Grand Rapids morning telegram., 1885-05-11
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An extraor.ln- was with ,sssd
yesterday orNil- aracen's Head
Hotel, shirley. Ia seems that saturday a
fashionably dressed youns man. we'll
known in commercial circles in B.rmins-
ham. eloped with the wife OF a Birlnng-
ham trad snan- The man IL described "a
tall and very handsome, aud is said 10
have quite infatuated the traiesm ans
wife The pair, when they levanted Sat
urday, drove 10 Shirley, thinkin {. no
doubt, that ia that sequesfered spot tho
wife could remain safe from the search OF
her husba 4 while her lover mado prepa-
rations To- a furtheranl safer lignt. They
took rooms az ths Saracen's Head as man
and wife, aud until Monday mOrninz they
remained undsturbed The outraged
husband had been able 20 trace the run
aways, however, and Monday morning
early be put in an appearance At the no.
tel, accompanied by four sta wart frienls.
prepared 90 execute summary vengeance
on the disturber of his home. Early as il
was. the man had eft the hotel 10 call
upon rIsnd who resi- les further az the
village. aud who was gong 70 drive him
into b rnin-ham n his gig, 80 that the
husbands riginal scheme 20 lrprlse his
vile AMI her lover together was frnstrat-
ed. The wife was lest in ted in Ignorance
or the arrival 0t her husband. aud the
party set %. % lie IN wat or her lover.
They secra.ed tbemselv 8 beh l Z "A wagon
Odd 0f hay, AMI soon had the satisfaction
o seeing their victim drive 10 With his
friend.
As ID Eis stopped at he door they lid
not give Him time to get out, but. pouucing
on tns veh Gle Ia an instant they dra-ged
him FROM IL. despite his trend laying
about hin with as whip. The hotel : an
odd postius station. and n front Of it there
il a gigantic horse trough and a pump.
The horse trough VS. iuI OF ice-cold
water, and into this be was bundled ia
trice H.s strUg les wers OF no avail: his
enemies held hm last and playfuIlv dat
bed bin ali ov-r and almost drowned
him " ben the water Ia the IT u-h was
partly eShaus Ell the parties procured a
bu Net and s1used him repeatedly. A more
sorry figure shan the drsnchsd Lathario
g would be difficult 20 imagine A gaping
crowd IF rustics was now Gathered in front
OF The ho ei. bu. no one attempted % inter
fsre. tie was s. numted with cold
that he could hardly make tbe
slightest enlrs Of resistance. 80
he vas lifted from the trough
and hald az arms length by two of the
party whIe a third. lifting a bucket Of
msal-water that stood ready tor the
horses, gave him a last souse with IBIS
MIXTURE The effect eighteued to- ridi,u-
fort Of The victim. Tor the pulpy meal
stuck a. over his recently smart-look-
ing toggery. In This sstste ne was lee
re. and II he started ike frightened
rs, seekng refuge anywhere a1d sverv-
where, aud finding noue tie dived into
a bakers shop snd gos ben nj the coan-
ter. oaiv 60 be drag "a .ut. and belaborad
lustlF 10y the husband and his friends
and again "a vas let free This sine
he made IT through tas yard = the
saracen's Head. AMI Gus into rhe fields
beyond it was with the greassst difH-
cuity he cnuId @ along AZ al. the water
dripping from hs soaked clothes that
hung around him ike q ualI. his arms
held oats -retched from his bod o. al
low the water - drip free Ia ne
every now and hen receive an adraan. .-rv
dis to hasten b s speed frem his arsuers
thst nvsris ~ sent hin fFinss1 earta "a
bis face. F1r about half an nour be- vas
rhus pursued WITH relentless psrsisreurv
tiu. thcruugh IS xfs1saf ha sera nhia.i
over hedge aad lsii g nmp mo a dirty
ditch orl the ther si3e. This iast lzhs
Hle,i 1' the cua 81 the hushs-i's revenge.
The over was allowed 20 scramble on y
the drrh his frieod wien zig drove -o
snd ipei ain .ar1 thp raairle ara. amif
the f. al 5he mlisifuse, "a was driven
awa rr3 Bfrmin hap. minus MS haE
an rs9srilass ~ ERE ,ro.nar -
haf eft st t,s Sarao.7's Heat
Hofe tsrwart vas n erv arsf hv
Der aashan in more laieta1f
iess tshica