The age-herald., 1898-01-18
WHO IS THE HAAG THE WOMAN NAILED Mysterious Marriage Of Man By That
 Name and Miss BlaCkmar. ONE HAAG HAS DENIED IT LiFeS in New Orleans and Said to Have
 Married While Drunk. FACTS POINT STRONGLY TO HIM Couple Stopped in Room No. 5 at the Florence Thursday and Were Married Saturday
 The Woman Clearinghouse
 Keepers Daughter.
FACTS POINT STRONGLY TO HIM

There is gentleman by the name of A. W. Haag in New Orleans, and that gentle man is now wondering whether, in the course of this worlds events, he came to Birmingham last week and got married. Saturday or whether there has just oc- cured another case of mistaken identity.
 In the meantime there is a dark-com- plected man, of medium height, with stub by hair, and tall blonde woman, with classic features and symmetry of form, who have both the probate office clerks and the Florence hotel people guessing.
 This couple, as was made known in The Age-Herald by short story under a one line head, were married in the probate of giving the name of A. W. Haag and the woman that of Miss N. Blackmar The ceremony was performed by Probate Clerk George B. Tarrant, and the witnesses put the wedding down as a Gretna Green af- fair. The following telegram was received last night from New Orleans:
 "A. w. Haag, the only individual of the
 
 name in town, is connected with the Cres- cent Soap works. He denies having visited Birmingham and married Miss Blackmar there
 "The Evening Telegram prints an inter- view, in which he is alleged to have ad- mitted going to Birmingham with Miss Blackmar, and getting on such spree as to be unable now to remember whether he was married as described or not. Haag Is the son of well known parents, and mem Der of lone of the oldest and best fami- lies" He is prominent in the local relig ious world.
 Miss Blackmar is the daughter of a man who used to keep small music store in Canal street and had some repute as a banjoist Her mother keeps a boarding house in Rampant, near Canal"
 Stopped at the Florence.
 The Florence hotel episode adds zest to the story, for among the names registered Thursday night may be seen that of A. W. Haag and wife, New Orleans. The name is signed in an off-hand manner, as though the same letters had been scrawled in the same manner many times before. The couple came on the Louisville and Nash vile from Montgomery, and were assigned to No. 5, and it is presumed both occupied the same room, as no other name is given on the register. The couple remained there until Saturday afternoon, when they are supposed to have left at o'clock on the southbound Louisville and Nashville. It is thought, however that the woman is still in the city, as blonde was seen on the street yesterday, who, if not the same. was extremely similar in appearance.
 There is no connecting link between the lady and gentleman who were joined in wedlock and those who registered at the ance but this is very strong if not enough to prove them one and the same. At the probate judges office the gentleman is de- scribed as being medium-sized, dark complicated man. and the woman a tall blonde, not unpreposessing.
 
 The couple at the Florence always sat apart to themselves in the dining room. The woman attracted a deal of attention by her beauty. They appeared very af" fectionate, and they were looked on Az newly married couple.
 Clerk of the city court N. L. Miller is being given the jolly by his comrades in the county court house. He was prevailed upon to go on the gentleman's bond. when they appeared at the probate judges office about o'clock Saturday afternoon. The couple had every outward sign of good breeding, and MT. Miller thought it would be discourteous to throw barrier in the way of the union of two loving hearts
 When called upon for their ages they both claimed to be g. When the clerk in writing the license was puzzled about spelling the name, the gentleman pulled. From his vest pocket card bearing the inscription "A. W. Haag, Magic Soap, Magis Soap Powder'' After leaving the court house the couple returned and asked for marriage certificate which was given them.
 The fact that Haag, the man who mar ried, presented a card betraying that he was in the soap business, and Haag, the New Orleans religionist. is really connected with q soap works looks suspicious It is said that the woman in the case is well known in several cities of the south, and that her charms have attracted more than one man. She is believed to be in Birming ham in hiding.
 Hoog Heard From
 Haag is evidently in New Orleans. for he was heard from Sunday. The news of the wedding was printed in the New Orleans