The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-24
TRUE LOVES COURSE IS STILL ROCKY Bride And Groom Pass Strenu-
 ous Day RUN AWAY AND MARRY lrate Father Orders Arrest and Com pication Draws Great Crowd at
 Courthouse-Everythine
 Now Lovely.
RUN AWAY AND MARRY

Ernest Hess and his bride of few hours, who was formerly Miss Cecil In gil, have had the time of their lives in get ting married and then remaining wed after the knot was tied.
 Tuesday morning they were united in matrimony and immediately left on a bridal tour The brides father learned of the marriage and things immediately took on lively air The bride, he said, the groom arrested for perjury and the marriage annulled.
 After much work he found the route which the young couple had taken and the authorities at Jackson, Tenn, were tele- graphed to arrest the runaways and bring them to Birmingham. Yesterday after noon Acting Chief of Police Warlick of Jackson arrived in Birmingham with the groom and bride.
 He took them to police headquarters, where the father of the bride had gone. It was then discovered that the city could not handle the case. An effort was made to get the father to forgive but he was obdurate and ordered the groom to be taken to the county jail, having sworn out warrant against him for perjury.
 In the meantime great crowd had gathered at the city hall anxious to get a look at the runaways. The officers started to the sheriff's office with the groom and the crowd followed.
 When the officers started off with the young man, however, his young bride, true to all the ethics of romance, took his arm and declared her intention Of going with him, and go she did, despite the efforts of her father to prevent her.
 The young couple were not given the humiliation of being placed in the coun- ty jail, but were taken to the sheriff 5 office, where scores of the groems friends were waiting to make his bond. The crowd in the meantime had increased to such numbers that the courthouse was packed and the young couple began to display traces of nervousness.
 Deputy Sheriff Sid Cowan, Jr., who but recently took unto himself wife, looked upon the young couple and his heart beat In sympathy. Suppose l had met with all this trouble?" he asked him. self, then began studying over plan by which the couple could dodge the crowd. One was quickly struck upon, and silently ne leu tIcIii out VI siiS A@-- = office into the little alley in the rear of the courthouse and jail and out onto Fourth avenue. Then with fervent "God bless you" he sent them on their way, out of the sight of cruel parent and curious crowd It was quarter of an hour before the crowd realized that the people they were waiting to see had al- ready taken flight and much disappoint- ment was expressed
 Collection to the marriage, it is said grew out of the difference in religion. the bride being. Gentle and the groom a Hebrew. Tt developed later yesterday afternoon that the bride had made a written affidavit to the effect that she was over IS years of age and this brought on a new state of affairs. The father didn't want to swear out warrant for his daughters arrest and this fact brought him around. Friends had been using all of their persuasive powers on the father and he relented and the warrant against the groom was quashed. Then the young couple came out of hiding and all was smiles and sunshi>~