The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-05-10
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MARGARET BLOUNT, WHO RAN
AWAY FROM HOME HERE. GIVES
HER REASONS FOR FLEEING,
WHEN TALKING TO ATLANTA
NEWSPAPER MEN

The Atlanta Journal of recent date
Margaret Blomt, who recently ran
away from her home in this city:
When pretty Margaret BIount. OF
Pensacola, Fla. stepped from a train
at the terminal station Thursday after
noon she was surprised when accost-
ed by two local detectives and sent
TO the station house When first APP
preached she was angry and den ed
that her name was Margaret BlOunt
Upon looking into her large pocket
book. however, the officers found a
visiting card with the name "Marga-
ret Blount'' on il and then they knew
they had the person for whom they
were searching
Miss Blount is but IL years old. and
IS a st1Ik ngly beautiful brunette. She
said Friday that she knew it was
wrong to run away from home and
she was ashamed OF herself, but that
she just simply had TO do 50 on dc-
count OF a man and her mother
MY mother wanted me TO marry
Young man whom | did not love. and
rather than do this | ran away. said
the girl Il love home dearly and
certainly hated to do any such thing.
but nv mother forced NE to The
,,Iue nan she wanted me to marry
was a fine young fellow. but / did not
love him and did not think it would
.,. laI- TO either one Of US TO have
married him | tried 10 explain it to
my mother, but she could not see it
as l did.
Runs In the Family.
1T seems to be one of the charac-
| teristics of the family TO run away
| from home on account of mother try
| ing TO make us marry people whom
we do not care for. My older sister
ran away about couple Of years ago
/ because mother wanted her TO marry
! a man whom she did not love. Instead
! OF marrying the man mamma had
| picked out for her, she ran away with
! another boy and married. She has not
been back home to this day.
! Il was on my way to see my sister
when | was arrested By the detec-
, tives She lives in the lower part of
! Florida | would never have been
{ caught here but for the fact that my
/ money was exhausted and | could not
/ pay for a ticket from here to my SIS
/ ter's. I came around this way TO pre-
vent mother from getting on my tran
( and having me caught. but | tailed III
! the attempt. | just had none! enough
/ TO get to Atlanta, and got off here to
; telephone sister for enough money to
J come on down where she now is
/ Will Face the Music.
! a know all OF my people will De an
! grv with me when | return, but, then,
! | am wiling to go back and face the
! music if they will only not try TO
! force ME to marry the man l don
/ love. He IS anxious to get ME back,
| know. made my escape at night,
after everybody at home had retired.
/ | barely had time to catch the train.
! If mother will not try to make me
marry this man l am willing and aiiX-
iOus to go back home and stay. but
| | had rather be kept right here IN this
! police barracks than be taken back
home and have them always trying
to make me marry man 1 do not
! care for.
/ The local detective bureau received
a notice from Pensacola about Miss
Blount running away on thursday
morning, being furnished with a good
description of the girl. Detectives
! Langford and Doyal were sent to the
station to meet the train from Pensa-
cola and they recognized the young
lady the moment she stepped from
the platform. She will be taken back
! IN her home FRIDAY night.