Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-08-26
COURSE OF TRUEL0VE
1T DIDN'T RUN SMOOTH IN YOUNG
TAyLoRs CASE.
TaE MISSISSIpPIAN IN JAIL.
M. wanted 10 Wed Miss Mullnn,
uut His Friends Had Him Locked
Tn En- Keen Him from Marry
Ing Her.

Matt DeKolb Taylor. OF Yazoo CITY,
Miss. a son OF Captain II. i. Taylor,
nrominent and wealthy banker. cotton
planter. and hardware merchant OF MIS-
slssippi. Is now an inmate OF the city JAIL
though the only offence he has committed
is I'm endeavoring TO wed a young lady
OF this city.
He was incarcerated at the instance OF
his friends here. acting on authority from
his father, and. ii is said. will be held
until a messenger from his parent reaches
here to-day or tomorrow TO take MN
back home.
Young Taylor. who has posed here for
several months as a young Croesus, anu
who has spent his money freely, was 10
have married Miss Pattie Mullan, OF NO
II north Fourth street. Monday evening
at 6 o'clock. and expected to have left at
midnight for his home. All arrangements
had been made for the wedding; guests
had been invited. Rev. j. y. bowman
had been engaged TO perform the cere-
mony, and one of the friends OF the pros
pective groom had been delegated 10 Sc
cure the license. All would have been
we'll but for this friend. He didn't get
the license but. on the contrary. ar
ranged with the court clerks here not
10 issue II. and thereby blocked the plans
for the wedding. as the knot could not
Of course be tied without the license
COULDN'T. If HE WOULD.
In the mean time Taylor had been
drinking quite freely and at the hour APP
pointed for the wedding he was at Muir
phys Hotel. where he had been stopping,
too much indisposed TO even think oil
marriage. He pulled himself together
later. however, and went TO the home OF
his lady love, where he wept copiously'
and vowed that he would wed her, not
withstanding the interposition OF his
friends.
While he was engaged in making these
vows he was interrupted by the clang OF
the door bell. and. being called outside for
a moment by a friend. was confronted
by officer b. NJ. Angle, who arrested him
on the charge OF drunkenness. He was
taken to the Second Police Station. lie
was before the Police Court yester-
day morning. and was committed to jail
TO sober up.
Taylor was visited in his cell at the
fail by large number of young men
yesterday and in response to an appeal
from him. Miss Mullsn and her father
Mr.. william a. Mullan, visited him in
the afternoon. The young couple con-
versed for some time. and pledged indy
ing love for each other. agreeing TO marry
just as soon as Taylor gets out OF
prison.
SHE is HANDSOME.
Mss Mulan is an exceedingly hand
'some brunette. and IL in her 22d year.
NJ. Taylor is about the same age.
One OF the young gentlemen who has
interested himself in having the marriage
stopped exhibited TO a Dispatch man
yesterday a number Of kilograms from
Mr. Taylor. ST.. telling him to do every
thing in his power TO stop the marriage
Of his son. and 10 appeal to the police, If
necessary Taylor says he has received
q telegram from his father saying:
IF the report that you are TO be mar
ried is true. bring your wife here
Taylor doesn't seem TO mind his IN
generation very much, and really takes
the whole thing as a huge joke. He
told the Dispatch reporter who visited
him that he had been in jail before. his
father having had him imprisoned for
eleven DAYS in New Orleans because he
wouldn't come home. The young mans
mind seems TO be rather befogged from
drink. though he Is now sober. He is
made as comfortable as possible by the
Jail officials. and is receiving his meals
from Murphy's Hotel
TAYLOR came here during the reunion
and his lavish expenditure Of money
soon won him many friends. 1t is esti-
mated that IN his sixty days stay here
he has spent about $500.