Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1912-10-24
.SAUK CITY TWAIN
STILL On THE CO
Youthful Sweethearts, Who
Eloped, Believed to Be
Hurrying South.
WANTED BACK HOME
Reward Is Offered For Pair
Who Ran Away One
Day Last August.

A. d. Dorsett, formerly editor of this
paper, sends to this office Kansas
City Journal which contains an ac-
count of the lad and lassie who eloped
last August from Sauk City. The
account from the Kansas City paper
was sent from Moberly, Missouri, and
reads as follows:
Bennie Pigg and Miss Ramona
Randolph of Moberly, who eloped in a
sensational fashion from Sauk City.
Wis, the evening of August 27, now
are believed to be en- route to Florida
by boat on a prolonged honeymoon
trip. The parents of the couple have
come to the conclusion that the sweet
hearts had been preparing for the
elopement for months before it was ac-
compished. The old folks are seeking
far and wide for the elopers, awaiting
only their return to extend forgiveness.
Neither the boy, who is II. nor the
girl, who is Is, took any money with
them, so far as their parents know, and
since their eIopement no word has
come from them asking for funds.
The young couple had been sweet
hearts for some time before their par
ents took them to Sauk City in
August. They had often spoken of
marriage, but their parents ridiculed
the idea because of their youth.
The trip to Wisconsin was made in
the automobile of R. 9. Pigg and in the
party were Mr.. and Mrs. Pigg, Benz
ME Pigg, Mr.. and Mrs, F. NJ. RAN
dolph and Ramona Randolph.
Outwit Constable, Too.
When Sauk City was reached the
four parents stepped from the car for
few minutes, but that was long enough
for the purposes of the youthful sweet
hearts, who started the machine and
began wild race through the quiet
streets of the village.
The elder Pigg saw his son start the
car and Immediately hired motorist
to follow in big touring car, but the
bow, who is an expert chauffeur, out
disraned his pursuer and soon was lost
in the haze of the summer evening.
Later constable in neighboring
town hemmed the couple in a field
into which they had driven by mistake
and locked the gate to make their cap
ture doubly sure. Young Pigg saw
the officer and heard his command to
halt. Instead of obeying, he ran
through the gate at full speed and the
last the outwitted constable saw OF the
couple was when the girl rose to
standing position in the speeding car
and a1rily waited him kiss.
Telegraph Believed Ruse.
Two weeks later telegram came to
the parents here, from small town
in Kentucky, that young Pigg
wanted $25. The money was tele-
graphed to him and with it word that
he and his young bride would be for
given if they would return home. The
parents now believe that the telegraph
asking for money was ruse to learn
how they felt regarding the elope-
ment, as, instead of returning home,
the runaways again dropped out of
| sight, and nothing more has been
heard from them except in an indirect
way.
Cards given a description of the
couple, together with their pictures
are being send to the police in all the
large cities, and reward is offered for
information that will help in finding
them.
A letter received by Mrs. Randolph,
mother OF the girl, states the couple
were seen in Cincinnati, andlthat
Miss Randolph told persons in that
CITY that she and young Pigg were
contemplating trip to Florida by
boat.
The young man had worked in his
fathers grocery store and the young
llady is good musician, the reward is
S25. 90 for any information which
will help to find Bennie and his