The Indianapolis journal., 1903-08-02
AIN UNLUCKY POKER GAME
CLEVELAND BRIDEGROOM STARTED
WRONG on HIS HONEYMOON.
Lost His Money and Then His Wife
Queer Ending Of q Romance be-
gun at a Summer Resort.
New York Herald.

New York Herald.
In fearful accents stranded bridegroom
told at the waldorf-Astoria yesterday how
he had eloped with the daughter Of q man
of millions last December and married her.
but kept the affair secret until her grad
uation on June IL. when he was robbed in a
hotel at Erie. Pa. and in trying TO recover
his money his father-in-law was apprised
of the whole affair.
Since then the bridegroom has been here
vainly trying to reach his wife, but her
father has kept her secluded. and she does
not know where her husband Is
The bridegroom is Nelson Delmage. only
son of Arthur Albert Delmage. a retired oil
man, OF Cleveland. o.. and grandson OF AL
bert Delmage. for many years high COM
missioner of customs at Montreal He -
twenty-seven years old and was divorced
from his first wife few months ago.
The bride is Ida Susan Koehler. second
daughter of Jackson Koshler. OF Erie. Pa.
He has handsome country place. stocked
with deer.~a steam yacht. automobiles and
horses galore His eldest daughter. Flor
ence. was recently graduated from FASH
ionable school.
The story of the romance Is told by the
tiiudpP1 uIlucSfOOu IN Euect WOIu>s
Ida is stunning girl-tall, dark and
handsome. We met in the summer OF 1900,
at Conneaut Harbor, where she and her SIS
mer. During a trip 70 Buffaso With a gay
party we fell desperately in love. Last Eas-
ter ! visited the family at Erie and was
Last December, the lith we concluded
we could not wait any longer. and / met
her at Erie and we took train 10 Dunkirk.
n. Y, only short distance away IL is not
n m
State, and We had to hurry; that is why We
came to Dunkirk. A Baptist minister,
whose name forget: married US and we re-
turned TO Erie Only her sister Florence
was taken into our confidence. and she real
ly kept the secret admirably, if she Is q
woman.
THEN HE PLAYED POKER.
"on June IL the graduation exercises Of
lda's school were to be held at Erie, aud. OF
course. was on hand. We were to go away
on our wedding trip right after the gradu-
alton reception at her home. The gradua-
tion came off all right. / went to Cleveland
and got $500 from my father to pay part of
the expenses of the honeymoon, and hustled
back TO Erie. AS got off the train I met
several well-dressed young men To make
a long story Short when came to the next
morning at hotel In Erie, l remembered
being in a poker game or something OF the
| sort, but / could not find cent OF my
money.
Here comes the saddest part of IL all.
went to the mayor Of Erie and tcld him
had been robbed by sharpers, and asked IL
get back at least a part OF the money. He
put his chief of police on the track, but. as
| i'll luck would have Ii. the mayors chief
he had to telephone TO him that HIS son-in-
| law had been done out of all his money by
gamblers and left stranded. Father-in-law
must be crazy A kind friend woke me up
| and told me had better git az father-in-
| law had angrily said he had no son-in-la "
that he knew of and was going to investi-
| gate.
'I jumped on the Empire State express
| and came to New York post haste. Ny
trunks are still at the hotel I'm Erie. have
/ not been able to communicate with my Wife
My father.in-law won't answer my tele-
| grams, and my parents think we are on
our wedding tour. ! can't get any more
| cash from them, and here am"
| REMEMBERS THE MARRIAGE.
The Rev w. p. Murray. pastor OF the
| First Methodist Church at Dunkirk. re-
members marrying a couple on Dec. II. 1900,
| who gave their names as Nelson Deimage.
born in Ontario. formerly one OF the man.
ayers of the Carnegie plant at Conneaut,
| divorced. and Ida Koehler. aged twenty. OF
| Erie Pa.
The bride is said to be only eighteen, how
1 mage says she knew of his former wedding
| and of his efforts TO get q divorce. and then
| his letting his wife get one on the ground Of
| desertion. He says he and his father-in-
| law were good friends until the moment
| the escapade with the card sharps was
| made public. Since then, on account OF the
| divorce, Mr.. koehIer has refused him both
his wife and the freedom of the Koehler
| mansion.
| Mr.. Koehler gave his daughter the choice
| of giving up her husband or being disin-
herlted Since learning that Delmage had
been married to a daughter OF Mott Sher-
man, a wealthy resident OF Albion, N. Y.
annuiied. Mr.. Koehler persuaded his daugh-
| ter that she would be happier at home. bi-
| vorce proceedings will now be begun by the
young wife, according 20 the father.