The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-12-15
VERY BRIEF ROMANCE
Love, Elopement, Marriage, Sep
aration, All in an Hour.
BRIDE FOURTEEN YEARS OLD.
A Variety Theater Waiter the Groom
An Angry Mother Spells the
Honeymoon At tho Outset.

A l4-year-old girl and waiter in the Peoples
theater furnished romance that set their re-
spective circles sgog yesterday, by clipping. get
ting married and being rudely separated before
the ink had hardly dried on the marriage GER
tiicate.
Mrs. Annia Kohney is the proprietor Of the
European lodging house on Washington street.
between South Second and South Third streets,
and has a pretty 14-year-old daughter
named Hattie May Barnum. the lat
ter name being the surname OF
Mrs. KIDNEYS former husband. About six
months ago Hattie May was sent to the House
of the Good She pherd for telling "fbs." but on
repenting was taken back to the home of her
mother. About three months ago James Halder.
who is a waiter in the Peoples theater, came to
the house to room aud to all appearances Hattie
May and Hslder had nothing to do with each
other. Often the youEg girl would tell her
mother that she wished she would ask him to
keep out of the kitchen. Mrs. Kohney soothed
her childs feelings by telling her that she could
not very well be discourteous to a roomer, and
the matter was dropped. Three days ago the
roomer went away, and Miss Hattie May told
her mother she was glad he had gone, and spoke
OF the amount OF beer he drank. Moth
ing more was said of Halder, and
Mrs. Kohney was anomalous OF any love affair
until late yesterday afternoon. when her nerves
received q sudden and unexpected shock. She
was upstair with her daughter counting the laHn-
dry about o'clock and sent her down to get some
money to settle the bill. The girl did not re-
turn and Mrs. kohney came down in a short
time to find out wha. was the trouble. The
girl was missing and her mother, smelling a
rat" started gu. to hunt her up
While she was hunting for the daughter that
young miss had met Halder, who had friend
named Shermer with him. At the courthouse
license TO wed was obtained by swearing that
the girl was IS years old aud then the party
proceeded to Rev. John +. Damon's on
Fifth street, near Marion, and were welded.
Alter the wedding the young couple went to
the brides sisters residence, corner OF Yesler
avenue and Fifth street. Then the groom went
down town and by that raisstep lost his
bride. While he was gone Mrs. kobney came TO
the house aud persuaded the girl to go with her,
she took her to the House OF the Good Shepherd
and left her there She says her daughter re-
pensed and said that she was sorry Tor marry
ing Halder, and didn't know why she did it,
only that he persuaded her that it was all right.
The groom returned to the house. and when
he learned what had happened got his friend
Shermer and went to the House OF the Good
shepherd as fast he could run. but his
Claims Were not recognized and they
were refused admit,auce. Then they
went to police headquarters, but the
chief would not have anything to do with the
case. Halder visited the European house with
blood IN his eye, but Mrs. kohney was out, and
no real trouble occurred. Late in the evening
Halder went to bed in a very diseonsolate mood.
According to his version of the affair Mrs.
Kohney had threatened Hattie May with the
House of the Good Shepherd, and the girl dis
mayed came TO him in his room after o'clock and
stated her case. He said that if size was in
trouble he would marry her, and went to the
courthouse Immediately. The certificate was
issued about 6 o'clock, and the marriage took
place before Z. Then he left lis bride
at her sisters and went to the
theater TO tell them that he had married, and
could not work last night When he went back
for his bride the mother had been
there and spirited her away 10 the
House of the Good shepherd. He fol.
lowed, but was refused admittauce. 1. is
very probable that the disappointed husband
will consult an attorney in the matter today.
Hattie May Barnum is quite pretty. she has
dark eyes and hair, and wears short dresses.
Mrs. kohney's eldest daughter, aged Is years,
ran away and was married in British Columbia
about six months ago.