The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-09-30
For the Democrat.
From Camden.
CAMDEN, O., Sept. %, 1880.

CAMDEN, o., Sept. %, 1880.
ED. DEM.-Through the in~terposition,
persuasive and interchangeable exertions
Miller, who eloped with her paramour,
Edward Edgar Ross, alias "Jim," mem
ton of which was made in last weeks
DEMOCRAT, was induced, after a weeks
f'nest hiding" and sight seeing in the
Queen city, to abandon him and return
home on Thursday last, to the roof OF her
heart stricken parents. Not, however,
before the DIR. had experienced quite a
little romantic, if not as some predicted
it would prove, a tragic adventure with
detectives and policemen; the recital OF
which would be as interesting, were they
accompanied with cuts, a la Police News,
as n dime novel Beadle ever issued,
and more so, as they would be founded
on facts. Our space, however, minus
the cuts, will admit of simply a digest of
the facts, boiled down, and may not
prove uninteresting to your readers.
The first night out they took lodging
at the Bevis House, but did not register.
Next day they went to the Busby House
and registered as 7. Brown and lady,
took a room on 3rd floor and paid for two
days board in advance. Thus costly do
miciled, as they supposed, free from mo-
lestation, they found their way to
Wright's real estate and loan agency,
and having the deeds for their little farm
with them, endeayored to negotiate a
sale of it, and would; but for the Agency
having sent a runner up here to interview
Mr.. Miller and see the land. 1t is need
less to say that after hearing the facts he,
together with DIR. Francis returned to
the city by the next train. When the
DR.. unheralded put in an appearance at
her room, Ross was stretched out on the
bed resting his weary carcass and Mrs.
Kate was or her knees packing her
trunk. Looking up as the DR.. entered,
she became indignant and demanded of
him what his business was, at the same
time placing ~asrevolver onthe floor with
in reach of Ross and gave him a know
ing look as if to say, fuse it now )" but
he didn't though, but got up and left the
Busby for good. The DR.. also left soon
after, but shortly returned with officers
Parker and Taylor of Hammond street
station to arrest her. At the sight of the
officers she swooned away and her little
two year old daughter placed its dimin-
utive person between the PROSTATE form
of it's mother and the policemen and
bravely declared no one should come
near its mama. This rather tragic turn
in the case at first alarmed the officers,
but the DR.. assured them she would be
all o. X. in a little while, and his dag
nose proved true, as an hour afterwards
they were driven to police headquarters
and after hearing the case and her sig
nifying her willingness to return home
was released by Acting Chief of Police
Inspector Meyer, and came home as
above stated. Although no warrant was
out, yet Ross thought there was and sue
cessfully lodged the officers, and he, too,
came up on the LAO train the next day
and went out in the neighborhood and
stopped at ESQ. Willmore's, and while
there exhibited the aforesaid deed fol-
the farm, and said he wanted to show
that Kate was as deep in the mud as he
was in the mire.
He skulked around until near dark
when he ventured to come as far as Mr.
Kennedy's field near town and hid il
the weeds near the fence, armed with
two new revolvers fully loaded. But hi,
1 declaration to DIR. F., while in the city
Y that he would never be taken alive prov
ed to be only a cowardly brag, for whel
the DIR. and Frank Brown had tracked
him to his hiding place and hallooet
"hello" at him. he jumped up and ex
claimed: "Don't shoot, for Gods sake
don't shoot, I'll surrender" which h
did to officer Bostick, who had just com
v up. Besides the two revolvers they foun,
lon him some $47, and that being tn