The herald., 1893-05-28
HIS RACE FOR HIS MAJORITY
Weber's Stakes Are a Handsome
Wife and a Fortune.
He Wins If He Becomes of Age Be-
fore His Guardian Arrives Here.
A Young Dane and His Adventures which
Have illuminated in this City-The
Outcome Will Be Eagerly
Watched For.

Oluf Holger Weber of Copenhagen, Dem
mark, and Miss Elizabeth Leigh David
son of Los Angeles.
The age of the young man, who is
square built, fair-haired and reddish
bearded, was given as 81 years, and that
Of the young lady as 10.
He flushed an ingenious flush over all
OF his jolly, fresh looking face that was
visible as he answered the questions put
to him, frequently appealing to good
looking young man who was with him,
and who was better posted on American
matrimonial forms than he was.
He was very anxious to know how
soon he must use the license, and ap-
peared greatly relieved when Mr.. Kutz,
with reassuring smile, told him it was
like some railroad tickets-good until
used.
When the license, properly tran
scribed, was placed in his hands, the
young man and his friend left the
as if some weight was lifted from his
mind.
There is quite a romance connected
cent and in reality green-looking exte-
rior he conceals all the elements OF the
hero of strange story.
Mr.. Weber has been in Los Angeles
since February. and during that brief
time has succeeded in falling in love at
first sight with charming and decided
ly handsome young lady, Miss Davidson,
who resides with her parents on Mon
treal street, winning her hand, and
starting his guardian post haste from
Copenhagen to prevent the marriage, If
possible.
Mr.. Weber is the youngest son of
Oluf Holger Weber, deceased, of Copen-
hagen, who was two or three times a
millionaire at the time of his death, and
one of the most prominent bueinese men
of that city. He left nine children, all
of whom were of age except the young
gentleman now in Los Angeles. By his
will he appointed Ohio Sally, leading
lawyer of Copenhagen, as his sons guar
dian. The children were devised about
$400, ,00G each, and all have succeeded to
the management of their shares of the
estate, with the exception of this son,
who has been under the orders of his
guardian since his fathers death, and
| will be under the laws of Denmark until
he is % years old, unless he gets mar
ried.
Young Weber, from his statement OF
his treatment by his guardian, has felt
the full weight of the authority of the
astute Mr.. Sally. The lawyer no doubt
| found the management of the estate q
| very nice thing, and as he saw Weber
approaching his majority he realized
that he would not hr-A - fer ---s'ny
S-r--- iS..spi. FROM sne young man
own admissions he seems to have lived
very extrayagantly, and went through
with large amount of money in short
time. He was not dissipated in the
sense that he drank, for in this respect
he Is very abstemious. But he was fond
of good living, and was exceedingly
openhanded, as could be attested by his
fellow students of Birkered university
some IL miles from Copenhagen, on Zee
land island, and the numerous benefci-
aries of his bounty after his college
days.
His extravagance gave his guardian
an excuse for thinking him crazy, and
one night when the young man was in
his house two officers suddenly appeared
in his room. They took him unawares,
put muffs on him and spirited him
away from his home. He was
lodged in private insane asy.
| lum, where he was kept
closely confined, and not allowed to com
municate with the outside world. He
had not lived in very close relations with
his brothers and sisters, and they did
not know what had become of him. Ac-
cording to his account of the episode,
his guardian was at the bottom of the
plan for his imprisonment, and that il
was an attempt to render him amenable
to the laws of Denmark. BY these laws
the estate of minor who is left with 9
guardian remains indefinitely in the
hands Of the guardian. Mr.. Weber as
serts that it was q cold-blooded scheme
on the part of his guardian to fasten
upon his estate and retain it for longer
time thau would be possible in any
other way.
After terrible experience of six long
weeks in the insane asylum, during
which he nearly went crazy in fact from
his inexplicable situation, he managed
to effect his escape from the place by
making a rope of his sheets and lower.
ing himself from the windows of his
prison. That night he walked to Copen-
hagen, about twenty miles, and found
refuge at the home of friend, who se-
creted him for several days.
In the meantime enough WAS ascer.
| tanned to show the young man and his
friends that he had such a dangerous
enemy in the person of his guardian
that he come to.the United States. Ow.
ing to the curious provisions of the Dan
ish law, it was believed that be could
better Illustrate any schemes that might
be formed to take advantage of him in
his almost helpless position under the
power exercised by his guardian, in
America than If he remained in his own
country.
He was assisted in his fight by his
friands and reached New York before
his guardian had become aware of his
escape from the insane asylum.
When the latter was apprised of the
arrival of young Weber in America, he
changed his tactics and gave it out that
his charge had decided to take trir
around the world to complete his educa.
tion. Weber did go to South America
and when he arrived at Portland re-
mained there several months.
He is not very experienced in the ways
of the world, and while in Portland be-
came the victim of some people there
against whom he now has & $4,000 suit
pending. He entered into the practice
of medicine there with a doctor who
seems to have plucked the goose that
laid the golden egg too speedily, because
Weber escaped with a loss of few
Thousand dollars and left his claims in
the hands of attorneys there before
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