The morning call., 1893-10-03
BY THE SEA ROUTE
Two Youngsters EIope to
Portland, Or.
Bernard Simon and Debe Curran
Leave Home and Friends
MysteriOusly.

The quiet neighborho0d in the vicinity
of Sixth and olson streets is seldom dis
turbed by any sort of domestic excitement,
but the UNEXPECTED has happened there,
and at the present writing two well-known
families Of that part Of the city are mourn
ing the sudden departure of younger scions
Of their respective houses. who, it has
been discovered, quietly stole away for
Portland, Or, on the steamer Willamette
Valley, and are now travelling under as
sumed names in the land OF the north.
Bernard Simon, aged 19 years, son of
julius Simon, a merchant doing business
at 3G2 Six h street, and Miss Debe CurraD,
q sweet-faced damsel of 16 who resided
with her parents at Carolina street, are
the principals in the elopement, which
took place last Tuesday evening, and has
since been the topic of conversation in the
neighborhoOd spoken of in the foregoing.
a short while ago Mr.. Simon senior went
East on a business trip, leaving his son
Bernard in charge of his store with full
authority TO sign checks, receipt Tor and
disburse money. The story extant in the
Deighborbood is that Bernard overdrew
his fathers account al the London, Paris
and American Bank. and alSn helped him.
self to S75 or 500 in cash. Young Simon
is known to be rather sportively Inclined,
and it is not thought that he would under
take to travel with his girl bride On a
small sum.
The eIopement took place la st Tuesday
evening after the young fellow had closed
his fether's place of business for the day.
Pretty DeDe told her folks that she was
going out for walk, but she left immedi-
ately for the Oakland ferry. it is supposed,
here she was joined by her lover.
The twain must have STAYED aPr0ss tho
bay until the following morning, when
they either took the steamer Willamette
Valley for Portland via Yaquina, or went
north on the Oregon express.
During he absence of Mr.. Simon on his
trip East, the giri spent most of her time
lettering about the formers cr0ckery. store,
aud 1t is thought that ii was there that
the scheme to get married Oh the quiet and
| run away from home was first planned.
An intimate friend of young Simon is
auI hority for the statement that the run
away boy must have Iaken considerable
sum Of money. as the books are said TO
show shortage of over S7O0. The young
mans father denies that any such amount
is missing and says that his son could not
have taken more than 500 at the most.
He will want to return home before
many days." said Mr.. Simon ''t0r the lad
is too young to make living for himself
and the girl, as be has never had much ex-
p6IIeDce Win lUe HOIlu. 1t W III De a case
of When poverty comes In at the door
love flies out of the window and the
missing ones will come back home to ask
forgiveness"
Mr.. Simon refused to talk about the
| shortage shown by his books.
When interviewed by CALL reporter
Mrs Curran, mother of the missing girl,
refused positively 10 give any information
regarding her daughter.
"DeDe has always been good GIRL" she
said, 'has always lived at home with US
and has never been allowed to remain
away anywhere over night. She has been
missing since Tuesday and we have not
been able TO locate her nor her lover
am positive, however, that she will come
back to us"
Both families interested in the clippers
are acting very quietly in the matter and
no information can be obtained as TO what
is being done toward bringing the young
Sters back to San Francisco.
1t is not known whether any marriagy
ceremony was gone through with be
younp SllB on and his stolen bride