Evening star., 1900-10-12
ALLEGED MOCK MARRIAGE
WILLARD n. MORAN HELD FOR
GRAND JURY'S ACTION.
SIrs. Rosa II. krauKe Accuses Him Of
DeceptfOn-The Story
She Tells.


said to be a street conductor. was to-
day charged in the Police Court with con-
spiracy and was released by Judge Kinball
on $500 bond TO appear for q hearing on
Thursday next, Henry e. Trip becoming
his surety.
1t Is alleged that Moran, who had been
acquainted with Mrs. Rosa B. Krause for
about two years. on July 13 last persuaded
her to go with him to a vacant lot on
10Th street northeast extended, where
pretended marriage ceremony with her was
gone through with. For nearly three
months Mrs. Krause believed she was law
fully welded to. Moran. but few days ago
she ascertained, she declared, that the per-
son who conducted the alleged ceremony
W6S not n minister.
Mrs. Krause gave the following account
of the affair to a Star reporter:
81 have known Mr.. Moran two
years, but only intimately for few
months. After the death of my first hus-
band, Charles Otto Krause which oc-
CURED August 10, 1899, l was left in poor
circumstances and had to work for lfv-
ing. l followed my husbands trade, that
of paper hanging, and continued until
opened this restaurant on May 3. Mr..
Moran used to come in and eat He was
very courteous and would inquire how
business was and had such a nice way OF
treating the children That's what at
tracted me to him, for L thought that
man who loved children so much as he
professed to could not be very unkind to
any one. He would play with my little
baby and little boy. One evening he In
vited me TO go to Chevy Chase, and again
We went to Glen Echo. At Glen Echo he
proposed and [ accepted him. This was in
the middle of April. He gave an en-
gagement ring.
"On July Is last Mr. Moran asked me if
l would accompany him to Chesapeake
Beach the following morning. l accepted
the invitation and we took the IL o'clock
train out. 1 noticed that when we arrived
he was anxious to return. and he nnaiy
said: Let's go home
I'VE took the next train to Washington
and alighJed at the corner of 5th street
ard New York avenue northwest about
o'clock in the afternoon. Mr.. Moran pro-
posed that we take a street car ride out to
Florida avenue. When we approached 18TH
street northeast Mr., Moran touched the but
ton and we got off We had no sooner
aiighted than Mr.. Moran said:
Let's get married
"I was taken back at the suggestion and
naturally refused. But he argued. and |
finally consented. At that moment young
man stepped out from behind a tree and
said:
Good evening, Mr.. Moran
Represented as a Minister.
Mr. Moran said: How you, Fergu-
SOM He told me that Mr. Ferguson was
minister and would marry us. l asked him
If he had the license, and he said yes. We
went down the read a little and were mar
ried under big tree l asked the minister
for the certificate after the ceremony, and
he told me he would mail it to Mr.. Moran.
"Mr. Moran and / then returned home.
He wanted rle to keep il a secret. but
told my mother the next day. She does
not believe IN secret marriages. and said
haf U bpttpr pnbliGh q
newspaper ! told Mr.. Moran. and he said
all right. but this was not done. Mr.. Mo-
ran then came over to my home, and we
lived together man and wife. Three
weeks ago tonight Mr.. Moran said he was
going to visit his mother in Virginia. That
same day l saw him in company with a
girl l also found an affectionate letter
from him to the girl inviting her to visit
him at S05 / street northwest We had
quarreled previously, and L had forbidden
him the house.
Il went to S05 / street that night, at II
o'clock. and waited for him. upbraided
him for his shameful conduct toward me,
and reminded him that l was his wife. He
laughed and said l was not, and that the
man who married US was not minister.
Threatens to Shoot Him.
'' If there is any fraud about this intend
to shoot you tomorrow l told him. This
frightened him and he asked me to accom-
pany him to the home of William RagsdaIe
F street northeast. He woke up Mr. Rags-
dale and told him the facts. Mr.. Ragsdale,
being friend of Mr.. Moran, advised me 20
let the matter drop. / would not, and told
Mr.. Moran to come home with me or |
would shoot him. l had no revolver but
he evidently thought so. he went home
with me. / held him at home until i
o'clock in the morning, and finally let him
go. on his promise that he would return on
the morning of September q.
Il then wrote a letter to my sister, who
lives in Utica, n. Y, telling her of what
had happened. i told her that il Mr.. Moran
would not marry me l would kill him and
then commit suicide. Mr.. Moran came on
the morning of September q, all right. l
had neighbor, Mrs. Durment, secreted
where she could hear all that transpired.
He promised to marry me that evening at u
o'clock. He said we would go back to Bal
timore and have the ceremony performed
there. He never came back. l complained
to the police and now Mr.. Moran is under
arrest, and will have to face my charges
Moran is twenty-nine years old, and lives
on street northeast. He denies Mrs.
Krause's charges and says he expects TO