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[ouseurn-lown have b seavingarid.•delsstiveno revers that i the Even 1 of snd-liter-Itish cent I thelandrearown was i in who oner rhen iagor of ates liral t.oeed ship but itive not take ; it the •til! it it sin)(fore iter-re to iday Mr. ourtCOLUMBUS LEE HI ROMANCEVimm*Release* Sweetheart from Con* fines of County Almshouse*CiSallie Piugher the Object of His | an Knightly Care—Midnight Bs eape Ineeessfoly Executed. | ohdo mlt;Two romantic young lovers in the M persons of Columbus Lee and Bailie pr Plaugher, both inmates of the alms* a house, escaped from that institution nc early Monday morning and am still Jit at large. IS is believed that-they Ui have goneto the mountains west of ooi Rawley Springs. * allColumbus, who hails from Hop- foi kins Gap and is known as an expert esc chicken thief as well as a morphine it fiend, has for some time been mak- da ing love to the Plaugher girl, who alt proved far from adverse to his ad- ooi vances. With the advent of spring sts the ardor of the couple increased soj until the discipline of Calvin W. Pence, superintendent of the institution, became particularly irksome to the couple and they planned to elope at the first opportunity. That opportunity came Sunday night, shortly after midnight, when, because of the sudden illness of another inmate, a door about the place was temporarily left open.Columbus, taking his sweetheart by the hand, led her out’into the starry night, and since that time their whereabonts has been a matter of mere conjecture.Sallie.is dressed in blue, with bonnet * 'to match, ’ * and is weak-mind-ed. Columbus, devoid of the rags and tatters which he sported before being committed, is dpessed as becomes one of Mr. Pence’s inmates.The Superintendent will be thankful for any information that will lead to the apprehension of* the love-stricken pair.wiwiionse^chiRa*p]tosecbilwrisidfi*SoThIaniwoiniinfatthit
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Harrisonburg Daily News
Harrisonburg, Virginia, US
Wed, Mar 18, 1908
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