The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-10-27
GYPSY QUEEN MOVED
NEAR CITY BOUNDARY
Young Chief Carries Off
Beauty, Despite Protest
of Father.
ELUDES IRATE PARENT
Marriage of Couple Legal,
and Father-in-law is
Fooled.
ELUDES IRATE PARENT

Eight months ago the gypsy tribe of
Chief John Mitchell and the queen,
Mabel Mitchell, encamped to spend
cold night at the driving park. They
were completing the last lap on the
way to Chief Mitchelrs farm near In
dianapolis.
A few hours later the tribe Of young
chief Mitchell Stevens came along the
National road and seeing the fire Of
Chief Mitchell's band, Chief Stevens
ordered his tribe to turn in for camp.
When the greetings of the two
tribes were exchanged handsome
young Chief Stevens was presented by
Chief Mitchell to the beautiful four
teen year old daughter, Elizabeth
Mitchell. who would be crowned queen
and made the bride of the man of her
fathers choice at Indianapolis a few
days later.
1t was a case Of love at first sight
between Miss Elizabeth and young
Chief Stevens. The next morning when
Chief Mitchell pointed his horses to-
wards indianapolis, Chief Stevens did
likewise and remained in hot pursuit,
the two tribes camping each night to-
gether. Then Elizabeth told her new
lover that she was about to be mar
ried to another who would part with
$3.50 for the purpose of becoming her
mate for life
Daughter Disappears.
The next morning Stevens tribe
was chiefless and Chief Mitchell could
not find his daughter. An instant pur-
suit was taken by the chief and his
x,yifn o,,I ~ 11-I1~
chase his bride.
Indianapolis was the first point in
the search and there before the police,
Chief Mitchell charged missing Chief
Stevens with abducting his young
daughter. Then Chief Mitchell, who is
wealthy like all gypsy chiefs, placed
detectives on the trail and started
search of his own.
The young couple baffled the trail
ers time and again until last week
when they were accidently stumbled
upon by the irate father of the clipping
bride. Chief Mitchell had the two ar
rested at Ardmore. near Philadelphia,
and was bringing together evidence to
have Chief Stevens convicted Of kid
mapping.
Shows License.
Then Elizabeth begged a hearing
before the justice of peace and pro-
duced marriage license showing that
she was the lawfully welded wife,
married to Chief Stevens in Cumber-
land, Maryland, February 8, just three
days after they had left indianapolis.
She also told the justice that the en-
gagement for which her father had
spoken had, not been of her making or
choice but that her hand had been
promised by her father for the consid-
Grafton of $3.50 payable at the altar.
Then the authorities ascertained
that the marriage was legally perform
ed and they arrested the pursuing
father, Chief Mitchell. Chief Mitchell
admitted that he was going to sell his
daughter according to the timeworn
custom of the band. He furthermore
admitted EliZabeth's charges that he
had been fortunate in being blessed
with large number of daughters, all
of whom had been beautiful and had
brought prices ranging from $3.50 to
$1,000.
Search Cost $4,000.
Besides spending about $4,000 in the
search, Chief Mitchell is now threat
ened with a damage suit from the dis
appointed highest bidder for Miss Eli
Zabeth's hand. He was released from
the Philadelphia Jail and returned in
disgust to his farm near Indianapolis
When questioned as to the probable
action of her parents, now that they
had found her, she smiled.
What can they do?" she asked.
''They have failed to get any money
out of my husband or his relatives,
and don't see what my father can do.
l guess he will save money by going
home"
Il would rather lay in Jail for nine
ty-nine years than be sold by my faith
er and forever be a white slave"