Smyrna times., 1900-08-22
ELOPERS NOW IN ATLANTA.
DR.. WILKINSON SAYS THEY CAN'T GET
THE GIRL BACK.
Lawyers Retained to Get the Young Druggist
Arrested and His Goods Seized
Threat to Kill Him.

Instead of stopping at Greenville, S.
c., as DIR. Howard NJ. Wilkinson said
he intended, the eloping couple from
Dover, Del, arrived at Atlanta, Ga,
Wednesday. On leaving her, late last
night, DIR. Wilkinson remarked to a
hotel clerk:
"Well, they can keep me moving if
they want to, but they cannot get the
girl back"
Before the couples story became
known around the hotel Wilkinson and
Miss Packard had attracted attention
by eating practically nothing at meals,
and sitting for hours in the hotel par
lar without speaking to each other.
An attorney in Charlotte received
the following letter from Mr.. Packard's
attorney at Dover: 'Miss Packard's
parents are grief stricken on account of
the conduct of the couple. Do all in
your power to locate them and get the
police to arrest and. .detain them until
we can send requisition Wilkinson
was covered two layers deep with liens
and want to catch the goods he ship
ped to Charlotte. 1 will furnish all
indemnity bonds required. The goods
were directed to the Eagle Drug Com
pany.
"We will follow him to the bitter
end" said Mr.. Packard. ga detective
is on his trail at this very moment, if
he has not already captured him.
Could anyone conceive anything more
rascally? Oh, if we get that man back
here you'll have a bigger sensation
than this to write about"
The little wife seemed even more
prostrated upon hearing Wilkinson's
interview read to hear. She sent down
a note refusing to be seen by anyone.
The Packard family are awaiting re-
ports from the detective they have en-
gagged in the hope that DR.. Wilkinson
may be brought back to Dover.
Taking up DIR. Wikinson's remark
able interview in the Record, Mr..
Packard paused at the remark con-
cerning Mrs. Wilkinson made by her
husband: "There is but one thing for
her to do-get divorce, so that I can
marry her sister,"
Pausing to gasp moment, Mr.. Pack
ard held the paper at arms length and
exclaimed: "What an awful, awful
thing for a man to say? His wife
never accused him of loving her sister.
In fact, she never suspected him, for
she always had perfect confidence in
him.
"As to his being expelled from my
home, that is absolutely false, for he
had perfect liberty here until last
Monday week, when 1 took exceptions
to an insult from him to my wife, and
ordered him to apologize TO her or
stay away 1t is equally false that
my wife made his actions town talk
and had the preachers pray with
her.
Another lie is that we imprisoned
our daughter Josephine here, or phys
ically restrained her in any way. She
had the best Of treatment, and while we
began to fear the man, we cared all the
more for her."
"Will you forgive Miss Josephine?"
"Well, our taking her back into her
former place certainly depends upon
her repentant spirit. If she is infat-
mated with that man, as it appears now
there would be little use in forgiving
and taking her back.
People who thought Wilkinson one
week ago, says the Delawarean, thrifty
and honorable, now accept any charge
that is made against him as the abso.
lutte truth.
Indeed it is even charged that the
despoiler of two homes attempted te
rid himself of his wife at Rehobotl
last Friday by holding her under tn,
surf. OnloOkers witnessed his actions
then and thought them exceedingl,
rough. Now they believe them at
tempts at a deed most foul. Mrs,
Wilkinson refuses to talk on any sub
ject, but she has admitted that she al
most suffocated twice while in the sur
with her husband. Before the though
dawned on her of his real perfdy sh
had remarked that it was so rough tn
day she went in bathing that she woul,
have drowned had not Howard ha,
hold Of her.
The authorities are working hard t
bring him back, with his girl compan
ion, and if they can get sufficient proc
might even prefer the charge of at
tempted murder.
EIOper's Drugs Held Up.