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Show " "AN INDIANA ELOPEMENT. Be Ban Away With the Woman That lit- .. fatuated Him. Washington, Ind., July 3 The little town of Montgomery, seven miles east of this city, is badly torn up over an alleged elopement of Mr. Samuel Scott, a prominent druggist, 'and Mrs. Joseph ,Vau Meter. Scott has two drug stores, and is the owner of considerable consid-erable real estate in Montgomery. Ho is married, and is the father of three children, and the woman with whom it is alleged he eloped is the wife of Mr. Joseph Van Meter, jr., of Martin county, Ind. It is claimed that Scott has been unduly intimate with Mrs. Van Meter for some time, and that his infatuation has at last led him to desert his family. Ho purchased tickets at Montgomery for St. Louis and took away with fiim several hundred dollars in money. When Mrs. Scott bocame acquainted with the situation she becamo utterly prostrated, and on reviving threatened to commit suicide. sui-cide. The neighbors were fearful that she would carry her threat into execution, and several ladies have remained re-mained with her since to guard her against such an unfortunate outcome to her grief. Samuel S. Scott is about 45 years old and has always borne an excellent ex-cellent reputation in the villacro. where he has been in business since 1801. It is supposed that ho is heavily involved aud that his flight had a double purpose. pur-pose. Squire Kendall and other citizens of Montgomery were in the city yestorday afternoon, petitioning peti-tioning for the appointment of a receiver, re-ceiver, with a view of saving the property prop-erty to Mrs. Scott. Jeff li. Scott, a brother of Sam, has already tiled a claim against his brother for 300. A young woman who accompanied Scott and Mrs. Van Meter as far as this city, claims to know their intended destination, destina-tion, but refuses to divulge their secret. |