The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1880-03-11
THIS TERRIBLE MARRIAGE.
a Widower Of rOr.y-Five w~rried 10 ~
Gir1 or Twelve Years, WHO is lila step
daughter and First COusin-ftOw THE
Ceremony WINS Accom- Eltshed-Taik Of
lyuchirr,

! Gir1 or Twelve Years, WHO IN lila step
daughter and First COusin-ftOw THE
Ceremony WINS Accom- EIished Talk Of
Lynchirg. . ...t.......
A correspondent. of the New York
jSua, writing Under recent date from
Princesse Anne, Somerset County, Nd,
7 says! .,..
The residents of this county are in an
intense state Of Indignation and excite
ment over the discovery made to-day
that Sidney Shores u wealthy farmer,
agedl forty-iive years, residing near
DANES Quarter, had secretly married
his step daughter child Of twelve
years, who Is oako his tirst cousin.
! Shores is repu.ed to be worth nearly
100000, and hss lived in good style on a
farm Of several hundred acres near
DANES for nearly fifteen years. lie was
elways considered q man Of rather wild
habits, but has been in good standing
in the county On the 18th Of last De-
cember his wife died, leaving one child,
hGussie, daughter by her former hus-
band, Captain Samuel Shores, an uncle
Of Sidney After his wife's death,
Sidney became still more irregular in
his habits. This gave rise to many
rumors rejecting ON his character,
which have since been verified. .. ....
Shores lived aohe With his young
stepdaughter and his servants, md 1t
WAS not until a month or two ago that
any suspicion of his feelings toward the
child were entertained b. the neigh
bors. Gussie is small brunette Of
modest bearing, and in her manners and
actions there is nothing to indicate that
she is more forward than children
usually are at her age. AT length, sew
erallades, who had formerly been init
mate with his wife, went to Shores and
asked to be given charge of Gussie, but
they were roughly refused and ordered
out Of the house. A few days later, eyi-
IDENTIFY fearing to provoke public COM
ment, Shores sent the child to n school
on Deals Island, where she remained
until last Thursday. On that day he,
went to the school and informed the
teacher that lie was going to take the
child home. lie had her clothing packed
up, and later in the day left in company
with her The following day he brought
her to this place and applied to several
clergymen to marry them, but was per-
emptorily refused. The child at the
time expressed her willingness to take
the step but as she was evidently un.
aware of the nature of the relation de-
sired by her stepfather, her statement
had no effect in inducing the clergymen
to perform the ceremony Then Shores,
who had previously obtaiued marriage
license, applied to clergyman in Mount
Vernon who consented to marry them.
After the marriage Shores returned to
his home with his Child-wi(e, where he
now lives. Shores has not been seen
since the wedding, and his young bride
has also been kept carefully secluded.
The servants say that their master and
| Gussic do not see any one.
Last night it was proposed to organize
company to go to the house and take
the child away BY force, if necessary.
The advice OF the cooler residents in
the neighborhood, however, prevailed,
and the newly.marred couple were UNI.
disturbed Efforts are being made to
have Shores arrested, although the al
thorities are at n los, to know on what
grounds to take him irto custody
While the law has not been actually
violated, the feeling excited is such that
unless the authorities take speedy action
the indignant farmers may take the law
into their own hands, in which event ii
will undoubtedly go hard wi h Shores.
Shores is well connected in the State,
aud served in the war as Il Union soldier.
He was at Fort Sumpter during the
bonlbardment, and story is current at
tributinC to him most remarkable act
of bravery in connection with that mem
orable event. 1t is said that ON the night
before the fort capitulated, as he was
standing in one of the rooms of the fort
with several of his companions, shell
flew through an embrazure in the wall
and rolled at his, feet with the fuse
slowly burning. There was general
scampcr oil all sides, the men running
into the adjoining apartments, to escape
the explosion. In the rush, one of them
left open the door of one of the apart
ments on the inner side of the fort, and,
as they all stood back awaiting the ex-
plosion, which was momentarily expec-
ted, Shores saw little girl step through
the open door into the apartment where
the burning she'll was lying. The girl
was the daughter of one of the soldiers,
who had come to visit him with her
mother, and had been unable to leave
the fort owing to the attack. She had
escaped from the care of her mother,
and WAS wandering about in a bewildered
manner. As soon as she saw the burning
she'll. she slowly approached it, when
Shores sprang into the room, seized her,
and bore her through the door into the
adjoining apartment. Shores then
turned, and Selling the shell, ran to the
opening in the wall aud threw it out just
as it exploded with terrific force, shat
tering the heavy mason work, but with
out ipjuring the daring man. ....'-