The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-09-27

Accused of having deserted a wife
| and six children in Toledo, Ohio, in
| order to elope with Miss Blanche
| Crane, whom he married in Minneap-
oils and whose four brothers are threat
ening him with bodily harm, Olaf Ed
ward Olson, an inspecting engineer in
| the employ of the Twin City Rapid
| Transit company, says that he will re-
turn to Toledo and attempt to settle
| the matter.
| Olaf Edward Olson first appeared in
| Minneapolis during the later part of
August to take a position with the
street railway company. He secured
| apartments at the Westminster hotel,
903 Second avenue south, where on
Aug. 2S, he brought woman whom he
registered as his wife, to live with him.
The couple lived together until last
! Wednesday, when Mrs. Olson announc-
ed that she was going home" but did
not tell where.
With quiet wedding, unattended by
any save the minister and the welded
couple, Olaf Olson, who gave his ad-
dress as Chicago, and Miss Blanche p.
Crane, of Toledo, Ohio, were married
Sept. s by Rev. Marion Shutter at the
Church of the Redeemer.
No Questions Are Asked.
Olson, according to the statement
made by DR.. Shutter yesterday, ap-
peared at the parsonage the afternoon
of Sept. s and asked that he perform
a marriage service at his home that
evening. He brought a license for
Olaf e. Olson and Miss Blanche E.
Crane, made out at Saltwater Sept. 7.
%ai~
cense was good in any part of the
state, and promised Olson to perform
the service.
The couple appeared at the house
that evening unattended and the cere-
mony was performed. They gave no
explanation why the service was per-
formed in Minneapolis in preference
to Saltwater, but as there were ap-
parently no suspicious circumstances
the ceremony was performed without
questions being asked. The only un-
usual thing that occurred was when
Olson gave the birthplace and date of
birth both of his bride and himself. He
said that his bride was born in Nor
walk, Ohio, Dec. 25, 1877, and that he
was born in Norway Aug. 2, 1870
|. Rev. Shutter thought nothing of the
wedding until he received, Sept. %,
telegram signed by Mrs. Olson, of
Toledo, asking if he had performed
the marriage service of Olson and Miss
| Crane. He replied in the affirmative.
Next day he received query from an
other source in Toledo upon the same
subject, but left it unanswered.
Olson Denies Connection.
The record of the quiet wedding at
DR.. Shutters house did not become a
matter of public property until inquir-
les began to be made concerning the
marriage from Toledo, and no attempt
was made to connect Olaf Olson, the
engineer, with the man who preferred
Minneapolis to Saltwater as a starting
point in the married journey. The first
dispatches reporting the desertion by
Olson of his wife and six small children
were shown to Olson, who denied being
the man and insisted that there was
mistake in identity. Later dispatches
drew forth the same answer
When last seen Olson again denied
that he was the man who was married
at the home of Rev. Shutter Sept. 8.
"It is a mistake" he said. cannot
understand 1t. / am going back to To-
ledo to straighten the matter up. My
wife has written me to return and I
shall go back tomorrow morning.
81 have been asked by the street car
officials to confront Mr.. Shutter for
purposes Of Identification / have tried
to meet him today, but could not find
L
my job open for me until 1 get back
after Strengthening the matter up. I
know the Crane woman, but I never
married her."
The Toledo End.
Special to The Globe.
TOLEDO, Ohio, Sept. 26.-Not in
years has any sensation stirred Toledo
like the marriage said to have taken
place in Minneapolis Of Olaf Edward
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here, to Miss Blanche p. Crane, a well
known young woman of this city. The
claim is now made by her people that
she did not know Olson was married
man and her four big brothers threaten
to make things interesting for Olson.
Today Mrs. Miller, a wealthy aunt
of the girl, said Blanche had already
left Olson and was in Chicago. Mrs.
Miller said that the girls father, d.
A. Crane, Of 1472 Norwood avenue,
had gone to Chicago to bring his
daughter home.
'"The girl was as innocent as baby"
declared Mrs. Miller. "That man Olson
knew her for long time. He used to
visit us frequently and often jumped
off passing street car. He was often
a guest at dinner. He deceived my
poor, innocent child and lured her into
this marriage. The papers have been
severe on her and she Is entitled to
Justice. She was not In the least to
blame"
Mrs Miller insisted in her interview
with the reporter that her niece was
properly married to Olson, as an
nounced in the papers. This has been
thoroughly verified, she said. There
was no disposition at the Olson home
on Lawrence avenue today to volun-
teer any further information. Mrs.
Olson No. had left the house to con-
suit with her lawyer, and a woman
friend whom she left in charge sent
word through the servant girl that:
1.-THE case is going to be settled and
we don't want to give out anything
for publication. There has been too
much in the papers about the matter"