Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1895-10-04
lis IN HOT PURSUIT
Father Of an EIoping OakesdaIe
Girl Hurrying to ST. Paul.
THE MANS NAME UNKNOWN
Last Seen Chatting and Laughing on a
Great Northern Train at
Iiiiiyard.

Oakesdale, Sept 30.-Oakesdale comes
to the front with another supposed
elopement and the angry father of the
fleeing maiden is in hot pursuit. Miss
Nellie Dennis Is the lady in the case,
and is the only child of Mr.. and Mrs
James Dennis. Her father has been in
Canada for nearly year and Miss
Nellie and her mother lived in a neat
cottage in Oakesdale, where the for
mer attended school. The mother and
daughter We're regular attendants at
the Methodist church and when the
father returned. some two months ago,
all three attended regularly. Never has
breath of scandal been uttered
against any of the family and no one
in Oakesdale stood higher than did
Miss Nellie, who Is a bright Miss of
probably IS years.
Recently the father and mother went
into the country to superintend 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, a neigh
Dor. One night she failed to go to the
neighbours to sleep and next day search
revealed the fact that she had not been
at home all the previous day. Her par
ents were notified and search began
1t was found she had had her trunk
taken to the Northern Pacific depot
where she had bought ticket to Spo-
kane. There 1t was found she had TAX.
en- the Great Northern for st. Paul
| and Friday her father bought ticket
| for st. Paul and left Immediately over
| the Northern Pacific.
Her parents fear she has eloped with
| farmer living near here, named
| Coolidge, who was formerly married
to half sister of Mrs. Dennis, Nellie,
| mother. Coolidge was granted a di
vorce from his wife nearly year ago
| but through some error it was neve
| placed on file. When he discovered tina
Nellie was gone, Mr. Dennis feared sh,
had gone with Coolidge and telephone,
to Colfax to learn II the latter wa,
| divorced. The clerk told him no di
vorce was on record and Mr.. Dennis
started east expecting to have Coolidg
arrested for abduction and seduction
Later 1t was discovered by The Spokes
man-Review correspondent that the di
vorce was granted and signed by Judg
Sullivan and has been placed on recor,
|
| The Spokesman-Review correspond
ent learned this morning that Coolidg
| was not with Miss Dennis when sh
| left Spokane. She was accompanied b,
| a man about 5 feet inches In height
| light complexion, with light mustache
and weighing about 165 pounds. H
| was dressed in laborer's clothes an
bought two tickets and took charge o
Miss Dennis baggage. An Oakesdal
man who knew Miss Dennis we'll wa
in the Great Northern depot at tn
| time and spoke to Miss Dennis, al
though the latter studiously avoide
him and did not recognize him unit
forced to do SO. This man. whose wifi
and family were leaving for the east
rode on the train as far as Hillyart
and when he got off Miss Dennis an
her companion were sitting together
conversing and laughing.
| Coolidge left here several weeks age
presumably for Wisconsin, where hi
parents live, but Mr.. Dennis thinks h
waited in Spokane for Nellie to NEE
him. Who the man Is that left Spokan
with her no one seems to know. Som
think 1t was a friend of Coolidge Will
others think that Coolidge is not mike
| up in the affair at all, but the strange
is some one Nellie has met and falle
in love with. The whole affair Is SUI
rounded in mystery and word from M
Dennis Is anxiously awaited.