The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-11-10
A CHASE AFTER LOVER.
A Romance That Began in Chicago
and Ended in Savannah.

/ Ndgr WHICH, buOuEu IL euu6u WIFI uldI-
riage, was not quite as pleasant, in al
respects, as those related in novels.
The heroes in the novels do not usually
require the aid of detective to afford
them sufficient nerve to face the minister,
| and the herOines do not usually chase
/ their lovers half way across the continent
before being granted the right TO assume
/ their names. But that was the way of
the romance that ended in Savannah
Savannahians who visited the worlds
| fair will remem Der large restaurant in
side the fair grounds kept hya man named
! Hayward. Mr.. Hayward was from Phila-
delphia, where he is now living, and his
/ venture at the world s fair is said to have
/ paid him handsomely His two daughters
/ assisted him in the care of the restaurant.
/ They were both handsome girls, one a
/ blonde and the other brunette. and there
/ were few people who entered the place that
! failed to notice them, In fact they were
/ the most attractive feature of the res
/ taurant. \ Savannahian who spent sew
/ eral days at the fair, and who took his
meals at Hayward's, where he feasted,
dined upon the heefsteak of the father
and Toasted his eyes upon the beauty of
the daughters, was surprised 10 meet the
young ladies upon the street yesterday
morning.
What are those two girls doing here7"
nc tAtldllntu 10 lJtbCCLlNE 41DSstlls WHO
happened to be close by. "Why, saw
them in a restaurant in Chicago"
The detective knew what the
girls were doing here, :" but
feigned ignorance.
The object Of their nilsson in Savannah
developed later.
Among the employees Of the Hayward
restaurant in Chicago was young man
OsterhOlt-I. Taylor Osterholt he signed
himself He ie q CrlNaf hitr Huo- loolyit,.r
fellow, six feet tall and weighing two hun
dred pounds Pretty little Louisa Hay
ward, the 16-year-old brunette,
fell in love with him, just as pretty little
blondes and brunettes have been falling
in love with big fellows ever
since the world began. 1t was
the old story of the confding girl
and the designing man. Osterholb prom
ised marriage, but kept putting the girl
of Fearing the fathers vengeance he
decided to skip, and before the close of
the fair he left Chicago without bidding
any one goOd-by, and particularly his lit
tie sweetheart. Miss Hayward was in
despair at the deserJion of her lover, but
her pluck and grit saved her She hap
poned TO discover that Osterholt had
not taken his trunk with him.
and learned at his boarding house
that he had ordered it sent after him by
express, At the Office Of the express com
pany she found the trunk had been or
dered sent to jacksonville Fla.
Miss Hayward determined in her minds,
what she would do, and a few days after
the discovery Of her lovers whereabouts
she departed from Chicago as suddenly
and mysteriously as he had done.
She left letter for her sister, however,
stating the reasons for her leaving and
saying that she had gone after her lover
The letter said that it was possible
she might never come back again
As soon as the elder Miss Hayward re
ceived this letter, she informed her father
of the state Of affairs and started out to
find her sister The old man was frantic,
and it was well for Osterholt that he was
not where the father could lay hands on
him.
The two girls met in Atlanta, and went
on to jacksonville together They found
Osterholt at Jacksonville and with him
young man who had also been employed
at the Chicago restaurant. ana who had
left at the same time. When Osterholt
found that the girl he had deceived was
in Jacksonville, he skipped out for
Savannah with his companion. The pair
arrived here Tuesday and registered at
the Marshall house under assumed names
Tuesday night Chief Green received a
telegram from Miss Hayward at Jackson
vile describing Osterholt, and asking his
0AlN9V' 1 ilb oGlNG all W DIS plGCGu III the
hands of Detective Bossell, who found
Osterholt and his friends at Carson's
stables the next morning, where they
were Just hiring a rig to take a spin out
to Thunderbolt Osterholt was badly
surprised and somewhat scared at his ar
rest. and his companion, who seemed
very much frightened, blurted out
the whole story and then skipped Oster-
holt was taken to the barracks, and the
news of his detention telegraphed to
Jacksonville. The young girls came on
the first train. They had an interview
with Osterholt, who was confined in one
of the upper rooms at the barracks He
professed himself repentant and anxious
to make all amends in his power. Mr.
Hayward was telegraphed at Philadel-
phia. and replied that if the couple
married, as they stated their desire of
doing, he would forgive them both.
At the request of the girls, Osterholt
was released and returned to the Mar
shall house. The two Misses Hayward
also registered at the Marshall house.
Yesterday morning a license was OBJ
tanned, and yesterday afternoon the
couple were made man and wife by Rev.
c. II. Strong. at the westerly Of St. Johns
church. They took the train for Phila-
delphia last night.
The elder sister left on the noon train,
to prepare for the receptiOn of the cOuDle