The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-03-27
ARREST FOLLOWS MARRIAGE.
BRIDEGROOM IN CELL CHARGED
WITH ABDUCTION.


There Il Also Little Matter OF = WORTHLESS
Cheek which Edward ". stewart Must
RxpIain-MOther Of the Hride says
That the Girl Il Only sixteen Years Old
Miss Caroline Z. johnson Of 2O7 Clinton
street, Brooklyn, went 10 the Adams street
station last night and asked, the police 70
arrest Edward W. Stewart, who was stay
ing at the Clarendon Hotel. Miss John
son said she wanted Stewart arrested for
abduoting her siKteen-yesr-old niece,
Madeline f. Gildersleeve.
Miss johnson said that she lived with her
sister, Mrs. Gildersleeve, the widow Of a
lumber merchant, and that Stewart had
been acting as her business agent and
living at the Gildersleeve house up TO Sat
urday On that day he was asked TO leave
and he packed UP his belongings and moved
TO the Clarendon. Miss johnson said her
niece disappeared yesterday afternoon and
that the girls mother was satisfied she was
wi IN Stewart.
Detective Curry accompanied Miss John
son to the Clarendon and they went 70 the
room to which Stewart had been assigned.
Sitting outside Stewards door was T. j.
Assip a contractor, Of 297 Court street.
Assip was also waiting for Stewart, and
had been waiting since early in the day.
The contractor said he wanted him very
badly. He waved 500 check which Ne
said he had obtained from Stewart and
which was worthless.
About the time Miss johnson was at the
Clarendon Capt. Driscoll Of the Butler
street station received a visit from Mrs.
GLdersleeve, the mother Of the missing
Madeline. Mrs. Gildersleeve was also after
Stewart She had heard that her daughter
and Stewart could be found at the home
OF S. W. Taggart at Avenue c and East
third street, Flatbush,
Mrs Gidersleeve implored Capt. Drisooll
10 rescue her daughter from Stewart. Dris-
coll told Sergt. Levers TO 60 to Flatbush
and see IL he could find Stewart. Levers
started out and got TO Flatbush about $50
O'Clock. At the home Of Taggart he found
Stewart and the missing girl.
They had been married about an hour
before Levers appeared. The witnesses
OF the marriage we're Taggart and his
family. The ceremony was performed by
the Rev Mr. Lloyd Of the Flatbush Re-
formed Church.
Sergt Levers told Stewart he was
going to arrest him on a charge Of abb
duotion and his young wife began to cry.
TaRgart demanded 70 know what the rum
pus was about and Levers told him as far
as he was able. Then TagR art told the
sergeant what he knew about Stewart.
L advertised, said he, for a partner
some time ago to 60 into the ink business
and met Stewart. He said he could OBJ
tain the necessary cash and we had several
chats. This afternoon at 5 o'clock he
arrived at my house with this girl He
surprised me when he asked me TO allow
him to marry the girl in my house.
The girl looked young to me, but Stewart
assured me she was 10 years old. He said
il would be necessary for him to go TO Of
iowa, Canada, TO get the cash to 60 into
business with me and that he wanted TO
take Miss Gilderseeve along as his wife.
Finally agreed to help him out and l
even went along with him to the home Of
the minister and helped him arrange for
the marriage ceremony The marriage
was performed at 7:3O o'clock, but / hadn't
any idea there was going to be trouble
over IL or would never have allowed il TO
take place in my house"
Stewart bid good-by to his new made
bride and Levers started away with him
for the Butler street station. Mrs. Stewart
was left at the Taggart home.
BY the time Levers reached Butler street
with his prisoner Mrs. Gildersleeve and
Miss johnson and Contractor Assip had
Joined forces. They we're on hand when
Stewart was brought into the police station.
Mrs. Gildersleeve made the charge Of alb
duction against him and Assip charged him
with giving him a worthless check.
He had nothing to say about the alleged
bad check and he seemed quite gay over
his marriage He said that II his wife was
only 10 years old, she had lied to him, for
she had told him she was 10 years Of age.
'She il just 10 years old to-day" said
Mrs. Gildersleeve, 'and you know it"
Stewart was looked up. Capt. Driscoll
thought II the charge Of abduction was TO
hold against him, It would be essential
that his wife be placed where the police
could get her when she was wanted. Levers
went back after the girl
Miss johnson has considerable money
and she Ia building house in Flstbpsh
which Contractor Assip ia erecting. Stewart
acted az her agent, and Il is said held her
power Of attorney. The check that Assip
says is worthless was drawn on the Union
Bank Stewart gave his age as 80 years.
He Is said 70 be a Canadian.
Union LEAGJE CIT'B TO MOVE.