Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-09-09
NEICHBORSOF
BRIDAL COUPLE
STOP SHERIFF
Threaten To Overturn Car If He
Arrests Pair In Rapid
Rural Romance
FATHER FIGHTS TO END,
THEN ADMITS DEFEAT
Allen-Snipes Trouble Over Secret
Marriage Apparently Ended
After Series OF Events

All is reported peaceful today in
the Pleasant Grove ucighborhood of
Terrell county, shors distance across
the Sumter line on the upper Daw-
son road, following a thrilling after
neon Thurday oi additional episodes
in the Allen-Snipes romance, details
Of which up to that time were relat-
ed in Thursdays Timcs-Recorder. In
the first series of episodes a bride
kidnapped by her father figured, with
the groom and his father and borth-
cr finally taking her from the fatn-
CT IN the public road Thursday morn
ing at the point of a gun, and the
father subsequently taking out war
rants for al tour il Dawson.
Thursday afternoon a KALEIDOSCOPE
c series of events as thrilling as
those preceding them were enacted in
d short space Of time, among them
the gathering Of a crowd of prob
ably 100 neighbors of the two fam
lilies about the car of the sheriff of
Terrell county when he appeared to
arrest the four for whom he held
warrants, and warning him that if he
attempted to take the bride and
groom away, as he announced was
his intention, his car would be pick
cd up and turned over, and there
might be shooting unnecessarily. A
large part Of the crowd was we'll
armed, it is said, and determined to
defend the bride and groom, with
whom the sympathy of the entire
communit yappeared to rest.
| Bride Normal Graduate.
The bride III the case was formerly
Miss Mamie Allen, a charming girl
of 20 or II years and graduate
of the State Normal school last year
Her father is Windsor Allen, we'll
known farmer of the neighborhood.
The groom was j. c. Snipes, Jr.,
member of well known and we'll
to-do- family of the community.
When the warrants were taken out
by the girls father Thursday follow
ing seizure Of his daughter after he
had kept her away from her husband
nearly a month, the groom's father
came to Amcricus for advice, and
.retalned Judge j. A. Hixon. Judge
HtXon secured Stephen Pace as an
associate attorney in the case and
Mr.. Pace hurried to Terrell county.
intending to go to Dawson for the
tour defendants named in the war
rants taken by the father, arrange
bond, and return home.
On arrival at the Snipes hame he
found 100 ne,ghbors gathered about
the place, and Sheriff Wood, of Ter
rell county, present in his Ford car
The sheriff held the four warrants
IN his pocket, unserved. I'll develop
ed that bond had been arranged in
advance by phoHc from Amcricus To
the issuing justice Of The peace in
Dawson, a circumstance of which the
sheriff had not been informed, and
he had insisted ON taking the four
to Dawson, as was his legal duty. If
was at tbs juncturc shat the crowd
gathered IN closely about the sher-
ifs car, told him that the familya
attorney was. on thc way, and that he
wouldn't be permitted TO start for
Dawson with the bride and groom
until the attorney arrived, regardless
| Of his duty
Threatened Sheriff.
We will pick up your car and
turn ii ovcr@ several members Of the
determined band Of ncighbors are
| said to have told the sheriff.
There's no use causing any shoot
Inc Of useless trouble by trying to
take them to town" someone else
called to the sheriff. Whercupon he
decided to wait, and that was what he
was doing when Attorney Pace ar
rived.
Mr.. Pace Informed the sheriff, with
whom he had previously been ac-
quaiutcd, that bonds had been ar
ranged in advance, The sheriff re-
! Piled that while that might be true
he couldn't take bonds without being
authorized personally by the court
He stated that the case had become
so hot on both sides that It would be
( necessary for him to talk to the judge
in person. He left and in hour re-
/ TUNED with the announcement that
he had phoncd the justice and the ar
/ rangcment was satisfactory, but that
thc justice had Informed him that he
| had nine other warrants, taken out
since the issuance Of the four, and
! that he had better bring the defend
ants on IN to Dawson
Mr.. Pace informed the sheriff that
he couldn't arrest the defendants or
warrants which were in Dawson and
not in his possession, to which tho
sheriff agreed. Mr. Pace rendered
the bonds on the four original war
rants and the sheriff and Mr.. Pace
proceeded to Dawson, the defendants
remaining at home, surrounded by
their sympathetic neighbors
Found Father Waiting.
/ On arrival at Dawson Attorney
Pace found Mr.. Allen, the girls faith,
er, who earlier in the day had camp
ed on the school campus with the
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