The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1905-07-21
7.7Igi3IslIONTY WAS PERFORMED
8Y REV. ARBUTHNOT IN
gOFF PARSONAGE IN THE
MOTHERS PRESENCE.

sA
Letter Which italian Produced II
Court and Statements of Mother
Daughter and italian, Give Some
Ground For the Belief That the
Daughter Was Sold For Wife.
The belief entertained by SOME
people that Mrs. Ellen Foyley, o,
Adamston, sold her sixteen-year-old
daughter to Joseph Bell, an Italian,
for his wife at the magnanimous
price of thirty dollars was not alto
gether founded upon sheer magma
Eion. Bell and the daughter wer'
married, the mother was present al
the cermony and gave her sanction
TO It and the daughter and the ltal-
ian are now living together as man
and wife, after the mother had IN
olted the aid of the law to get her
ghter away from the italian:
The marriage was performed IN
parsonage of Golf Methodist
scopal church by the Rev. 5. h
uthnot. The mother explains
The minister that all the differ
eTees between her daughter, tn
ITALIAN and herself had been annie
ablN settled among them and that
marriage certificate which wal
lea to Bell on July 6 could very
berly and lawfully be used. Witt
both mother and daughter consent
to the marriage and the proper
seTtificate before him the ministe
onld do nothing but perform thu
efelnonv as requested.
this connection, however, th'
tier which was shown in ATagis
Ste Ri1ey's court by Bell the da!
Nae asked that official to arrest Mar
Ann Devert. which is the name o.
Mrs. Foyley's daughter, and compel
her to marry him because he ha6
bought her for his wife, is interest
ing to those familiar with the ca.
md 1t gives some ground for the be
ief by some that the daughter was
old for a cash consideration
Here is a copy of the letter:
Gully IL.
Harrisburg Squire:
81 want you to arrest Mary
Ann Bell. i am sick in bed.
rom her mother,
tfNow please arrest her at
once-lrrs. Elm Foyley. This
IS her husband and I am her
mother and am sick in bed
and viii leave it all to him as
she has run away from her hus-
band and I want you to see
about it at once"
Mrs. Foyley admitted to ALagis
trate RILEY that she had written {
letter of this nature and given it to
Bell
It will be remembered by Tele-
gram re1 -9rs that Mrs. Foyley ap.
Deare,. Magistrate Gordon's cour,
Wednesday afternoon and appealed
to the court to return her daughter
to her MS she was being held and con
cealed against her will for the pur-
pose of being married to Bell.
A writ was prepared and con
stable went to the home of Laban'
Sayrcs in Adamston where he found
the gIrl, arrested her and brought
her before the court. Magistrate
Gordon, returned the girl to h
mother in the court and thus endc
the matter so far as he was concern
ed.
i While in the court that day Mrs
Foyley said she would take care
her daughter and that the latter had
been enticed away from her by the
Italian. She said she was opposed
to the marriage and the magistrate
told the girl that she did not havo
to marry any person she did not
Kant to which calculation of the Law
eelned TO be entirely in accord with
the -;;sSa5 Of tile mother. She de
MED the Charge that she had sold her
daughter to the Italian.
Now some people familiar witt
The case are of the opinion that tho
girl was hiding from the Italian,
did not want to marry him and that
the mother took this, means of car
fying out the provisions of tho
transaction between herself and tn
italian The case may yet take an
other turn to it and further devel
opments are expected.
Dr. d. p. Morgan has returned