the 18th SAYS
About fye years ago Charles Draper, resi-
dent OF the town of New Haven, but who had
been IN the employ of MIR. Benjamin Doolittle,
OF this city, deserted his wife and children and
ran away with a woman from Texas, in this
county. The pair returned to New Haven
subsequently, and Draper went back to his
lam nmy fe only TO repeat to the operation short
to the bosom OF his family, and finding that his
conduct wasn't considered up to the standard
O. Q: New s Haven morality, packed up. and taking
MS vile and children, went down east, some
where near Boston. Here he eloped with sum
OF money belonging to his employer, and was
sent to the penltentiary Becoming disguised
people, Draper came back to New Haven with
brother David, a leading Methodist and the
pOsSeSSOr of good looking wife and four
bright children. In the effort to reform his
hayward brother, David took him into his
family, and at the family altar Charles and
came to OsWegO to dispose of some produce,
and while absent Mrs Dave took her children
to neighbours. and asked to leave them there
until She could go to the village to have tooth
extracted She left the children aud went of.
After the sass had been disposed of here,
David lost sight OF Charles. and returned
arriving to find his house deserted, his chill
dren at the neighbOr's, and his wife gone.
The situation was only too piain-hs unfaith-
1ul spouse and ungrateful brother had elOped.
Mrs. Charles has probably got used to this lit
tie eccentricity of her husband, and don't
mind 1t SO mucn, but to David it is serious
matter. The runaway pair have not been
heard from since their DEPARTURE
A LITTLE TRAVELER-A Girl Of Fiue Years
Comes all the Way from IeraS AIone.-
Among the passengers who reached this city
on Wednesday night by The Western and At
lantic train from Chattanooga was a little girl
lace, with sparkling brown eyes, and was
placarded with large envelope which was
suspended from her neck and displayed her
maine, Miss Annie Hilton. A letter ON the in
side OF the envelope, directed to the cOnduc-
tors, and signed by M. S. Jay, general passen-
ger agent of the Memphis and Little Rock
railway, explained the fact that the child was
Wilmington, n. c., where her father resided
MIR. Jay made a request in his letter that the
conductors on the line take good care of the
child and see that she was safely delivered to
her father, who would meet her at Whining.
ton upon her arrival there. Major H. H. Mar
maduke, who reached this city on the same
train from Little Rock took her in his care at
+, That place, but afterward resigned to Mr. and
Mrs. Banks, OF Charleston, s. c., who pro-
missed to see her safely as far as Augusta, Ca
MISS Annie says that she was born in Texas,
and has never seen her father. Her mother
Gled, and her father recently married again
in Wilmington. He had teIegraphed for her
to come TO him. The little traveller had a
small Satchel and lunch basket, also a few
dollars OF change. Since leaving Austin she
had made eight changes of cars, and vii
destination. She will then have travelled abOl t
l, 600 mileS.-( atlanta Constitution