Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-11-22
TOO LATEToSTop THE CEREMONY.


How Two Young People of This city
Itudod Parental Vigilance and Got
Married In Camden--rho Police Thought
They Had stopped the Elopement, but
They Were Too Late.
Twenty-ycars.old Harry Coyle and
pretty Ella Marcus, both of Whining
ton. were clandestiuely married i'll Cam
den Wednesday and the romantic matri-
monial venture Is tho talk OF the com
munity in which the young. couple re-
side. 1t is the old story of love laughs
at locksmiths."
Harry's father is David Coyle, a mem
Der of the Board of Education from the
Third ward. and collector for the VIII
mingtop Coal Gas Go. The girl is be-
tween IL and Is years OF age, and for
some time has made her home with
Mrs. Mckay, an aunt, living at No. OH
West Third street, about a square from
the Cuyle domicile. :.
Less than year ago the young
couple met for the first time. 1t was
case Of love at first sight. Harry made
known his affection for the pretty Ella
only to meet with rebuff from the
Elder Coyle, who put himself on record
as being utterly opposed to the match.
Harry ardor was dampened for the
time being by the objection OF Father
Coyle, but he sighed tnat lit is better to
have loved and lost than never to have
loved ut ALL" Friends of the lovers
interferod, however, and Were deter
mined that the natural affection of the
young couple should not be interrupted.
So an clopement was arranged to Cam
den.
Unknown to the elder Coyle the
couple slipped away to Camden Wednes-
day. When Mr.. Coy!e learned Of this,
he was excited. He made haste to pur-
chase ticket and was soon ON his way
to intercept the clippers, He made lis
way to Market street ferry, Philadel-
pha, where he enlisted the services of
Reserve Officer Bonalleld, to whom he
told his tale OF woe. The officer prom
ised to arrest the couple as runaways.
"That is" explained the policeman, "if
they come here to take the boat for
Camden
Satisfied that he had successfully
barred the attempt of his son TO get
married without the tilial consent,
Father Coyle took the next train fol
home, some one having told him Harry
| had only taken the boat as far AZ
Chester and had been home for dinner,
The latter part of the statement proved
true. Harry had gone to Chester early
| in the morning but returned in time fol
| dinner This was merely trick, fol
soon after Harry had gotten his dinner,
he went direct to the home of his sweet.
heart, and the couple went to the steam
boat wharf, where they boarded the
Brandywine for Philadelphia at
O'Clock The trick worked like charm
When Mr.. Coyle arrived in Philadelphia
he learned that his son had been in
/ Chester and he came right home. This
gave the couple u chance to get tC
Camden unmulcsted.
Mr.. Coyle was eating his supper about
6 o'clock Wednesday when he receive(
dispatch saying: We've got Harry
and Annie Mckay in custody" He con
graduated himself that the elopenent
had been frustrated and hurriedly
caught train for Philadelphia again.
Almost the first person he saw wher
he entered the central station III Phi!a
delphia was his son Harry. The latte
greeted his father With smile, but tht
parent noticed nothing significant abou
the smile, neither did Magistrate Pol
nor the officer who arrested Harry. Al
of them believed that the matrmonIa
venture had been failure. Officer Bon
naield told the happy parent how Ii
had Intercepted the couple just a
they were about to depart for Camden
He put them in the patrol wagon an,
sent them to the central station. MI
Goyle, in the meantime, was telling hi
side oil the story. My boy" said he
sis only an apprentice machinist
don't see how he can support wife
He's got u bad cough, too. He courte
the girl in a cold room, where ther
was no stove. was in the room to-day
: When Magistrate Pole heard the stor
of the young couple he said THE bes
thing for You two young people to do
to get married"
, "'rhey shall do nothing of the kind,
} said Mr.. Coyle, Sr. Then ensued
, stormy conversation between the magis
: trate and the boys father, which ende
/ IN his dismissing the whole party. N
one knew that the couple had alread
, been married, and when they were take
| i'll custody by the special officer the
We're returning from Camden with
marriage certificate in their possession
, The girl said that She was SO excite
, over the affair that she gave her nam
S as Mckay when it was really Ell
: Marcus. She said she loved Harry IN
that they had been married and eXprctc
t to live happily Us man and wife. 4oun
I Coyle expressed similar sentiments ali
! and the young couple are receiving col
CALCULATIONS from their friends on Il
4, romantic termination of their courtshi