The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-06-28
CHANGED her MIND.
Miss Annabel NJ. Lucas Figures in Two
Marriage Licenses.

Marriage Licenses.
From the Chicago Tribune.
In the list of marriage Licenses the other
day were the following:
John w. Martin, Annabel NJ. Lucas .-.. 25. 25
! Herbert H. Skinner, Annabel NJ. Lucas 80. Is
! Miss Annabel intended to marry Mr.
/ Skinner, but IL is a woman's prerogative to
change her mind. The young ladys name
is now apparently Mrs. John w. Martin.
| Miss Annabel was the head milliner at the
store of Mrs. Deene, No. IS Twenty-second
street. and has resided for some time in q
fiat at No. 27S West Division street with
her sister, Miss Maudie Lucas. Mr.. Skinner
is a ba Der. with shop in room 212 in the
Iater-Ocedn building The young Loeb
invar who came out from the West Side
and captured the lady at the last moment
| IS Mr.. Martin, fireman-whether a loco
| motive fireman or some other kind is not
known at the present writing.
The fat at No. 27S West Division street
was found dark and deserted when a re-
porter called. Mounting to the next floor an
obliging neighbor volunteered the state
ment:
You vas too late. She vas already
married to anoter man. She hat gone to de
country NIT hor sister unit her husband"
1t was learned that Mr. Skinner resided
next door with the family of Mr.. Peterson.
The reporter was met at the door by Mrs.
Peterson, who said.
He vas inside NIT the doctor. He vas GO
| ing to kill himself. She vas bad girl to do
like dot. Mr.. Skinner vas q nice man."
The victim of Miss Annabels Inconsistency
sat on haircloth sofa in the front room,
with sympathetic physician.
81 never let her know l was worth a cent;
l told her she was marrying a poor man."
he said "But will see the day whe she
| will come to me on her knees, begging me
for dollar to buy bread with l m de my
Will the other day, giving her 5000"
de jerked two rings off his finger and
pulled handsome lady's gold watch out of
his pocket and laid them on the sofa
Waving his hands over these treasures, he
continued:
you see it all. l have my wedding suit
on. Here is the engagement ring, and here
is the watch and cnain | bought for her,
She said she wanted a watch once and |
remembered it. She thought was poor,
but have a house and lot at No. ITO Lain
street worth $4,000, and some property out
south"
He glanced with mingled emotions at the
red carnation in his buttonhole. and after a
moment resumed the story.
II met Miss Lucas last November and
have been her steady company ever SINCE
We were to be married June ). The first [
knew of this mau Martin, who has COM
PEELED her to marry him in some way |
OOI huOW dUOuJ, lot l. aLl sure Sl6 loves
me yet, was last Sunday. She met him on
the corner of Wood street and they got on
a car together. She saw me and jumped off
the car and ran away. That evening she
came to me with the engagement ring in
her hand, and said he made her take it off.
She asked me to put it on her finger again,
AID said to me:
MAY God strike me dead. Bert, if 1 ever
take it Off again
Here it is. She and her sister with that
man came no here just as they were going
away yesterday afternoon and gave Mrs
Peterson the little box with the ring in it
and this note"
The farewell note read as follows:
CRY, May 90
You and forever are parted. I have just
been married TO one dearly love. Forgive and
forget me. BELLE.
''She says she dearly loves him" he con-
tinued, ''but l know better than that He
had some hold on her, l know, and made
her marry him."
when did you get the licenses"
sit was Tuesday. She came up to see me
Tuesday morning, and said she was going
to Gossage's to get her wedding dress. She
went over and bought it and brought it
back to ne, and it is locked up now in the
vault in the Tnter-OceGn building. She
asked me If had time to go over and get
Une Incense, OUT couidn'6 go out them ana
| she went away. | went over and got the
license about o'clock. The other man got
his about ten numbers before me, but
| didn't know it.
II was in the shop about o'clock, when
her sister Maudie came IN with man and
| asked for Belle's things I said l would
never give them up TO any one hut Belle.
"'She's married already, and this is Mr..
| Martin, the brother Of her husband said
| Maudie.
They went away without them. I had
| gone to a furniture store on Fifth avenue
and bought 1851 worth Of furniture for the
| flat and that was delivered there But they
have gone away, don't know where to- he
concluded, hopelessly.