The evening world., 1894-03-31
INWARD ASKED PAPA
/ n. Kirkland Willing to Have a
Gould as a son-in-Law'
The Young Millionaire Tells All About
Miss Odette Tyler.
Saw. His Family Has Not Met HIS
Prospective Bride.

Sade up his mind to propose marriage
Miss Odette Tyler, the actress, or
ISIS Bessie Kirkland. as she Is known
,,r,yote life and blue-blooded circles
the South
kRefore he asked the actress to wear
kot a,perb $500 ruby y-diamond engage
>nt ring he sought out her father,
IN w. w. Kirkland, who Is now only
clerk in the general Post-Office, and
All, d his permission to put the mo-
tous question to Miss Tyler Need
20 saw the permission was granted.
Ia also a matter Of moment that
kirkland regards his son-in-law
ia to be as man OF refined In
"a. He said 30 to an Evening
i'd" reporter to-day.
spatches which were printed from
annah, Ca, this morning, state that
ew York detective or lawyers clerk
,as in Savannah gathering information
elative to Miss Tyler, presumably for
Members of the Gould family other
han Howard. and that he had been un-
ble to find the record of Miss Tyler's
birth.
Ii was learned to-day that Gen. Kirk
md Is a clerk in the inquiry office for
missing and dead letters OF the Post;Of-
Federate den fhsH ofiieer. He isp is Of medium
height with white mustache and I'M
perial, and wears an air of quiet dig
hity. When he was shown the Savan-
hsh dispatches he was indignant.
"One would imagine" said he, III any
ny daughters birth, family, &c, that
fhey would first apply to me. Any one
who desires such information can OBJ
{tain it from almost any bub!ic man in
A ~ do not know whether record of
births is kept In Savannah, in which CITY
my daughter Bessie was born Her
.incle, DR.. Bullock, who was present at
her birth, is dead She was mere child
<when we left Savannah In 1873
Il Most of my old friends in Savannah
nsaf COL dhdon hdG9 Fsm4n GsorEe II
8Mercer, who Is probably the head OF the
Bar Gen. Henry r. Jackson formerly
Minister to Mexico. and Mr.. Lawton. who
Twas Minister to Austria under MIR. Cleve-
Hands first administration. They all
know the history of my family from its
Xinception to its finish"
Have you met Howard Gould?' was
Met himr' in a tone of amazement.
why certainly. All through this affair
Mr. Gould has ACTED like ma man OF re re-
ore he ever spoke to my daughter"
And you gave your CONSENT"
"Of course / did,
the brothers and sisters of Mr.. Gould
/ had instituted the inquiry concerning
IS daughter, wnich is now being made
he replied that he had not the slight
It idea. He did not know that there
~as any opposition TO the marriage on
4 the rart Of MIR. Goulds brothers and sis
You would probably, have heard II
such opposition existed" was suggested.
Il should certainly think So"
One of the dispatches said that the
!. omission of the man in Savannah was
n probably to secure a certificate of Mrs.
Tyler's birth for her father for use in
Connection with the legal formalities
an ante-nuptial settlement; When
\ As attention was called to this, Gen,
iWhy, that is preposterous and out
Eeous.,, 1 have never dreamed of such
4 Clipping from Savannah news
per was shown to Gen. Kirkland tell
of his family history. He said that
facts recited were correct.
he clipping says that Miss kirkland
nnah. and that her mother was the
lighter of Noble A. Hordel. cotton
ctor and piano factory representative,
Gen. Hordel. Gen. Kirkland, before
e war. was In the United States Marine
Fps. but cast his fortunes with the
ernor Of North Carolina Colonel OF
Twenty-frst Regiment of Kemble $
;ade. Afterwards he rose to the
Of BrigadierGeneral.
~ lille THE Evening World" reporter
waiting in the ante-room r,us Of the The
OFFICES to-day man attired like
schm1an 1. entered and handed @ dainty ,t,
at the window.
t's from a lady who Is downstairs
,eoqpe." the man explained -,.
hats funny" said the man. she
Mr.. Gould would come down as
as presented the letter.
go down and see her." said the
:, putting on his hat and leaving
lily with the man.
hen he returned he was asked If the
Y was Miss Tyler. to which he re-
No; She's out of town. 1t was an
d hurried into his private ONCE. cop
OF the dispatches from Savannah
h a request for an interview were
Mt in by clerk. Mr.: Gould sent out
lrd that he was too busy to be seen
d that there was no truth In the
,ries.
he clerk, was again sent to him tc
Il n Gen: Kirkland, who had talked
II ly. This message had the desired
n t. Mr.. Gould received the reporter
n X hands warmly. sat down on {
"A beside him and talked freely.
4 'on't believe" he said. that any o
'mily sent a man to Savannah Il
enquiries about Miss Tyler. have
the stories carefully, and 1t Is m,
that the man who Is making in
.s in Savannah Is a New York news
man.
..., 81 see, it's like this. My famll
h have not yet met Miss Tyler. They di
not know of my attachment to her unit
announced my engagement, which Is o
short standing, They have not had a.
opportunity to meet her, because on
family has been separated for some time
II with George down at Lakewood and Sis
ter Helen at Tarrytown.
"Then you know, Miss Tyler is a coupl
Il OF years older than / am. She Is OF fin
II family, as you doubtless know fror
n your talk with her father. Gen. Kirk
LAND. ,,,- ,,.
woman, but she was not divorced 1
New Jersey, and her husband did no
assist her In obtaining the divorce, as ha
III been represented.
ms Tyler was married when sh
was plly sixteen years old, and sh
lived with her husband only a shor
time. She obtained an absolute divorc
\ from him in this State, where there 1
only one ground for divorce"
"Mr. Could" asked the reporter. "i
there any opposition on the part OF you
Miss Tyler T'
81 have not heard Of any," he re
piled promptly.