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A FORCED 5IARRIAUE,A Boy of Scrontecn an«l a Girl of Four-teen—'Whore Payne Did Not Make aFool of lliniself*Freeport, Long Island, has producod another matrimonial Beneation. Detective Payne played a prominent part in it, and the absconding party was brought up to the hymeneal altar like a felon to the bar of justice. The groom, whether now happy or unhappy, is Daniel Franklin Southard. The bride is Miss Emma Jane Smith. For about a year Daniel and Jane were very intimate. Arran moments were zn ado for their marriage on Monday a week ago, but Daniel was non est when the important moment arrived, and It was soon learned that ho had left the village and gone east on the midday train. It was thought probable that he went west on a later train. Mary Jane's mother was not tho kind of woman to sit down and franticly berate Daniel—and Mary Jane, too, for that matter— but, with a boldness of decision rare in a Long Island mother, summoned the great detective of the age, Stophen Payne, into her presonee. Money must bo made tho last consideration, and Daniel must bo brought to judgment. The detective who trades horses and raises pige for a living one day, and is indigent (with $300 in his pocket) next day, went to work with a will, and with a scent as keen as that of a hound on the trail of a fox traced Daniel to bis hiding place in Babylon, and led him by tlie ear back to Freeport. The heart of his prospective mother in law, bowed down with grief at his absence, became gladdened at sight of bis boyiBh face. Daniol was loth to marry, but tho inevitable rule that circumstances alter cases prevailed with him. Meekly ho was led to the hymeneal altar, and Daniel and Mary Jane are now man and wife before heaven and tho world. Detective Payne’s reputation is made,TIIE CODE.
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Brooklyn Daily Eagle
Brooklyn, New York, US
Wed, Apr 11, 1877
Page 3
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Clipped by
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