The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1893-03-04
A WIFE DESERTED
FRANK Z. BLoOMER LEAVES HIS
FAMILY FOR \ WOMAN.
CIandestine Love in Cincinnati Ends in
an Illegal Marriage at San
Francisco.

The following viii be found inter
esting owing to the fact that the
persons mentioned are supposed to
be in Honolulu:
According to an entry that appears
upon the passenger list of the steam
ship Mariposa, Frank c. Bloomer and
wife are now on their way to Sydney.
The Cincinnati Post of February 9Th
says that Mrs. Frank G.. Bloomer and
her three children are now residents
of that city and are sickly and i'm
poverished, says the San Francisco
Examiner of February 18th.
So far as the law Of the matter is
concerned the woman in Cincinnati
is the wife of Frank G.. Bloomer.
while the one who in company with
him is getting away from this coun-
try as rapidly as the big ship Mari
posa can travel occupies no enviable
position, although it is duly recorded
in the City Hall that on the second
day Of the current month Frank G..
Bloomer and Ella Gathers were uni
ted in wedlock by the Rev w ID.
Williams of Plymouth Church.
The story Of Boomers desertion Of
his wife and subsequent elopement
with Miss Gathers, as told by Edward
I. Atchison. a gentleman who knew
all the parties concerned IN Cincin-
natl, and who came to this coast on
the same train with the clipping
couple, shows him to be entirely de.
void of principle.
''Do I know Frank Blocmer?" said
Mr. Atchison. "Why, of course L do.
He's in town now on his wedding
tour. Poor Frank has had a lot of
trouble. His first wife died several
months ago, leaving three little tots
for him to care for. He married
again in order that his children
might enjoy the benefits of a mothers
care. His present wife was a Miss
Gathers, lifelong friend Of the late
Mrs Bloomer."
When Mr. Atchison was shown an
extract from an Eastern paper, which
told Of the Bloomer-Cather elope-
ment, his feelings of sympathy quick
| ly changed.
"Why, this man must be perfect
scoundrel," he said, 'and as for the
woman-well, I don't know what to
think OF her.
do | know the circumstances that
led up to the elopement? OF course
/ do.
'Ella Gathers was one of Mrs.
Boomers dearest friends she lived
in small Ohio town, Franklin, but
spent several months each year in
Cincinnati as Mrs. Boomers guest
l last saw her there in October. ]
left for a tour Of the Eastern cities
then, and thought no more of the
Bloomer family until | met Frank
and Miss Gathers on the train com
ing West. Of course I was surprised
to see them, but the pathetic story
told me seemed to explain everything
Bloomer, who said he was coming to
San Francisco in search of a business
opening, showed me letters of intro
duction to several prominent business
men here, and stated that as soon as
he became permanently located lie
would send for his children, who in
the meantime had been given over to
the care OF some relatives.
When informed that Boomer had
started for Australia and questioned
as to his wealth Atchison stated that
he could not be worth more than
$4,000, but that Miss Gathers had
much more, she having recently
come into good-sized Inheritance.
Bloomer and Miss Gathers, after
having been here several days, con-
Guided to have a marriage ceremony
performed. So, on the I'd of Febru-
airy, they appeared in the marriage
license department of the county
clerks office and had Cupid" Haley
issue to them a license TO marry.
The following day they called upon
DIR. Williams at his residence, 1719
Post street, and had the ceremony
performed.
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