Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-07-27
HE MARRIED HIMSELF.
j. Z. Durr Makes a Greene County
Girl Think She Was His Wife.
HI MAKES OUT HIS OWN LICENSE.
some Funny Breaks Are Made in:the Prep
aration of the Blank.
THE ALIEGED GROOM is NOW IN JAIL

John K. DUR, Jr. son of the proprietor
of the DUR Hotel, Fourth avenue and
Market street, is in jail Tomorrow night
he win be gwen hearing before Alder
man succop to answer the serious charge OF
leading Maggie Kramer astray.
The csse is a most peculiar one. liz nrst
wss called to the atterfion OF the Southslde
police last Friday, but they turned II over
to Agent Mcdonald, of the Anti-Crueity
Society. Yesterday afternoon that gentle
man told il to a DISPATCH reporter.
"Iast Friday.' said Mr.. Mcdonald,
sI,rant Davis. of 155 .McLain avenue, came
to me. He said his niece, Maggie Kramer,
of Greensboro, Gr,,ene county, had been at
his home for several days. On Thursday ne
tboucbt some of her actions singular and he
asked her if she had not left home without
her narents' consent Maggie confessed
that she had and still further startled her
uncle bv remarking that she was married to
DUR. He asked for the particulars OF ner
marriage, but Maggie would not lay open
her heart on that sublea.
Thought the Marriage Not Legal.
.NJr Davis thought that the marriage
was not legal, but that DUR: had arranged q
mock proceeding sent inm nome 10 IN
vestigate still further. onday ne came
hack and told me that Maggie nad saio she
v.s married to Durr at CuLa berland, Nd,
On JuIv 6. Her uncle told her that she
wonld have to leave the house. she begged
to stav until o'clock in the AFTERNOON. She
said Durr was coming then 10 take her
away. To this Mr. Davis cons enteu. ne
,muediately came down and tod me, l
had warrants sworn out for Darf anu zap
tain Stewart detailed two special men TO
wotcb for him. One man was sent to Mr..
Davis home and the other maN went 10
Durr's horel. After giving me tAls lnlor-
nation Mr. Davis returned TO his hGmh'
DUR Treats His Wife Badly.
"sbortlv after - o'clock Monday MIR.
Davis came into the office carrying
bundle of torn papers. He explained THU
Durr had made call during his absence.
He told Maggie that he was never married
to her and that now he was tired OF her:
DUR then took the marriage certificate and
a number of letters he had written her and
tore them up. He then left the house,
telling her he never wanted to see her
again This looked as though Durr had
slipped through our fingers, but we re-
appointed time anyway. Sure enough
at 2 o'clock Durr appeared at Davis ready
to claim his unlawful wife. He was ar
rested and brought to the police station.
He was not at all communicative. In an
swer to the Sergeant's question whether he
was married Durr replied that he never
was Maggie was held In custody by her
uncle
A BunsIed Forgery.
'I took the little pieces of paper Mr..
Davis brought me and finally succeeded in
putting them together. The most important
is the marriage license and it is as unique
a legal blank as I ever saw. The thing Is
-7rgery and very bungling one at that. 1t
alleged to have been drawn by Squire
qagerty, of Cumberland. There are a
rreat number of questions to be answered
In filling out a marriage license blank In
doing SO Durr made some, very funny
breaks According to the blank he is
Maggie Kramer and she is John *. Durr. 4
In nearly every line there is glaring
blunder The most ludicrous one is where
Maggie says she was never marrled, ana ON
down little further the question is asked
whether the woman was ever divorced.
DUR answers this by saving that on
December 25, 1889, she received divorce at
Gainesville, Cook county, Tex. At that |
time Maggie had seen only IL winters
Durr makes the marriage license do Tor that
purpose and a certificate too.
Forgets to Tell Who Married Him.
sTn writing MP the license he forgets to
state what county Cumberland is in. and
after long string of stuff about being
united in the holy bonds of matrimony,
Durr forgets to say who tied the knot
'.This morning had talk with Maggie.
She is one of those persons that will not
tell anything unless she wants to. In ap-
pearance she looks to be about two years
older than she is, and is rather pretty. /
tried to get her to tell me her story, but
she would not She said she had lived with
Durr for three weeks, but where she would
not tell me- About her marriage she would
tell me nothing more than that she thought
she was really welded to Durr.
"Durr is a well-known character. He is
about % years of age. He has been mar
ried before and divorced His divorce pro-
ceedings were quite interesting Mrs.
Jarrett, the wife of the Jarrett who skipped
from the Southside four years ago with
S75,0 900 of the peoples money, was made
correspondent in his case"