Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-08-03
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Iowa Man Complains to Police at LIN
coin, Neb., Of swsetheart's Action
Eloped With Another Man.

Lincoln, Neb., Aug. 3.-Alleging that
used him merely as q catspaw to &C
complish an elopment. with another
man, Henry Edwards, OF Cedar Rapids,
Iowa, applied to the Lincoln police to
enlist thier services In finding the girl.
His face was haggard and pale when he
told his story Of the Woman's decep-
ton TO Detective Bentley.
Pretty, light haired, bIue-eyed Maude
Whitford was laundry girl at Cedar
Rapids, Iowa, and Edwards was driver
OF one OF the companyt' wagons. See
ing her daily at her tasks over the
ironing machines he came to love her,
and had reason to believe that his love
was returned But when the elopment
took place some days ago, the young
man found himself shut out. A hand
some stranger had gore with Maude.
and now he is on their trail.
Parents Objected.
According to the story told by Ed
wards. who is about rs years old, he
had been keeping company with Miss
Whitford for three mor,ths. He had a
strong liking for her, and she appar-
emily felt the same toward him, al
tho she told him not to come to the
house, as her parents objected to his
attentions.
Papa will kill you If you dare come
around, dear" she had told him, and
Sc he met her in the park or out walk
ing. He protested his love for her. and
urged that they be married at once.
This she seemed reluctant to refuse,
but said she could not become his wife
because of the objections of her par
ents. Then he asked her to run away
with him, and she promised to 40 so
after several weeks Of thought and
hesitation.
And so one night last week she left
her home met him at the railway sta
ton and started for Lincoln, where she
said she had relatives.
On the train Miss Whitford met a
friend. tall, black-hajred young man.
whose name Edwards cannot remem-
Der. All three were jolly and were
having a fine time together After
little the stranger took out some cl-
CARS and offered one to Edwards.
IL don't smoke myself he said, but
they are fine cigars, sm told
Went to the Smoker.
Then the young man took one and
retired to the front of the train 10
smoke it while his sweetheart ana the
stranger were together in the coach.
Several stations were passed as ne
stood on the front platform, and then
he went back to the car where he had
left his betrothed. But she was not
there. nor was the stranger. Hastily
going thru the other coaches. Ed
wards found no trace of the couple.
They were not on the train.
Almost distracted, he left the train
at Omaha and made all almless search
of that city Then he came to Lincoln
to find the girls relatives. railing IN
this. he went to the officers with ms
plea for assistance He believes that
the story about the Lincoln relatives
was merely a blind" 20 throw him Off
the track, while his sweetheart ran
away with her other favorite admirer.
Detective Bentley told him there
would be little use ir, searching LIN
coin for the couple. as they evidently
exnected him to come here, and would
STAY from the city themselves. lie ad-
v;sed the young man however, II he
insisted on looking further. that ne go
hack TO Omaha and notify the authors
ties there.
rho notice are inclired to be skepti-
cal about the matter.