The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-12-15
HE FEARS HER MOTHER
BUT SHE WILL JOIN HIM LATER.

A. Roman, Haytian Commissioner to
the Worlds Fair and afterwar to the
Midwinter Fair. leaves to-day for New
York and his home in Hayti. He has re-
main ed long beyond the requirements of
his business because he desired to take
with him the young wife that he married
here. but circumstances have proved too
strong and he goes alone. He is by no
means without nope. however. that she
will follow him.
Mir. and Mrs. Roman have had recent
public notice as being the parents of tho
tiniest nfant that ever came to the notice
of the Health Office as having been born
alive. it Weighing at birth but IL pounds.
When Mr.. Roman. who is native of
Hayti, came to this city, he was still so i'm
perfect in the language that he required
the services of an interpreter. He talked
Spanish, French and the native Haytap.
In answer to his advertisement came
young woman as fair as he was dark. She
was Grace Mckinley, scarcely twenty
years of age, adopted daughter of Mrs.
Mckinley of the Society for Practical
Progress.
She was engaged for the service. and so
we'll were they pleased with each other
that very soon thereafter they were Gu
gagged to marry.
The fair closed and their being nothing
10 detain him here MIR. Roman would
have at once returned to his home in
Hayti bnt that his wife's health at the time
forbade his undertaking the Journey.
After the birth and burial of their baby he
fingered because of the protests of Mrs.
Mckinley, which have ever since con-
tinued, until he has at last. ia a measure,
given up the contest.
He had never at any time lived In the
same nonse with his wife, who has re-
named with Mrs. Mckinley at her cottage,
90 Twelfth street. His rooms have been
a. 80 Thirteenth street He went to see
his wife on the evening of Thursday. She
met him at the door, and although she
was without hat or cloak started away
with him. Mrs. Mckinley and half a
dozen others of the household followed
after, Mrs. Mckinley taking hold Il the
young wife's arm and dragging her away.
A great crowd gathered and Mrs. Roman
hurried back into the shelter of the house
des pite the pleadingS of her husband. He
followed after, but The door was closed in
his face.
In his anger and excitement b e beat upon
the door and called upon Grace to come
with him.
Yesterday, however, she made her way
to his rooms. and he put her travelling
cloak and hat in to his trunk preparatory
to her going away with him. He was COM
PEELED to leave the house to attend to some
final business affair, and when he returned
an hour or so later he found his trunk had
been opened, the hat and cloak and his
wife had gone together. He says that the
folks at the house tell him that Mrs. Nc
KinIey had come 5000 after he left and
had opened the trunk, secured the clothing
and compelled his wife 10 go with her.
"My wife is in deadly fear of public
scandal" said Roman last night. MRS.
Mckinley threatens if she goes with me to
90 down &C. the wharf and create a terrible
scene, aud this completely unnerves nv
wife. She is perfectly loyal to me ana
anxious to 60 with me, but she wants to
do so quietly. She believes she can escape
the humiliation of such an affair by follow
ing rather than going with me. That is
all there is to it,"
Roman is a man over feet in height,
we'll proportioned and has the air of an
educated gentleman, which he seems TO be.
1t is said that he stands high in business
and official circles in his wn country, and
that he is very well 10 do.
Mrs. Roman is tall for a wOmaD, of good
figure and very pretty Of face, having a
remarkably fair complexion.