The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-09-09
PURSUIT TO BALK
CUPID PROVES
FUTILE
RICH PEORIA BREWER RUSHED
ACROSS THE PLAINS TO DEN
YER ALL IN VAIN.
SPIRITED BRIDE AWAY
From the Y. w. c. a. Home and De.
tectives, Relatives and Ecclesi-
astical Dignitary Were Baf-
fIde by Young Lovers.

Denver Colo, Sept S.-After persu
ing the Gancee of his son a youth Of
eighteen, across the plains and think
ing that he had thWarted all plans of
| the couple to marry in Denver, Chae.
| Robinson, a wealthy brewer Of Peoria.
ILL.,, and his corps of detectives awoke
This morning to find tna they had
been outwitted and the couple had
d sappeared.
Leslie Julus Robinson. the youth In
the case is madly Infatuated with
Estelle willard, a you4g woman VINO
coyly declared bat She was oily 20
years Of age, but who, lc who met
her in Denver declare is past 35,
The woman in the case was placed
in the Young Womans Christian
Home by DR.. e. W Stevens, who took
from Dean II. Martyr HAT Of ST.
Johns Cathedral the most fashion
able church in the city
The disagreeabe notoriey that ha
come upon The v " G. A. as a re.
| suit of the affair has started feud
between the officials at that place and
the dean, and with you can rest a.,
sured that any one else that comes
here with a recommends iln from
Dean3 Hari will be thoroughly investi
gated before she enters the front
door" that hpase Of the affair was dis
missed by Mr. Ellen Foote, superin
tendent of the institution.
Telegraph Denver Polies.
Yesterday iha Denver police re-
teai1ed a te1egram fFem sAe chief nf.
the Peoria, III police requesting That
no marriage license be Is uod 70
young Robinson. II added that the
father was on his way to Denver.
The father Charles Robinson. of
the Grips Brewing company, n rived
shortly after the receipt of the tcie
gram and he and he chief of the
Peoria detectives. whom he had witl
him, and several other detective
hastily repaired to police headquarters.
and held close consultation with
Chief Delaney The latter a once de
tailed men 10 locate the young man
He was found at the Young Woman's
Christian association building. in the
parlor with Mss Willard, and was
taken to police headquarters.
The father, his corps of detectives,
DR. Stevens and The boy were ushered !
into the private office Of Chief De |
laney and they talked the matter over |
The chief cf Peoria detectives de- !
clared 10 the youth that h could |
prove all kind of things about hi. /
sweetheart. The father was mad and I
TOOK no pains to conceal the fact.
After consuming an hour of the /
chiefs time. the boy was relea e1 TO \
his uncle DR. Stevens, and the father
and his detectives repaired to the
Brown Palace Hotel to map out their
plans for today.
Boy Put On Honor.
Dr, stevens put the boy on his
honor and he called on his father Ic
fore going TO the Stevens home. The
father. in burst or rage. made
thing exceedingly unpleasant for his
son. and then the youth determined o
take the reins in his own hands.
Quietly he dipped away from tha
Stevens home and went TO the Brown |
Palace. From there he telephoned the
Y W. G. and told the night secre-
ary he was Mss Willards bro her
and would she please call her 10 the
phone at once. as he was in trouble.
This was shortly after II O'Clock. The
ioung woman va. ca,lel and 4he left
he building at 1880. tsllins the ac
'etary she was gc.ns 20 ia- 1otel to
meet her brot1er"
This wa ne last seen Of her "a {
Ter room her wardrobe. which she car {
led IN a small hand satchel was ,
ound as she hal left il on retiring. ,
Ter night dress lay in the middle of
he floor. and a stocking with the gar I
or near By was another evidence OF L
asty flight.
when the father and hi. detective q
woke this morning they hurried to i
lr Stevens home. The BOYS disaD- q
earance was then di--overed Dis f
mayed and maddeneJ still more taan p
yer the father rushed to police heat y
uartcrs Chief Delan ~ detailed two e
electives 10 try 10 locate The Youth Il
nd ihey discovered that the young a
roman and be had left the city on an
srly morning tain. The boy had u
bout So in his pockets. !y
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