The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-03-04
PARENT HEADS
OFF ELOPERS
DAUGHTER OF WEALTH Y
FARMER RUNS AWAY WITH
FARM HAND.
George Flory and Carrie Overmyer
of Rochester Enroute to Michi-
gan to be Married.

romance in which elopement, parental
objections, kilograms, arrests and
county jail added color for the local
setting. They were from Rochester,
sweet miss of seventeen summers,
and a smooth shaven youth. who
should have known better, and who
had voted three or four times. They
loved each other dearly, so the girl
afterwards affirmed, and because papa
wouldn't sanction Georges attentions
they plotted deep pot, and decided
to elope Yes sir, run off and oct
married. Plymouth was the first step
ping stone to their bl.ssful dcstina-
ton That all pursuers might be
thrown off the track, they would go
from Plymouth to Warsaw-there
take the interurban to Goshen, and
from Goshen make the last lap to
Grand Rap de-. In the state of Michi-
gan where Dan Cupid is not hamper
ed by such conventfonalties as age,
residence and the thousand and one
things, which seem to arise in the
path OF girl, who even though she
be inexperienced in the ways of the
world, can love just as strongly, and
as true, as anv. with more years on
their heads.
Ran Away With Farm Hand
Miss Carrie Overmyer, aged II,
lived with her father Franklin Over
myer, farmer OF means, on his farm
southwest of Rochester Miss Carrie
was a good girl, attended school and
went to church regularly. In fact
Miss Carrie was not much OF girl
for the boys anyway. Rather small
and quite pretty, Carrie tripped along
for seventeen years without the slight
est tinge OF romance ever entering
her country life As Carrie grew old
er she acquired novels, the kind with
heroes and elopemenss In them, and
soon Carries heart began 10 yearh
for love and excitement There was
a boy on the farm, who carried III the
wood and did the chores about the
house, besides working in the fields
in season. The boy was George
Flory. aged -. George wasn't very
handsome, and his name was not a
bit pretty, but he was boy never
theless, and, and-well the farm was
awful quiet and why shouldn't she
run away with George?
Missed at Meeting.
And so together they hatched their
plot. George and Carrie planned
their future. George had $l2 saved
uo, and carr'e was an awful worker,
so they would run away to Michigan
and be married.
Friday evening Carrie LETT TO attend
meetin' at the nearby church. Pretty
soon papa came to meeEn' also. He
:lad been working, and was a little
late. He took a seat in tlle rear, and
with parental intuition, started an eye
search for his daughter The meeting
was not crowded, and Il was soon evil
dent enough that Carrie was moi
there. Where was she then? Papa
remembered few Things w.iich had
happened, that now was suggestive
enough, and he set out for a search
for Carrie. He phoned to tae sheriff
OF Fulton county Glenn Miller by
name, and detective by nature
Soon Miller CLEANED the Information
that the couple had purchased tickets
for Plymouth, and had left on the l..
+. & w. might train, due here at
1920 O'Clock. At once Sheriff Miller
telephoned Sheriff Voreis of this city.
and this city was soon being searched
for the elopers. They were located
Had taken rooms at the American
hotel. Without much more persu-
sion the pair accompanied Sheriff
Voreis 10 the bastile, where their
young hearts were again torn asund-
er, George TO be placed behind the
cold stones, and Carrie locked in the
ladies' apartments.
Papa Arrives on the Scene.
Well papa arrived in Plymouth
town bright and early Saturday
He found his daughter and took her
back to the country home, while to
the william he declared, that il the likes
of George Flory was ever seen about
the Fulton county farm again, we'll,
George said that he would stay away
MASONS HOLD BANQUET.