Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-10-07
BAD FOR ABSENT BRIDE
WARRANT AWAITS HER NEW
LY WED HUSBAND.

NEW 1ORk, october 1T has lust de-
veloped that when Capt. William r. Gum,
the absent manager of the Schuyler Arms
Apartment Hotel, hurried off to Europe
he took bride with him. She had been
Miss Gertrude Fentham, a pretty stenog-
rapher, and they were married September
~. The Rev. Henry Marsh Warren
obliged.
While the couple are in Europe pre-
sumably enjoying their honeymoon two
unpleasant disclosures were made Satur-
day which may dishearten the young
wife. A shortage of S., 400 has been found
In the apartment house accounts. The ac-
countants have not yet Strengthened out
the muddle. Also. persons who claimed
to have known Gum before he came east
declared he has a wife and three children
in California.
Capt. Gum and Miss Fentham were
married on the girls twenty-third birth
DAY. AS stenosrapher Of the Hotel Ex-
perts Company, with Offices In the Times
building, she had frequent meetings with
Capt. Gum, for, in addition to being man.
ager Of the aristocratic and exclusive
Schuyler Arms, he was president Of the
Experts Company
For several months Miss Fentham had
Deeh engaged to young lawyer on Park
ROW. He knew nothing of the new at
tachment which his sweetheart had form
eu ioi Hei eHlpioyer untll he got tele-
phone message from her one afternoon
about two weeks ago. She asked him to
call on her that evening, saying she had
something to tell him.
Tilted Suitor Forgives.
He learned the wedding ceremony had
been performed for Miss Fentham and
Capt Gum by the Rev. Henry Marsh
Warren at his home, As West oath street.
The bride was so radiant in her new
found happiness that the young lawyer
found 1t in his heart to forgive her and to
offer his congratulations.
From the owners of the Schuyler Arms
Capt. Gum got a leave of absence The
next day he sailed with his young wife
The Schuyler Arms, at 80 West 9th
street, Is owned by the Robert Hoe Com
pany. Gum had been its manager ever
since he came here from San Francisco,
two years ago. Something about his ac-
counts aroused suspicion early in the
week, and experts went to work on the
books.
The rentals Of the apartment hotel
amounted to $4,000 a year. Just how
great proportion Of this amount has
been taken the accountants have not yet
decided. Gum. who gave no bond, had
entire charge Of the receipts. On the day
before he left town with his bride he is
known to have withdrawn from the Co.
lonial Bank 400 belonging to the hotel
company. He had also borrowed consid-
cradle sums of money from various
wealthy men.
One rich man loaned him $500, taking as
security a lot of paintings which now turn
out to be of little value.
Was a Good Liver.
Gum had good salary, but It is thought
he had been living beyond his means for
some time before he married Miss Fem
ba ha Srb
had his rooms, he posed as a bachelor.
He was about forty years old, handsome
and refined. With the guests of the house
he was a great faVorite. There is some
doubt as to how he got his title Of cap
tain. According to one story he had been
a navigator, but some of his friends I'M
derstood he commanded a company of
volunteers in the Spanish-American war.
Before her marriage to Gum Miss Fem
than lived with her widowed mother and
several brothers and sisters. She is de-
scribed as brunette of some beauty.
Although she Is only twenty-three years
old, this is the second time she has fig
ured in a romance that turned out badly.
Just two years ago DR.. William w. Wood,
a dentist, and Lester +. Dwight, a chief
electrician, who were roommates. quar-
relied over the affections of Miss Fentham
Wood, it seemed, had been counting her
and, finding that Dwight was beginning to
pay attentions to the girl. he upbraided
him. Both men are said to have drawn
guns. but Wood was the quicker. Dwight
was shot in four places. For time it
was believed the electrician would die,
but. after spending several weeks at the
j. Hood Wright Hospital. he recovered.
Wood stayed six months in the Tombs
and was then released on bond. He has
never been tried
According to one informant the missing
man is a brother of one of the owners of
the big Union Iron Works In San Fran
cisco, where the battleship Oregon was
built