Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1910-03-30
POSSE CAPTURES
ELOPERS AFTER
15-MILE FLIGHT
Young Lochinvar Fires at
His PursuerS When
Hard Pressed
COUPLE DETERMINED
John Foreman and Ger
trude Seifert Twice
FoiIed in Plans
COUPLE DETERMINED

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Ia canyon six miles from Descanso,
~ with the revolvers Of two members
Of posse leveled at him, Thomas Fore
man was forced to surrender tonight.
The young Lochinyar and his compan-
ion, Miss Gertrude Seifert, who eloped
last night from San Diego for the Sec
ond time, had covered fifteen miles in
their fight. They were forced to
abandon an automobile in which they
started because it stuck in a snowbank.
Hard pressed when they left the car,
Foreman turned on his pursuers, fired
several shots at them and threatened
to kill both his betrothed and himself
If driven to bay. Then the elopers
eluded the posse and continued their
| flight afoot. They fed toward the
mountain Businesses in which pathetic
| scenes in the romance of Ramona and
Alessandro those other sweethearts of
| mission days, were laid, but they were
not to escape After they had strug-
gled on for miles, with bruised feet and
with faces and clothing torn by
thorns and brush, they were forced to
! surrender.
Deputy Sheriff Charles Ellis caught
sight of the eloping couple few miles
| from Descanso about s p. m. When he
confronted the pair the boy covered
him with a gun. Ellis tried to argue
and coax, but young Foreman was OBJ
| durate. He forced the deputy to walk
on ahead, and then disappeared in the
brush with the girl.
| Reinforced by Jake Swycaffer, an ex-
| pert trailer, Ellis took up the pursuit
anew. After going some distance he
saw a fire in canyon, where the
fugitives were in camp, over hang
| Il hon
with guns and ordered "hands up"
At first young Foreman refused to
surrender, but after some parley he
and his companion gave themselves
up. They were taken to the hotel at
| Descanso, where the girl was given
into the custody of John Seifert, her
| father. Joseph Foreman, who was
also there took charge of his son.
The fugitives were in a pitiable
plight as a result of their rough trip
after their automobile broke down.
| Young Foremans face was badly
scratched by the bushes and his
clothing was in tatters. The girl had
not Jared quite SO badly. her com
panion having gone first through the
underbrush.
| Young Foreman, when taken, had a
small arsenal of firearms on his per-
| son. He said he would yet marry Miss
| Seifert He declared that their rela-
tons had been entirely proper They
| talked matters over in the canyon and
| decided she should return home for
two years and obey her parents, on
the condition that she be not COM
| PEELED to go to Europe with them and
| that she be permitted to correspond
with Foreman. The latter. according
to the plan, was to go back to school
and prepare to support his bride of the
future.
Determined to Wed
Miss Seifert, in a talk with an Of
ficer, said she was willing to go back
to her home. She insisted, however,
that she would yet marry her youth
full sweetheart. She said that their
! original plan was to stay secreted in
camp until the pursuit ended, when
they would go somewhere and be mar
| ried.
Mr.. Foreman, sr., during a confer
ence at the hotel after the capture,
suggested that probably tho best plan
| would be to let his son and Miss Sell
| fert have their wish and be married.
He thought they had shown courage
and determination and that they de-
served to win their fight for matri-
| mony. Bit Mr.. Seifert was obdurate.
He declared that his daughter should
come home and obey her parents.
The couple eloped last night. Miss
Seifert evaded the vigilance of her
| parents, knotted bed sheets together
and slid down the improvised rope to
the ground, where her youthful sweet
heart, armed with two big revolvers,
was awaiting her. Together the pair
stole silently to the waiting automobile
and were away through the night In
the direction of the Cuyamaca noun
| tains.
Second Elopement
The sensational development in the
| love affairs of the young couple fol-
lowed the return of the pair from San
ia Ana, where they were arrested
March p after an unsuccessful attempt
to reach Los Angeles, where they ex-
pected to be married.
Deputy Sheriff Thomas, stationed at
| Descanso, was the first to see the run
away couple as the machine sped
through the village early this morning.
He notified the San Diego police, and.
organizing posse, took up the trail of
the automobile, overtaking it mile
and a half beyond Descanso. The ma
| chine was stuck in a snowbank.
When he saw the posse approaching
Foreman grabbed the girl by the arm,
and the two ran swiftly to clump of
brush, into which they plunged. AS he
ran he fired several shots at the pursu-
ers. who refrained from replying for
fear of hitting the girl
When ordered to surrender Foreman
hotlv declaed he would kill as many of
his pursuers as he could and then kill
the girl and himself.
If the elopers could have kept in
hiding a few hours longer, it is possible
that they would have escaped capture
! through the assistance of another
nosse made up of friends. Many of
the people of Descanso resented the
acti of the posse in hunting the
couple as if they were criminals and
fifteen men were ready to go to the
aid of the youth and his sweetheart.
Foreman is II years of age and Miss
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