The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-11-12
PRETTY NELLIE SOMERS
She Married Arthur e. Guerin
on the Sly.
HER PARENTS OBJECTED
Slipped Away and Had the Knot Tied.
The Conspiracy Was Carried Out
Without Hitch-Fathsr's
Search Fruitless,

| koodTCu prulCl0SS.
Pretty Nellie Somers. the fascinating
young woman who was adored by all
| the young men in Butte, is married.
And she didn't send invitations to her
thousands of admirers in this city to
attend the wedding either, for she was
married ION the sly" as they say. 1t
was pretty romance. Her sweet
voice will be heard no more in Butte.
She used to sing regularly every night
in a concert hall in Broadway in this
city that beautiful song, Because I
| Love You," and now her admirers
| know who she was thinking about
when she sang that song. 1t was Ar
! thur E. Guerin, the son of the chief of
police Of Great Falls, and this is the
story told by the Helena Independent:
| There was one vacant chair on the
| stage of the Worlds Fair concert hall
| last evening. 1t represented the alb
sence of one of the members Of the mu-
steal Somers family, who without con-
sulting her parents. Mr.. and Mrs. Per-
rim g. somers had thrown up her po-
| sition and entered into life contract
4 elsewhere, Nellie had gone and got
| married, as her brother expressed it,
and her mother and father for a time
| were inconsolable.
4 The happy bridegroom was Arthur
p. Guerin, son Of Chief Of Police John
| Guerin of Great Falls He had met
| Miss Somers, the story goes. more than
| two years ago. 1t was case of love
4 soon after first sight, and Mr. Guerin
! prosecuted his suit successfully. SO far
as the girl was concerned. 1t was diff
ferent however, with Nellies natural
| guardians. They had decided objec-
tons to young Guerin. and they ex-
pressed them with great plainness.
| One Of Mr.. Guerin's friends said yes
| terday that he had expected to obtain
| the parents consent to marry their
| daughter when she was II years old.
I but that it was not given Mr. Guern
| waited another year. Miss SDmers had
birthday not long ago. Mr.. Guerin
| came to Helena. He saw Miss Som
ers. They Matched up conspiracy to
deceive the old folks, and carried 1t in
to execution Wednesday night.
THE Somers family has had sew
eral weeks engagement at the Worlds
fair They gave a musical entertain
ment each evening and at especially ar
ranged matinees. The family has rooms
over the concert hall. Wednesday afr
ternoon at 5 o'clock Mr.. Guerin secured
a marriage license authorizing the mar
riage of himself and Miss Somers.
whose age was given as Is. The pros
pective bridegroom than Joined Miss
Somers and together they drove in a
cab to Justice Lincoln Workings resi-
dence, lit North Rodney street. The
justice had not returned home from his
Office, and the party was driven there
as fast as they could go.
Justice Working is always ready to
officiate on such occasions. The IL
cense was produced, and after 1t had
been inspected by the judge, the cere-
mony was performed The hackman
and John Lee of Maiden, a friend of
the bridegroom, witnessed the mar
rriage. The hackman was dismissed
and the bride and bridegroom separat-
ed after thoroughly discussing the plan
of escape. Mrs. Guerin then made her
way back to her home.
"Mr. and Mrs. Somers have two
daughters and two sons. Nellie was
their eldest daughter. She was fine
looking young woman and had good
voice. Each member of the family as
sists in the entertainments given by 1t
at the concert hall, and the children
have been guarded with care by their
parents. The mpment one of them had
completed his or her turn he or she
as the case might be, was not permit
ted to stray from the family box at
one side of the stage. Since Mr.. Guer-
ms appearance. Mr.. and Mrs. Somers
had been particularly. strict. They had
suspected that something was up, and
they scarcely permitted the elder
daughter from their sight. They grew
careless Wednesday afternoon. how
ever and it was then she slipped away
and was married
Miss Somers didn't announce that
she was Mrs. Guerin to her family. She
prepared to do her part in the even
ing's entertainment as usual. She ar
rayed herself in blue evening decol-
lette gown. and her appearance was
made on the stage according to the
usual programme. A little before II
o'clock she sang she Was Bred in Old
Kentucky. The crowd applauded the
song vociferously. 1t was to be her
last song at the concert hall.
About that time cab rolled up to
the side door of the concert hall. 1t
was a cab employed by Mr. Guerin to
take away his bride. Mrs. Somers
heard the cab drive UP and walked out
to investigate. She was of an inquir-
ing turn of mind, and asked the cab
man whom the carriage was for, The
cabman politely told her that it was
not for her. Seeing that there was
likely to be trouble, the cabman drove |
around the block and pulled up at the
front door.
Shortly after II O'clock Mrs. Guerin |
made an excuse to go upstairs. She was
lolio"eu ps nei hiotner, VINO suspect
ed that all was not right. Mrs Somers |
begged her daughter to do nothing rash |
and the latter said she had no inten- |
ton Of doing anything she shouldn't. |
While the attention of Mrs. Somers
was occupied, friend of her daughter |
went to her room and removed her
baggage, which had been packed. taxi
ing it to the cab. Mrs. Guerin left her
mother as if to return to the stage
Instead of doing so she ran down the
front stairs and jumped into the car
riage The cabman whipped up his
horses and made for the Cosmopolitan
hotel, where Mr.. Guerin jumped in
Then the hack tore down Main street |
winding up at the ice house a little be-
low the Montana Central depot, where
it waited until the northbound train
pulled in