The Asheville citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1885-1889, 1888-09-26
AN BLoPEa1ENT.
Which Resulted in a Marriage in
Another County.


MrJ. ]. Wolfe, a prosperous
butcher aad marketman on, Depot
street, yesterday sent for a reporter
Of the CITIZEN, to whom he related
the facts concerning the elopement
of his daughter, Miss Sadie, on suns
day morning last, with Mr.. st. Clair
Knight, of this city. Mr.. Wolfc
seemed to be all broken up over the
affair, and avoWed his intention of
never again speaking 10 his daugh-
ter, or allowing her to enter his
house. His wife. too, he said, was
prostIdted with grief over what she
considers the objectionable sin of
her daughter, and she also refuses
20 eSeF recognize her as such again.
Mr.. Wolfe sal 'The faSts in
the case are these. Last Sunday
mornir g, about seven o'clock, I
left home TO spend the day at Pis-
gah. as | was feeling tired and
broken down. and imagined the
trip would be of much benefit to me.
In about half an hour after I left,
Sadie left the house, and said she
was going to Mr.. LaPierre's resi-
dence to practice her music for
Sunday school. She had told her
mother on Saturday evening that
Mr.. baPierre had requested her to
do so. But she didn'S go to La
Pierre's at all. She went to police
officer J. NJ. R0wan's house, where g
Mrs. Rowan, a sister of Knights,
helped her to dress, and the party
went off to Hendersouville in a car
riage-Sadie, Mr.. Rowan, Mrs.
Rowan, Mr.. Knight and Mr..
Daugherty. Ny wife went to
church, not knowing any
thing of what had happened,
until police officer Chas. ]. Harkins
went to the church and told her of
what had taken place. She then
went home, and having the horse
hitched to the buggy, my wife and
Harkins started to Hendersonville,
in order to prevent the marriage.
They met the party about three
miles from Hendersonville, coming
back home, already aried. No
one can imagine the distress we feei
over the affair. My daughter ie
buried to me, and / shall break up
business here and go elsewhere. My
business affairs were growing better
aud better every day, and I had just
made up my mind 10 settle down
aud permanently make my home in
Asheville. Sadie has, by her con>
duct, broken up a happy home, and
we (her mother and y. will never
forgive her for what she has done.
Sadie is a smart. industrious girl,
AMI we always tried to give her
everything she wished. She was 10
have enteraa Mt ST. Joseph's Acad-
envy yesterday, and Che monev with
which to furnish her a first-class
education, has been for sometime
deposited in a bank of this city.
She has had much bette. offers of
marriage. but refused them al. l
told Mr.. Knight, that f he would
wait two years longer and allow Sa-
die to fit herself for the duties of
life, and she still maintained her
determination 70 marry him, I
should not raise any objection.
This he promised 10 do, and I had
filth in his words. My daughter
went down on her knees 10 her
mother, and told her that she would
not do this thing, but we were also
disappointed in her. You cannot
ina, Inc the sufferiog her conduct
has brought upon her mother and
myself. We can never 70 give her,
apd so far rs she is concerned we
have no daugh er. think the part
PLAYED in this matter by policeman
Rowan should be looked into by the
authorities. He and his wife aided
and abected the eiopemeu! n every
way, and were even wK1ess to the
ma riage. My daughter was sixteen
years OF age. and her uncle in Gin
cinnati, had promised her situa-
tion, paying SS0lper month, as soon
as she had competed her studies at
Mt. st. Joseph's Academy but that
is all up now. I know that my
daughter was inveigled into mar
riage by the influence brought to
bear upon her, and The parties who
helped her to do this thing deserve
the condemnation of honest people.
So far as Mr. Knight is concerned, /
don't know much about him. He
seems to be a pretty straight sort of
a fellow, but he isn't a man of much
stability. shall break up here and
go elsewhere to live, as l cannot
bear to live here now. / have not
seen or heard of my daughter since
Sunday, and I do not want to hear
Of herr
Mr.. Wolfe seemed to be suffering
terribly from the action of his
daughter, and spoke carefully and
determined about his future course
towards his daughter. He denounces
Mr.. Rowan and his wife, in bitter
language. and Gays that through
their efforts, his home and happi-
ness has been wrecked. He talked
pitifully about the blasting of his
brightest hopes. and the repo. .sr
left, Impressed with the sincerity Of
Mr., Wolfe's first great sorrow.
Hsunset Park"