The Delawarean., 1900-08-22
MISS PACKARD
HOME AGAIN.
Dover Girl Who Ran Away With
Druggist Wilkinson, Returns,
AFTER THRILLING ADVENTURES.
Came as Far as Philadelphia This
Morning With Her Mother Who
Went to Atlanta, Georgia,
After Her.
philadelphia. Pa. Aug.

Miss Josephine Packard, who elopeG
from Dover with her brother in. law
DIR. Howard NJ. Wilkinson, arrived
with her mother at the Broad Street
Station early this morning from
Atlanta. They were driven in "a cal
TO a hotel.
Miss Packard will be kept i'm this
city until her mother decides what
course ITO pursue. The girl lis now a
mental wreck. She does NOT realize
her position, and seems oblivious to
her surroundings. AT times she mutt
tiers irlcoherently about her elopement
She wiil probably be placed in a sani-
tarium Iii I'll her mind is restored.
The idea t'f sending her to convent
has been abandoned for the present.
Wedding Certificate Found.
The marriage certlticate OF DR.. How
ard NJ. Wilkinson, the ,eloping druggist
of Dover, and his wife, Nellie Packard
Wilkinson, which has been missing
ever since the ceremony was perform
ed two years ago, has been found by
Mrs. Wilkinson, the deserted wife.
Since her desertion Mrs. Wilkinson
has made several unsuccessful search
tes for the missing certificate, and at
last found lit among some old papers
whlch she had left at home when she
had removed to the new home of her
husband. Shortly after it's discovery
Elbert G. Packard, the father of Mrs.
Wilkinson and Miss Packard, the rum
away girl, proceeded to the office of
Recorder of Deeds James Lord, where
it was duly recorded.
The certificate shows that Howard
Marion Wilkinson and Nellie Allis
Packard were married ON November
20, 1898, Rev. Sewall N. Pilchard, a
chaplain of the United States Army
NOW at Fort Bayard, N. NJ, performing
the ceremony. Rev. Pilehard is an
uncle of the groom and was formally
a member Iof the Wilmington Con
ference. DR.. Wilkinson frequently
said to his wife that she had no proof
that they We're married, and the fact
tihaI the erring husband might at
tempt to establish this claim has
greatly worried the family of Mrs.
Wilkinson. The discovery of the
certificate was, therefore, a matter Of
great rejoicing in the Packard home.
The certificate is as follows:
State of Delaware.
RETURN OF MARRIAGE.
= In the State of Delaware, Kent
county.
Full name of groom-HoWard
Marion Wilkinson.
Ages Color-white.
Nation or State-Maryland.
Residence-Doyer, Del.
upation-Druggist
Full name of bride-Nellie y
Allis Packard.
Age-21.
Nation or State-New York.
Residence-Doyer, Del.
Date of Marriage-November
q 20, 1898.
Number of previous mar
riages-Groom, 0. Bride, 0.
1 hereby certify that the mar
riage of the parties above named
was duly solemnized or com
tracted by or before me at the
time and place stated.
= Witness my hand the 29th day
y. of November, 1898.
Signed-S. N. PILCHARD. y
Official designation Clergyman y
and Chaplain United States =
Army.
To the Recorder of Deeds of =
Kent county, Dover, Del.
+ *
Mr.. Packard directed the recorder to
add the necessary facts in regard to
parents of the contracting parties.
Mr.. Packard is native of New York
State, and Mrs. Packard is a native of
Scotland.
The father of the deserted wife and
the runaway girl STATED that the
charge against Wilkinson was becom-
ing stronger all the time, and there
would be MO doubt as ito his punish
ment, although Miss Packard had con-
sented ito leave the eloping husband
and return with her parents. Asked
the statement made by some
Of WilkinIson's friends THAT If HE re
turned wearing his Prince ALBERT suit