The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-01-18
A CHASE FOR A WIFE,
iNWHICH THE SEDUCTIVE REVOLVER
TAKES A HAND
a Young Man With Bank Account Has
Time of 1t with a Flishty Woman
The Husbands Perseverance Rewarded
by Success for the Present.

SAUK RAPIDS, Mimi, Jan. 1s.-Tho usual
quiet Of our city has been somewhat dis
turhed for the cast week by the abrupt ter
.nination OF wedding which was to have
come ofY few nights ago, by the sudden
appearance, few hours before the time set
for the ceremony, of the husband Of the
would-be bride, with blood in his eyes.
The lady is native of our vii
lage, the daughter Of Joseph Ware
Some six years since her mother
died and the father removed to Illinois
with his daughter, who was then Just bud
ding into womanhood, blonde with pretty
face and agreeable manner As she ma
tured she had many admirers and finally
accepted one of them, and the wedding day
was set. But visiting at an uncle's before
the time fixed, she there met Samuel Stein
OF New Mexico, who was at first sight snit-
ten, and, as he hal bank account of sew
eral thousands better than her
aitianced to throw into the scale,
he was accepted instead of the
Illinois boy. When her father learned
the state of affairs he ordered his daughter
home A brother of Stien went Oh in ad-
vance and waited for the arrival of his
VI oAutl ut utppt, as LIE ihltcl was
about to step off the cars Ware with cooked
pistol, ordered him to move on or there
would be funeral instead Of wedding.
Ware, glancing to one side, saw the brother
with a pistol in each hand, one OF which be
held out for his brother to take. A short
parley was held, and the irate parent
yielded and gave his consent, and shortly
after Stein and Lottie were married
A few months after her marriage she ex-
pressed a desire to visit her relatives at
Sank Rapids, and the indulgent husband
consented. After a while she ceased to
write and as he could get no response to his
letters, he wrote to one of our citizens, who
informed him that she had reported that he
was dead, and was to be married soon. To
satisfy himself the same brother who had
been Of SO much service to him was sent on
incog, and soon found out the situation Of
aifairs, and appraised his brother of the time
set for the wedding AT noon of that day
the husband appeared, much to the discom-
future of both the expactant groom
and bride. The husband the evening of his
arrival concluded it was best to take his
wife away from the place where he came 50
near losing her, and a1e two went to a
band came for his trunks His wife at once
hired fleet team and with one of her ad-
mirers holding the reins they were miles
away up the river when he returned with
the trunks The husband then awaited the
return of the team, when ne called on the
driver, who was easily persuaded, by
the production Of six-shooter,
to take him where he had left the
fleeing wife After finding his wife, and on
her promise to return with him on the early
train, the husband and the young man re-
tired together to get short rest. About
O'Clock a man walked into the room with a
lantern in one hand and a revolver in the
other and as they opened their eyes he told
them to lie still, and stood guard over them
until the train had passed which bore away
the truant wife. The husband continued
the search, and finally overlook his wife in
the Northern part Of the state, and the pair
are now on their way to Illinois