The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1888-08-01
THAT MIDNIGHT MARRIAGE
4 STATEMENT FROM THE OTHER SIDE.
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per headed "A Midnight Marriage"
10 an infamous lie. and the party that
made the report knows ID. The facts
in the case are these: ! did 70 to
Decatur 10 see Miss Jones. got an
upstairs room, / suppose. because
the clerk said il was the only vacant
room In the house.
I was with Miss Jones most Of
Sunday after supper. We went to
the parlor, tie blinds we're not closed
nor were the curtains. The lady Of
the house had The door Other private
room open 90 she could hear what
was said. About . o'clock we
went 10 the upstairs porch and sat
there dor an 4iour or 80 when she
went TO her room and ! went 10 mine.
then went out on the back porch
and knocked nj her door, there was
no one on the porch that 1 saw, % !
told her good night at her door and
returned 10 my room. | had Just
locked my door when there was 4
knock on IL, and | opened II, and the
clerk with two officers stepped in
and demanded my room and amount
OF bin, and turned me over % the of
fcers upon the charge Of being in the
lady's room. / saw thlt If II went 20
eur. ID would do her as well as my.
self harm, 90 got the license and
were married about 1880 BY X v.c.
w. Buck. Both officers, If sworn,
win testify to the fact that they found
nothing wrong IN my actions or those
OF Miss Jones. Mr. o. Chapman
has lied and be knows It
Very respectfully.
&. w. BunEEHKAD.
cAusrlc CRITICISM on THE CLERK.
EpsroR DnLY JoURsar:
After reading the account 10 ihis
mornings Journal Of iLe -midnighl
marriage at the Hobart house Sun
nav night, I could not help being inn
pse~sed by the fact that some men
can make fools ol themselves upon
slmost any occasion. To put i
mildly, | think the clerk st the Ho'
bart house u most consummat ass
ana / am not alone in this opinion
for that 10 the universal verdict ofths
MANY have heard express them
selves on The subject Without con
dining in any way the ohense Of thl
guilty parties. | think By far thl
best. and 10 fact, the only way % dis
pose Of the matter would have beei
10 quietly notify the parties nex
morning to vacate The house. In tha
ease the affair would have been know
. only 10 the three interested parties
in place Of calling in the officers N,
making II town talk. The yOuDI
man i over ullicious In trying 20 keel
up the reputation Of the house. III
aaopted the very worst method pos
able, and Ii hs had known anythinl
ar The world, be would have know
that the beat hotels and Oh
most reputable ones everywhere y
mot GEEK 10 make such affairs public
such methods advertise house,
L true. but such advertising neye
docs 4 house any good. Let ou
friend rem mber this.
The writer does not know ih
clerk of the Hobart, 10 fact, never 81
him that he is aware of, but - this
ths second time be has made fool
himself IN affairs Of this kind, }
thinks be should be told OF his foo
ishness. There are Two old saying
which we will all do well % rtmen
ber. one or them the words Of y
Christ: "l.et MIN Who'll without VI
east The first stone,n, and tho othe
apeople who live in glass hous'
'a0'4 - ~ joy.
rnE orrrcgHs sTIEMEST.
Officers Turley and Griffin were
the Journal Office last night, and -
they would not have gone 70 Y
Hobart house ifihey had known VII
the clerk wanted. They say th
when they knocked on Burkheat
door he was fully dressed, with
paper In his hand. and the you
lady when she came 70 her door, v
dressed IN q red wrapper. They W
In different rooins, and the char
that they were In nndress or occur
ing The same room when they
them ID unqualiIiedly false.
VIII Sommers shot Maria Cough
and tI,eu shot himself al Seneca III