The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-03-14
|EL0PEMEAlT PLOT
WAS DISCOVERED
Pretty Helress Kept From
Running Away.
SENT 10 RICHMOND / i D
To Get Her Out Of Reach Of the Man
She Was in Love With.
BUT He FOLLOWED HER HERE
The Mother Was Photographed for asd
Came ut Once to Richmond and
Carried Her Daughter Back to
Her Home in Chester. Penn
sylvania Roman
ticSstory.
BUT He. FOLLOWED HER HERE

The old saying that love laughs at
locksuliths may be true in many cases,
but ,ALrs. a. Af. Rady. who resides at
No. 1905 East Marshall Street, proved
herself more effective than regular
paddock night before last and prevented
pretty young girl Of wealthy par
entage from cloping with a man to whom
her mother was violently opposed on
the ground that he was too old for
her daughter and Objectionable besides.
It is the same old story of love and
extreme youth on the one side. inten-
s!tied by parental opposition ON che
other. and but for the faithful efforts
ana watctful discretion of Mrs. Rady
herself the pretty little girl, who was
visiting at her home, would ere this be
the blusking heroine of a.Gretna Green.
and perhaps the disinherited bride OF
the man whom her parents dislike.
Facts were hard to get last night.
Those who knew anything about tho
affair shut up like a clam when ap-
preached on the subject. and the only
reply which could get for long time
was that any newspaper notoriety would
be gladly avoided.
TO PREVENT E1LOPENLEINT.
It leaked out, however, that several
days ago q beautiful young girl OF six
teen years of age, whose name is sup
pressed by earnest request and by rea-
son OF her youth, and the daughter Of
one OF the wealthiest citizens of Chess
ter, Pa, who is understood to be a
millionaire, was sent down to Richmond
and put in charge OF her mothers
friend, Mrs, Rady, to remain here a
while. and incidentally to prevent her
from eloplnG with a man In Chester.
who was much older than the GIRL and
Ito whom her parents vigorously OBJ
jectsd rs u son-in-law. It is understood
that the young girl, childltke. was In
terested in the man, and 1t was feared
she would be persuaded by him to run
away and get married. Hence she
was sent to Richmond, and Mrs. Rady,
who was informed OF the condition OF
affairs. was asked to sec that the man
did not come where she was Mrs. Rady.
realized the Importance of paying. close
attention to the ssolicitous mothers re-
quest, and determined to exercise q
close care over the girl in a kind and
motherly way.
THE MAN APPEARS.
BY some means which could not be-
learned. the man whom the girls mother
was trying to avoid. turned up in Rich
.mond on Monday evening". and after
night fall, he was seen walking up
and down on the pavement In front OF
the house in an effort to get a glimpse
of the young lady. Mrs. Rady sus-
pected the object of the mans presence,
and commenced at once to break up the
plot. It seems that some medical stu
dents, or others In the neighborhood who
knew of the story, were trying TO as
sist the couple to elope. and Mrs. Rady
had all Of this to contend with. She
was equal to the situation, however,
and she put herself in communications
with the Second Police Station, and re-
quested that an officer be sent to make
the man go away. Officer Wyatt was
sent around and made the man leave
SENT FOR HER MOTHER.
Mrs. Rady telesraphed the girls mother
that the man she was trying TO avoid
had appeared on the scene, and sug-
gested that the mother should come to
Richmond. Mrs Rady received tele-
gram yesterday from the mother OF the
girl in Chester, asking her to keep
close watch on the daughter and sea
to it that she should not be In the
company of the man: that she herseif
would start for Richmond at once She
arrived in this city yesterday and car
ried her daughter back home.
The mother of the girl was very grate-
full to Mrs Rady for her efforts In
preventing the elopement, and expressed
her thanks IN the most cordial way.
It Is not known what has become Of
the man.