Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 23, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 November 1901 — A SENSATIONAL ELOPEMENT. [ARTICLE]

A SENSATIONAL ELOPEMENT.

James Randle and Miss Dollle Hemphill Elope to Monticello and are Married, Monday night Miss Dollie Hemphill, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Hemphill, eloped with James Randle, son of Nelson Randle, and they were married at Monticello the next morning, returning here on the 9:66 train Tuesday., Miss Hemphill left home Monday evening, with the expressed intention of attending Eli Perkins’ leoture in company with the lady employes of Mrs. Imes’ millinery store, where she has been employed. She failed to return home after the lecture but her parents thought she had gone home with one of the other ladies, and felt no uneasiness, and did not discover she was missing until the next morning. It transpires that the elopers took the 11:26 p, m. train to Monticello, where they registered as brother and sister and were assigned to rooms on different floors. The next morning, after some delay, they secured a marriage license, and were married by Squire Ross, of that city. After the ceremony they returned home and went to the residence of the groom’s parents on Main street. The groom is twenty-five and this is his second marriage. The bride is only seventeen and is one of the most attractive young ladies in tbe city. Her parents objected to her receiving the attention of Mr. Randle, and they decided to overcome the objections by an elopement. The young couple expect to make their home at Brook.