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October 14, 1889
The Indianapolis Journal
Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana
What is this article about?
A young woman from Chillicothe, Ohio, eloped with Frank Gary to Vincennes, Indiana, where he deserted her penniless after a fair. She contacted her ill father, who sent his business partner to bring her home safely.
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Eloping Girl Abandoned,
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
Vincennes, Oct. 13.—A gentleman from Chillicothe, O., came to this city yesterday to seek the daughter of his partner, who eloped from his home there about ten days ago with Frank Gary and came here. She went by the name of Mrs. Gary, and said she was married. The eloping couple arrived here Saturday preceding the fair and lodged at a boarding-house in North Vincennes. They lived there smoothly till Thursday night of fair week, the night of the militia ball. Gary told the girl he would be back and take her to the ball, but she never saw him again. She notified the police of his desertion of her, and they hunted for a man twenty-two years old, six feet high, blue eyes and light mustache. He was a member of the Ohio State militia. He had over $500 with him. He persuaded her, through an older woman, to elope with him, and then dropped her here. He has not been seen since. Being penniless, in a strange place, she wrote to her father for money. He was sick, but sent his partner after his daughter. The girl is a nice, respectable girl, but she trusted a scamp. She left last night with her father's friend for her home.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
Vincennes, Oct. 13.—A gentleman from Chillicothe, O., came to this city yesterday to seek the daughter of his partner, who eloped from his home there about ten days ago with Frank Gary and came here. She went by the name of Mrs. Gary, and said she was married. The eloping couple arrived here Saturday preceding the fair and lodged at a boarding-house in North Vincennes. They lived there smoothly till Thursday night of fair week, the night of the militia ball. Gary told the girl he would be back and take her to the ball, but she never saw him again. She notified the police of his desertion of her, and they hunted for a man twenty-two years old, six feet high, blue eyes and light mustache. He was a member of the Ohio State militia. He had over $500 with him. He persuaded her, through an older woman, to elope with him, and then dropped her here. He has not been seen since. Being penniless, in a strange place, she wrote to her father for money. He was sick, but sent his partner after his daughter. The girl is a nice, respectable girl, but she trusted a scamp. She left last night with her father's friend for her home.
What sub-type of article is it?
Deception Fraud
Romance
Family Drama
What themes does it cover?
Deception
Love
Misfortune
What keywords are associated?
Elopement
Abandonment
Deception
Vincennes
Chillicothe
Militia Ball
What entities or persons were involved?
Frank Gary
Eloping Girl
Father's Partner
Where did it happen?
Vincennes
Story Details
Key Persons
Frank Gary
Eloping Girl
Father's Partner
Location
Vincennes
Event Date
Oct. 13
Story Details
A respectable girl from Chillicothe, O., eloped with Frank Gary, who persuaded her through an older woman. They arrived in Vincennes posing as married, but he abandoned her penniless after the fair, promising to take her to a militia ball. She notified police and wrote to her father, who sent his partner to retrieve her.