New York Times November 4, 1884
The village of White Plains, Westchester County, was shaken from centre to circumference last evening when it became known that its Chief of Police, George W. See, had eloped in the afternoon with Miss Martia P. Paulding, the accomplished daughter of Major Hiram Paulding, one of the Justices of the Peace of the town. The news spread like wildfire, and within an hour after the elopement it was the sole topic on the streets and in places of resort.
Chief of Police See had been paying attention to the young lady for some months past, greatly to the disgust of her father, the Major, who fairly detested the minion of the law, and never lost an opportunity for expressing his sentiments regarding him. This dislike had been engendered by a family feud between distant relatives. The doughty Chief cared as little for the Major's opinion as the latter respected him. No love was lost on either side. When the couple found it impossible to court under the parental roof they med clandestinely in the houses of mutual friends, and the Chief would accompany Miss Paulding home as far as the gate, and wait until she got safely indoors.
About a month ago Major Paulding heard that his daughter was meeting See at the house of a friend and he called her to account for it. She did not deny it, and he then forbade her going there any more. They then had a very stormy scene, and the Major, who is of a very excitable temperament, paced up and down the floor denouncing See, who, he said, was trying to disgrace his family by marrying into it. Turning to his daughter he asked her the direct question:
"Do you expect or intend to marry this fellow?"
"Yes," she answered calmly.
"Then you will be no daughter of mine," he replied and walked out of the room.
Since that scene the daughter has spent a good deal of her time at the house of a friend, J. F. Campbell, and there she and See met and did their love making without any fears of parental interruption. They finally decided to elope yesterday, and at the appointed hour, 4:30 P>M>, she met See at the residence of the Methodist clergyman of the town, the Rev. Delos Lull, and they were married according to the forms of that church. After the ceremony they entered a carriage and were driven direct to the railroad station, where they procured tickets for New York. On the way, they passed Major Paulding, the bride's father. They were unincumbered with any baggage other than a small parcel, done up in a shawl strap.
It was afterward learned that the Chief had got leave of absence for a few days from the Common Council to attend to some private business. When the Major was informed of what had happened at his residence, he stormed around lake a mad man. He said his daughter had committed suicide, and that he would rather have seen her laid out in her coffin, ready for burial, than wedded to "that pusillanimous cur." He pointed to her picture hanging on the wall, and said it was a shame that she should have so disgraced him and herself by committing such a deed. He would rather have seen her wedded "to an anaconda than to that little scamp."
The Major finally could think of no words to express himself fittingly, and he stopped talking and paced the room in great rage. "She is no daughter of mine any longer," he would now and then exclaim, "and she shall never again darken my door."
George See, the happy groom, is about 35 years of age, and stands about 4 feet 3 inches in his boots. The bride is about 20 years of age, very pretty, and said to be quite accomplished.
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