Omaha daily bee., 1895-03-24
BOUND TO MARRY HER COUSIN.
Miss Blanche Edgerton Disregards the
Wishes of Her Parents and Weds j. a.

Miss Blanche Edgerton Dlsregards the
Wishes OF Her Parents and Weds j. a.
GRAND ISLAND, Neb. March %
Specially Blanche Edgerton of this
city, daughter of Hon. and Mrs. ]. w. Eiger-
ton, silently left home Thursday morning for
Lincoln, where she married j. A. Edgerton.
The marriage was much against the wishes
of the lady's parents and her mother is COM
pletely Frustrated over the affair. Miss
Blanche was well and favorably known and
was a prominent member of several church
societies. Mr.. Edgerton, her father said in
regard to the affair:
''This is a very painful subject for me and
/ would refuse to discuss 1t only for the fact
that l was bitterly opposed to the marriage
and in justice to myself and wife want the
reasons for our opposition known, that we
may not be judged wrOngfully. j. A. and
myself are double cousins our fathers were
brothers and our mothers first cousins. There
was insanity in our mothers family, j. AS
mother being insane, and j. A. and my
daughter have both inherited highly
nervous temperament from our mothers SIDE
of the house. / did not rely alone on my
own judgment in this matter. but consulted
a number of prominent physicians, and they
all agreed that there was the greatest danger
to be apprehended from such a marriage. !
laid the matter before j. A. and my daugh-
ter and requested them to take time to con-
slider. and not to be in a hurry, but ]. A.
refused to listen wait l finally forbid his
coming to my house. But Re wrote letter
every day. some of which my wife and /
read. He was continually imp,oring my
daughter to leave home and marry him. He
said he was engaged in great literary
work that would make him famous and that
he would probably be elected president some
time and that he would set the world afre
in the coming revolution, but without her all
his literary work would be lost to the world
and If she did not him ia would
nit suicide. This threat overcame all our
reasoning and entreaty, but she left home in
the morning before we were up and weat to
Lincoln. We can't blame her so much as
she Is only IS and seemed to be wholly under
his control; but for great moral reformer,
as ]. A. processes to be, think he has set a
bad example. one that all men who believe
in the upbuilding OF the race, mentally
physically and morally, will condemn"
He Doesn't Like fsaldrldgs's Talk.
ELKHoRN. Eeb., March 23.-(SpecIal)-
In an interview that appeared In a recent
issue of The Bee County Attorney Baldridge
bore down rather heavily on the dispensers
of rural Justice and intmated that the dis
clples of the blind goddess. outs de of Omaha
were not in Office for their health and for
several years past have neglected TO turn
in to the county treasury money collected
| in their courts as fines for infractions of the
state laws.
| Now comes Judge David Smith OF Chicago
precinct. who files a bill of exceptions to
| the county attorneys statements He AYERS
| that there is at least one honest Justice OF
| the peace In Douglas county and that his
name Is David Smith. In standardization of
| his claim and In refutstion OF several state
ulents made by Mr. Baldridge Squire Smith
| exhibits a number OF receipts from different
| treasurers OF Douglas county. from ex-Treas-
| urer Rush's time down to the present incum-
bant for
| count of fines collected In his mill In mis-
| demeanor cases. MIR. Smith also claims that
| 1t was he aud not Judge Bartlett OF Omaha
| who turned $40 into the county treasury