Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-09-02
A STOLEN BRIDE.
How n Daring Texan Captured n Louis
Vile Mans Sweetheart and Mar
riel Her.


ried Her.
4 Huntsville Courief-JournaIJ
In affairs of love the Louisville man
4 Is hard to down, and 1t indeed takes
n very good smooth citizen TO get
away with him when he has half
/ showing. He is on record as having
! outwitted Chicago man aud married
the girl of the latter even the day be-
! fore the wedding was to have been cele-
/ braied. He simply stole the wedding
/ clothes of the bride, and knowing that
"A woman had rather have a fine dress
/ and time than Chicago husband,
| by promising to give the thousand back
/ If che would marry him, he gained her
hand Thus until receutly,it has ever
| been. The Louisville man has ever
| taken the lead and has borne off the
prize in all love contests. At last,
! however, he has been downed, and by
q Texan. To the credit of Louisville,
! however, it must be said that this un-
| fortunate is not native borne, and
! cannot have been fully acclimated, else
the Texan could have never
downed him as he did To give
his name would only add to his
already full cup of sorrow and grief,
and sufficient has been said when he
| is connected with the business house
Of Todd, Donnegan & Co. of this city,
in the capacity OF II clerk. He came
to Louisville "a few years ago, and left
behind in Tennessee young lady who
promised to remain tend, devoted and
while he LIVED in Tennessee was due
to the fact/ Mat be was poor and Oh
jections WIRE made to the match by
| the younf lady's parents. He came
here to itake fortune and promised
to returkin due time and claim his
bride. /He had sojourncd here for
neartH 1.-TWO years, when he gave up
his position to accept II similar one in
/ st. Louis. He had not grown rich,
but had accumulated something, and
with fair prospects ahead he deter
/ mined, If possible, to marry his Ten
nessee love. Her letters to him gave
every evidence of her continued love
and faith in him, and that he had
rival in a bold, dashing Texan he was
wholly ignorant. He wrote and told
his love that he would come on GER
tain day, and he suggested that If her
parents were still not willing
that the marriage should take
place, they could elope. The sugges-
ton seemed to meet the appreciation
OF the young lady, and it was agreed
that they should elope since she said
that her parents would not consent,
and here began the scheme by which
the Louisville man was downed. A
bold, dashing young fellow from Texas
has been paying court to the young
lady's hand, but after a time, on ac-
count of dissipated habits, he was or
hidden the house and could only see
her in secret. 1t is supposed that from
Subsequent developments the Texan
succeeded In gaining her affections,
and when the suggestion of an elope-
ment WAS made by Louisville's repre-
sentative the two determined to max
that individual useful toward carving
out their plans. Louisville was told
TO come on; that his lady love was
waiting with open arms to receive
him, and that together they would
flee from the home of her hard hearted
parents, ana get some kindly disposed
minister or squire to make them one.
At the word the young man responded
with alacrity, and tt once FASTENED to
Nashville. the home OF his love. His
reception was everything that an ar
dent lover could desire. and there in
the parlor OF the lady's father they
made their plans and arrangements for
the elopement.
The youny lady was to take her
D things 10 the house of friend during
the day, and from there they were to
be taken to the depot. In the evening
the two We're TO pretend to 90 out and
visit some friends, and elope, get mar
riej and 90 to st. Louis. Everything
worked nicely and without Interrupt
tion, and they got on the train and
started for Gailatin, where they were
To be married. On the train they were
joined by young man who was q
stranger TO the clerk. The young lady
Knew him, however, and introduced
him as Mr.. --- of Dallas, Texas. She
said that he was n special friend OF
hers, and said that he would If asked
gladly assist them toward carrying
out their plans. So the Texan was let
into the secret and be willingly be-
came one OF the clipping party and
promised to do all in his power ia
make it Il success. On arriving at
Gallatin they got off the cars and went
: to the hotel. The Louisville man left
his intended wife in charge of the
r Texan and went out to hunt minis.
ter or squire to perform the cere-
: mopy.
The Texan had been moa proyident
than this, and almost Immediately
after the would-be hushandAad left
the hotel n squire appeared and at
,, once proceeded TO marry the young
lady To the man from Texas. All was
done IN few minutes and when the
: Louisville man returned the couple
had left the place and him. A note
revealed TO him how he had been
worked and how he had been duped
ny his false love and the man from
: Texas. He was II Use man, and, say
ing nothing, he sadly went 10 his new
home in st Louis, while tho Texan
carried his bride 10 his home in ID alas.
In some way the story has leaked out,
and IT IS now circulating among the
Louisville friends and acquaintance
OF the young man who got left and had
his bride stolen from him even rs they
were to be married.