The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-02-18
ELOPERS WILL RETURN.
George Hazard Says They Might Have
Been Married at Hom-

Spokane Spokesman-Revi George
Hazard has returned 10 Tacoma from
Washington and New York He wa:
in st. Paul Friday when informed by
wire of the elopement of his youngest
! daughter Julia with John c. Coutts. He
says:
Il had no objection to their marriage
except their age and the means they
took to accomplish il. Had / been al
home and cognizant of their intentions
If l could not have persuaded them to
postpone the marriage for a year OF
so, they might have been married al
home. I have taken steps to find out
just where the ceremony was perform
ed, and if IL was performed in Victoria
or on the high seas, you can say that
they will be remarked on their arrival
home under the laws of the state of
Washington. l am loyal American
citizen and want my children married
under the laws of the United States
and the state OF Washington"
Speaking of this runaway match the
Post-lntelligencer says: THE little love
romance between j. r. Coutts and Miss
Julia Hazard. both of Tacoma, which
was so uncermoniously nipped in the
bud by San Francisco detectives on the
arrival of the steamer Umatilla on
Monday, was known in this city on the
day after the young people got to sea.
Ronald NJ. Crawford. who has known
the Hazard family for years, received
a letter from his wife on that date,
written on the steamer and mailed at
Port Townsend. Mrs. Crawford was on
her way to San Francisco and San Jose
10 visit friends, and did not see the
young couple until the Key City had
been reached, when she discovered
them sitting at the table taking lunch
She said she was greatly surprised at
seeing them, and thought II must be
q runaway match.
"Coutts, who is only 10 years of age,
arrived i'm this city last Thursday in
company with his mother, who is think
ing of locating here. During the after
noon he told his mother and uncle. DR..
Newlands, that there was to be a club
party at Tacoma that night and that
he would go over and catch the San
Francisco boat, as he had contemplated
going to that city. He left on the 6
o'clock flyer. and on reaching Tacoma
found that his sweetheart was waiting
for him. Together they got on the boat
and returned to this city, but where
they spent the night no one knows.
The next morning they went aboard the
Una tilla early, and remained in their
stateroom until the boat was well out.
That the plan had been planned there
can be no doubt, as the young lady
1'NuNllhtu neF parents completely.
She told them that she intended spend
ing Thursday night at the home of a
young lady schoolmate, something she
had often done before. and received per-
mission from her mother. She did not
return the next day for her lunch,
which worried her mother greatly, and
that night she and her son began a
search for the missing girl. They went
to the home of her young friend, and
Were dumbfounded ut finding she had
not been seen for several days. Fur
Their search developed the fact that she
had been seen at the flyer dock on the
Joined her lover. who was known to be
In this city. The brother took the first
flyer Saturday morning and came to
this city. He first went to the county
auditors office. but found no license,
and then went TO the city authorities.
but could find nothing He called
on the police authorities, and was adj
Vised 20 take the next train out and
head them off at San Francisco. thus
saving the disgrace of having them ar
rested. He did this, but the steamer
got in earlier than was expected and
the train was several hours late, so
he evidently wired TO the San Francisco
police TO have the couple arrested. The
family were greatly opposed
TO Julia keeping company with the
young man"
The youthful cople have been releas-
ed from the city prison at San Francis
co and started for Tacoma.