Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-05-16
Miss Kate B. Downing and H
A. Bailey Remove Obstacles
to EARLY Wedding
DESTINATION is UNKNOWN
Are Driven to Melbourne, and There
Take Train-Mr. Bailey, Until Mon
day, Had Been in Business With
Girls Father, E. e. Downing, in
Sioux City.
Sioux City.

for delay, Miss Kate B. Downing, the
17-year- old daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
e. E. Downing, 124 East State street,
and Mr.. n. A. Bailey, well known here
as a travelling man, and until yesterday
a member of the firm of e. E. Downing
& Co., eloped Monday afternoon. To-
day the fleeing pair were traced to
Melbourne, where they were driven
late Monday afternoon, arriving at
6:15. From there they took train, but
their destination had not been learned
late this afternoon. and the parents
had received no word from them.
1t is presumed from Melbourne they
either took the Great Western or Mil
waukee, more probably the latter road.
for Chicago. Doubtless as blind Mr..
Bailey, about noon yesterday, purchas-
ed a ticket and had a trunk checked
over the Northwestern from here to
Chicago. Leslie, Mich, Mr.. Bailey's
home, is another very likely place
where they might have gone.
The objections of the father to an
immediate marriage evidently hurried
the plans Of the young people in their
determination to thwart the parents,
for it has been learned today, that
Miss Downing had been secretly re-
moving her clothes from her home for
several days. Mr.. Downing yester--
day talked to both the daughter and
her lover trying to dissuade them from
marriage until the former was 10 years
old, which will not be until August.
He said he would consent then if she
We're still of the same mind. All ar
guments failed, however, and guessing
their intentions were to resort to;
flight, Mr.. Downing called the police
to his aid, and asked that the couple
be watched. Officers We're on the look
out during the evening, but in the af-i
ternoon. hiring livery rig, the young
people left from the home of Miss Nell
lie Roadhouse 4 South Third avenue.
and went to Melbourne.
Father and Lover Dissolve Partnership
Until yesterday Mr.. Bailey had been
in partnership with Mr.. Downing, I'M
der the firm name of Downing & Co,
jobbers of furniture, and had been in
charge of the Sioux City distributing
house of the firm. This partnership
was entered into January 1, and was
dissolved yesterday by Mr.. Downing,
who, becoming dissatisfied with Bail
ey's management Of the Sioux City,
end of the business, offered him
chance to either buy or SELL He chose
the latter, the deal was closed, and the
money turned over Monday afternoon.
1t is thought this business unpleasant
ness served to quicken the action of
the young people.
Mr.. Downing was aroused early
this morning when he learned that they
into his confidence, he proposed ar
rest. On second thought this course
of action was rejected, and the par
ents have decided to do nothing, altho
today they have been using every eff
fort to locate. the pair so that they
might learn if they had been married.
Bailey Well Known Here.
For several years prior to his en-
tering business with Mr.. Downing, Mr..
Bailey had been making this city his
headquarters while representing Hib-
bard, Spencer, Bartlett & Co., the Chi
.cago wholesale hardware merchants.
He is very we'll known here, espec-l
tally among the travelling men of the
city. While living here, he had apart
ments at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
F. e. Barry, 202 East State street.
It has been commonly known among
their friends that he and Miss Down.
ing were engaged, but their wedding
was not expected at so early date.
Agent Ketcham of the Great Wes-
tern at Melbourne, says that to the
best of his knowledge the young peo-
pie did not take the Great Western,
either north or south. The night OPP
orator at the Milwaukee could not be