Arizona republican., 1920-09-03
CLEVER STRATEGEM ENABLES ELOPERS
 TO ELUDE PURSUIT

A month or more ago the RepubH- can printed story of the marriage or William Ford of WinsloW to Miss Mildren Murphy, the daughter or photographer of that town. Local in terest in the affair lay in the fact that the groom was raised in Phoenix a son of Mrs. John Barncord, formerly in the moving picture field here The marriage took place before justice of the peace after an elopement to Holbrook.
 That was all there was of it at that time, though a good deal in connection with it has since developed.
 Young Ford is IT years of age, his bride. 19 On their return from Hol- brook, while their car, with the side curtains drawn, was standing in front of the Barncord residence. Mrs. Murphy. the mother of the bride, passed. The driver, not knowing what trouble he was inviting, pro- posed to introduce her to her new son. in-law, Mrs. Murphy gave him scant attention but ordered the bride out of the car, took her home, and locked her up
 A week later another elopement was planned and promised to succeed, young Ford's mother law again pappened to be within hailing distance and gave pursuit as he was carrying his wife to the car. His foot slipped, and before he could recover, Mrs. Murphy was upon him and again cap tured the bride and locked her up. Despairing of securing his wife by his own unaided efforts. Ford had recourse to the law, but the law failed him.
 The third reel is thus run off by the Northern Arizona Leader:
 On last Monday night, young Ford said, he had become suddenly i'll and it is alleged. pretended he was suffer- ivcg 11fn P D. Sprankle of WinsloW and nurse were called. The girls parents were phoned to, and a request made by the boy that he be allowed to see her be- fore he was taken to a hospital in AL buqurque, where it was said an opera tion was to be performed.
 On a stretcher he was taken to the Santa Fe station and hoisted, stretcher and all, through the window of train bound for Albuquerque.
 The girl hastened down to the train and, entered a Pullman, found her young hubby in an upper berth. Poor Billy. he's so sick" she said, as she climbed up into the berth and threw her arms around him, not knowing until a few minutes later as the train pulled out that it was all a frame up-
 The mother of the bride in the mean time became suspicious, it is said, and became alarmed that her daughter
  querque and sent a man down to the train to see that she did not leave. The man entered the train, but failed to find the girl He was told by the nurse that Billy was too sick to be disturbed. While he was making a search, the conductor yelled "all aboard" he jumped off and the train pulled out
 The brides mother. learning that her daughter had left. took the next train for Albuquerque. The boys step father wired aheass that Mrs. Murphy was on her way and advised the couple to get off the train at Isleta, N. M and take a train south, and not go into Albuquerque. This was done, and the girls mother failed to find the couple at Albuquerque, and has re- turned to Winslow.
 The young couple. it is said, are now in Jefferson City, Mo-, and are not expected back in Winslow until "the war clouds blow over" The girl' mother is said to be in a very hysteri- cal state of mind and is still just de termined as ever to find her daughter