The silver blade. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1895-1903, 1895-10-05
Father of an EIoping Oakesdae
Girl Hurryiing to St. Paul.
THE MANS NAME UNKNOWN
I,s+ Seen Chatting and Laughing on
Great Northern Train at
Iiillsard.

Oakesdale. Sept. 30.-Oakesdale comes
to the front with another supposed
elopement and the angry father OF the
fleeing maiden is in hot pursuit. MISE
Nellie Dennis is the lady IN the case
and is the only child of Mr.. ana MrS
James Dennis. Her father has been IL
Canada for nearly year and MISS
Nellie and her mother lived IN neal
cottage in Oakesdale, where the Tor
mer attended school. The mother ano
daughter were regular attendants al
the Methodist church and when the
father returned, some two months ago
all three attended regularly. Never mas
a breath of scandal been uttered
against any Of the family and no one
in Oakesdale stood higher than die
Miss Nellie, who is a bright Miss OF
probably Is years.
Recently the father and mother went
into the country to Superlntend the
harvest on their farm, and Nellie was
left alone She remained at home dur
ing the daytime, but at night slept at
the home Of Mr.. Hogoboam, neigh
Dor. One night she failed to go to the
tlSlSllUO1 " oACCp ciiAA iAS<AC NoS SO~~A SA'
revealed the fact that she had not been
at home all the previous day. Her par
ents were notified and search began
It was found she had had her trunk
taken to the Northern Pacific depot
where she had bought a ticket to Spo-
kane. There it was found she had TAX
en- the Great Northern for st. Paul
and Friday her father bought ticket
for ST. Paul and left iH neaiately over
the Northern Pacific.
Her parents fear she LIS eloped with
a farmer living near here, named
Coolidge, who was formerly married
to a half sister of Mrs. Dennis, Nellies
mother. Coolidge was granted a di-
vorce from his wife nearly a year ago
but through some error it was never
placed on file. When he discovered that
Nellie was gone, Mr.. Dennis feared she
had gone with Coolidge and telephoned
to ColfaX to learn if the latter was
divorced. The clerk told him no iii
vorce was on record and Mr.. Dennis
started east expecting to have Coolidge
arrested for abduction and seduction
Later it was discovered by The Spokes-
man-Review correspondent that the di-
vorce was granted and signed by Judge
Sullivan and has been placed on record
in the past few days.
The Spokesman-Review correspond
ent learned this morning that Coolidge
was not with Miss Dennis when she
left Spokane. She was accompanied by
a man about feet inches in height
light complexion, with light mustache
and weighing about 165 pounds. He
was dressed in laborer's clothes and
bought two tickets and took charge OF
Miss Dennis baggage. An Oakesdale
man who knew Miss Dennis we'll was
in the Great Northern depot at the
time and spoke to Miss Dennis. al
though the latter studiously avoided
him and did not recognize him until
forced to do so. This man, whose wife
ana family were leaving for the east
RODE on the train as far as Hillyard
and when he got off Miss Dennis and
her companion were sitting together
conversing and laughing.
Coolidge left here several weeks ago
presumably for Wisconsin. where his
parents live, but Mr.. Dennis thinks he
waited in Spokane for Nellie to- meet
him. Who the man is that left Spokane
with her no one seems to know. Some
think 1t was friend of Coolidge, while
others think that Coolidge is not mixad
up in the affair at all, but the stra n aey
is some one Nellie has met and fallan
IN love with. The whole affair is sur
rounded in mystery and word from Mr.
Dennis is anxiously awaited.
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