The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-01-19
"a Policeman Boards a g. and. Il: slOls Oh
Train and 2 ( osItpones:s; IS :;. a 4 "a
Wedding ~ 5ssSssS
0UPLE HAD { 4 I: ! [. LEFT {: 1 B.
CLIFTON LEO ROE
r.Lilley and Miss Kraft Eludela
Parents and Got WAY = rom 4. Il
"a the NJ ountain Town, g and g SS y H;
Though. Concealed in CaEr, ~
Fl Were Located and Taken .3s
III ., From the Train. s3SS

Were Located and Taken .s9
From II: the q Eiraill. a .slas
& Love may laugh ut locksm this md ttsss tsss
votares sromp away from thcsnninions3 Of
the law generally, but the lock and ~
tho law have their turn, and occasion allyA
get the laugh on love. n ills to nee g w
this II was afforded about n $50 o'clock
yesterday morning, when g hesap peake5 and and
Ohio east-bound train To- pulled into
Staunton, I and a blue coated, blue 1: elmet-
Cd officer pulled off tho train q young
couple who were on their; way q Wash
ington with a view to becomng Is united ed
tln!.'tho knot there u no unit ying. s .n,s The
Incident attracted the a attcntions OF all
the passengers, and was the one topic Of
conversation from Clifton 81 Forge to-
staunton|s and for an hour d fterwnrds
I,rhe young y couple, y. " nose journey tos
Joy was thus ruth lessl and 4rudel Si1s3S ill.,
were MI I1i
railway scmplo loye ut Hinton. nj
Miss Kraft I, * iaught OF ,lnot her
known railway emp 70 livl ne }at gu fto,la
Forge, They had been SO 81 osely swa chsd!.
that the II desigr ding tho
lFlngtcn train was If Wart cd sl9y the MI
klance Of sterl, parents, but persist.
ence worthy q asasa tter rewar 81
tcrmined young people eluded their wa tchEs
ers anu caught the Rich ond train when
ii passed Clifton Forge a few minutes
5,s AIDERs AN b 1ABEsTToR sss8
AS soon as they board ed the ira IN III
! AS soon as they boarded the train hey
took the passenger into their confide
and readily found syrnpa thy and aiders q. ti
and abettors, among them. Indeed ), the
old saying, "All the world loves q lover, .s ag
was fully exampltfied in the experiences.
of the young elopers. The prospective \
bridegroom, anticipating that the obs &
jectors would seek toiintercept them by
telegraph, and that description woulu .
be wired to Staunton. took the pre-,
caution to get fellow l, TO o i, hiun8
his tligItloverconttu under his heavy dark \
one. Ehe couple. as the train pulled into 4
tll.,. sta tron. concealed themselves In the y
toilet rooms at each end of the Ca !. ALL
was suppressed excitement among the
passengers as the train pulled into Stauil-
ton. 4s 53s3s sl ss%S y
Sure as fate, there was the Vigilant#
bue-coat armed with his telegram and
as soon as tho train slowed up he made z
n dash for tile platform and Intercepted
tho conductor, asking him Il he had L. 9 4
couple on board .fol,. w shingt ton he !
conductor4returnadss some eyasi I've ansWe
but gave the officer leave to sci arch thH
train. The policeman, with a llgence:s
worthy Of Il better cause, ran hitheri and
thither through the train but did not q
locate the object of his search rs a young
man with n red face and auburn ha ir.sssf
Tho officer was a bout to leave the traln,#
which IN another moment would have
pulled out. but Just as he reached the
naar platform OF the car and was iii tho
acr of alightlng. he again asked ! lla 4
conductor as to the couple. and was In 4
formed that they we're on there some
where a few moments be fore. Tbs con-
ductor hen rendered the officer his keys
and the ofllcious cop hurricdly ran to- \
| tho gentlemcn's toilet room, and. Sunlock-
| ing 1t, haulssd out the crestfallcn bri0e-
groom-t to-be. The mystery was solved
land In another moment the BRIDE too,1
| had been summoned fromsher5 hiding (
place, and the pair were dejectedly lerl &
| from tlhs train, to be sent back to Cli'fs8 a
| ton Forge an hour later on the local Il
train. i n
MuFFLED BELLS.
IT seems that tile young man had pre-.
pared for his journey by getting an ems
ployes pass for himself and wife to
Washington. but his father, knowing Of
the issuance or tho pass kepLin. clQSHS y
watch on him.. When the young man
went to Clifton Forge Sunday on train
No. a, tho father followed on the alert
Tho sisterAot the brIde-elect was In the
secret, and the door bell had been muftlsd
and that OF the telephone also. Thus the
couple got away from home safe. When
vey reached the train, the groon,'s 8
father was There first, and the couple 1
reluctantly turned away. going In tho
direction OF her home. Making detpur,
however, they hurried back to the sta
tlon and reached there Just as tho Riih,s
| mond train pulled In, Safely aboard
! they knew they would BIO missed and
| guessed that q telegram would be senr
to stuunton to Intercept them, Both
the young people were decidedly nervous,
and showed 1t all the way to stauntoli$
They had almost eluded the officer and
had they taken the precautlon to so into
t!a Pullman car, even for q few nlor
ments, all would have been well, for Il
Conductor Tom Smith has a big heart.
and did tell the officer that he had no
passengers for Washington. u being NJ
| Richmond car. S E3 3S
There was general rslTet On he train 4
that the couple had been intercepted, bus
ii was the unanimous opinion thai they
would soon get away anu thwartt the tie-
signs OF their parents The youpg man ~
| tho case was of age, but his BRIDE to,be waS
not. IL seems, however that Il Wass yl.s
eroom,s father whose vigilance Tesultfds
in the defeat W the couples Wsl is!d {
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