The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1889-05-09
A QUEER WEDDING IN ATLANTA.
Mr.. Simon, of the Gaffnev City Lime Works,
Married to Miss Lulnsden-The Bride
groom Said to be Insane.
ATLANTA Journal, April 80. J


There was q marriage performed at
the residence of DR.. Fannie NJ. Ickes,
% Wheat Street, last night. The groom
is Mr.. Moses Simon, a wealthy Jew
from Gaffney City, S. G. The briCe
was Miss Matte Lumsden, also of
South Carolina, and i relative of Gen.
Wade Hampton.
Taken altogether, the marriage was
one of the strangcst ceremonies ever
performed in the city, as the groom
had been locked up at the station house
nearly all day on the charge of lunacy.
Several weeks ago Miss Matte Lums-
den, of South Carolina, came to Allan
ia to spend some time with DR.. Fannie
Ickes.
Miss Lumsden is lady Of many at
fractions and is related to some Of the
best people in South Carolina, among
them General Hampton.
Soon after she arrived in the city she
had caller, whom she introduced rs
Mr.. Moses Simon, Of Gaffncy City,
South Carolina.
Mr.. Simon is Jew, about forty-five
years of age, and with his brother owns
very valuable lime kim a..d other
property in South Carolina.
He is reputed to be quite wealty.
He seemed to be devoted to Miss
Lumsden, but it did not take long for
the boarders at the house TO see that
something was wrong with the smittcn
Jew.
He talked very wildly and surprised
them by declaring that he could easily
walk a mile in one minute.
They laughed at him, which enraged
him, and be vehenently asserted that
be had often walked ten miles in ten
minutes, and knew he could walk
twenty-five miles in twenty-five min
utes.
He tried to prove this by Miss Matte,
but she would not corroborate his wild
statements.
Yesterday morning Mr.. Simons' bro
ther arrived in the city from South
Carolina. He found where his brother
was stopping, and then went at once
to Chief Connolly and asked that the
brother be arrested, saying he was
crazy and had run away from home.
Patrolnan Newt. Holland arrested
Moses, and all the morning he was kept
under guard at the station houss.
In the afternoon his brother called
to see him, and after talking with him,
asked Chief Connolly to release him,
saying he had promised to go home
without an officer.
The chief ordered the man released
and he departed with his brother.
Miss Lumsden informed her friends
laat night that she had made all her
arrangements to marry Mr.. Simon.
At the appointed hour Rabbi May
arrived at the house with the groom.
Mr.. Simon and Miss Lumsden stood
up before the rabbi, vino held a He
brew book in one hand and a glass of
wine in the other.
After he had read the ceremony in
Hebrew he passed the wine to Mr.. ST.
mon, who tasted it and then passed it
to Miss Lumsden After she had tasted
It she returned it to the rabbi.
He pronounced a blessing upon the
couple, after which Mr.. Simon kissed
his wife.
Immediately afterwards he rushed
around the room shaking hands with
every one and exclaining: "God bless
you! God bless you! He's blessed me
and I want Him to bless you"
The couple will return to South Caro-
lima this afternoon.
Miss Lumsden's friends say that her
husbands brother trumped up the
charge of lunacy to keep him from
marrying her.