Crawfordsville Weekly Journal Nov 21, 1891 -- The Cincinnati Enquirer of yesterday contained a sensational dispatch from Crawfordsville giving what purported to have been the elopement of Joe Hicks "an Indianapolis barber," with Miss Nannie Goslin, daughter of "the wealthiest man in Browns' Valley," the couple as alleged, being closely pursued by the irate father of the young lady, the old gentleman being armed with a double-barrel shotgun double shotted. In the light of cold facts the story becomes at once divested of its sensational dress. Joseph Hicks, the bridegroom for the past 7 months has been employed at Edward L. Hunt's barber shop on Washington Street near Mississippi. He was born and raised in Browns Valley, where his parents, who are respectable, well-to-do people now reside. His family have for years lived adjacent tot he home of the Goslins, and the children of both families were school mates and play fellows. Joe Hicks and Miss Goslin long since entered into a marriage engagement, the same being opposed by the young lady's parents. On Monday evening last Miss Goslin came to Indianapolis, and Tuesday evening, at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Hunt, 282 Blackford Street she and Mr. Hicks were quietly united in marriage. The young couple have since remained in this city, and the groom is pursuing his vocation at the Hunt establishment. He is much chagrined at the story sent out from Crawfordsville and cannot account for it. Indianapolis Journal