Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-07-20
THE GIRL REPENTs,
Leaves Her Negro Lover and Re-
turns Home.
The True Names and Location a FrghtfuI
Case Of Uaruly Passion The
Strategy Employed In
the Arrest.

On Wednesday evening Captain Bennett
received . dispatch from Cleveland an
nouncing that the runaway girl and her
crippled negro lover had been located and
asking him to come on at once. The uncle
of the girl was here at the time, and he and
Captain Bennett, after t~elegraphing to the
father, vent to Cleveland. On Wednesday
they secured the pair and the Cleveland
Leader tells the rest. The names given are
correct, but why they should saddle the
thing on Martins Ferry is a mystery. The
girl came from Waterford, Louden county,
Virginia, and the negro, instead Of coach
man, has been cook fer the family for
twelve years. Following is the
ACCOUNT OF THE ARREST:
On last Sunday morning there was pub
lished exclusively in the Leader the account
of a pretty young white womsn's elope-
ment with one of her fathers colored ser
wants from Wheeling, w. Va, to this city.
At the time il was stated that the father OF
the young girl was anxious TO take her
back home under apy circumstances A
Wheeling detective was sent to this city.
dG0 20 kaNc luc mdlScI lubO u hohNo
Sergeant Fred Humphrey, who, with De
tectiye Lawrence, has for over q week been
in search of the pair. The search finally
bore fruit, and the foolish young girl was
Yesterday turned over to her father, who
arrived here for the purpose, and together
they returned home at 2:3O o'clock in the
afternoon.
The real name Of the young woman
proves to be Walker. She is the
DAUGHTER OF A WEALTHY FARNER
of that name, who lives at Martins Ferry,
a short distance from Wheeling. The col
ored man vent by the name OF Geo. Esch,
and the girl passed as his wife,, They claim
ed 10 have been married in Cleyelaud, but
this is very doubtful. Immediately upon
their arrival here the couple took rooms
at No. 49, Garden street. Esch, 1t seems,
was q cook by profession aud soon secured
a situation in that capacity in a cheap
Prospect street restaurant. He is so lame
that he is obliged to use q crutch IN walk
ing. The publication Of their case in the
Leader on Sunday morning alarmed the
psir. The young woman read the &C
count on Monday, and after a consult
alton with the cUlored man, decided to at
once change their place OF abode so as to
throw the police off the scent. Sergeant
Humphrey finally traced the pair to NJ.
lS2 Garden street, but found, oy that time,
that the couple had moved. After som
inquiry he became satisfied that they were
still in the city. The landlady OF the
house told the officer that the young wo-
man had spoken about securing a place IN
some private family rs a servant. To-
woman did not know where the young
girl had gone, but remembered that she
had been looking carefully over the adycr.
Using columns of the Leader. With his
clue Humphrey sgain set to work. Taking
several issues of the Leader, he made notes
Fl all persons.
ADVERTISING FOR SERVANTS.
and following each of these up, finally 20
Gated the girl again at No. 800 Sibley ssreet.
Then he telegraphed to the father of the
girl, who arrived here at 6:3O o'clock yes
terdsy morning. They went together to
Sibley street, and after Humphrey had told
the father to remain behind for a short
time, the officer threw himself in the way
of the girl. Sergeant Humphrey in a very
few words explained his object in calling
upon the young woman and asked her il
she wished to return home again. She said
she did not. He then asked her If her
father was perfectly willing to receive her
would she not return to him again. She
replied in the negative. At this point the
father appeared in the back yard, and the
girl happening to look that way noticed him
at once. There was a sudden and noticea.
bic change in her appearance at once. She
turned as pale as a ghost and trembled in
every limb. But this paroxysm passed
away as rapidly as il came, and with q loud
cry she rushed toward her father. In a
moment they were locked in each others
embrace, both weeping like a pair OF
children. AS soon as he could do so
Humphrey advised them to 90 inside
the house to avoid a pub &c scene. Once
within doors considerable time paSset
before either was able to speak.
The girl on her part scanned to be com.
pletely changed from what she had baen
a few moments before. Instead of being
the creature of a madly impulsive passion
she seemed to realize the intense love of
the parent, who vas still, Notwithstanding
all that bad happened, perfectly willing to
receive her back upon her old footing. The
girl had not appeared to realize the strange
ness of her position before. The father on
his part made no attempt 10 up5raid his
daughter. BY loving words he attempted
10 cause her to forget the past and look for
ward hopefully to the future. Consideri'
Die time elapsed before either seemed dis.
posed to talk, but
THE RECONCILIATION SEEMED COMPLETE.
A carriage was procured when the girl
was sufficiently recovered, and taking WITH
her such articles a. she cared for, the father
and daughter were driven to n hotel. What
passed between them atterward nobody
knows. They remained in their rooms untl
nearly train time, and, as was before stated,
left the city together a. 80 O'Clock IN the
af erDOon.
The young girl could not attempt to
make a very satisfactory explanation OF
her freak. She is about tNenty-one years
Of age, and decidedly a nice looking young
woman. She is well educated, as education
goes among young women. AM quite &c
complished. Her father is re puted II he
wealthy. She said that E@ch, rs b. cali
himself, had been employed as a cook il
her fathers house for about eight years.
During hat time he had been in a position
to do her many little favors. She saw but
very little company, ani IL appears read q
great many Of such novels as are apt to
give an innocent young woman al eAtravi
gantly romantic tendency. Besides this
she had heard a great many sleerIng aIlus
ions to the coiored people and found by
| observation that many OF them, such as
ESch, were as good as any other class
Among other things that helped to turn her
head were the romantic ~escspades of Il fen
wears ago when Governors daughters ani
children Of millionaire papas were
ELoPING WITH THEIR W CoACHMEN
or the good looking hack drivers. Taking
il altogether, and being left alone a great
deal, she had placed owe on a very pecu.
liar plane, and began to think such matters
should be kept wholly unErammeled by
conyentionalitIes. These eccentric ideas
seem to have been carefully fostered by
Esch who always put his best foot forward
and did everything in his power to keep
himself in the best possible light before
the girl. The result of all OF this was u
morbid condition which eventually led to
the elopement. The young woman seems
to think that she has worn olt all the
romance there is in such q union and con
| Guided that there is not half the poetry iu
the practical realities of such an affair as