Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 286, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 December 1910 — Hartford City Has Sensational Elopement of Married Barber. [ARTICLE]

Hartford City Has Sensational Elopement of Married Barber.

William Allmon, a married barber of Hartford City, is alleged to have eloped Tuesday evening with Mrs. Katie Cain, deputy auditor of that county. The Times-Gazette, of that city, relates the story in a sensational manner. Allmon went home Tuesday evening and insisted that his wife and her mother go to church, saying he would call for them when church was out. Mrs. Cain, who was herself deserted by a husband a few years ago, kissed her little son goodnight and told him she was going to attend the Ben Hur lodge. While Allmon’s wife was a| church he moved his trunk to the railway and he and Katie “flew the coop. They were traced to Chicago. Allmon wrote a letter to his spouse telling her that he had gone for good. He sent her $55, but did not promise to send her any more. Mrs. Caln was a capable clerical officer and popular except for her alleged relations with Allmon, which are said to have existed for some time. The Hartford City paper tells of various escapades in which Allmon had engaged, relating one in which he scaled a high beard fence in broa' daylight to save his life from the wrath of a husband who appeared unexpectedly. He had also been named as a co-respondent in a divorce filed and his reputation seems very unsavory. Mrs. Allmon refused to file an affidavit against him and the police have given up their search.