Barton County democrat., 1911-07-21
Ralph Carr Pulls Off A EtunI.

Tuesday morning contained the
following account of the incident.
Again a mothers love and pa
thetic pleadings prevailed and a
Hutchinson home that was abOnt
to be disrupted is happy this
morning in the cOnScientiousneSs
that every member of the family
is embodied m the parental bosom.
The climax came this morning,
just before the conductor of San
ia Fe train No. IL waved the
starting signal to the engineer.
The actors were Mrs. W. E. Carr
wife of W. E. Carr of the Mon
arch Mills, Ralph Carr, the son,
and a chorus girl of the Allen
Curtiss company, which has Oceu-
pied he boards at Riverside park
during the week. W. E. Carr, the
father, remained in the back
ground, nervOusly pacing up and
down the depot platform.
Romance Back of It.
There is a romantic story con-
nected with the attempted elOpe-
ment. Three weeks ago the
girls in the case came to Hutch
insOn as a member of the muSi-
cal comedy company that has
been supplying amusement at the
park. Young Carr met and ad-
mired her. The attachment grew
to love and the pair decided to
get married. The subject was
broached to the parents, and i'm
mediately a strenuous objection
was mterposed. The son, how
ever, insisted to the point of
precipitating a breech in the fam
lily, which terminated at the train
when all troubles were apparently
settled.
There was trouble between the
young man and his parents, Sun
day and it was renewed again
yesterday. The worst came in
front of the Silver Moon restau-
rant last night, when Ralph Carr
turned from both father and
mother and. pledged fidelity to
his newly-fOund sweetheart.
Police On the Scene.
1t was here that the services
of the police were enlisted. Pa
trolman Ollie Kelsey and Guy
OlmStead were watchers from
that time until No. u had passed
beyond the hearing of the trio
: father, mother and son had gone,
arm in arm, toward home.
For half an hour or more be-
fore the train pulled out, the
pair of bluecOatS were Secreted
about the depot, ready to detain
the young man should he attempt
TO leave with the girl. However,
the matter was settled before the
all aboard signal was given.
The son yielded to the plea. of
his mother and decided to re-
main behind.
AffectiOnate Goodbye Kisses.
Twice-Once more the train
pulled in and again as the girl en-
tered the steps, young Carr plant,
ed a kiss on her lips. But the
mother, who, all the while held
his arm, seemed to feel secure in
the possession of her offspring
for he had just told her that
he would not desert her for the
best girl who ever existed
Twenty minutes before the ar
rival of No. l2-and while the
walked to the office window and
purchased two tickets to Kansas
City. This was not at all reas-
Suring to the maternal guardian,
but she knew that 0lmStead and
Kelsey, the two Stalwart police;
men, were within calling distance
and she did not move while the
ticket-buying proceedings wer,
IN progress.
CuIiousCrOwd Present
Fully 300 peOple-mostly men
who had heard of the proposed
O.. elopement, were on the depot
PLATFORM when the train pulled
IN. There was an air of intense
expectancy on the part of the
crowd until the finale came and
it appeared that the audience
left with a feeling of regret that
more spectacular Scene-Such a.
is seen behind the fOotlights oc
caSlOnally-waS not enacted.
Hardly had the train started
:. when the mother, father and sol
passed quickly and quietly sOutl
on Walnut street. As they depart
ed, the mother was in the center
but soon the son switched posi-
tiOnS and took the arms of hotl