Charley Snow, LC Cowboy Who Eloped With Mollie Gainer
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Charley Snow, an LC cowboy, was secretly engaged to Mollie Gainer, but her mother opposed the match [1]. Gainer had Snow arrested for attempting to shoot her with a Winchester; he was fined $25 and costs [7][2]. Undeterred, Snow arrived in town on a Monday with friends [6][5]. On Tuesday evening, Mollie left home, met Snow with a horse and buggy, and they drove to Central to marry—at the same hour her mother had planned her wedding to another man [6][5]. On Wednesday, the couple departed for the LC Ranch on the middle Gila for their honeymoon [3][4].
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- Won His Bride (1890)Won His Bride For some months past it has been an open secret that Charley Snow, a worthy knight of the LC branding iron, and Miss Mollie Gainer, a comely little maid of this city, were lovers, whose lives w…
- Silver City Enterprise — 1888-1890 (full OCR, Internet Archive) — 1890-02-07 (1890)thirty days ten babies have been born, and that fifteen more will be born within the next three months. This is close figuring, but Charley is a noted account- ant, and claims that his figures are strictly …
- The young lady was soon missed from… (1890)The young lady was soon missed from home, and when her mother learned that Char- ley Snow was in town, she became wild with excitement, and instituted a search for her daughter throughout the city without succe…
- Silver City Enterprise — 1888-1890 (full OCR, Internet Archive) — 1890-02-07 (1890)sful suitor was frantic, and refused to be comforted, much to the amuse- ment of Charley’s friends who had come in to see fair play, and intended to see that Charley got the bride even had it been necess…
- Silver City Enterprise — 1888-1890 (full OCR, Internet Archive) — 1890-02-07 (1890)ent by her mother, much against her wishes, it is said, to a youthful swain of this city, and the nuptial knot was to have been tied Tuesday night. The young man had furnished rooms, and had made all ne…
- On Monday last, however, the cowboy… (1890)On Monday last, however, the cowboy lover arrived in town accompanied by several of his most intimate friends. The young lady was kept closely at home, but in some manner Charley managed to let her know that …
- Some months ago Charley paid his com-… (1890)Some months ago Charley paid his com- pliments to the bride, and would then have succeeded in capturing the fair prize, but his would-not-be mother-in-law had him arrested on a charge of attempting to shoot her …