The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1884-07-09
q Bride Stolen.

lstlI-A ABa44fs Ah1s# 1A1N
grear excitement IN Bowling Green over
the stealing Of a bride from her husband
by Pleas Everhart, a noted Desperate
Wilton W. Jones, the husband, Is a
youth of about j. years Of aye, while MI
wife. formerly, Miss Addie Wilson was
about a year younger. She a bealti-
full young lady, with a remarkably lntei
ligent counteuance. She was about the
average height. had a fine physique ior
one % Young, and was neatly attIred ~ a
black dress and back gloves Tier lace
was on the Madonna order, aud the SAD
expression about it, occasIoned by the
brutal attack to which she had been ex-
posed the night before, enhanced ITS
beauty.
Concisely stated, Mr.. Jones account
Of the affair is as follows
''Ny wife and myself ran away from
home, near Rocky Hill, taking a wagon
to the railroad station for the purpose Of
goipg 10 Gallatin Tenn, TO get married;
We arrived there, were married ana
started home again. When we got 10
Bowling Green. Saturday morning at ii
o'clock, we walked out into the clty to
see the sights, and intended to take the
night train for home. While at the depot
in the sitting room a man came up and
said he had a telegram for our arrest,
which scared W. very much. lie took
me by the arm and led me out 70 the
the platform, leaving my wife IN the SIT
ting room. He read a dispatch TO me
which he said was from my father, or
dering our arrest again. y train was
passing, and he told me 10 board the
train, aud that he would arrest me II |
didn't leave Immediately. | was 50
frightened that | caught on to the steps
oftwo cars which was passing by and was
thrown violently to the platform, badly
bruised, and, in fact, almost killed.
MRS. JONES STORY.
And while he was lying half dead on
the platform. the mar came back and told
me that my husband had taken the pas
senger train for home, but said he would
take good care of me and lind me a hotel.
He had no coat on, and we walked along
until he got to a place where he asked
me, to come in and get a lemonade. L
said 10, and he said, wait then till | go In
here a few minutes. When he returned
be had on his coat. After awhile we
came TO a place where there was a tone
fence. We walked along this fence until
we came to an opening which we passed
through and climbed a hill, and came TO
some kind of a bank, where there was a
body of water they call the reservoir. He
then said:
Lets sit down and rest awhile, !
know you are tired"
Il replied II don't want to rest, / want
you to take me to Mrs. JoneS's hotel,
where YOU promised | would be taken
care Of"
..Oh." he said, sit down and rest,
Ill take YOU to widow Jones's after
awhile"
Il refused again and again TO sit down
by him, and he got mad and caught me
NE by the throat. l saw by the look in
his eyes and the way he Kissed between
his teeth, aud the way he choked me,
that he intended to me all the harm he
could. He tried to strip me up by kick
ing one Of my feet from under me, and
caught him by the throat, too. We
struggled and fought until | shook him off
and rau away screaming as loud as | could.
1t was dark and before ! had run far
down the hill my foot struck a stone and
| fell down, and before | could get up he
had his hands around my throat again,
and tried to keep me from getting up,
but | fought him again, and | believe l
was stronger than he was, | was so des-
perate, and | threw him off again and he
fell down. This gave me another chance
to jump up and run towards a house
where | saw a light, and kept running
running and screaming murder as loud as
| could. He ran me up to the stone
fence and | had another desperate fight for
my life. This was the longest struggle
we had, because he got me backed against
the wall and was choking me nearly to
death with both hands, and telling me
not to scream or he would murder me. |
threw him way off again and ran, scream
ing, as fast as | could go again until l got
to the house where | saw the light, and
and the kind young ladies took me in
and did everything they could for me.