The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1916-02-18
Arthur Ives and Della Long
Ran Away From ChaOnia
Home to Marry
GIRL TO RETURN
TO UNCLE TO-DAY
Walked Ties From Homes to
Mingo to Catch TraiR
For Cape

Thirteen-year-old Della Long and
seventeen-year-old Arthur Ives, who
ran away from their homes in Chaonia,
Wayne County, to get married, last
night were taken into custody by the
police and after one night in the Cape
they will be started on their return
trip today. They did not succeed in
getting married.
They told their story to Chief Hut-
son last night after they had bccn
taken to police headquarters. Tie
girl last night was taken to the home
of Mrs. William Uhl, who acts as a
police matron, and Ives was placed in
the hold-over.
Ives is a tie-chopper and has been
working near his home town. He has
been living with his parents. His
father is a tie-cutter also. The Long
girls father, also is a tie-cutter living
in Chaonia.
They had known each other for sew
eral years and a few days ago, they
determined to get married. Their
courtship had been marred sometime
ago when the girls father announced
that young Ives had to stop visiting
his daughter.
1t was this announcement that in
ducad them to run off to get married.
When they had collected their val
uables together they met Tuesday
night and without loading themselves
nth r.ucE c!cttiEg, they started to
walk the railroad track for Mingo in
Stoddard County on the Hoxie line.
During the night, they stopped and
built a fire when the girl got cold,
and after resting for a while at the
side of the track, they walked on to
Mingo, arriving there early yester-
day morning There they purchased
tickets for the Cape.
They arrived in the Cape at o'clock
last night and almost Immediately aft
er treating his proposed bride to sup
per, Ives bought her pair Of new
shoes.
He subsequently became separated
from her and was taken into custody
by patrolman who took him to the
police station. At the police station
he said that he had the girl to look
after and explained that the couple
had come to the Cape to get married
He carried a photograph Of the
girl in his pocket, so that the police
identified the girl wandering about or
the streets a few minutes later by th5
use of the boys photograph.
When the girl was brought to the
police station, she corroborated the
bows story that they intended to bC
married. She said that her parents
had no objections to her marriage, al
though she subsequently told how hei
father had denied young Ives permis
sion to come to her house to call up
on her.
She also told Hutson that she would
rather die than be forced to return
to her home and she said that sht
would be willing to return to the hom'
Of her aunt and uncle, Mr.. and Mrs
Henry Loves, who live near Chaonia.
She will be placed on Hoxie trail
and started for her aunt's place thi
morning.
When Ives was taken into custod,
he had $12 in his pockets. He ais
had a slight bullet wound in the righ
arm near the elbow which he told tn
police had been inflicted when he go
into a tussle several days ago wit
some companions over the possession
of small rife.
Ives declared that when they starte
out, they had intended to go to More
house to be married. Last night h
became convinced that it would do n
good to attempt to get married in tn
Cape and consented to plan for hi
return to Chaonia.