Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-12-29
A Short Honeymoon.


uFor Gods 50, save me; don want
70 90 back there any more" shouted
thinly-clad woman who ran into a po-
lceman,s arms at the corner of Sher-
man and Van Buren, streets, Chicago,
Yesterday morning. The woman had
lust jumped from the sccond-story WIN
dow Of the Atlantic Hotel.
A remarkable story was ciic!ted
when she was taken TO Il police station
where her husband hurried 10 put III
~, .;nncarancc. lie gave his name as
Winfield 5. Jefferson. of Doug las
county. Oregon, and told the following
story: H.
i was married TO this woman, whose
name WAS Mrs. Matte Alexander III
the Atlantic Hotel yesterday. / am
the owner Of - ranch in Douglas
county, Oregon, and two years ago M
,rtei IN advertisement in farming
PAPER. published in this city Tor VIC;
.Tha advertisement Was answered
by Mrs. Alexander, living in Kinder
hook, \. Y, the widow ola wealthy
Joliet manufacturer. We have CORE
sponded ever since. and met in this
city tc be married and 20 to Oregon to
live. | arrived in the city last Friday
and she arrived from the East on
Christmas Day. We talked the matter
over. and everything was arranged
satisfactorily. We were married yes
terday by the Rev. Mr.. Nicholas. Last
,;,<ht ,rn fool, rooms in tho Atlantic
Hotel about ten o'clock. / awokc
al midnight and found my VIE
missing. | at once dressed, and
went downstairs and inquired OF the
clerk whether he had seen woman,
and was told that a woman had ieit
The hotel short time before. | went
out and found two policemen, who adj
yised me TO 90 to the Harrison street
station. | did so but could get no
trace of MY wife, and spent the night
looking for her. This morning learn
ed that a woman had jumped from a
window OF a hotel, and | found it to be
Mr.. Jefferson says he believes his
wife to be temporarily demcnted, and
will be all right in few minutes.
When the matron at the police sta
ton searched Mrs Jefferson she found
OH her person $500 in cash and 5000
in certified checks. She is about thirty
two years old, good looking and weighs
about l4o pounds, and does rot in any
way appear insane. She declares that
last night she became confident that
The ranclman had married her simply
ON account of her money, and that she
had been tiuped by him. lie had nj
ready borrowed $3.50 She coniided he!
fears 10 Clerk Roberts, and asked
him 10 assist her in getting away from
hen. husband. The clerk agreed to
take care of her, and gave he: room
in a remote part Of the house from
hat occupied by her husband, saying
that he would help her to get away
from the house in The morning. Later
the clerk entered the room and attempt
ed TO assault her. As the door WAS
locked, her only means of escape was
by jumping from the window. The
woman was badly bruised by her jump.
Mrs. Jefferson says the marriage took
place in the parlors OF the Atlantic
| Hotel ,andwas witnessed bytwo men and
two women, neither ofwhom she knew.
When she refused to have anythinglnole
to DO with Jefferson he left the station
to seek legal advice, vowing lie would
get hold of portion of the woman's
| $4,000 If such thing were possible.
The woman was confronted by Roberts,
against whom she reiterated her
charges. lie seemed unwilling or I'M
able to make any defense.
Mrs. Jefferson says she will remain
in the city until she can prosecute
Roberts, when she viii return TO her
friends in Undertook.