Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-12-21
Young Woman Deserted by Her
Worthless Lover.
Among Strangers without Money or
Friend.-E.tn,e Awaiting claim
anss-Ensiueer Rawier Dond-A.
SCISSORS Named.
Especial to virglnIan-Pilot.)

jewels, Miss Annie Brown, an funsophiS-
ticated North Carolina maiden, got off
at Suffolk this afternoon without
friends, cash or resources. She was
hopeless and forlorn. This was to have
been her wedding day. 1t proved O
day of financial loss and deep mental
humiliation.
The man in the case was Frank
Flynn. Annie Brown met Flynn a year
ago at Bowden, n. c. He operated a
lumber plant near there. The acauaint-
ance ripened into a passion more ten
der In it's fiber. Time wore on. Mar
riage was thought OFFS Annie says they
didn't we'd at Bowden because there
was parental objection.
THE LOVERS FLY.
They decided to elope. Two tickets
were procured to-day from Bowden. N.
c., to Suffolk, Va The ante-nuptlal
journey was begun auspiciously. One
traveller was radiant in anticipation of
nuptial joys and the other was schem.
ing how to get out Of the contract with
safety and profit to himself.
Flynn feared for the security of
Annie's pocketbook. and she was in
duced to let him care for It, It held
S25. Annie also intrusted her supposed
lover with her watch and ring.
CHANGED CARS.
Flynn's plan was working we'll He
learned from a newsboy that train No.
4S, on which he rode, met No. 1o3 at
Tunis. and decided 10 act with expe-
dition. He escaped his lady love and
boarded southbound train No. 103
The sweethearts were soon being hur~
ried apart at the rate of GO miles an
hour When Annie realized what had
happened she was we'll night pros
trated with modification and chargin.
She wanted to have Flynn arrested,
but was advised that Flynn's posses
sion OF her valuables was only breach
Of trust.
Annie was in a passion. She told her
troubles to Captain Clark of No. as.
He telegraphed Captain Hart, of No.
1O3. Captain Hart saw Flynn, who re-
ported that he was o. X, and asked
that Mrs. Flynn be wired that he was
going by Rocky Mount. When her at
tention was called to the title, Miss
Brown said they had not yet been mar
ried.
PENNILESS AND FRIENDLEss.
When Miss Brown was deposited in
SuToik she was In sorry plight. She
had no money and there was no friend
to whom she could appeal. The posi-
tion of a young woman in that fix and
$50 miles from home is not enviable
There were tears in her eyes as she
told of her desertion.
Kind-hearted Norfolk and Carolina
officers pledged themselves for Miss
Browns board at a Washington Square
place.
ESTATE AWAITING CLAIMANTS.
There's money in Kentucky awaiting
somebody In Virginia. The only con-
dition is the establishment of kinship to
BENJAMIN Franklin, lately deceased in
Mt. Sterling, KY, aged rs years.
Colonel L. P. Harper. postmaster, to-
day had letter from Lawyer R. A.
Mitchell, of Mt. Sterling, saying he was
hunting for Franklin's heirs. He IL
supposed to have relatives in this sec
ton. The attorney writes that Frank
Inns mother was named Lahoon. La
boon or Cahoon.
SOME CAHooNS.
The only family in Suffolk whose
name is like either is Mr.. William John
Cohoon. He knows nothing about the
dead Franklin.
There was family OF Cahoons at
Crittenden. In Portsmouth there are
In the directory Oscar and Robert B.
Cahoon, and in Berkeley Ira and Iredell
Cahoon. In the Norfolk directory APP
pears the name r. S. Cahoon. 1t should
be r. S. Cohoon. His father is w. ].
Cohoon, of Suffolk.
MARRIAGES.
James A. Tyler to Miss Rosa NJ.
Thompson, daughter OF William Thomp-
son. They were married in Suffolk to-
day.
julius p. Lawrence to Katherine
Goodwin, colored.
Charles Gotten to Rosa B. Smith, COL
ored.
ASSESSORS NAMED.
County Judge w. ]. Tilby to-day APP
pointed land assessors. They have to
be named every five years. They are:
John j. Primer, Suffolk Frank Il. Stall
lings. Sleepy Hole and Chucka,uck dis
tricts; M. +. Lloyd Cypress and Sleepy
Hole districts.
The real estate In town and country
must be assessed by June /, 1900, though,
the court may extend the time if neces-
sary. The assessors get SO a day for
the time actually done.
ENGINEER RAWLES DEAD.
The remains of Willie Rawles. a
former resident of Suffolk, arrived here
this morning from Lawrenceville. Va.
The interment was in Cedar HILL Rev
William It. Green, pastor of the Main
Street Methodist Church. read the
| burial service at the grave.
| The 1aCno poY 70 I, ie.o Al