Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-20
Welded AT FOURTEEN
Laura Keene's Granddaughter the
Bride In Queer Marriage
TO AN OLD SWISS MATCHMAKER.
The Groom Arrested for Abduction and
He Hints at Dark Doings.
A LEGACY OF $4,000 PLAYS A PART.

ESPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH.I
New YORK, Aug. 19.-In November, 1890,
before she was Is years old, Clara May
Rawson, the daughter of Albert L. Rawson,
of Hillsdale, N. j., and the granddaughter
of Laura Keene, the famous actress, married
David II. Jaccard, the Swiss matchmaker,
who is now 40 years old This afternoon
Mr.. Jaccard was arrested on charge of ab-
duction and had to give $500 bail to appear
when wanted. On Tuesday afternoon Mr.
Rawson, the father of the girl, went to
Justice Cummings office, in Hackensack,
and made an affidavit, which said:
"Thas on the 18th day of November, 1890,
David Fl. Jaccard did convey the said Clara
May Rawson, woman child, unmarried,
under the age of Is years, against the will of
said Albert l.. Rawson, her father and did
take the said Clara May Rawson to Paterson,
Passaic county, before James Dmond JUS
tice of the peace, and requested the said JUS
tice to marry him to said Clara Nav Rawson
and the said justice did then and there marry
the said David Fl. Jaccard to the said Clara
May Rawson."
A WARRANT FOR JACCARD.
Justice Cumming issued a warrant for
MIR. Jaccard's arrest and instructed Con-
stable Haring to serve it. Mr.. Jaccard is o
tall, strongly-built man, with full brown
hairs, and sharp brown eyes. He was boil
ing with indignation at his father-in-law
over what he termed ''terrible, dreadful
shame
81 have been in this country only five
years, he said. sMy wife died two years
ago, and I never expected to marry again.
About year ago 1 came here and met the
Rawsons. guess they thought was very
rich have little money, but am not
lNna tod,
developed for her age. Last November
her stepmother asked me if 1 wouldn't
marry the girl. l consented, and We went
to Judge in Paterson. l asked no ques-
tions about the girls age, but Mrs. Rawson
told the Judge that she was IL years and s
months old. She looked every day of that
and did not suspect anything that day.
Mrs. Rawson gave permission for the mar
riage and explained that her husband was
too sick to come.
WAITED SEVEN MONTHS.
"The next day saw Mr.. Rawson and he
told me that the girl was only IA years old,
and that would have to wait seven months
until she was 10 before could have her.
waited, and three months ago my wife came
to me and we have been living hap
PLY together. My wife's mother was a
daughter of Laura Keene, and when she
died she left about S3OO 900, to bc divided
between her two children. As my wife is
not yet of age she cannot have the money,
but month ago she asked her father for an
account of the money. He told her he would
have to see his lawyer, and he put the mat
ter off from time to time until my wife be-
heves that he isn't able to account for it.
"He Is afraid, perhaps, that l will press
the matter, and therefore he tries to get Inc
out of the way. There are more things about
this which will come out in time, and the
world hold its ears not to hear, for it is so
shocking
Mr.. Jaccard showed the reporter his mar
riage certificate, in which the girls age is
recorded as Is years. One of the witnesses
was Mrs. Rawson. Judge Herring released
Mr.. Jaccard on his own bond. The case is to
be heard next month.