Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-26
LOVED OTHER MAN BEST
VIRGINIA MAIDEN JILTS HER
INTENDED HUSBAND.
Cupid Plays Prank on Youth Who
Meets Defeat Philosophically-
Girls Parents Angry.


the time fixed for her marriage to H. c.
Hall and clipping with another. Miss Flora
Payne, whose parents live on Beachweod
farm fourteen miles from Culpeper, Va,
caused what her disappointed lover termed
a right smart jubilee in that section last
night. Hall went to the Payne home last
night attired in black suit. white shirt
and tie and was shocked at finding tina. his
young sweetheart had gone from the house
prior to the time he reached there and had
not returned. Then the county sheriff was
appealed to and neighbors went out in full
force to find some trace of the missing girl
Her disappearance from the house oc-
Cured under circumstances which made it
seem to be an impenetrble mystery, but
friends soon concluded that Miss Payne had
Tilted Hall for Frederick Hume, and they
accordingly visited the home OF Hume four
miles away.
His buggy is not gone" said one OF the
searchers, and the presence OF the vehicle
there gave Hall renewed hopes. An investi-
cation made by the police here this morn
ing, however, resulted in obtaining lnfor-
Hume and Miss Payne left the neighbor-
hood together last night.
Appeal to Local Police.
The first that was known OF the affair by
the local police was when a message from
SuipepeT, va, was ISCclVSQ dt uSduQud1~
tiers this morning which read:
ARREST Flora Payne, young white girl
sixteen years old, supposed to have gone to
ent arrives. (5ignedD r. L. PAYNE"
Upon receipt OF this message Capt.
Boardman assigned Detective Charles Peck
to the case and gave him directions to ap-
prehend the girl and hold her for her faith
er. 1t was but a few minutes after the re-
ceipt OF the message that H G.. Hall, the
young farmer from the vicinity OF the
Payne home. appeared at police headquar-
tiers and asked about the case. He frankly
admitted that he was to have become the
husband of the young woman today ana
that. while he had been disappointed by
her, he had not come here to interfere with
her liberty in any way.
Shortly after y o'clock this morning Wal
ter Hume, brother of the supposed eloper
appeared at the clerks Office at the city
hall and applied for a license. He was
told that he must make arrangements with
a magistrate or minister to perform the
ceremony before a license could be issued
to him. Leaving the clerks office he went
to the house of the pastor of Capitoi
Hill church, and was found there by Detec-
tive Peck. He admitted that his brother
and Miss Payne had made start IRON
their home last night for the purpose u
getting married. and that he had come
ahead to get the license and arrange The
preliminaries.
Made Trip on Horseback.
Miss Payne walked all the way OF the
four miles to our house last night he
said land she started on horseback with
Fred to ride to Fredericksburg, distance
of about thirty miles. They had only one
horse, but thought they would reach Fred
ericksburg in time to catch an early morn
ing train"
Hume was somewhat nervous when he
reached police headquarters and did not
hesitate to tell everything that he had done
to assist the couple In order for him to
reach train he had to walk eight miles
to a railroad station. and then had to walt
several hours before the train came along
He and Walter Hume came on the same
train, but did not meet until they reached
police headquarters. They soon became
friends and breakfasted together
Il didn't come here to get Flora de-
cIared Hall, but came here because her
father employed me to come
Hall said he thought he would lose moth
ing by the transaction, as he had received
presents enough to pay the expense in
clared that he will not marry the young
lady now. The two Virginians and the de-
tectives were at the depot when the train
from Fredericksburg arrived at 12:4O
clock, but the clipping couple We're not
discovered
Hume was disappointed al their failure
to come, but Hall said he hardly expected
they would be upon that train. He knew
that friends of Miss Payne had sent word
to points along both railroads to have the
young lady apprehended. and he did not
think she could get here without being
discovered.
The finale was, however, that the clippers
arrived here at 2 O'Clock and the young
woman was placed In custody, with the un-
derstanding that she is to be cared for
until the arrival of her father or some
other member of the family who VIII have
| authority to convey her to her Virginia
home