Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 53, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 December 1908 — FRIENDS HELP ELOPER [ARTICLE]

FRIENDS HELP ELOPER

Practically Abduct Girl and Their Horse Beats Farmer's. Anderson, Ind., Dec. 4.—Fred D. Clute, a clerk in a general store at Perkinsville, and Stella Hosier, eighteen years old, daughter of a farmer near Perkinsville, were married in this city. Clute had asked the father of Miss Hosier for his consent and was refused. Clute then came here and applied for a license, forgetting that the presence of the young woman was necessary to obtain it. He then telephoned to George Abger and Cord Sanner to help him. They were asked to assist Miss Hosier to get away from home. They hired the best horse and buggy in town and drove up to Miss Hosier’s home and practically abducted her. but with her consent. Her father saddled his best horse and started in pursuit He was unable to overtake the trio and turned back home.