Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-08-08
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Atau. thu-facei man with % s'uhby
Heard of % week f, growth aud hTst.mg
sandy mousi.e.e nas au intermediate
ua4sou-,r ou toe Cuuard steamer Seryia,
Srrvius Yesterday. he was Thomas
lsriu. the groom whose elopcment with
Ills, Lucy has.ron. the second daughter
az wealthy Liverpool merchant, on
,uiv Zlth. caused sensation IA Liver
pool society
Miss Lucy is au heiress to something
Ike Eiu. mN iu her own right, aud Aspin
was employed ia hcr father stable. lLe
family mansion Is az Stockport, amid
spacious grounds AND surrounded by
handsome sUIubhory. Lucy Hastron Is
described q, % beautiful girl of eighteen
wears. with regular. oval features n
nearly SKIN. and ruitling golden hair
which she wore uucOnfned down her
bach Aspu is married and has five
children living in England
cAu0f Ar QUEENSTOWN.
The fugiuyes took passage on the
Cuu.rI Steamer boihuia for Boston, but
al Queenstown an English detective
boarded the vessel and took Miss Lucy
ashore much pgaust her Viii, It is said.
She was taken to "a hotel IN Queenstown,
aud Aspn, who followed. was denied adj
1..ttsncr. Meantime Mir. Eastfon and
ms son arrived from stockport, and Mss
Rastr,u Wa< obliged tOIcturn home with
thm H,r baggage, consisting Of
sin.}etrau. enda haud-satchcl, remained
Oh the totulia, and Aspms baggage
va, also carried of 10y the vessel.
Mr. Eostrou. IL Is sud. WAS very de
sirous 90 having Asmn arrested for de-
sertue his WIfc. hut the latter took pas
sage ou tue Seryia when she touched 40
Queenstown ON jury 29th. lie could
not be- held on Charge of abduction, -
Miss HasuCu rs OF legal age.
Aspiu is about thirty SIX years old ard
decluodiy homcly, wiih very irregular
feature, and hght-b.ue eyes. lie was
dressed Yesterday IA q coarse brown bu-
eincss rlit. and wore flannel SHIRT and
a cheap nocktc lie appeged 10 hesi-
tate shout going ashore lest he should
10 arrested. and remained IN the cabin
until nearly al the other passengers had
departed.
There Hcraid reporter found him
mopniug has face with dirty white silk
hanokerrhIef HIS eyes looked red, as
If from wcoping. The rapturous greet
jnes of rernlted husbands and wives that
be had witnessed on every side appeared
70 Affect him more than the hot wave,
and he leaned against the foremost the
very picture Of misery.
"NOr A SCRAP or IEFoRMATION."
The reporter introduced himself, and
at once Mr.. AsIn drew himself Up aud
assumed a dignifed and injured look.
"Sir sand lac, IN what were intended
for crushing tones, - have decided 70
,av nothing about this unfortunate
affair. | snail not give one scrap Of IT, /
formation. There's no use TO ask me, l
eir-no use at all. am completely up |
set--completely, sir; and here the /
groom mopped bis forehead and sopped /
up several Drops Of grief from his watery .
eyes. on
But what do you intend 70 do ?"
persisted his questiOner. VIII you re- /
main IN America
- may be here five days and may !
stay six months. II all depends on what /
] get 70 do. But you need not ask me
questions, because ] shan't answer, and !
that's all about il. don't intend to talk |
about this matter. It's bad enough !
now. And MIR. Aspin braced himself
firmly against the mast and looked nx' |
sdly at panel in the opposite yall. do J