Omaha daily bee., 1884-11-20
THE CAST ,nAGnrLY CHANGED.
A Youth CLAUS to EIope With One
Girl but Goes on with
Another.

Another.
New York Herald.
Recent events in Winchester county
indicate that when a young lady arrive,
at the age of "a she develops a morbiC
desire TO elope with a young man. 81
there are any young ladies in the coun
ty," q gentleman remarked in New Ro
chelle, last evening, who have not ye
eloped, it Is because they have not had al
opportunity
This remark was made In consequenc
of al elopement from that village on the
previous night, the facts of which were
made public yesterday. Additional in
terest was added to this elopement be.
cause there was q little change in the
accommodating, to be sure, but
enough to lend particular zest to the
affair. The time set for the elopement
was Thursday night, and the lady who
was TO figure In the sensation as the bride
was said to be the daughter of a wealthy
resident of the village, but the time when
the elopement actually did take place was
on Tuesday night, aud the lady who be.
came the heroine of the sensation was not
the lady alluded to above, but Miss
Hattie Marshell, the only daughter of
Richard Marshell, a steel engraver at
Brewster's carriage mandatory, Fifth
Avenue and Forty. second street.
The young man who ran away with
the young lady was John Edward Quinn,
a song and dance artist recently attached
to McEvoy's Hibernicon. He belongs to
the 'Order of Dudes" who have head
quarters at New Rochelle, and among
his fellow members are Daniel Molloy,
Peter Brady, Frederick A. Meher, Will
liam Quinn, Kaiser Brady, and Thomas
Condor, all of whom lent him their as
s~istance in the elopement.
For over a year Quinn, who cast his
maiden vote this year, was an ardent ad-
mirer of the young lady he left behind
him, but her venerable father seemed to
have contracted 4 general dislike for the
young man. The young lady, however,
often met him, and was frequently seen
in his company on the road behind a
~trotter, or walking on the streets of New
Rochelle. Quinn told his companions
that he despaired of ever obtaining the
"old mans consent to marry his daugh-
ter" and said that he guessed he would
have to elope with hdr.
His friends say that everything was ar
ranged for the elopement Thursday night,
but on Tuesday Quinn, who had for six
months been sparkling Miss Hattie on the
ely, suddenly changed his mind and con-
cluded to offer himself to her if she would
play the part for which the other lady
had been cast. She readily consented.
The change of programme was announced
Q1inn's friends, and, while they did not
object, they were greatly surprised, but
consented to help him through IL DANA
in real life
At 6 o'clock on Tuesday evening Miss
Msrshell told her mother that she was
going to the postoffice for the late mail,
and might call on a friend before she re-
turned home. Always neat in her dress,
the mother did not observe that Hattie
took any unusual pains In preparing her
toilet that night. Instead of going to the
postoflice, however, the young lady went
direct to the depot, where she met Quinn
and the young men before mentioned.
They boarded a train bound for this city,
and got off at Mount Vernon. The party
went direct to the office of Isaac @. Far
rington, justice of the peace, and asked
to be married. Tho young men vouched
for the contracting couple, and after ask
ing the usual. questions the justice mar.
ried them.
This Is an elopement, isn't it2" re-
marked the court after he had performed
the ceremony.
sob, no" remarked the bride. "My
husbands people are Roman Catholics
and object TO his being married by a
Protestant minister. / am a Protestant,
and my people object to a priest, 30 we
came here"
The Justice acquiesced in the judgment
of the couple, and after kissing the bride
wished them much happiness.
The party then went to a hotel where,
in the parlors, they drank wine and had
a Jolly time until half past 10 o'clock.
Then the bride and groom went to the
depot and bought tickets for Boston, the
groom remarking that the bridal tour
would be brief because ha was 'short of
ready funds inst now" being possessed
of only $40. They boarded the train
and started east.
At III o'clock Thomas Condor aroused
Mr.. and Mrs. Marshell and placed in the
fathers hand a letter from his daughter,
informing him of her marriage and en-.
closing the certificate. She said they
were going east and wruld be back in a
week.
Mr.. Marshell said last evening to a
Herald reporter: 81 was never 80
shocked in my life. Neither my wife nor
l slept a wink last night. 1t seemed as
though somebody was dead in the house.
My wife is almost crazy with grief. l
don't know what is getting to be the mat
ser with the girls. There was no need
of her clipping. l should not have OBJ
jected to her marrying Quinn. He is a
respectable young man, does not drink,
and has no bad habits. l always thought
he was going to marry the other girl. He
has been to my house several times, and l
rather liked him, forgive my daughter,
though, for she is all i have; | feel terri
bly, about the way she acted. l shall not
mske a fool of myself, though. l shall