Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-09-05
The Troy, Pa. INCARCERATION EIOpe-

/ THE WOMAN DENIES THAT SHE LEFT HOME IN con-
PANY WITH THE CoLORED MANA TALK WITH HER
| AT THE DEPOT IN THIS CITY-sUsPICIoUS FACTS IN
| THE CASE
Yesterday white woman OF medium size. prob
ably twentyaight or thirty years Of age, attracted
| notice in the Baltimore and Potomac depot by
! t1rrying there long time and being evidently in
/ an uneasy frame OF mind. She was OF comely ap-
pearance, having small features and dark eyes and
hair, and was attIred in drcss OF gray with brown
| trimmings, dark chip hat with red and white rib
bon, bunch OF red flowers and gray feather. She
! wore key for b-caStp.n, had black Kid gloves
! and carried an imitation tortoise shell fan and
/ what appeared to be well filled morocco purse.
/ She remained in tie ladies' room CT the depot
closely scanning those VINO came Or went, and IN
Curing frequently III q telegram she expected
would arrive in time. When night approached
she took an uncomfortable position on a seat and
! went - sleep. but whether she dreamed OF her
friends she lett behind Ia Virginia OF her husbind
and chill ir Pennsylvania is matter OF coniac-
tufe 1t was ascerta:ned that she had arrived here
Oh tie Midland train, aai some ladies who came
on tee train Informed some persons at the depot
tnat she W3s the woman wlO ran away with "a
Esef. 70 some who prOifcFed assistance she
SUI htr n ne W ~ WILSON; that she had been TO
see some acquailtanccs at BeaIton Va and now
desired to OBTAIN service place in respectable
iinily, bu! II she could not she would 60 to her
parents aC Mansfield. Pa. She was tod that there
had been many publications about her, ana the
| following, which appeared in THE STAR OF last
| Friday. WAS shown 20 her:
CAN ELoPEaiEST AND EXCITEMENT.
| a WeeA ago as Troy: Pa. black man and white
Central railway. and large crowd in the depot became
3 stated 1 nat TIT tue f m2n left the srsn liza
There we're cries of put her eff hang the man
husband ar children in Sulyan Tioss county Ps
who sl pes, n. the eopenaent had gone to Man sfeid
the man was scared off the woman remained on the
IL BaitlnoTa and Y = lat seen, according to the Bait
Ii is supposed the bacs man followed il later train
THE WOMAN DENNIS THE STORY.
She denied that this publication was correct In
all particulars, and scofed at the idea OF threats
etc. When questioned by STAR reporter, she
insisted that she came here alone and went to
Virginia alone
$40 meet the man in Bealton?" asked the re-
porter
She hesitated at this question, and said finally
IL have &cIulintanceS there"
HE went with YOU" persisted the reporter.
'sNo I've told YOU / went by mysel;u she an
swered.
Why. he bought the tickets" said the reporter
II don,t know, the woman said at first, but
then asked: "What II he did?" She further said
she lett Troy on Friday week and was here last
sunday week, and wien asked if she was going
back to her husband she wanted to know what
could be done with her. When told that her h,ls-
band WAS the proper party, Ii any one, TO make
complaint, she Strengthened up and said: 'What
can he do II he can't prove that the man has been
with me-
HER ACCOUNT OF THE sO-CALLED EiOPEMENT.
When asked what caused her to leave, and who
the colored man was, she sad ''Aly husband Is a
farmer near Sullivan, Tioga county, Pa, and this
man has been working on the place about year.
lie was lively and laxative man, and my hus-
band thought that he had too much to say. About
three weeks before leaving Troy 1 left my huS-
band, because l could not get along with his
people. There " as good deal OF talk about this
cOiOfed man and Inc, and it was reported that l
left my husband on his account, but It was not So
came away TO try to get work, and the cOlorei
man was coming on the same train. This excited
the suspicious OF the people, and told them that
we were not going together, and sent the man
word not to go on the train. l did not leave
Troy with him, nor did we so to BealtOn.'
She. however, admitted to other parties that the
man bought two tickets in this city for BealtOn,
giving her one. 1t was also learned that they did
not sit together in the on the way to BealtOn
that she mad come W alone. At $50 last night she
took tue train for Troy, Pa, and it was noticed
mat one or two cQlored men sat near her III the
same car but no look OF recognition passed.