Morning journal and courier., 1885-07-13
LOVE LAUGHS AT LOoKsMITHs.

A Young Lady Escapes from Her Jail
 CTS and Marries fin Spite of Them.
 AUBURN, N. Y., July 12-Douglas Boards ley, young man about town for the past sgear and half, kept company with Miss Mary Augusta Chedell, daughter of the late John Chedell, very wealthy man. A few weeks ago Miss Chedel1is stePfather and her mother forbade Beardsley coming to their house on West Genesee street, and learning that she had met him clandestinely Miss Chandell's mother locked her in her room, where she was kept a prisoner until last evening, when, with the use of a rope ladder and the assistance of her lover, she made her escape through second story window. They immediately proceeded to the residence of
 William P. Beardsley, brother of Douglass, on South street. Rev. John Brainard, D. D., rector of St. Peters Episcopal church, was called, and several friends and relatives of the Beards1eys and Miss Cheden were in vited to witness their marriage. When all was in readiness for the ceremony the guests and the young lovers were alarmed by loud talking at the door, where the servant was found resisting the attempts of three men to enter the house. The unbidden visitors proved to be Charles A. Smith, Miss Che
 
 dell and MT. Smiths coachman. They had discovered Miss Chede1l's flight and been informed of her intended marriage to Beardsley. The servant was being over powered at the door when J. Harmon Woodruff, guest and wealthy manu- facturer and relative of the Boards 1eys, rushed to the door and knocked Clar- ence Chedell down. Smith, who was greatly excited, whipped out revolver and threat ened to shoot any person who dared to pre- vent him entering the house. Some of the men secured Smith and the coachman and young Chedell retired from the scene. In the meantime one of the guests had tele- phoned to the police station and Officers Co., neybear and Mccarthy arrived at the resi- denee and MT. Smith, after being threatened with arrest, consented to re-enter the hack in which he and his stepson and coach man had intended to abduct Miss Chedell and return to his home. Quiet having been restored, the friends of the Beardsleys and Miss Chedell entered the house and it was proposed to proceed with the ceremony. Rev. MT. Brainard, however, remarked that inas- much as the young lady was not of age and objections had been made to her wedding with Beardsley he would have to decline to marry them. The friends then said they would send for Dr. Harter another pastor Mr \ Brainard then said he would rather perform the ceremony himself than have them welded by Dr. Harter, and the marriage was cele- brated Miss Chedell is pretty blonde, with deep blue eyes, nineteen years of age, above the medium height, slender, graceful, viva cious and accomplished. Her share of her fathers estate amounted to $99, ,O0O The Chedells and the Smiths are very aristo- cratic people, and have lived many years in Auburn. Douglass Boards ley, the bridegroom, is rather a dude. He is supposed to be without means and has recently engaged in the coal busi- ness, presumably with some other mans cap ital. His uncle, Nelson Beardsley, banker, is accounted the richest man in Auburn. The newly married couple avoided the Smith Chedell party by driving to Wyckof's sta tion, where they took 8 train going south. The affair has created decided sensation in the city.