The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-03-16
Registered Her at Prominent
Hotel as His Sister.
"A CASE OF LOVE ON SIGHT
Marriage License is Secured, and Kour SET
for the Wedding, but al the Last
Moment the Glrl Serves Oct a War
rant and tb: Prospective
Groom is Placed Be
hind The Bars.

Nj00 tNe DAIS.
Joseph Pelteir, a young French-Cana-
dian. doctor. lawyer. lingu!st. mechanic.
and traveller. is under lock and key at
the Second Police Station with a, serious
charge hanging over him.
Pelteir has seen a great part of the
world. He has lived in Canada, Mexico,
South America and Paris. and came to
Richmond from Philadelphia. When he
first landed here he thought he would
rent The parlors at the Virginia House,
on Grace Street. and hang out his shinsle
as an NJ .. He corresponded with
Chairman Martin. of the State Board of
the view of standing an e1amira ton,
for he had gone through medical colleges
in Paris. Montreal. Philadelphia and va
rious ether places. But he didn't like
the town, he said. Not enough sickness
80 warrant my having a sign panied. :
So he went 10 the slipyards and got
job in the engine-roou1.
That was nearly a month ago. He
hadn't been here many days before he
became acquainted with Mr. John Olsen
and Mr.. j. NJ. Englelart Both of them
worked at the shipyards. Mr.. Olsen was
Ar. Englehart,s son-in-law.
ENGAGED IA NURSE.
He also mel "a young woman who
alllcd on him at his room at the Nir-
einia House, and he told her fegwas go
Ing oGtson the road in a; short ntl1ilo-Io
kei! :ne1icf1se Tor corns and other thugs,
and would need a nurse, ard IL she
thought She could be "a good nurse she
could have. the pesitiens going around
I with him at SIS d. month and ,lii ex-
s,enses. She thought she could, and
these two became close friends at once.
Then it turned out tlla t the woman had
been a boarder at the Englehalt home,
40. 1oS Semmes Street. Manchester.
?elteir grew interested in tlle story
told lN the woman. and went TO see Mr..
1Inglellart. He told him that he. would
pay the amount due by the woman if he
would take her back to board: and in
little pleasantI.ies that followed. Pelteir
met Miss 1nez Englehart. pretty girl.
whose age was given as anywhere be-
tween fourteen and eighteen.
1t was a case of love at first sight on
.he part of Pelteir. and the girl said she
liked him. Pelteir had Travelled the
world over. but not until he met little
lnez did his heart beat with the love
that never ceases
WANTED TO MARRY HER.
1of her. I lof herr he said, as he
stood under the electric light in the
Second Police Station cell. and claspe9
his hands over his heart
There was opposition TO the match in the
ElgleE:. Olsen .ousehoid- Tie family
WIS d'Hiiotl against itself. The .'f:1llcr''
:,nd Mrs. Olsen faNc-ed the, match, but
tic females cid not rt.lsh the iiii's mar
riaEe. because. as they stated. ''slle was n
nFTe girl
One day, Friday. February. os'ii. Peltier
ard lnex went ont t.sefller. they We It
about ten in The morning. ad let.rnc I
! late that aftercon. lrezs sisiel. olsen.s
! wife. was suspicious. and upon inuuirr,
| le..,tned from her sistecr that She a! gore
1 tG Ford's Hotel with Pelteir. where sll.
YVES registered as his s,stcr. I'i,,,l is was
II ST the father anI 1ile bro, ae--in-law.
ARD all ti.e3others agreed to = n alriage.
En- effort Mas made 10 get license
here. from Clerk Walter Christian, but
{: when it vas shown that the girl was not
4 OF age. a statement WIS demanded from
/ her father. This statement was ohtaine..
/ and witnessed by Olsen. But it was not
until yesterday morning that the license
!. was secured. 1t was issued i,y Clerk Du
1 Nai. of the Hustigs Court in Manchester.
/ and gave the age of the girl as is. and
i that of the man as rs. 1t Mas issued in
4
Englehart- Olsen household The family
former, as Montreal. aud the latter as
Germany.
HER FATHER oBJEsIED.
The marriage had l,een tlXcd for S
o'clock last night. A rouseua had been
provided the prospective bride by the
prospective bridegroom. aid everything
was scitag along smoothly. He was
s on hand ready 10 take his bride. when
1nt,., f,,>,, al
Intoxicating drink. entered. He saw
That his daughter was being teken away
Iron, him. and he thought rs. wei as
Ne could under the scircumstances.t that
romelhing dreadful was about 20 happen,
so he wept.
Then an argument arose, in whicl,
the whole family participated. and the
-.old man changed l,is mind about the
marriage and made his daughter take
off her wedding gown. He is said by
Olsen TO have raised a big krife in the
atmosphere with threats, and When. a
,,nlice,.,an n came ia there vas great noist
and disorder within.
Mr.. Enrsehart told the policeman thai
mis- daughter had been BETRAYED agains'
her nil, by Pelteir. and that he shouis
Z be arrested Everybody else IN tht
! house. hut Olsen sai6 the same ihlng
and onicer Alex. Wright brought :the :the
edd from semmes Street. Manchester
oyer to slnc Second Police Station. where
..s,csore ,Sauira James Harmon. she swort
4kat she had been assaulted by PETER
3 Then pelteir Was arrest1.. on that seriou:
chasre. while aar. Englehart was caryicf
Is the Manchester Station House for be
ane drunk and disorde
THE PRISONERS DENIAL.
when seen at the sta ation-house las
night Pelteir. who gave. indica ions; g g
.o.se Intelligence and refinement. deriet
Nj 9tiilt.
IS ~ ~as at Ford 8 With my sis.er abou
ewo xees1 0go. s, he said. y but aaNt
eey1r been fheee with the HirI an
14iflre 10 marry her, md want stO5 MARI,