Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1902-07-17
THE MATRIMONIAL SEA
A Tempe Bark Making Harbor After
Stormy Voyage.

If no untoward incident occurred late
yesterday afternoon Senior Marcelino
Lopez and Sonora Erlinda Garcia were
married last cvening in this city, thus
Strengthening 1T a matrimonial tangle
that has ext 81 fer some time. and by
everlasting ,ersistence overcoming Il
series of Ii; lie hindrances. The prin-
cipals arr among the most estimable
of Temp Mexican population. both
being to some extent martyrs to what
they believed to be their duty The
marriage is also an unusual one in
that it is one of the few, if not the
first Mexican couple, to be divorced
and ma rried again in this county.
To begin with. the groom is now
forty-two years old and the bride is
forty-four. Tho were regularly mar
ried years ago. the ceremony being SOL
enmizeG by the authority of the Cath
Ollie chulch. They now have family
of chill lrel. some of whom are we'll
advanced II years. A few years ago
the we -spoused the religion of the
Methods: church. but could not cen
vince l. husband to do likewise. That
differe . of opinion was the entering
wedge. and matters grew gradually
worse i'll they found themselves in the
divorce court In due time a decree
was granted, and chapter one was
closed.
But as time wore on each began feel
ing more kindly toward the other, and
the children encouraged the reconcil-
iation of the parents till the old folks
finally decided that they were sorry
for their hasty action, and determined
| to re-establish their former relations
| A priest could not be called upon to
| sanction this agreement, as the church
does not approve the marriage of dl-
vorced persons. They decided there
| fore to take chances on civil cere-
mony, the groom compromising ms
| faith to that extent. But the bride
| wanted nc further trouble over the af-
| fair, and not fully understanding the
| provisions of civil ceremony she ap-
| piled to Pedro CT. de la Lama to draw
up a contract setting forth in Spanish
the obligations to which the former
husband was to subscribe, which doc
| ument she could hold to back up any
weak places that might hereafter de-
| Velop as the result of an ordinary civil
marriage.
| De la Lama did SO. embodying in the
contract about everything recited in
the statutes and putting it in Spanish
| translation Constable Gonzales wit
messed the signing of the contract.
which was as much as he and De la
| Lama could do officially to reUnite
i them.
So far everything was satisfa Glory,
Mr.. Gonzales was instructed to pro-
cure license for them. and they Were
to have been married in Tempe Mon
day night by Justice Tomlinson, who
is both minister and a civil magis-
trate. The guests gathered. and like
wise the principals. but unfortuna tely
Mr.. Gonzales did not appear with the
license till after the audience had been
dismissed and the function declared of
for that date. He got there finally
however. and turned the precious doe
ument over to the groom
Yesterday morning the couple came
| to Phoenix for the purpose of finding
some one to marry them. The first man
Marcelino met was Mr.. Gonzales. who
asked him if he had his license with
him. He said that il was too precious
q document to be carrying around with
, him, and he had left it at home. Tn: