The Washington herald., 1907-02-01
BRIDE CALLED DEAD
Parents Publish Obituary
Card of ElOping Girl.
GRIM NOTICE SENT TO PAIR
Hugh McCOnviIIe DefIes PaterBaI
Objections and Carries on BaIti-
more Girl as Wife-MOther Follows
Them 30 ship side, Raining Blows
Upon the Two Fugftives.
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Special 70 The Washington Herald
Baltimore, Jan. 3l.-Mrs. Hugh McCon-
Vile will receive the following wedding
present from her parents in the mails at
Portsmouth. Va. tO-morrow.
BURGER Suddenly Oh TUESDAY January g. lsJ7
LOUISA. aged eighteen years.
Funeral at Portsmouth. Va. Chicago. III York
Pa, and Norfolk, Va, papers please c0py.l
The father Of the bride. John D. Burger,
says his pretty little daughter is dead 10
him. and he wants his friends 10 know it,
That Is why the neighborhood where the
girl-bride grew 20 womanhOod was thrown
into d state of Mortified excitement last
night when the death notice Of the elop-
ing daughter was inserted IN the local
papers.
Louise Burger had been a dutiful daugh-
ter from the time OF her infancy. but
when her parents took exception TO her
receiving attentions from Hugh Neon
vile she protested, bdt to no purpose. So
il was necessary Cor the sweethearts TO
meet secretly. MeConville was denied ad-
mission 10 the home at 1853 Milton ave-
nue., but the parents OF the girl learned
that she was making appointments with
the man she loved. Their protests did
not avail. and Tuesday the young couple
were married by a Catholic priest. al
though the girl was not 2 member OF that
faith.
Groom n Good Sprinter.
After the ceremony. the young couple
went aboard a Norfolk boat and set out
for Portsmouth. Va 10 spend the honey
moon. but not without an exciting chase.
for the mother had learned OF it and was
at the dock. where she attacked both her
daughter and her son-in-law But they
escaped without any great damage
Hugh was at the house Sunday night -
said Mr. Burger, in telling OF the elope-
ment to-day. He heard ! was coming
and got out Of the front door Just before
I arrived. lie is a good runner, and went
up the street for two blocks so fast that
I couldn't catch him. He is a tall young
man. only twenty-five years old. but he
ran He wouldn't face me. He knew
what I would do 20 him. There wouldn't {
have been any running away with my
daughter then. I would have fixed him,
and he knew it. But he rIn too fast;
couldn't catch him.
Mother Reads of Marriage License.
Imagine the feelings OF he girl while
her father was chasing her lover out Nil
ton avenue. bent on doing all sorts Of
things 10 him. Perhaps then and there
she decided that the only thing to do was
to marry McConville in spite OF her
famiIy's opposition. At any rate. on Tues
day McConville appeared at the Court Of
Common Pleas and procured a marriage
license. in which his age is given as
twenty-five years. and that Of his bride
Louisa Burger. as nineteen. Then they
wasted no time McCOnville is a Catholic,
and they soon found a priest to make
them man and wife.
Mrs. Burger. the mother Of McConville's
bride. is partially an invalid She suffered
n stroke of paralysis year ago, which
made her hands almost helpless. Much
Of her time she sits at home Perhaps
she wondered what had become of her
daughter Louise on Tuesday and sus-
pected that she was with McCOnville
Finally she went out and bought a copy
of an evening paper. Then she read Of
the issuing of the marriage license and
acted swiftly.
Gets Grim wedding Present
The bridegroom had position in Ports
mouth. Va. and Mrs. Burger guessed
that the young couple would travel by
boat down the Chesapeake. She FASTENED
to the Light street wharf of the steam
boats that leave for Norfolk and Port
mouth at $50 p. m. She was just in time.
Her daughter anu her husband were
about to so on board. The mothers rage
0yercame her and she rushed at them.
beating man and girl with her hands.
withered by paralysis. But she could not
stop them.
Yes. I put in the death notice said
Mr. Burger, Il wanted her and every
body who knows US to understand that
she is dead 10 us TO all intents and pur-
poses. She can never come home l will
never see her again.
a copy of this notice / mailed to her
at Portsmouth. Va. where l know she
had gone, with the information that it
was wedding present from her parents
did not think there was anything wrong
about doing that 1t doesn't make any
difference to those VINO don't know US
and all who do viii understand"
Leslie Carter Resigns Position.