The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-03
THOUGHT SHE WAS SINGLE
Professor KnoWlton Has No
Chance to Say: "BleSS
YOU"
A Divorce Suit Informs the Father
of His Daughters Mar
rage.

Professor Ebenezer E. Knowlton, vice
principal of the Lincoln Grammar School,
did not know he was the father-in-law OF
Samuel a. Beggs of Los Gatos until he
read it in the CALL yesterday afternoon
When he was questioned regarding the
peculiar marriage of his daughter Ethel,
he looked puzzled, then he replied that
there was some mistake, as he had but one
married daughter, Maud, and she was in
Chicago.
But the professor was wrong, and his
daughter, Ethel NJ. Knowlton, was mar
ried to Samuel A. Beggs on July of last
year. Miss Ethel, or Mrs. Beggs, is an ex-
ceedingly pretty girl, about % years of age.
She was camping near Los Gatos last
summer and met young Beggs, son of the
proprietor of Lakeview Farm. As an evil
dence of their mutual affection they de-
cided to marry, and contract was drawn
up and signed.
The contract is, perhaps, without paral-
lei in California matrimonial histori les.
The two young people were to love and
cherish each other. There their intimacy
was to cease, and evidently it did cease,
for Mrs. Beggs came home after the sum-
mer's vacation, and her father was utterly
ignorant OF her having secured husband.
II don't remember ever having seen any
one by the name of Beggs at the house, y
he said yesterday, and then he thought
very hard. As a result he announced:
eyes, I do, though. He visited us once.
But he called as any other young man
would"
|. Mr.. Knowlton wanted to talk with his
wife and daughter in order to find if the
latter was really married, and to learn
what they had to say about the matter.
Later in the evening he said that the facts
stated in the CALL in regard to the provi-
sion for the marriage contract were true.
That's all l know" he said. "My wife
and daughter told me that. They then re-
fused TO tell me anything more, saying
that if / didn't know anything would
have nothing TO tell"
The house of Mr.. Knowlton at 876 Shot
well street was barred to newspaper men
yesterday. Neither Mrs. Knowlton nor her
daughter would receive them, announcing
that they had nothing to say.
Mr.. Knowlton declared himself ignorant
of the service of any papers in the case.
to go by default and the contract annulled.
Even should they wish to contest Mr.
Beggs' suit lawyers say the contract would
most probably be set aside, as marriage
such as it contemplates would not be in
accordance with good public policy.
Following is the peculiar contract:
That I, Ethel NJ Knowlton, do solemnly
swear to love, honor, obey and acknowledge be-
fore God and man as my lawful welded hus-
band the other said party to this contract.
That /, Samuel A. Beggs, do solemnly promise
TO love, honor, cherish and acknowledge before
God and man as my lawfully welded wife the
aforesaid party to this contract.
Thatwe do solemnly promise to live together
as man and wife and maintain the relations as
such till death DO US part.
In witness whereof we jointly and severally
set our hand and seal, this the 9th day of July,
in the year of our Lord 1894.
ETHEL NJ. KNowLToN.
SAMUEL A. BRGGs
WitnesseS--Henrietta Butler. C. w. Durbrow