Omaha daily bee., 1884-07-17
AN SEQUEL.
Married and Parted, but Reunited
Amer Many Days.
San Francisco Chronicle.

San Francisco Chronicle.
A romantic sequel to a sensational Sc
cret marriage that took place in this cit.
about a year and a half ago, occurred ii
Oregon a few days since, when the partie
were reunited after a separation tina
followed close on their first union. TIL,
husband is Maurice Hageman, and hi
now twice wife was a Miss Ballou,
daughter Of Mrs. Addie Ballou, who hal
achieved notoriety in this city in thu
various roles of lecturer, artist, spiritual
ist, woman suffrage advocate, etc. Hage
man is managing the Tivoli Theatre II
Portland, ana at the time of meeting
Miss Ballou, about three months prior
to the first wedding, was employed in one
of the theatres in this city. 1t seems tc
have been a case of love at first sight
and the lovers progressed rapidly with
their billing and cooling, until one day
Mrs. Ballou became suspicious, and evil
IDENTIFY not desiring Hagemsn for a SON
in.law, she forbade his further visiting
her daughter. AS usual in such cases,
however, the lovers did not despair, but
arranged for clandestine meetings and
the exchange of notes through a third
person.
1t was thus that they we're enabled to
arrange and carry out plans for a secret
marriage, which took place soon after.
The girl surreptitiously left her mothers
home at night, and, without being ham
pered with a wedding trousseau, met the
waiting Hageman. An obliging clergy
man married them, and, after kindly no.
tifying Mrs. Ballou of their change of re-
lation from lovers to husband and wife,
the pair settled down to enjoy the honey
moon in a quiet way. The girls mother
did not receive the news pleasantly, but
Immediately went into Mysteries, and on
recovering herself started out to tear her
daughter from her husbands arms and
take her home. In, this she was not sue
%cessful, at least not then, but two weeks
after the marriage she obtained posses.
sisn of the girl wife again, lit is said by
chloroformng the couple. However that
may be, Hageman awoke from a deep
sleep one morning to find his bride miss
ing. A search failed 10 disclose her
whereabouts, and detectives were called
in, but nothing availed, and after several
weeks of worry and search the husband
gave up all hope of ever seeing his wife
again and went to Portland, where he
has since remained.
About two months ago Hageman vas
most agreeably surprised by the receipt
of q letter from his wife. informing him
that she was still in custody of her
mother and desired to hear from him.
The letter contained the further intelli-
gence that she had been divorced,
through the efforts of her mother. Hag-
eman lost no time in answering the let
ter to the address given but he heard no
more from his lost love until about two
weeks ago, when she te~legraphed him
that she would leave on the Oregon
steamer and Join him, when they could
be married again. In the meantime
Mrs. Ballou, probably from the happy
appearance of her daughter, again grew
suspicious, and set a watch over her.
She did not watch closely enough, how
known to her until too late. The day
that Addie sailed to join her lover the
mother became aware of her intentions,
and made all speed to the steamship
dock. Her mission was frultless, how
ever, as when she reached the dock the
vessel bearing her daughter away was
just clearing the Golden gate. Then
Mrs, Ballou telegraphed to the Portland
chief of police a description of the CIR
| with instructions to hold her. She also
| telegraphed similar directions to a gen
tlemsn friend to do likewise.
When the vessel arrived at Portland,
Hageman was not on hand to receive his
love, but the chief of police and gentle.
man friend were. Addie declined to &C.
company the chief, and he had to recede,
as the telegram was not authority enough
to warrant his taking the girlinto custo.
dy. She consented, however, to go with
her mothers friend, and was installed In
his house. When Hageman found that
Addie had arrived and he had missed her,
his CONSERVATION was great, and he lost
no time In trying to find her. In the
meantime he procured a marriage license,
and then calling at the gentleman's house
whore Miss Ballou was staying, explained
the whole thing to him, and was permit
ted to see his loved one. The meeting
was most atfeotionate, anu instead of fol-
lowing Mss. Ballou's directions, her
friend called in a clergyman, and after a
separation of over a'year, during which
a divorce had been grsneed, Maurice
Hageman and his former wife were re-
married.