The San Francisco call., 1905-04-05
Overland Filler BRINGS
Mother Of StriCk-
en- Bride.
Sad Sequel to Marriage Of
Chicago Belle and
Army Officer.
Wife of Major Lynch -Blosse Lies Dan
gerOuSly LII in a San Fran.
cisco Hospital.

The honeymoon of Major Lynch
Blosse and his fair young bride. who
was a former belle of Chicago has
been marred most unhappily in this
city. Following closely upon the un-
fortunate experiences of the couple at
the Palace Hotel, Mrs. Lynch -Blosse.
Inundated and heartsore, has been
stricken down by illness and conveyed
to a local hospital. where she impa-
uently awaits the coming of her
mother, who is now speeding west
ward from Chicago as fast as the over
land hyer VIII carry her. She is due
mere to-day and it is reported that she
VIII endeavor to take her sick and
dlsheartened daughter back to her for
mer home in Chicago.
The Lynch Blosses arrived in San
francisco about eight weeks ago on
thelr wedding tour. which was to have
extended across the tranquil Pacific
20 the scenes of the bloody strife in
the Far East. where Major Lynch
Blosse was TO have made observations
Tor his Government He is attached
TO the intelligence department of the
headquarters staff of the British army.
and bears reputation for valor earn
ed during the war in South Africa and
while serving in India 1t was while
he was on his way to the Orient with
Q lA04AAbCl VI OlnGI bIlIlSn army Of
hcers, who have already reached their
posts. that Major Lynch-Biosse met
and wooed the handsome daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles c. GerInain of
Chicago. The wedding was cenebra ted
IN an elaborate manner and the happy
young couple Immediately started
westward on their honeymoon.
Arriving here Major Lynch -Blosse
met convivial friends. who were. in a
s1a1 L.
sequent troubles. They dined and feted
the officer and his bride, and after the
then happy wife had returned TO their
apartments at the Palace these friends
Joined With the major in carousals that
rapidly depleted his finances and
eventually caused him to leave the Pal
ace, where his credit had been exhaust
ed. When the majors bills had become
due he explained that he was tempo
rarily embarrassed by reason of the
fact that his drafts had not arrived.
but, for some strange reason, they
never came, and the doors of his apart
ments were locked against him.
Humiliated by her experiences, for
which she had been in no way re-
sponsible, the young wife grew ill
and her condition finally became such
that it was deemed advisable to re-
move her to a local hospital, where
she is still an inmate, physical wreck
as the result of the terrible nervous
strain to which she was subjected.
When her condition several days
ago took a serious turn her devoted
mother in Chicago was advised by
wire of her daughters unfortunate
predicament, and Immediately res
sponded that she would start at once
for San Francisco. 1t was expected
that she would arrive yesterday at
the Palace Hotel, where accommoda>
tons had been engaged for her, but
1t was learned at late hour that she
would not arrive until to-day.
The Germans are prominent people
of Chicago, where Charles c. Germain
has been identified for a number of
years as a stock operator. When the
parents of Mrs. Lynch Blosse learned
Of her troubles at the Palace they ap-
pealed to her to return home, offering
to forward her the necessary funds
for the homeward journey, but the
bride remained loyal to her reckless
husband until she was finally com
PEELED by circumstances to make an
urgent appeal to her mother for
money to insure her removal to the
hospital that now shelters her.