Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1895-03-21
THEY RAN AWAY.
Both Were Married, But Not to
Each Other.
She'll come back
When his money gets slack,
With o smile on her face
And IA crook in her back;

And that's the way Mrs. Hezeltine
will return from her run away trip.
Mr.. Washer probably will not come
back at all. This is his first experience
in such affairs, but he has done it SO
we'll that there is no call for an encore.
She has been there before and knows
all about such things.
People who called at Washers bakery
the first of last week and enquired for
him We're informed that he was at
home. There was rumor early in the
week that he had left town but it was
not until Thursday night that the truth
leaked out and it was then learned that
he had eloped with Mrs. Hezeltine, a
character who has been hanging around
the town for several months and occu-
pied room in the Howard block. They
went away Tuesday and not returning
by Thursday night it was evident that
they had gone to stay A young man
who works in the bakery followed the
pair as far as Charlestown and found
that they had taken the train for Mon
treal. Their present whereabouts are
unknown.
Friday there was hustling among
merchants who had bills against the
bakery and several attachments were
placed on the stock and fixtures. A
keeper was placed in charge to sell out
the stock on hand and the bakery was
| then closed.
AS near as can be learned Mr.. Washer
must have been planning this elope-
ment for several months, as he has let
his bills remain unpaid SO far as was
| possible. 1t is not known how much
his liabilities will foot up, but they are
certainly more than $4,000. The assets
are nominal, as there is only small
stock on hand and the fixtures will
not bring much at forced sale. He had
three teams, which will bring fair fig
ure if anyone wishes to continue the
business. The house on Webb's terrace
was in his wife's name and that is all
he left her.
The business must have been profit
able, for he had an extensive trade at
home and in all the surrounding towns.
He has evidently been s-lting down
the receipts of the bakery, beyond what
he necessarily expended for the support
of his family and paramour. For sew
eral months Washer has been drinking
heavily but no one seemed disturbed
about his solvency or honesty. People
were only sorry to see him going to the
dogs SO fast.
He was treasurer of the Knights o.
Pythias and the Camp branch of Ode
| Fellows. He was not under bonds tC
either organization, as his honesty was
undoubted, and there was never a very
large sum in his hands at any time
1t is not known if any of the orders
will lose by his disappearance.
Mrs. Hezeltine is an old bird. Hel
husband was formerly employed on The
F'itchburg railroad and afterwarc
worked on one of the mill teams a;
helper. That was several years ago
She ran away then with logman wht
had some money saved up, and he
husband did not seem very desponden
over his loss. She is neither handsome
nor Of prepossessing appearance. Sh'
has been back here few months lead
ing loose life and the town is well ric
of her. If she should ever return, which
is not improbable, course of study a
the house of correction or Windso
prison would be about the proper thing
Washer leaves wife and son wh'
have the sympathy of the public il
their misfortune. His family relation
were apparently pleasant and there
seemed no occasion for his foolhard,
action.