The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1908-04-01
THEY MAY BE HAPPY YET
Another Chapter in the Romance of
Lee Osteen and Miss Angelina
Tompkins
Jacksonville Metropolis, Sd

Jacksonville Metropolis, Sd
Accompanied by her mother, Miss
Tompkins, pretty eighteen-year-o old
girl and her lover. Lee Osteen, in
charge Of Sheriff Gordon returned to
Ccala, her home, this morning. The
girl declared when she left the police
headquarters bound for the union de-
pot that she was determined to marry
Osteen and would yet outwit her
mother. who for some reason unknown
is opposed to the match.
TeIegr ans Received
Shortly before o'clock last even
ing the following telegram was receiv-
Ell by Chief of Police Vinzant dated
at Ocala, Fla:
stop young couple by name of An
gle Tompkins and Lee Osteen. Girl,
shirtwaist, Panama hat. Will arrive
en- Seaboard Air Line train No. &C.,
due there at $50 o'clock. Osteen,
Or essed in brown plaid suit, tan shoes,
dark brown hat Hold until arrival
Of mother tomorrow morning. Leave
At 2 a. m. Let girl go. Hold man. Mrs.
f.. v. Tompkins. w. G. Bull, Chief
'of Police"
Shortly after this wire was received
another followed, addressed to the
girl, in care of Chief VinZant. 1t read
GO to Mrs. Henry's. Will be in Oh
first train, n. m. leaving here at ,
a. IN. l have no hard feelings against
YOU. my dear. Your mother, Mrs. f.
V. TOmpkins.
Two detectives Catch Couple
Demurely stepping from the Sea-
board train, which arrived on sched-
u!ed time. Miss TompkinS was escort
Cd toward the gates Of the union de-
rot by her lover, and the happy an
ticipation of the. wedding to follow
was so evident upon their faces that
Lad there been no accurate description
of the couple they would have been
easily detected.
Detectives Hooks and Lyons two of
the youngest plain clothes men in the
st service, were sent to the depot by
Chief Vinzant, and although their
own young romantic sympathies were
with the runaways, they calmly APP
pI cached the couple and told them
the story of the kilograms. The girl
ct first denied her identity, but finally
admitted that they We're the couple
wanted. She begged earnestly to be
allowed to go on with the pre-arrang
eG marriage. but the detectives were
bound by the strict orders of the chief
to bring the couple to the police head
uarters
Here the girl vowed she would mar
~ Osteen in spite of all interference.
The two were made as comfortable as
POSSIBLE at the police station one Of
the officers giving up his private
quarters to the man, while Miss An
gle kpassed the night in the private
office of Chief Vinznt, which is not
occupied at night.
With the two detectives in charge,
the young couple spent the early hours
or the evening about the city and the
parry partOOk of Il wedding feast be-
fore returning to the station. The girl
and Osteen both seemed to take the
matter in jolly. good humored man.
ner.
Osteen was prepared for the we'd
ding, having marriage license in his
pocket, secured in this city before he
went to Ocala yesterday
Mrs. Tompkins arrived this morn
ing with Sheriff Gordon, and thank
ing the local officers for their part in
the matter returned at once to he-
hcme, where she has started proceed
ings against Osteen, whom she charg-
ca with kidnapping.
Mrs. Tompkins made no statement
Of the cause of her objections to the
match, but the daughter vowed re-
peatedly that she would have her own,
way in the matter yet. Osteen, who
is a fireman on the Seaboard Air Line,
end runs, between this city and Tam
pa, took the affair lightly and thought
himself in no great danger of any Sc