The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-10-12
CONSPIRACY THE CHARGE
A Widow Claims She Was the Vic
tim of a Mock Marriage.
w. A. Moran a Prisoner Mt the Sixth
Precinct Station ms the Result of
nm Alleged Ceremony Performed
In the Suburbs - Police Looking
ior the Man Who Tied the Knot.

willard A. Moran, conductor on the
City and Suburban Railway. is a prisoner.
with a charge OF conspiracy entered
against him, at the Sixth precinct station.
Detectives Weldon and Parham took Nor
an into custody last night. and today he
will be arraigned in the Police Court.
Moran is twenty-nine years Of age, and
resides at 22G + Street northeast.
The complainant in the case is Mrs.
Rosa B. Krause, n widow. and owner of
a lunch room at 467 G Street northwest.
She went through the form OF marriage
with Moran some months ago, she says.
but now the ceremony appears to have
been mock affair. The police are look
ing over the city for a man named Fer
guson, described as tall and gsunt'' He
is friend of the prisoner. by whom the
alleged marriage is said to have been
performed Moran came here two years
ago from Virginia. He is coed talker,
and denies his guilt Mrs. Krause is from
Utica, n. Y, and is thirty-thr years of
age. Her mother, Mrs. Amelia Bcrmann,
lives with her over the lunch room.
Early in May last Mrs. Krause opened
the lunch room. A year before. her hus-
band. Charles Otto Krause, a paperhanger,
died in this city, leaving two young chill
dren to the care of the widow. Mrs.
Bormann came here from Utica, and with
her daughter began to take boarders and
serve meals to transient customers. About
the second week in May Mrs. Krause first
met Moran He came into the lunch room
one afternoon, she says, was served with
dinner, and made subsequent visits. After
time he asked Mrs. Rrause to accom-
pany him to Glen Echo. Cabin John Bridge,
and other resorts, and his invitations were
accepted. On several of these excursions
Mrs. Bormann was one OF the party. She
found Moran agreeable, as did her daugh-
ter, and his attentions, ii is said were
not discouraged
Toward the latter part of June Moran is
said to have proposed marriage to Mrs.
krause while they were at Glen Echo.
After consultation with her mother the
widow accepted the conductor. Two weeks
went by, and on July IA Moran proposed a
trip to Chesapeake Beach. An early train
was taken to the bayside. Moran did not
appear pleased with the Beach, however
and after dinner suggested a return to
the city. The couple reached Washington
about O'Clock and then decided upon a
ride to the suburbs.
car of the City and Suburban Rail-
way conveyed them toward Eenning Road
northeast, where Moran, il is alleged, in
sisted upon getting off at Sixteenth
Street. After walking some distance Mo-
ran is said 10 have urged the widow to
consent TO an immediate marriage. At
what is known as Heider's Crossing OF
the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. on Six
teenth Street northeast. extended, a man
met the couple. According to Mrs.
Krause he was introduced by Moran as
Mr.. Ferguson, minister of the gospel"
Moran again pressed Mrs Krause to mar
ry him. she states and she finally reluc-
family agreed. In little patch OF woods
near the crossing. Mrs. Kra-Se says she
went through the marriage ceremony,
with Ferguson acting as a minister She
returned with Moran 10 the city. first
having secured promise of marriage
certificate in the mail the following
a week after the ceremony Moran came
10 live al the lunch room While there.
according TO Mrs. Krause. he paid too
much attention TO a young woman en-
ployed at the place. She upbraiaed Mo-
ran. but matters went from bad to worse.
and Moran decided to leave the house.
de packed his valiSe. complained OF i'll
ness, IL is said, and announced he was
going to Virginia. Shortly afterward.
however Mrs. krause claims to have ceen
him in this city. She sent for him, he
,alled. and stormy interview took place |
4 reconciliation followed. and. according
10 Mrs. Krause. Moran borrowed $40 be- |
lore he left the house.
On September "a. last, letter addressed |
% woman fell into the hands of Mrs |
[Srause. This, she claims. was written |
~ Moran, and she read it 1t dweit upon |
ong friendship between Moran and the |
Iddressee Mrs. Krause says. 1t also ar
anged for a meeting between Moran and |
he woman. and Mrs. Krause went to the
Meeting place. There. she says, she saw
Moran and learned from him that their
was void. Several days later
he police we're notified, resulting in an
and the arrest of Moran.