The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-07-21
MAY AGNES FLEMING WE'D.
The Story of a Paper Box Girl Wftb
TWO Strings 10 Her Bow.

May Agnes F~leming-but not the May
you mean, but a pretty brunette of ven
teen years-who lived with her widowed
mother and five younger brothers and
sisters at No. 5S4 Grand street, became
engaged a year ago to Howard Lochner.
an assistant steward in the St. Cloud
Hotel, in New York City. Her mother
was well pleased.
Seven months ago May went to work
in Baldwin's paper box factory, New
York. Among her shopmates was An
drew Hatfield, twenty years old, of
Thomas street, Newark. She saw Hat
field every day while Lochner's business
permitted him TO call on her but once a
week. The result was that Hatfield soon
s%upplanted Lochner in the affections of
May Agrees.
On Saturday, Tune 26, Hatfield called
at the Flemings' home and left with
May, cstensibly to meet Mrs. Hatfield
and her daughter and go with them to
Fort Lee. That was the last Mrs. Flem-
ing saw or heard of them until the fol-
lowing Tuesday. On Tuesday morning
she received a letter, sent by special de-
livery. Shesfeared that it contained news
of her daughters death and her HAND
trembled SO hat she could not open it.
The postman opened and read it for her.
1t was written by Hatfield and told
tina he and May had been married early
Sunday morning.
They had gone to Asbury Park instead
CT Fort Lee and had missed the last
train for Jersey City. They walked up
and down the beach and about the town
until daylight. Then they decided that as
they had been together over night there
was nothing honorable for them to do
but to go and get married. AT daybreak
they awakened the Rev. Father Kelly. a
Roman Catholic priest, and explained to
peculiar circumstances of the case he dis
pensed with publishing the bans n
married them at once. After their mar
riage they had decided to spend their
honeymoon on Founder Bradley's reser-
vation-
ranged, but she very sensibly swallowed
her grief, forgave her daughter and ac-
cepted the son-in-law she a rot chosen,
He had left the ST. Cloud at the begin
ming of the hot weather and was work
ing at Brighton Beach. It SO CHANGED
that by the same mail that carried Mrs.
Fleming's letter Of consolation, contain
ing the letter announcing the elopement
there came a letter from Hatfield, in
f9sm Mife hi nlnd sha 5u May Il FlepFI ass nae see p ?
that the letters should arrive. on the
morning Of his birthday. which he had
planned TO spend with May. What hap
pened after he a received the news is
best told by Mrs. Fleming, who was
seen last night by a reporter for The
News"
4 was writing a letter to May she
said. when suddenly there was a loud
knock. at the door. I opened it n in
rushed Howard. He seized me by the
arm and said:-.Is it true. is it true? Do
tell me that May has not gone back on
me, Tell me woman, quick"
= tod him that there was no hope for
drew Hatfield. When | told him that he
threw his arms about my neck and sob
bed as If his heart would break. ! sob
bed with him. He would not be coni-
forted. He Gained down after a while.
With that he left and ! haven't seen
or heard of him since. ! never saw a
person AXE anything 50 hard"
Mr.. and. Mrs. Hatfield are staying at
street, Newark. After this week they
win n1akettheir HON with Mrs. Fleming.