The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-12-20
YOUTHFUL ELOPERS.
The Travels of Two Youngsters from IDdi
i'm the South.

Atlanta Special to New York Times.
a week ago a smOotn-faccd little fellow, wear
ing n sku-cAp turned up at Markham and wrote
on the register, Samuel b. Curtis and wife,
Utica N. Y" The lady waited in the paror
ana the Two were assigned to a room. the
young fellow was a blonde, while his wife was
brunette. She was fifteen and her husband was
not more than seventeen. Next morning West
ern papers containing tile account OF the run
AWAY marriage of Harry G. Edwards, an Indi-
ana boy. reached the hotel. The clerks read it
and showed it TO Curtis. "When does the first
train leave for the Southi" lie asked. He was
told that he could be off in an hour, and paying
his bill hastily departed for Florida. He brought
up at Grifnu, and registered Clarence CleBry
and wife, of Rochester, N. Y.
This morning he passed through Atlanta on
his way back home. The young man said to
reporter: my name ia Harry Edwards, and my
wlfes name was Alice Randall. We are from
GreeEsburg Ind. Alice's father is in the dry
goods business. My father is a harE ess-naker.
Randalls thought wasn't good enough for Alice.
They belong to The shoddy aristocracy, so they
forbade me to go with her. 1 was clerking in a
although not enough to support u wife. Alice
has big brothers and younger sisters, besides
her parents. while have father and several
SISTERS, nut no mother or brothers. They abused
Alice every time she saw me- although we would
meet frequently She said they beat her.
Finally, they wanted Alice to go with another
fellow. We had to either marry part forever.
She said If l was man l would run away with
her. I knew it was serious, but had some money
saved up, and borrowed 1925 more of my uncle
on Saturday. We started for Cincinnati. We
went through to Lexington, KY, where we spent
apartments. of course. did not know whether
could get license on Sunday, did not try
to marry. The girl's father and brother and the
city marshal came TO Cincinnati that day while
we were in Lexington, but they lost track of u.s.
Monday morning we proceeded to Chattanooga.
and were married there by the Rev. G. G. RAN
kin. The papers stated that Alice paid for the
marriage license and had all the money. The
way of il was, got tired carrying such a large
roll of bills. and put IL in her sachel. Not hav-
ing the right change in my pocket, L reached
into the sachel for the money, which was NINE
From Chattanooga we proceeded to Rome, Ga
which we left on Tuesday and spent one day in
Atlanta. / know how folks look at clipping
couples. They think we young and green,
and they laugh and smoker aud think it is a
mer, Frank r. Reed, took me to be greener than
| am. He told me there a reward offered
for our arrest and 1t was known where WERE
He offered TO help us, and as was uncertain and
alarmed, [ took him up to our room to talk mat
tiers over. He said it would never do for to
stay in Griffin; that we shonld go to GAINESVILLE
and HINT up private house In order TO throw
the detectives off the track he and my wife
would get off at GAINESVILLE and search for a
place to stay, representing themselves as man
and wife, while l should go on to Macon and
find work. Well, [ saw through the scheme,
though Alice thought he was kind I didn't pro-
pose TO get out of tine way in order that Mr.
Reed might run around with my wife. / suppose
stairs, but was too much amused at the trans
parency of the rg 7cality. don't see what they
can do to me, as re married, and am going
back to find w0 '"eensburg or Cincinnati.
Alice says She father will shoot me,
but not aIra a.,