Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1886-12-25
From the Raleigh Evening Visitor,
Monday, Dec. 10Th, 1886
A MYS1El%IOUS AF.
FAIR.
A DEAF MUTE PROGURES 4 MAR
KiAGE LICENSE AND LEAVES
THE CITY WITH \ YOUNG
LADY UNDER ~USPl-
IJUCS tIR,l NJ
STANCES. xc.


Oar city has been thrown into 4
state Of much excitement over an
elopement which took Ilace on Fri
day last aud The subscquen, I'VE
ment of the parties COT c.rned. The
details OF tie affair, - far As We
have been enabled 10 gather them.
are about as follows
On Thursday afternoon last Mr..
w. L. bingham, sou Of the late Col.
WIN. Bingham, OF Orange county,
and . former deaf mute lurii a, the
institution for the Deaf Ani Dumb
and Blind in this city, c~a!i~.l a, the
Office of the Register OF Deeds and
eDqairea Of Mr.. +. III. Sorrell. clerk
in The Office, as 10 wha, time the Of
flee wonid be opened next morning
He was given the desired intorma-
ton when be went away. Next
morning he called again aud after
USUAL preliminary questions he Sc
cured wharfage license FOR selem'-
ling The r,:cs Of ma,rimonv b..
~ cen himself and Miss Lizzie Tur-
lng,nu. 81 Wilmington, WHO is
i, malrun for he u,utes AZ the in>,itu.
ton above mentioned, giving his age
a, 23 years old and that Of The lady
a,ko At %. .Atter procuring the |,
cen.-. i, appears that on Friia.
morning ahou, 10 o'clock Dir. Ding.
ham AMI Mss burlington left tie
asylum on foot, aud afterwards he
procured . horse aud buggy of Mr.
X. + Iarham AZ his stable on Mar
} tin street. They then let, the ci'y
together going in the direction Of
; Durham. The marriage ceremony
was rot performed in this CITY NOR
+, in the county OF Wake ~ tar IA Lab
been aece. tanned and the terms II
I the LICENSE do not allow 1T their he
, lug married outside OF the county q,
all Licenses must be procured III the
county in which the marriage takes
= place. The parties were seer to-
' yeth.r if1 tire buggy within e.: h,
miles of Durham. but when a.ou,
tour ur five miles from Durham
/ bingham Was see III the buggy
a;one. The point AT which he was
las, seen in company with the lady
q is said 10 be very lonely and desc.
e late, Astounding with .i.i,k under
growth. A, Durham Bingham lief
y the buggy At a stable near the out
skirts IT the town and took the tran
for Greensboro. Op arrival a
Greensboro he made strict inquire
III in regard TO the connection tor Al
e, lanta, New Orleans and other South
.rn points. The authorities ar
ID using every effort to ferret oat I,
y matter, and there are grave susp
On cious that a most terrible crime b;
or been committed. There Seems
be have been no reason :or the couis
he taken by the parties as they wer
-, both of legal age and no impcdime,
seemed to exist against their unio
in marriage.
'e' Later reports are to the etfe'
;1' that the couple were not seen ne;
Tor durham, but that they were Set
ny one and a half miles east OF Morri
al Vile, which place is twelve mil
res ives, of Raleigh. Police officers a
searching the country in every
- ]rcctiun, and further development
are awaited with the most inten
interest.
Monday morning a telegram "
received from Carmansvil!c, n.
saying that Walter Bingham vas
cry that town Sunday that he was
sane, and later that he had diss
:" peaed. During his stay there
me said he Was on his way TO Coun
a.. Bluff. Iowa, where he expected
find and kill Mr. f. n. Goodw
ted formerly Of Raleigh, and who h
been a teacher in the Deaf a
Dumb and Blind Institute BIZ
ham, for ONE reason, supposed i
r. Goodwin MAS his rival.
- OF Miss Burlington, the Wilmi.
ton Star says: The young la
though a deaf mute, was we'll c
,rior Gated. remarkably intelligent, :
on vas greatly beloved by all v
:. oi knew her. Although only ,we1
e, OF one years Of age, she held the
i ON sponsible position OF matron at
the State Deaf, Dumb and Blind A
'ebb lun.
rten On Wednesday both sides Of
lheS 49,. :. -. ~ Mo,
bal vie were seaIcheu " aoo"'
crest men with no favorable resnls.
until Up 10 tina, time Bingham had
been arrested. Y
lie. Us hope tina. Mrs Torllnp
10 aiise, Ahu sbAi no h~i" - :
- done her.
'OES Both Of the families directly IN