The evening world., 1905-07-01
C0URTSHIP WAS SWIFT.
Quickly Proposed to Attractive
Woman Who Attended Him
in Attack of Pneumonia.
NOW IN THE ADIR0NDACKs.
Wedding Ceremony Was Quietly Pe~
formed Last Wednesday and
They Went to Mountains

Friends cf Larry Dclmour. the vet
eran leader were surprised to learn TO-
day that he was married last Wcducs-
day afternoon by Father Scott, of the
Church of St. lgnatius Lovola. Eighty
four1h street and Park avenue, to Jean
Walsh, a young and pretty Grained
nurse, who had nursed him throuyh
six weeks attack of rneu7:o onia Tn
only witnesses to the ceremony were
Thomas Walsh, bank clerk. the broth
er of The bride, and Mrs. Julia G7cbcl
superintendent of nurses registry Of
flee at No. l34 Enst Seventy-sixth
street. through which the Services Of
Miss Walsh were engaged for Mr. Del
mour.
Immediately after the ceremony "Iar-
ry' and his bride went to the Grand
Central Station. where special car
awaited them, attached to a train for
the Ad.rondacks. They are now in the
mountains and will remain there until
the old leader has recovered his health
His Courtshlp Swift.
The courtship of Larry" Delmour
was s"ill anu tll"CGNe. fOur weeks
after the attractive young nurse took
charge Of him he proposed marriage.
She wanted to consult with her rela-
tives in ireland. but he would not hear
of it. He sent for n jewoller and or
dered for Miss Walsh an emerald and
diamond engagement ring that no
woman cou'd refuse to wear The date
of the wed ding was set
In the mean time Larry" had been
seen walking up and down Lexington
avenue leaning on the strong arm of
the erect and pretty nurse. and his
old friends in the Thirticth Assembly
District were ready to hear of his second
matrimonial venture. His first wife
died several years ago.
Mrs. Delmour is a typical Irish
beauty, with a rosy complexion, dark
hair and blue eyes. When she took
charge of her patient he was in a weak
and dangerous condition. Previous i'll
nesses had weakened his naturally
strong constitution and sixty years OF
active life lay behind him.
The young nurse lent all her exper-
ience and skill to the efforts of the doc
tors to save him. She brought to her
task training received in ireland in
st. Marks Hospital and the Orthopedic
Hospital in this city and a wide private
practice. Under her ministratiOns the
recovery of Mr.. Delmour was rapid and
satisfactory.
Mr.. Delmour applied to his courtship
the direct business methods that have
enabled him to accumulate a fortune
estimated at $1,000 COO He made up his
mind that he would marry his charm
ing nurse. and while the ethics of her
profession demanded that he should
obey her in the slck-room he exactstl
the obedience outside. Now the old
guard of Tammany Hall is trying tC
find out where Larry" Is spending his
honeymoon in order that he may be fit
tingly congratulated
A Friend of Croker.
Larry" Delmour Is one OF the char
acters OF New York. He arose from
the position of an obscure politician
with Richard Croker. and in tine days
when Croker was absolute boss "Whis-
pering Larry" as he was called, was
the Croker right hand man. Since the
retirement of Mr.. Croker to Europe
Mr.. Delmour has been his guest al
Vantage, and on the infrequent visits
of the old chieftain to New York "Whis.
pering Larry has whispered ali the
news to MIN.
The Delmour fortune is largely in
Bronx real estate, purchased when II
was CHEAP. Mr.. Delmour owns most
has been poor. He was the leader OF
the Thrtieth Assembly District until
the decline of the Croker regime. and
since then he has been gradually clint
mated from importance In Tammany
Hall.