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Honeymoon Cut ShOrt-A student Had
Married u Kalamazoo Young Lady
HIS Parents Objected Failure ia
Servo Summons In tho Damage Suit.
The following is from the Kalamazoo,
Mich, Daily Telegraph of January 90
On Monday, December rs, the next
day after Christmas, Miss May Rich of
this city and Charles Fletcher Church
Of Waterbury, Conn.,, a student Of Kala-
mazoo college, were married, the Rev.
w. A. Frye performing the ceremony.
In the marriage license she gave her
age as twenty three and he gave his as
nineteen years.
Last Friday. less than month after
the ceremony, the bridegroom took the
train for Waterbury and it is not eX-
pected that he will ever return to take
the part of husband as he promised to
do when he took the vows prescribed
by the church and state.
Between those two days, December rs
and January 20, are included an inter-
rupted honeymoon and a suit for $4,000
for the alienation of a husbands affec-
t1ons-a domestic tragedy, which will re-
suit in the wrecking of woman's life
If not that of her husband. The story
contains lesson for romantic young
persons to ponder.
Years ago there was little girl who
lived on Dutton street with her parents.
Her name was May Rich Living two
doors east, on the corner of Park and
T0y,t ct, ptr Paw nf IN
phen c. Church. They had boy,
Charles Fletcher Church, some four
years younger than May Rich. These
two children grew up together and were
companions in the pastimes of child
hood. A few years ago the Church fam
lily moved to Waterbury and the ac-
quaintance between the children was
interrupted. Then Church, who had in
the meantime grown up to young man
hood, was sent by his parents to take
a course of study in Kalamazoo college.
He renewed his acquaintance with May
Rich and a romantic attachment sprang
up between the two. He urged her to
marry him, as she says and finally the
ceremony was performed, without the
knowledge of the parents Of either of the
contracting parties. 1t was PROPOSE to
keep the matter secret for the time be-
ing and it was not until a notice of the
marriage was published in the papers
that it became known to any of the
members of the two families outside of
Mr.. and Mrs. Church, the younger.
Then the storm gathered and burst.
Mr.. Church while attending the college,
was living with his grandparents, Mr..
and Mrs. Charles M. Fletcher, 700 West
Cedar street. After his marriage to
Miss Rich became known, he left the
roof of his grandparents and went to
live with his wife and her mother Mrs.
Sarah e. Rich, 424 West button street
The parents of Mr.. Church were noti-
fed and came on from Waterbury. They
had an interview with their sen week
ago last Thursday at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. Fletcher, the result Of which |
was that the son never returned to his !
wife. They also had two interviews |
with the younger Mrs, Church and her |
mother, Mrs. Rich, in which certain |
propositions were made and rejected. !
Finally last Thursday afternoon Mrs. |
Charles Fletcher Church engaged A. S. !
Frost and J. w. Osborn as her attor- !
neys and made complaint alleging |
that Mr.. and Mrs. Stephen 0. Church |
had alienated the affections of her hus-
UdHu anu pldClHS lHe ud1HdBeS she ndQ
sustained thereby at $4,000. A sum-
mons was issued and Thursday night |
officers went to the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Fletcher to serve the papers, but
We're informed, so it is said, that Mr.. and
Mrs. Church had started back for Con-
necticut. 1t is further alleged that Mr.
and Mrs. Church got out of town that
night or rather at o'clock Friday
morning; and their son, the bride
groom, left Friday afternoon at 2
o'clock, also en- route to Waterbury.
Here the matter rests Mrs. Church
says she does not know what she shall
do. She might continue the suit in Con-
necticut against the parents of her hus-
band, but that would be a very expen-
sive proceeding.
G. M. Fletcher, the young mans
grandfather, with whom he had staid
while in town, was seen in regard to the
serving of the papers pertaining to the
suit He said:
"An officer-I suppose it was the sller-
iff, though I am not sure-came to this
house about o'clock, and asked to see
Mr.. Church. My wife went to the door
and was rather timd about opening it
in the evening. / was partially undress- =.
ed but came out and invited him in
saying that I could no stay out in the ,
cold. He came in and asked again for
either Mr.. or Mrs. Church. I told him ,
that he could not see them as they We're :
out of town. He staid some time and ,,
talked rather foolshly. Some time af-
ter he went away another officer came
and asked to see either Mr.. or Mrs.
Church. told him the same thing al
though knew that he knew what I had
told the other one. They could not v
take my word for it even then, but tele- !
phoned UP to my son, DR.. Fletcher, ask c
ing if his sister was in town. They Q
might have spared themselves the trou- C
BILE, for my daughter and Mr.. Fletcher
went away on a morning train on the
lay that the officers called. AS the Of
fcers did not call until evening they +
we're some distance on their way. They n
we're going to visit friends in Ohio and r
then go on their way home to Water a
Boston has been 1905