The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-09-16
MARRIED In TIA STE
A Wealthy Syracuse Girl
E1opes With an Am
bilious Actor.
OF THEIR LOVE.
Smilten at First Sight-Letters In
tercepted and a Stern Fathers
Command.

Justice Of the Peace William F. Rusch,
Of Hoboken. performed the marriage of q
runaway couple last night. The groom
was a handsome young actor and the
bride the pretty daughter Of a wealthy
manufacturer.
1t was shortly ifter eight O'clock las
night when Cabman Theodore Brown
was standing beside his cab at the ems
trance of the Delaware, Lackawanua aud
Western Railroad depot In Hoboken
As the western train nc wled iato the
depot the caumen with loud voices were
soon soliciting fares. A pretty and richly
attended young woman Aeeosted Brown.
On. sir. will you drive US the nearest
Justice of the Peace or minister at once
said she.
Brown with cabby instinct looked the
coupls over and demanded a big price.
The young woman paid the fare in adj
vance from a well filed purse aud
ordered Brown to drive with all possible
speed.
Brown whipped his team up and the
couple were soou In the office OF Justice
Ruscn corner First street and Park
avenue.
THEIR STORY.
The couple blushiugly told the Justice
that they wanted to be married. the
young woman said she wan Miss May
billiard and the bridegroom 8 iii he was
Fred Muller, an actor. The Justice
became convinced that it was o unawa
tiatch and questioned tue couple. They
admitted that the marriage was a run
away one and coniaingly lola the Justice
The story OF their courtship. AS both
were of age, however, the Justice
married them aud was rewarded with a
Handsome fee.
Ii appears from the story told the Jus
tice thai Miss billiard IL che daughter OF
a wealthy starch manufacturer at SYRIA
cuse. Last November Muller was lead.
ing mar IN u troupe that played at the
Opera House IN That city. Before natl
~promenadinR Main street he met Miss
billiard. The chance acquaintanship
ripened into friendship aud love. Miss
ltilliard invited the handsome young
actor TO her parents home. :There he met
WI b a very cool reception.
Before the troupe left, however. Muller
aud Miss Hiiliard met several times aud
agreed to correspond with one another.
LETTERS INTERCEPTED.
Miss lI1liard received letters with
great regularity from her actor sdmirer
until d few months ago, when they ceased
altogether. The young was
greatly panied and could not understand
WHAT q caused her TO be FORGOTTEN
She could not remember having off ended
her lover in any way, and his last letter
she thought was the best of the lot.
Last week the troupe with which Null
Ter was playing again visited Syracuse.
Muller at once sought out Miss billiard
and wante to know why she had not
answered his letters. The young woman
WAS greatly surprised and asked Muller
why he had not written to her. Then
the young couple came TO tine conclusion
that someone mad intercepted the letters.
The parents of the young woman 5000
learned that Muller was again In town
and forbade their daughter to meet him.
ELoPED.
But she did 30 and at the end of the
week Muller severed hts connection
with the troupe. and yesterday he met
Miss Hillinrd by appointment and they
took the train for New YORK on the
Delaware, Lsckawanna and Western
Railroad.
Miss Hllliard was fearful that her
father was on the same train, aud that
/. the reason that she did not wait until
New York was reached to have the
ceremony performed.