Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-02-23
FIANCE BY
WIRE; HER NIECE
ELOPES WITH HIM
Answers "Ad.," Engaged, For
saken and Reyenged in
Record Time.
rspeciei to the Newark star.l

lSpecial 10 tue ANeWdrk SthE'l
JERSEY CITY, Feb. 2J.-Up in the
little village of Rexville, Steuben
county, state of New York, a former
lovelorn maiden lady, named Miss
Sarah Nixon, awaits t, fine Italian
revenge she is going to get When
George Dennison, the village post
master, gets pack up there with his
pretty daughter Eva and n young
man, Emil Hottinger, who tried to
elope with her after agreeing to marry
Miss Sarah, is extradited. Postmaster
Dennison, with the aid of his brother,
the Steuben sheriff, and the active
connivance of the disgruntled spinster
lady, not only caught the couple here
and arrested them, but they have al
ready started back to Rexville, where
young Hottinger Is going to be tried
for being an eloper. Miss Sarah Nixon
will be in court with a Lucretia Borgian
smile.
foor Hottinger, who used to be a
cashier In Martins, Broadway and
Twenty second street. New York, fell
into a funk some time ago be-
cause 1t seemed to him that he wasn't
getting enough society out of life. He
lacked, particularly, anything more of
a home than a back ballroom, and his
association with the other sex was
largely confined to the landlady's
weekly call on him for her rem money.
Advertised for wife.
So he put an advertisement in a daily
paper saying how much he wanted to
be a married man and how he'd rear
a happy home In New York for any
lad who would take UP with him and
accept his proffer first.
Miss Sarah Nixon, up in Rexville,
glimpsed at the advertisement. and
took no chances with the mails. Her
invitation to call was couched In tele-
graphics, and 1t was accepted by
young Mr.. Hottinger, who went up to
her town, saw her and proposed. He
was accepted the same day, and then
saw her niece, Eva Dennison, proposed
to her and was accepted very quickly
aft~erward-and didn't ever care for
Miss Sarah after he'd met Miss Eva,
except with regrets.
Still his two proposings had put him
in an awful pickle, as may be Judged
the more of a pickle because Miss
Sarah and Miss Eva lived in the very
same house. But in a measu no
acted quite honorably-that Is he told
Eva that he had proposed to Sarah
and didn't intend living up to the pro-
position. and she told him he must
go to the maiden lady and make 8
clean breast of the whole thing.
Throws Down Fiancee No. L..
It was not a pleasant interview be-
tween Mr.. Hottinger, who had adyer-
tised for Miss Nixon, n Miss Nixon,
whom he had turned down for a Sec
ond choice. No happy smiles graced It,
and no measu of success. But In the
end Mr.. Hottinger told Miss Nixon
fatty that he'd formed an opinion
about marrying Eva much too strong
to give up. Miss Nixon. at no time
during the conference, gave her on
sent to the marriage of Mr.. Hottinger
and her niece.
Neither did the village postmaster
her father-nor the sheriff, M so when
Hottinger went up to Rexville for
what he hoped was to be the last time
to bring Eva surreptiously away
everyone of them were on the lookout.
And when he and Eva sneaked over
to the Erie train and got aboard 1t.
running away, they were discovered
before the next station was reached.
Miss Sarah Nixon knew we'll how
efficacious Is the telegraph. She urged
1t on the sheriff, and he had dispatch
to the Jersey City police five hours
before that train got in.
They took the two lovers very quick
ly, Just as they were dismounting to
get married in New York. Hottinger
was allowed n kiss before he was
locked up. Eva, weeping profoundly.
was given over to the are of the
Y. w. C. A.
Papa Dennison came down today
and took his child back home, but
Eve said she would never, never marry
anybody but Mr.. Hottinger no matter II
he has to stay in Jail for abduction
throughout his life. He is held in $500
bail.