Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-02-16
THAT ELoPEMENT.
More Particulars Abont the Sensation.
nj Aifair nj Austin.
The Bride Torn From the Arms Of Her
Lover and Taken Back 10
England.
Houston Postl

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lished, by ~ ccial telegram, the outline,
| OF a sensational slopement at Austin
The Statesman Of that city has oh
tnined additional particulars In refer
ence to the interesting affair, and thus
Rives them TO its readers:
About two weeks ago two English
men, and lady purporting to be the
wife OF one of them, came to this city
and registered at the Carroilton az DR.
Estrange and wife and Major johnson
OF England. They claimed to have
come 10 this country for the purpose OF
buying lands or going into some pay.
ing business, and actually went ~ fai
as to begin negotiations for several
stocks Of goods that were for sale.
The guests about the hotel noticed
something peculiar about these people
particularly the lady, who occasion.
ally let fall remarks that led TO the
suspicion that something waJ wrong,
but Just what could not he learned, oil
course.
The man who went by the title and
name of Major johnson was also an
eccentric individual. He appeared 10
be man of great shrewdness and
quick perception, and very devoted to
the doctor and his charming wife
This appeared all the stranger when
the lady informed all the Rcquaint
ances about the hotel that neither had
met the major until after leaving Eng.
land, yet he had followed them all the
time, going TO every hotel they went
to, even to church when they went,
and with them out riding If they
chose to go--in short, never left their
sides for moment, SO close was the
majors wntchful care, few about the
Carrollton failed To note II and remark
about It, 1t was also discovered that
the lady was In that interesting condi-
ton that would seem TO preclude the
idea OF travel in foreign land bat
not Notwithstanding all these singular cir
cumstances, the entire party showed
themselves highly educated, per-
feet in those lady.like and
gentlemanly departments, and
by their afiahility and
social qualities made friends with all
who met them. SO matters stood un-
I'll yesterday. The major proposed TO
the doctor To take n trip to Duval for II
hunt. and the unsophistlcated English
ID, ID. did not detect anything wrong
in going GU II hunting excursion In the
mud and rain of yesterday, and so con-
scented To leave his bride for "a days In
order to try the delights of hunt in
the state of Texas. The two men went
to McDade 10 return last night. Why
the major went on that hunting excur-
sion and induced his friend TO 20 with
him will appear presently.
When the o'clock train arrived two
distinguished looking gentlemen
stepped from the train and procured a
hack To drive them to tho CarrolltoD.
They alighted, walked into the hotel
Office and inquired Ii DR.. E-trange
was In. MIR, Howorth, the hotel clerk,
said the doctor had gone to McDude.
Very well ;" they replied, "is his wife
| here?n Mr.. Howorth informed them
she was. MIR. Howorth requested
them to be seated In the parlor and he
would call her This they refused 10
do, but with great deal of .lawiDg Bull
lison demanded TO be shown 20 herroom
and the nstonished clerk complied.
Mr.. Howorth knocked at the lady's
door and she opened 1t, and one of the
distinguished visitors stepped In 'front.'
OF the clerk and presented himself 10
the lady, who did not seem TO know
him. The other then shot 10y him
into tho room. and as he did so the
lady exclaimed, "Oh, my father! my
fatherw and threw herself upon his
neck and began TO weep. The
other man then closed the
door, and what occurred Inside
IL unknown. The lady, however
hacked her wardrobe in short order,
bid a few friends n fearful adieu and
went right to the train and left at
once, not until it came out, however,
that her father was no less a person
than Mr.. Bradley lord mayor OF sand
wich, England. The polite major and
the doctor returned late last night from
McDade, and, of course, was neady
dumb founded with n lief ut the loss OF
his bride, IL the couple were In reality
married. If lac had the pluck OF u
Yankee he would have taught the
proud father lesson, Ind him stopped
by teleg ram at the first station--eitber
ent him 10 Jail for kidnapping or,
procured writ Of hAbeas corpus; but
il seems the major was looking after IA
contingency of this kind. and 30 great
was the husbands faith in his suppos-
ed friend that he slept upon his rights
un II IL was too late, taking the ma
ior's advice, Of course. Even last night
the Young doctor had no suspicion the
major was an English detective, who
had been working the case for proud
English mayor, in order to obtain his
daughter from American jurisdiction
and place her under English laws.
when the marriage could be declared
void. The major worked his game
well-for the lord mayor.