The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-07-30


Reed behaved worry oddly for a re-
jected suitor. He did not talk Of the
emptiness OF his life without her or of
any of the things rejected suitors ordi"
narily talk of. He simply said, with
much emphasis, that he was sure Miss
Mckinney would change her mind and
some time consent to marry him. He
said 1t coolly and with an air Of the ut
most determination. After Miss Nc
Kinney had refused his proposal she
forbade him to call on her and he then
made practice OF waylaying her at
every opportunity to persistently urge
his suit. She adhered to her deter
mination that under no circumstances
would she marry him. lie insisted that
she would get over her dislike after they
were married, and added that he would
see her dead before she should marry
any one else. One day, the twenty
ninth of last November, after resigning
from the Census Office, she had to go
there for something. Her rejected
suitor was waiting for her, Hetook her
TO one side, Miss Mckinney doing
everything in her power to
avoid a scene, and told her
he had a revolver in his pocket
and that she must marry him that
day or he would kill her. She snys she
was sure it was no idle threat. He said
they would be married secretly that he
would never force her TO acknowledge
his rights as her husband, and that he
only wanted the ceremony gone through
with to prevent her marrying anyone
else. Fearing harm at his hands, she
reluctantly consented. He told her to
20 home and meet him within an hour
at Twenty.second street and Pennsylva-
mia avenue. Driven to desperation by
his threat, she met him. Meanwhile
Reed had gone to Justice of the Peace
O'Nears office and enlisted his sympa-
thy, telling him that he wanted the
marriage kept secret, as both he and
the Young lady we're in Governmental
employ. The Justice secured tho license
for him and arranged to have 1t kept
out Of the evening paper. The couple
went in a street car to the Justices
Office and thence the trio went to the
residence of Rev. DIR. Asbury Reilly,
pastor Of Grace NJ. Z. church, where the
marriage occurred. Reed kept his
promise to his involuntary bride. After
the ceremony he took her to a street
car, and she went home. She told her
mother nothing Of what had happened,
fearing the effect on her already delicate
health. The next day tho announce
ment of the issuance Of marriage
license to Charles Edwin Reed and Mary
Stuart Mckinney appeared. Reed wrote
to the girl who was legally his wife that,
as the secret Of their marriage had been
divulged in spite Of his efforts to pre-
vent Il, she ought to acknowledge him
as her husband and live with him: She
refused absolutely. Subsequently he
importuned her TO grant him an inter
view, and she stcadtastly refused to even
seen him.
suE WAS PRRPLExED.
Sadly perplexed the girl went to an
old friend Of the family, lawyer David
A. Mcknight. and told him everything
Sending for Reed, he questioned him at
length. The Young husband admitted
everything Miss Mckinney had said,
but added that he loved the girl pas:
sionately and had no thought ofinjuring
her. He was sure she would in time
return his love and that they would be
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