The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1910-07-12
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Informed Girls Parens
Eereabouts in Order to
Get Revenge

Get Revenge
/, Kansas City, July 12-The story
that minister of So and girl Of IA
from Seine ctady, N. Y, told the po-
lice after their arrest here yesterday,
is the familiar recital of the runaway
pair-up to certain point. Beyond
that 1t lifts itself above the ordi-
nary romance Both admit they did
wrong, but neither is repentant and
both declare they purposely let the
home folks know where they were, 80
they could be taken back-just to
get even with the girls father.
The runaway pair, the Rev. Clinton
Dewitt Sharp of the Seventh Dad
Adventist church, and Eunice Graham
Whitaker, were arrested yesterday in
a boarding house at 1905 Holmes
street. They were living there as Mr..
and Mrs. Harry Ellsworth Artwell.
Captain Whitsett ordered Orrie Trent
and William Riggle. officers not in
uniform. to make the arrest at the
request of William H. Hathaway.
sheriff Of Schenectady.
Won Her With His Preaching
A year ago last November Sharp
arrived in Schenectady, N. Y. from
Rochester with his wife. He began
his work in the community. After
he preached at the home OF Asa Whit
taker, few miles out OF town, Whit
taker, his wife, his son, William,
years old, and his three daughters,
Cora, II years old, Helen, 4 years
old. and Eunice, Ia years old, all were
converted.
April 25 came charges that Sharp
was paying too much attention to the
feminine members of his congrega-
ton. He resigned from his pulpit
and his wife left him to go to her
home in Rochester. But Eunice
Graham Whitaker refused to believe
the stories. One night she went to
the minister to confide story to him.
A note from Sharp to the girl follow
ed the next day. That night they
eloped.
II loved her." the minister confess
ed to Captain Whitsett last night.
"She is only child, but l loved her.
81 am willing to endure punish
ment. am willing to go to the peni-
tentiary for years. am willing to
be tarred and feathered for l know
that the only wrong l have done
was an innocent one. should not
have taken the girl away. know
that. But did 1t when my heart was
full of sympathy and when that SYM
pathy ruled my better judgment"
Begged Him to Take Her
Captain Whitsett turned to the girl.
"And you," he said, you would
rather be with this man than with
your father and mother?"
Yes. asked him to take me away
from Schenectady, wanted never to
see my father or my mother again.
pleaded with him and finally he said
we would go.
when we got to Kansas City we
didn't have much money. It .wats
June 5'when we left Schenectady and
1t was June when We arrived here
and went to place where we believ-
ed we could hide. He has kept every
promise he made me and he has treat
ed me as II we're his daughter. There
have been times when we had no mon
ey and nothing to eat but we have felt
happier that way than IL were at
home and with my father. He earn
ed a living. what living we had. by
selling religious papers and writing
cards and peddling soap. There would
be days when there were no sales but
we trusted in God and we have lived.
Angered by Fathers Denial
Then we saw my fathers denial
that he had mistreated me, in tho
Schenectady papers. We had writ
ten letters to i've relatives. telling
that We were going away because my
father had mistreated me and I sup
pose the papers got hold Of one Of
these letters. My father denied ev-
erything. answered the letter and
told exactly where we were and how
we were living and sent 1t to the
paper. Then We were arrested
did you ever intend to marry
him?" the captain asked.
Never" the girl said resolutely.
"Then how was all this to end?"
II don't know, neither of us knew
until that day We saw the Schenectady
papers and saw the denials Of my
father. Then both Of 10 decided to
go back there and do what we should
have done in the beginning, made pub
lie charges against my father. You
won't need any requisition papers;
we are willing to go without them"