The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-14
LOVE ROUTS COL. EVANS.
4 GEORGIA GIRL MARRIED TO TIE
MAN OF HER CHOICE.

Col. Evans Came On Here In = Hurry TO Prevent
the Marriage or mis Daughter TO = Man He
HAD Never Seen, and Ended by Taking tho
Couple to q Clergyman A Lively Day.
Col. Samuel Evans of Milledgevillc, Ga. came
to town on Sunday morning In a hurry because
his daughter, Bessie, had written to him that
she was going to be married yesterday to z. H.
Hirsch of 10 Wall street. Col. Evans did not
know Mr.. Hirsch. and ho was determined to
stop the marriage at all hazards. Nevertheless
his daughter won him over to her side. for last
night he attended her marriage with Mr.. Hirsch.
Although Col. Evans got here on Sunday
morning he did not begin operations until yes
terday. The first move be made was to 20 about
10 O'Clock in the morning to the Mayors Office
In the City Hall. He is q man Of medium
height. with close-cut, iron-gray chin whiskers
and a fierce mustache. Ho was seemingly in q
fierce mood.
my name is Evans" he said, "of Milledge.
villo, Ga. got q letter FROM my daughter the
other day. my daughter Bessie. She's been
visiting here. She says she Is going to marry q
man named Hirsch, 2. II. Hirsch Of 10 Wall
street. I don't know him. / won't allow my
daughter to marry him. She can't marry with
out my consent. She isn't of age. I'm going to
stop 1t. l want to stop the license"
The Colonel was told that no license was re-
CURED in this State. At that he grew even
moro excited.
"well. anyway. I'm told that they will come
here to be married and I'm not going to allow 1t.
I won't have it, sir" he said.
Policeman Maher told him that the best thing
he could do was to sit down and wait for them
to appear. The Colonel said that was q good
plan and sat down. He took his daughters
letter from his pocket. and began to read it
again, He had not read more than five lines
when he leaped to his feet, jsmmed his hat over
She won't be married here, but at the Hotel
be TOO late" and out he rushed. That was the
last seen OF the Colonel until evening.
fee OF Mr.. Hirsch. He is a tall. weii.built man
Of 80 or So with a snave manper. He Is a mem
eer of d the firm 9n Of Z H Esr; IoI Rrothe Sor 4 Co 10 of Chi chi:
the New York office at the address given. Mr..
Hirsch was surprised, but not Disconnected by
match H. he said. THAT fhs isn't isn't the he' t Go'fSE 70 We We
w wSn,t he be married Tpopb;s l.. to-day anyway. can't tell
Mr., Hirseh,s remarks were Interrupted by the
She She was tS'' quite as S'e self.possessed as MI III. i Hirsch
and quite as roticent, She stayed in the office for
about ten minutes. Then she went out by one
entrance and Mr.. Hirsch went out by another.
Miss Evans went to the Aston House. pre-
there. He was not in and she waited. After q
time Mr.. Hirsch came in. She wrote several
notes to her father and went away with Mr..
Hirsch. When she came back she wrote some
more notes and waited. Mr.. Hirsch stayed
away.
1t was 6 o'clock when her father came in. He
stood at the desk reading her notes, and she
came out of the parlor for about the hundredth
him at arst. and the CLERK had to point lin COL
Evans out to her. Then she went up to him and
be kissed her on the cheek. The two went into
the reception room; Miss Evans was nervous
At last, Mr.. Hirsch, suave and composed az
ever, came in and Joined his betrothed and her
father. They talked q bit and then went up
stairs to the Colopel's rooms. There they STAYED
He seemed much. worried and distressed in
mind. He ordered q cab and bought a drink
and then went upstairs again.
Shortly after the three came down., The
Colonel and his daughter got into the cab, and
Mr.. Hirsch got up on the box with the driver
They drove to the homo Of the Rev. Frank j.
Belcher of the Jane Street Methodist Church
at IL Jane street, and there tho marriage was
performed.
What ali the fuss was about no ono but the
three know. Mr., Hirsch says that. the Colone
was mistaken and hasty and it's all right now
Just the same. 1t was a lively day for the three