The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1908-01-03
DISGUISED AS
YOUNG man
Pretty Sebree Girl ElOpeS
To Indiana.
Long Overc0at and Cob Pipe Too
Much For Evansville Cops and
She Gets BY.

romantic story about the elOpemenI
and marriage of Miss Elizabeth Wes-
terrified of that place to Mr.. Guy
Sharpe, of Indiana. Miss Westerfield
is the daughter of Mr.. Perry Wester-
field, who formerly lived in Hartford
and is yet remembered by many Ohio
county people. The dispatch says:
Despite they were three days in
getting away and the fact that the
police officers over Western Kentucky
and Southern Indiana were on the
lookout for them, Miss Elizabeth
Westerfield and Guy Sharpe eluded
the vigilence of the watch for them
and were married yesterday evening.
at English, Ind. The elopement start
ed Wednesday evening, but not until
Saturday did local police gain knowl-
edge of the clippers.
This morning Postmaster Wester-
field received a telegram from his
now son-in-law, telling him that he
and Elizabeth were married: The
marriage took place at English, Ind,
Friday night. The young couple will
60 to housekeeping at Birdseye, Ind,
where the groom is the cashier of the
Birdseye National Bank.
1t has since been given out that in
! order to make sure of getting away,
Miss Westerfield assumed the garb
of a manand went even so far in her
attempt to look natural as man 10
get corn cob pipe and feign smok-
ing it.
Postmaster Westerfield some time
ago told his daughter that he would
not consent to her marriage with
Sharpe until she was 81 years old.
| She is only IS. Mr. Sharpe came here
last Sunday, presumably to elope with
Miss Westerfield. The father then
stepped in the way of love and had
his daughter locked in a room at his
home. This did not cause Sharpe
to HE himself back 10 Indiana, how
ever.
Wednesday evening the rush of hol-
iday business led Mr.. Westerfield
to send for his daughter in order that
she could be of assistance in hand
ling the rush of holiday mail. The
girl sent note TO her father that
she would be bit late in getting TO
the postoffice. This time she used
in finding her lover. A quick trip
was made to a livery barn and car
rage was soon bearing the young
couple over the country road toward
Roberts. At this place Sharpe left
his sweetheart at the home OF friend
while he took the train for English,
Ind.
The girl stayed in concealment from
Wednesday night until Friday night.
During that time she arranged a mas
que costume and waited the return
of her lover, who had gone to Eng
lish to arrange for the wedding.
Sharpe returned from English to
Robards Friday afternoon and late
that night he and his fiancee, who
:, was dressed like the ordinary youth
of a Kentucky farm, boarded the train
and sped for Evansville. In boarding
the train Miss Westerfield relied up
on her makeup very much, for she
climbed aboard the smoking car
Sharpe entered the regular day coach
Soon one seat held two, however.
They reached that city and passed
through without being detected by
the police of that place, though the
Evansville authorities had been in
structed to keep open weather eye
for them.
From Evansville the couple went on
another train to English, where they
were welded soon after leaving the
train. 'We are married. Will you
give us a Christmas gift?" was the
message signed Guy and Lizzie,
which the perplexed father received
to-day from English and which gave
him his first intimation of his daugh-
ter's whereabouts.