The Brookhaven leader., 1884-11-27
sENsATIoNAL MARRIAGE.
The Sequel to the Rags1ale Hsbess
Corpus SUIT.

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Rae sdale habeas curpus case. Til,
finale of tue affair va given in RI,
Louisville Times ofthe 28;h in, t l1t
as follows:
A highly sensational every day
romance has just come tn ligh' II
this city. We begin, however, with
the concluding rages aud go back
ward for the facts. At $3.50 O'Clock
yesterdaynoon Mr.. T. c Hewlett,
Of Huntsville, Ala, anil Miss Saili,
A. Ragsdale. Of Meridian, Miss, were
united in marriage at the Methodist
parsonage, No. 76S Fifth street, by
the Rev. Henry c. Settle. The
ceremony was private, the only wit
nesses being the mother of the bride
and Mr. Clifford, a particular friend
of the family. After the nuptials
had been solemnized The party i'm
mediately re-entered the hack and
repaired to the Broadway Hotel,
where they had been stopping since
last Sunday morning. THIS con-
cluded one of the most singular ro-
mances which has yet been given TO
the public as a sketch from real life.
The story, as told by the parties
figuring therein, is in substance
this:
The groom is pleasant looking
young gentleman, standing high in
social circles, and holds a position
as special agent of the New Or
leans and Texas Pacific railway,
which necessitates his travelling to
some extent. About a year ago he
visited Meridian and stopped at the
principal hotel in the place, owned
by Mr.. L. A. Ragsdale, who was
also a wealthy and leading citizen
of the place. Mr.. Hewlett shortly
became acquainted with the family,
and principally with his young and
exceedingly pretty daughter. Ii
was but a short willie before the
two became despr,at attached
and a union Of hearts the expected
consequence. To this, however, the
father objected, giving as his reasons
the youth and uncompleted educa
tion of his daughter But the uD
derstanding seemed to be that when
her education was thorough and hen
years had ripened, the wedding
should become a fact. The girl was
sent toa boarding school at Stau tru
and Mr.. Hewlett was recalled &c
New Orleans. The two decided, af
ter having reached their respectiv,
destinations. that the separation
was more than love could hear, auC
clandestine meetings were plannrC
that they might more often be in
company and keep their hearts
glowing. Hewlett was to visit he'
at school in the guise "f an uncle
He answered the letter. but waited
in vain for return, and becoming
alarmed, wrote to friend in Me
ridian, inquiring Of the fair Ju'let
The answer came that father anC
daughter had left for Staunt"n,' bu
that the girls brother had Intercepted
his (Hewlett's) letter, and had tcle
graphed his father about the pro
posed clandestine meetings at th,
schools; also that the father had re
turned after an absence of one week
Mr. Hewlett again wrote to Mis-,
Ragsdale without effect: he ther
wrote to the faculty The answer
returned that she was not there
Then again to the friend in Meri
dian, who announced that he had
seen a card from Oxford. O, address
ed to Mr.. Ragsdale, bearing the
business card of DIR. Moss, the su
periptendent of private insane asy
lum
The lover was almost distracted
with grief over this clew to the
Whereabouts of his sweetheart, bn'
Immediately set about ways and
means for her capture. He finally
learned that ber mother was IN Hot
Springs, and accordingly telegraph
ed her She at once hurried TO Ok
ford and abducted her daughter
from the asylum, with whom she
proceeded TO Cincinnati, where
Hewlett had promised TO meet them
But the superintendent having
heard of the abduction, set out also
and recaptured the young girl
threatening the incarceration of the
mother also, if his plans were inter,
fered with. Mr.. Hewlett shortl,
arrived, and after the employmen
of able counsel the Young girl va
released on a writ of habeas cOrpus
Mr.. Raosdale and several acquain
tances we're called upon as witness
es and proved before a court de ia
nat:co inqairendo that the yonni
lady's mind was perfectly sane
Quite a sensation was created il
Oxford over the affair, and resulted
in an order being issued that all pri
waited insane asylums should be in
vestigated four times a year, with
out warning the superntendents
The mother was then given the Gus
tody OF her daughter, declaring tina
her father was not the proper on
to have charge of her The fathe