Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1883-03-30
Welded AGAIxSr HER WILL
A Matrimonial Sensation at At
lanta. 9a.-- A Determined Lover
and AN Uaw illing Bride.


rimonial sensation came to light this
afternoon, and has set this town agog.
Yesterday the papers announced that
Miss Tennie Caldwell, the beau.
tiful daughter of Col. j. g. Caldwell,
q prominent citizen OF the West End,
had married Steven V. Allen, young
man of Dalton, Ga. To-day Col.
Caldwell makes public the following
statement about the marriage:
"Allen was never at my honse while
l was In, although he may have been
during my absence. About six weeks
ago he got license without any pre-
vious encouragement or promise of
marriage from my daughter, and
meeting her q, the house of mutual
friend, attempted to force her to con,
sent to union. She emphstically
refused. My married daughter, Mrs.
Daniels, hearing of the matter, re.
paired to tho house and demanded the
license, which she obtained and de-
stroyed. This ended the trouble for
o while, but on the 23l of February
he procured duplicate license and
swore Ia the presence Of several that
he Intended to marry her In spite of
heIsslf and of me-, II it cost him hiu
life. On last M ,nday night my
daughter, who has been on invalid fol-
the past SIX years, was taken
DANGER3UsLY ILL
With discrder incident to the ailmen,
with which che is sffi ctod, and it be-
came necessary to summon q physi
clan to attend to her. D.. Elrnest
came and ipj scted morphine into hel
arm. which alleviated her suffering
By Wednesday she was convslesoeht
and on Thursday, the day of the mar
riape, che started out to visit the off u
Of d.. Earnest to have q consultation
with him and obtain a prescription
Proceeding to the street car station
she found that car had but a shor
time bef, re passed, and that 1t woult
be ten or fifteen minuteI
before another would come by. Sh'
i fonni her strength failing her
aud fainting dizz meas, the threaten
ing symptoms of her uA!rdy, warnet
her to return home before she shoult
be prostrated on the street. Sh,
started back accordingly, when sh
discovered that she was being shad
owed by man In hack, who,
was afterwards sscertained, was N
T. Bullock, of Dalton, Aliens pal
AL forced her into the hack, and sh
Was carried off to the Southern hote
and there confined until Allen him
self and Judge P.Lchford cine t.
perform the ceremony. Judge Pitch
ford announced that he had bee
sent for to marry somebody. M
daughter stated that 1t wasn't t
marry her, and protested tsat sh
did not come here to get married
but Judge p, In spite of her pre-
testaliop,
WENT THROUGH THE CEREMONY,
whereupon my daughter asked him
she were now married. He replied
'As much so as your own father an
mother. Judge p. was, after th
ceremony, interrogated about the ma
ter by Mrs Cannon, the prcprietrel
of the hote', who asked him il thei
had really been a marriage. He Z,
piled to tho eff; &c. that no could ne
tell, and would not tell. Mrs. G. the
asked the young lacy about 1t, wh
said that ahe did not come their TO g,
married, and was NOT expecting an,
thing Of the kind when she came Their
After the ceremony was p!ifOrmet
no and pal Bullock, left for Dallas, an
my daughter returned to her hom
The shock was too great for he
she retired to bed Immediately upc
her arrival, and ever sircs, up
yesterday afternoon, she has lee
, delirious. When shs reg lined h,
reason yesterday she recIted Il
whole occurrence to me, which WI
> substantially as / have just stated
. "Col. Caldwell called on Ge
: Pitchford to-day and denounceE hi
In unmeasured terms, and would ha,
! done him serious bodily harm but f
the interference of friends. Pitc
ford claims that the lady consents
to the marriage, but requested that
should not return the Ger r.ificates
o the ordinary for reveral days, as a
was then under treatment of a oh
i. siciaD, and wished the matter Ike
q: a secret until she got better. Caldw,
says the marriage Illegal, and that
will push the matter to the extremi
of the law. Allen and Bullock ha
not been heard from