The Red Cloud chief., 1884-11-28

sose The father bad coruplsssd fas -
rsngrments 90 ~ad h.. daughter 10 =
sso1-siirg-srhooi .; ssaursos. Va BE-
fore 81. gag.dzi~ ~as r-sds On Start
Mr. Hr~irs. wss AGAIN called "a Sgw
Orleans on buSas%.. ard Mr.. RaZs3sle
scat 90 Hot spfisgs. Ark. ~ - trrat
i for rheumatism Mr.. IIsxlrft vrvse
- h. sweetheart after his arrival ~
Ne. Orleans. a8d rec~sT-t \ rvpss s,ai-
M tina; BE-, father world tzks h~r IN
the ahool =; S;aGn;oa 10 \ f~u dsy.
ar. Hc~ir;; replied. Ia; uait~i IA vain
Tor IN an.wsr. aai finally. b~rSsrsiag
alarmed. he wro,. to q Tread IN M~rS4-
an !nqairing uhA. had h~cofnr Il Nis.
Ray3taie. The r-ply "a. that fa;h-f
and daughter lad Left Meridian fUs
>iauntoa-
Acting on ;ha, information NJ Hcw-
lett wrote 20 Mi.. ka-@ial- n, >.zaa-
,on. bu, falling To get = rrply 2.c~r-
aimed by inguiry from tho faculty ,si
sae uas not there. III. again wro;- TO
his friend. and after some DELAY The La
Ter informed him tina; BE- had seen \ vt
,rr from Oxford. @. addr-->~i ~ Mr..
Rsy-iAle. and barring The bushes card
II Dr. Mos. the Superintendent Of n
private insane asylum in that place.
The distracted lover did no, kno~
what course 70 pursue NJ hrs;- and con
stunned valuable tim. in a-crrtsining
positively the whereabouts II hi MRS.
ing sweetheart. and also IN discovering
where her mother had gone. Hr hnai-
" verified his suspicious b means IF
: -.t f-s-- tn 81. Fn-wU..
ssylum. and sbou. the same time heard
hat Mr. Kag>dale vas in Hot spring
II. a, once i-legraphed 10 the mothe:.
who hurried "a Oxford and managed 20
abduci her daughter from the a>y'uRl.
and got her Ia Cincinnati, whrrc "
Hewlett had arranged 10 meet iErn.
But unfortunately DIR. Mos a>crrtain,-d
the ~vhereabout, If the mother AMI
daughter. and getting possession 4
NJ, RagSiale. carried her back 20 tn
a.ylum despite her protests. even; threat
eniny 10 have Mrs. Rag.dale .~ucarce.a-
I'd al~o.
a >oon n Mr.. Hewlett; arrived ia
Cincinnati able lawyers were employed.
AMI Ms Hewlett was released on 4
writ of habcs, corpus. Mr.. Ra-~dsie
and several acquaintance of tie family
We're summoned a. witnc->e>, and. BE-
fore a court o: lunatico De inquircndO. Il
waS clearly proved thatthe young lady
mind was perfectly sane.
The affair created = great local sensi-
ton al Oxford. and resulted in an order
being issued that the Insane tOrnrsi>-
sionrr> should visit all private a,y-
-. - So. ,a- L. So.
purpose Of Investigation, without
warning the superintendent Of their
intentions. Mr.. Rag>dale admitted
that h. did no, believe his daughter in
sane. but would give no reaSon for in
generating her in the asylum. The
same Court Of Inquiry gave the custody
Of Miss RagSdalc To her mother. declar-
ing that Mr.. Ragsdale Wa not a III
person To have charge Of her The
father finally consented TO the marriage
OF Mr.. Hewlett and his daughter. bu;
declined to be present at the ceremony,
and after the trial went TO New York 10
attend TO some business. while the moth
or. daughter and Mr.. Hewlett came to
thi, city, where they determined 10 have
the marriage occur.
IL i said that the joint property
Of Mr.. and Mr.. Rag-dale amount Ia
$4,000 Mrs. Ragsdalc told a report
er last evening that she thought her
husband had behaved as he did in or
der To force her 10 acccde 10 a propo-
sition of his concerning the disposal OF
some property. She said. moreover.
that her husband had been an excellent
business manager. but that he hal n
stroke OF paralysis about six years ago.
and that at times he had acted rery
strangelv.-LOUiSCiiic COarssr-jOu-aaI.