The daily gazette., 1880-06-05
PREVENTED FROM ELOPING
WITH A MARRIED MAN.
A DRAMATIC SCENE ON A RAILWAY
TRAIN.

TRAIN.
| From the Courier journal.
When the night express train on the
Ohio and Mississippi Ruilroad, which
left Cincinnati at 9 so last night, reach
ed MILAN, Ind, an hour and half
later, an exciting episode occurred
which revealed a sensational elope-
ment to the crowd of passengers, and
aroused some very intense feeling
among them. Two ladies' had been
occupying seattogether in the ladies'
car, and seemed to be in great trouble.
One was lady of some thirty years or
more, while the other was beautiful
young girl not out of her teens. AS
the train stopped, the older lady rose
excitedly, and, seizing the girl by the
arm, said:
"Come, we must get off here"
The girl declined to move, and said
she was not going to get off the train.
Both became excited, and attracted
the attention of the passengers and
conductor, who came along at that
moment. To this official the lady ap-
pealed, saying
"This girl is my sister, and she is
running away with married man,
who is on the train. l want her
to go to my father, who lives near
here -
This announcement created decid-
ed fiutter, and The passengers crowded
around. The girl still refused to get
of, and the conductor said he had no
authority to compel her. as a man in
the next car had ticket for her
through o st. Louis.
The older lady was almost frantic
with excitement and despair. She
said she was Mrs. Schultz of Cincin-
natl, and the girl was Louisa King,
who had been living with her year
or two, and had been intimate of late
with Walter Chamberlain the man
with whom she was clipping. Mrs.
Schultz suspected last evening that
they were going to meet and run off,
and determined to 90 with her sister
and prevent it if possibl While this
was being related the listeners and the
participants were wrought up to "a
pitch of great excitement. The girl
laughed at all advice from the passen-
gers, and her sister appealed again for
assis' ance to compel her to get off. At
this moment Chamberlain himself
walked in from the other end of the
car; a big, fine-lookinQ, dashing fellow
under middle age. Going up through
the crowd he told the infatuated girl
not to get off, but stick to the train.
"You are married man, and you
know it, said Mrs. Schultz, land you
are a scoundrel to take this girl
away"
The crowd pressed up, and some one
suggested that the conductor send for
an officer to arrest the girl and take
her off. At this Chamberlain put his
hand i'll his pocket, and, drawing a
revolver, passed it to the girl with the
remark "Take care of yourself with
this if they try to force YOU"
"You dirty scoundrel," screamed
Mrs. Schultz, and, raising her parasol,
she struck the fellow blow full in
the face. As he recovered himself he
raised his clnched hand as if to strike
her, when a big Indianian, who had
crowded up among the excited pas
sengers, put his hand on Chamberlain's
arm to prevent the blow, and said
coolly
"You wouldn't strike lady, would
you ?"
"Yes, by God p said Chamberlain,
and you too"
"You will, will you" shouted the
gigantic Hoosier, as he put his hand
on his adversary's shoulder, and,
wheeling him about, caught him by
both arms from behind and held him
as in wise.
AT this juncture Mrs. Schultz,
almost crazed with the turn of affairs,
dropped her umbrella, and, using
her fists, struck Chamberlain in the
face, blow after blow, calling him
"thief," gambler" ''ruffian," and
'scoundrel." The passengers watched
the beating with interest, and urged
her to her utmost, until Chamberlain
cried out, Enough" and was re-
leased by the big Hoosier, with the
quiet warning that he had better be-
have himself and let the girl go.
Chamberlain doggedly declined to give
up his prize. The crowd grew furi-
Gus, and it was proposed to take him
off and apply coat of tar and feath-
ers. The conductor had quietly gone
out, at the suggestion of some of the
passengers, and telegraphed for po-
liceman to meet the train at North
Vernon. Hearing the threats of sum-
mary vengeance, he signalled the
train to go ahead, and carried all of
the party along, including the brave
Indianian, who lived at Milan, but |
went along to see the end of the affair. |
During the run to North Vernon the |
foolish girl was talked with by several
She laughed at thu idea
of going home, and said she would go
with Chamberlain some time, and it
was no use to send her home.
"You know he's got a wife," said
Mrs. Schultz.
Eyes, / do" said the girl, ''and
know where she is, but | won't tell
you."
The excitement quieted but little. On
reaching North Vernon two police Of
ficers boarded the train, and upon hav-
ng Chamberlain pointed out them,
arrested him, saying
"We love to get hold of follows like
you."
He was hustled out and carried off
10 the village calaboose i'll the midst
Of a ieering crowd, and threats to give
him dose of tar. Mrs. Schults and
Miss King got off also, accompanied