The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-01-26
GOiGHnAN RILEA
DEMANDS HIS BRIDE
Defends Right to Win En-
ployer's Daughter.
DENIES He MADE THREATS
Held for Examination by Court-TeHs
of Student Days at Etou
and Oxford.
DENIES He MADE THREATS

NEW YORK. Jan. 26.-Llke another
Otbeuo called to defend his right TO WOO
and win the fair Dcsdemona. Paul Rfiea.
the coachman who married Nellie r
CoTnweU. sJeudaughJer of his employer.
Charles Hickman. Of Bensouhurst. dra-
maticaIlv faced his accuscrs in the
Couey Island court Saturday. Ruoa de-
manded that he he confronted By his
wife. who sat covering behind her
father IN q secluded corner of the court
room
II our eyes meet ne said. Il know
her well enough TO have faith that she
VIII rush TO my arms" This appeal has
strengthened Mr. Heckman's belief that
his stepdauEhter was hypnogized by
RIIea.
Court proceedings were brief, RiIes
was formally arraIgned on a charge OF
threatening the lives Of the neckmans.
pleaded not guilty. and after calling to
his wife TO come TO him was held in $500
for examination
Miss Coruweu. OF. as she is ROW legal
y known. Mrs. RiIea, was taken back.
Rilea was sent to Raymond Street jail.
there to stay until his fate IS decided.
Miss CornweH's Sentiments.
Miss CoraweT's sentiments toward
Rilea could not be learned Whether she
is stiH true to him OF cowed by fear Of
her parents wrath is a matter Of dispute.
According TO Mr.. and Mrs. Hickman.
folly and is anxious that the marriage be
aHnuIled- According to the story told by
Rilea, in Raymond Street jail she would.
if she had her own way. gladly come TO
him
7 am expecting" he said. "a draft Of
$1,000 from my uncle. the Rev. Paul
Eilea. OF Ashton Court. Birmingham.
England, and when this comes shall as
suTedly demand my rights as husband
Ny marriage TO Miss Cornweu was con
tracted in a legal manner, and Mr.. and
Mrs. Hickman cannot prove that
threatened them
do not recall the words OF ny let
Ter, but as near as ] can remember the
words ran like this. My Own Nellie
For Gods sake, what is the natter
after the aEectionate parting Of Monday
Why have ] not heard from you II co
Tot hear from you quickly there is no
knowing what dreadful things may hap
peer, Your anxious Paul
asked why he had become a coachman.
he replied significantly: You do not
think that I became q Coachman for
nothing. dc y0u2'- Then. as II realizing
that ne had made q blunder, he correct
cd himself by saying. Il mean that
wiz not lose my wife without ii fight.
Romantic IS the story that Rilea tells
Of the manner in which ne paid suit TO
Miss Hickman. It was, he says, a case Of
love at first sight.
a Romantic Story.
we saw no breakers ahead. We felt
that in time the barriers would be re-
moved. and when AIr. and Mrs. Hickman
received positive proof that I was a gen
tIemau born. that I was educated IN Ok
ford and Trinity College. Dublin, and
thar my social connections are among
the best in England. all would be for
given and I would again assume my
proper place in society.
II never threatened those good people
especially dear Nellie. for whom I would
gladly lay down nay life. It was from the
little fat that had provided for her al
235 East Ninety-sizth Street, on the
Manhattan side Of the r5veT,~that was
taken 70 q prison cell
What the HeCkmans regard as an i'm
Died threat against them in my letter
IS simply a threat against myself In
my despair had contemplated suicide"
Rilca is typical-looking Epglishman,
s5urdiIy built. and broad-shouldered His
eyes are blue and his features dark. His
speech is fluent and he tells his story
without hesitation.
IN recalling his life before his days as
coachman. he unwinds he thread of
story full enough o. romance and incl
dent 10 make a novel schoolboy days IN
Egon, Oxford, and Trinity are wildly
pictured