Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-01-16
DALLAS DgoEIVER.
Two Families DIsgraced, q Vile
Abandoned, u Daughters Ruin
and n Mothers Insanity.

respectable and influential merchants,
named A. A. Pearson, had eloped
with a young lady named Miss Edna
Bradley, leaving his family and bust.
ness to take care of themselves. She
was young, sprightly aud handsome;
He was neither. The fact that he had
a wife and several small children did
not deter him from playing the caya-
liCr to Miss Bradley, He was a mer-
chant engaged in a heavy dry goods
business, and she had nothing to com
mend her but winning ways and a
pretty face. 1t was discovered by many
people who came in the store at
unreasonable hours that Pearson and
Miss Bradley we're always together.
Their conduct o became the talk OF
the town. Matters finally came to a
climax last week and eliminated in
the elopement Of Pearson and his par
amour and the desertion of a faithful
wife. Before leaving he appropriated
all available funds, and taking his
pretty clerk under his wing he started
for Memphis, Tenn. The runaways
arrived there ono week ago last Tues
day, and stopped at an out of-the way
hotel, where no questions would be
asked and no Dallas friends likely to
stop and recognize them.
Suddenly a shadow was cast across
their way. A busy. body from Dallas
had located them and sent word to
that town informing the authorities
where they could be found. Hastily
packing their trunks, the guilty couple
deliberated as to the point that offered
the most suitable inducements for i'm
migration. They decided to come
here and endeavor t. hide themselves
from the view of their inquisitive
friends in Dallas.
Having decided this they took the
first northern bound train and ar
rived in this city last Friday. The
next point was where to 60. Pearson
had been in st. Louis before and knew
the character ofits hotels. He thought
the hest way to evade suspicion was to
get into the most quiet and orderly Of
them. With this end in view he es
corted his inamorata to Barnums
Hotel, and with a furish Of the pen he
registered as Allen A. Peterson and
wife, of Cincinnati, D. The couple
stayed from Friday until Monday, and
was to ell appearance very respectable,
very modest and very polite, in fact
such a pair as one meets with every
day. a commonplace young woman
aud her husband. a keen observer,
however, would discover that when
they made their appearance in public,
furtive glances we're cast about
and all disguise possible put on. On
Monday the gentleman from Texas
began to seriously discuss with him
self whether he had not better desert
his present paramount as he did his
wife. The more he thought vel the
matter the more be was inclined to
believe it was the best thing to do.
So mastering up courage he told Miss
Bradley that he wanted to 60 back to
Dallas. She made a vociterous kick
against any such proceedings, they
we're both ruined in Texas. and it was
foolish for either to think Of going
back. He replied that his money was
nearly gone and that something had TO
be done instantly, and that his only
hope lay in his business at Dallas.
About this time a commercial traveller
for some Texas house came along and
recognized Pearson and asked him
what induced him to desert his wife
and family and run away with a mil
liner. He replied that be was insane
the night be did it and that be thought
about going back and squaring up
things. He was informed that his
wife had got out an attachment against
his late stock Of goods for $2400 for
clerk services performed by her.
This seemed to decide the question
and he told Miss Bradley that he
would buy her a ticket to New
York city if she did not want
90 60 back to Dallas. Miss Bradley
answered by doing what women usu-
ally do under such circumstances, she
sat down and cried helplessly for half
an hour. This did not move the MIR
chant from Dallas, he informed her
that there was no other course open.
and that the best thing she could dc
was to 90 to New York, and that per,
haps he would meet her when he wen
there to settle with his creditors. This
pacifed her a little, but she still
dreaded the ordeal of going to NeV
York alone, but it was preferable tC
going back to Dallas. Her mother
was there, and her sisters and broth.
ers were there, and she had written
that she was studying French anc
elocutiOn, but they had discovered
her, and death would be preferable tC
meeting them face to face. She haC
risked her all for the man Pearson
and now, after a few weeks together
be was about to throw her over anC
go back to Dallas, and, perhaps, hi
wife. Finding that the die was cast
Miss Bradley gradually braced up anC
said that if it was the inevitable, sh,
would go to New York The affaiI
being now settled, the couple left tn,
hotel Monday morning, both sayinI
that they were going to New York
Upon reaching the depot, the maidel
|, from Texas was placed on board
New York train, and Pearson, seein
! her depart in safety, bought a ticke
l for Denis0n, which point he reachel
Tuesday.
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