The San Francisco call., 1909-02-18
Carlton Wall Marries Mrs. YiO-
let Kesner at Prince George
Hotel, New York
Wealth and Prominence of
Bridegroom and Beauty of
Bride Cause of Interest
Report of Union Is Not Received
JOyfuIIy by Family of
Husband

Because Carlton Wall ran French
automobile disastrously was no reason
in the mind Of the beautiful Mrs. Violet
Kesner that he could not successfully
control q hymenea1 car. and last Mon
day in New York city she embarked
with the young capitalist on q matri-
-monial tour of life. The marriage,
which was celebrated at the Prince
i. George hotel. New York, is Of unusual
; interest, both on account of the wealth
and social prominence Of the bride
groom and his family and owing to the
fact that the couple, now married, were
seriously hurt August Z, 1906, in an
automobile accident on the San Leandro
road in Alameda county. The beauty
of the bride also commends her to at
.<tention.
<'-.Yau is president OF the Techau Tav-
ern company and is largely interested
in Oakland and Berkeley property. His
wealth is estimated at s25O,o0O. He is
a. son Of the late General Joseph G.
wall OF Alameda. who was a prominent
democratic politician at the time SEN
.ator Hearst was a figure in politics.
:HRIDE,s sTEPFATHER A CLERK
walls mother is Mrs. Margaret Wall,
who resides at Lafayette street and
santa Clara avenue. Alameda. Mrs.
: :gTall. the bride. is daughter of Mrs.
William Patterson of 2OS2 Clinton ave-
:: nue. Alameda. Patterson. her step
: father. is a clerk employed with the
= Alaska packers association.
= a short time ago Mrs Kesner went
east and soon she was followed by
:" Wall. That the couple intended to
marry was not publicly announced, but
: it was known to intimate friends.
George d Lunt, a New York friend Of
: Wall. acted as best man at the we'd
=, ding, according TO advices received
.:from New York and the bride was at
tended by her sister in law. Mrs. \. F..
: Beckwith. A sister Of the bride, Mrs.
: Carlin Armstrong Of New York, was
~ present at the wedding. The ceremony
: was performed by the Rev. r. d. War
. ren. a Presbyterian minister of New
York a friend OF wall
COUPLE IN AUTO CRASH
,: The automobile accident in which
Wall and his wife Of today figured, oc-
Cured at ] o'clock in the morning of
August Z. 1906. u all and party of
friends We're returning in an automo-
.cfine with Wall were Mrs. Kesner, Mrs.
c. A Becker, Mrs. Kesner's sister:
!: George Habenicht, the San Francisco
photographer. Edward Dennigan and
: W. Z. Goodrum. Wallis chauffeur.
:. The men in the party were returning
: from a trip TO san Jose. On the road
.rkey overlook a disabled automobile
in which Mrs. Kesner and her sisters
were passengers. Wall offered to bring
: .the' women to Alameda.
- When near Seminary avenue in the
=. San. Leandro and Hayward road, about
i O'Clock in the morning. the car, driv-
= ing at a speed of 40 miles an hour.
::collided with a milk wagon. Wall,
who was at the wheel, was pierced by
-: a shaft Of the wagon and three ribs
: were broken. Mrs Kesner was thrown
=. into the road and seriously hurt. Al
though suffering intensely from pain
as he lay in the road Immediately after
the accident Wall said; Look out for
.. vi. I'm all right"
JUDGE MELVIN IN WRECK
That was but one Of many automo-
bile accidents in which Wall figured.
After that disaster he was driving his
car through the streets of Oakland
carrying as passengers State Senator
-Lukens. Supreme Justice Melvin and
Mrs Melvin. when the machine over
turned and Lukens and Mrs Melvin
were seriously injured. Neither have
yet fully recovered from the effects
.'of the accident. Later Wallis cal
was in other accidents, and then he
disposed Of it as a 'hoodoo," and since
then has satisfied his speed mania with
e.. $4,000 motor boat
The Wall family were reticent in
:. discussing the marriage of the young
man yesterday. They dismissed the
bride by saying they knew very lit
tie about her. The wedding was not
5oyfully received in the family. They
believe that Wall married out of his
Station, It is understood.
Wall is a brother in law of Captain
Richard Bradley Of the Southern pa
cifc ferry service and R B. Mott, presi-
cent Of the Alameda land company
His brothers are Edward and Richard
Wall Of Alameda