Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-22
STICKS BY HUSBAND
Senator Germans Daughter
Will Follow Magnus' Fate.
NO LENIENCY FOR HIM
Navy Department Will Punish if
Convicted as Deserter.
GOES TO PHILADELPHIA TODAY
GOES TO PHILADELPHIA TODAY
Wife Receivers From Collapse and
Visits Prisoner-Deserted Ship
at Her Besest, He Says.

LOUISVILLE. KY. October 22.-Charles
Joseph Magnus. husband of Miss Ada Cor
man. daughter of the late Senator Arthur
Pue German of Maryland, who was ar
rested yesterday OH the charge of being
deserter from the navy. will probably
be taken to Philadelphia tonight.
Mrs. Magnus visited her husband at the
Jail today. She remained with him about
fifteen minutes. She seemed to have com
pletely recovered from the nervous shock
occa stoned by her husbands arrest.
She said she would accompany her hus-
band to Philadelphia and stick to him
forever She would say but little about
her marriage to Magnus.
How did you meet Mr.. Magnus?" was
asked her
'Oh. we both live in Maryland" was
her reply. That's easy to understand
Magnus seems to take his change
from sumptuous hotel apartments to
the Jail with good grace He regards
his predicament as temporary IN
convenience only. and expresses IA be-
lief that his wife's family will be able
to get him out of It,
Magnus says it was at his wife's In
stance that he secured a furlough and
remained away from his snip after the
furlough had expired.
Last night Chief of Police Haager
permitted Magnus to leave the jail. ac-
cOmpanied by two detectives. The party
went to boarding house on East
Chestnut street, where Mrs. Magnus
was domiciled.
Magnus called an automobile. The
party went to the fiat recently fitted up
by MaGnus on Ormsby street.
After spending an hour there the
No Leniency for Magnus.
The Navy Department has been notified
of the apprehension of Magnus and has
directed that he be sent to the navy
yard at Philadelphia for trial by court
martial in session there.
According to the records. Magnus,
under the name of Charles Joseph Hart
love, enlisted in the navy at Philadei-
phia January 81, 1907. and was ASSIGNED
to duty on the U. S. S. Dolphin. from
which vessel he deserted at Newport
June % last.
He was rated musician and was a
member of the band of the Dolphin. The
name Magnus does not appear in the rec
ords, nor do they contain any reference
to his marriage. The Dolphin is at New
York~At present.
1t is stated at the Navy Department
that Magnus cannot buy his discharge at
the present time, and that If he is con-
victed of the charge of deSertion he will
forfeit all rights of citizenship. which
rights could be restored, however. by pres
idential pardon.
Miss Germans Romance.
Mrs. Charles Joseph Maenus formerly
Ada German. the eldest daughter of
the late United States Senator Arthur
Pue German Of Maryland. reared in
To- NJ Inv fner n
circle Of devoted friends, has cast her
lot with a man many years her Junior
just about half her age-far below her
in the social scale-a bandsman on a
warship, and worse yet, a deserter from
the navy.
when the blow fell caused her friends in
this city to express much sympathy for
her today.
Her husband is locked up in the Jeffer-
son county Jail at Louisville. KY. charged
with being deserter from the navy.
Magnus. who is said to be also known
as Hartlove. was married to Miss Cor
man at Louisville, September 5. 1t is
said he deserted from the navy in order
to wed Miss German.
1t is the belief Of her friends that she
met Magnus in this city when he was a
member of the brass band of the United
States dispatch steamer Dolphin, then
lying at the Washington navy yard.
band were introduced at the Vermont
Avenue Christian Church. They volun-
teered their services In the Sunday school
choir.
Miss German was much interested in
the Sunday school, having built Ii up
and spent considerable money in further
ance of that object She is said to have
vouched for the three bandsmen.
Soon after Magnus had connected him.
self with the church members of the con-
observed az
Miss German to and from her home, then
at 1911 Rhode Island avenue. Magnus
manifested much interest in the Sunday
school work of Miss Goramn.
His services were always at her COM
mand.
He was a well-set-up. vigorous young
man. full of enthusiasm In Sunday school
work. They soon became warm friends.
He took frequent occasions to complain
of his uncongenial association in the navy,
and expressed constant regret that in a
rash moment, he had enlisted.
Elopement to Louisville.
About September 1 Miss German told
her friends that she was about to marry
Magnus Finding all opposition useless.
many sent presents to her residence. 9th
ers went to her home on the evening Of
September 3. the date for the wedding.
When they reached the house they were
told that Miss Gorman and MagnuS had
elOped to LOUISVILLE. A DAY or Two later
they read in Baltimore and Washington
papers Of the marriage of Miss German
and Magnus in Louisville.
Magnus is a native of Baltimore and is
said to be boy Of twenty years. When
the officers of the law placed him in ar
rest at Louisville he had on his person
about $4,000. which he said he obtained
from his wife, and which Is believed to be
a part Of her portion Of her fathers es-
tate paid to her by her brother, State
Senator German.
Magnus explained that his wife was left
100000 in money. in addition to some
property, from her fathers estate. Mag
nus admitted he was a deserter when
taken from his room at the Seelbacb
Hotel.
June 10 OF this year he obtained a leave
from his ship and failed to return. July
8 he was declared deserter.
Lieutenant Commander Thomas Wash
ington Of the Dolphin communicated with
Magnus' next kin and was informed that
a Miss Ada German could tell the depart
ment where Magnus was. Efforts of the
Navy Department to get this information
from Miss German failed. 1t is said.
Since the marriage of Miss German and
Magnus they have been in Louisville but
little. although they rented and furnish