The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-07
PHONE STOPS A MARRIAGE
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,.,rs,er IL or AEe. but she Pleaded vainiy
-,th the Fatheriy Seroisuan fss . Cast or
M. once NS:tor R1aursn. In staten rsiana,
p,otsp-d-Anothor suiter In the Yteia.
rh,y wore not married yesterday, but they
NAV DO later. and they may live happily ever
.sSr But thcy will have TO square things with
. determincd and very angry mother before
,hey attain that bcatitudo
II "a Jennic's mother, Mrs. William Fenely,
,ho owns q livery stable in Monroe avenue,
Tompkinsville. jennie is % years old and Is
,ry much in love with James Hennessy, q
vounR man Of ~Tompkinsville, aged "a These
,oune people called at the Now York City
Wall Yesterday and, on telling their GRAND.
vere directed to the marriage bureau In tho
hasement rs James did not ~ the necessary
"a to pay for tho certificate which the oupids
N charge Of tho bureau have on sale, the young
lady, who seemed to DO directing things, led
hm upstairs to the Mayors ohioo. She told
sJimmy.'' as she called him. TO wait while she
interviewed Acting Mayor Jeroloman. 1t was
about . o'clock when she seated herself in Q
chair by the acting Mayors side.
II have come here to bo married, sir," said
,he II wish you to marry mo to James Hen
messy, who is hero with me. I will DO frank
with you. My mother dies not want mo te
marrying a man who Is IS years. old and who
S sea't 'G %srry pfSSR i%. ri haze ass' only l9'. Jimmy %nS: 1
man twelve years, older than 1 am, and I
n P SatS m the M Mnyon's k ofies. is %no 4 a. ss rs sT.
pand OF the couple at this time, and, approaching
Gr. Jeroloman, asked him the name Of the
when no was informed he said that he had 70.
ceiyed a telephone message. from the girl's
Eother an hour before that Jennie and young
married, and that the mother requested that no
ceremony DO performed. He had notified the
%SFrSis burst 9 into tears S0P es This tr and be Mass f hen
please marry us Mr.. Mayor. I do SO love
What II mother does objecti She's been OBJ.
3ccting right along. I was engaged some time
S SsG re eH pas' sTound soS anS m 1 oon MGsesr to Ss' Ssass
the engagement. But Jimmy's a Catholic.
I've been engaged, to him six months. Marry
were going to be married by. a priest and the
banns have been published, but 1t takes two
Sss!, xs snd tn %D Ssls ,i is trying to. to break sa6n 4 up,
whether mother likes It or not. Mother as
paulted him. and he's got q good case against
jimmy witnessed tho proeeeding, from his
bis eye as Jennie sobbed and talked. Tho act.
0 talk with him. Young Hennessy exhibited
liyid. mark on his right check, the result, Is
be. said, of Mrs. Fenely's assault on him. He
added his plea to that Of Jennie for the tying
Of the nuptial knot, but Mr.. Jeroloman said:
NO; 1 will not marry you In view Of tho cir
cumstances. Parents ought to know what ID
best for their children; but II you arc determined
70 get married and the. bannS nave been pub
lished as Miss Fenely says, wait and get mar
RED in the usual way. Her mother cannot pre-
vent 1t. You are both Of full ago and have q
right to mako the contract"
Miss Fenely then took Jimmy and left the
City Hall seemingly satisfied.
Mrs. Fenely was called up by telephone O,
her livery stable on Staten Island and in
formed OF the result Of the visit of her dsugh
ter and Hennessy.
II am very thankful" she said. THAT pool
girl is out Of her head. Igave her a fine educa
ton and treated her we'll, and now she wants
to marry that fellow Hennossy. Wants t.
marry my. daughter, does hei Why, he's onlJ
out on ball for abductinG her from her homl
two weeks ago to-day. He'll have to appeal
before the court tomorrow, and I'm going Il
see his bondsman TO see that he don't stay ou
on bail any longer. It's all untrue about tn,
banns. She's been saying that now for severe
weeks. L toll you she ain't In her right mind
He says he has O case against me for assault
He does, docs hei I'd like to get anothe
chance at him. It would be . case for q hos
pital. Tell the Mayor ! thank him very, yer!
much for not marrying them"
4 Telephone No. SO Tompkinsville was rung OF
and The, Sun reporter, who had boon on tn
New York end of the wire conveyed Mrs. Fen
ely's thanks to the acting Mayor.