The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-10-18
Welded, BUT
BRIDE HAS
FLOWN
ELNORA WALT BECAME BRIDE
OF l.. G.. HURLBURT SATURDAY
OUSLY DISAPPEARED.

L. c. Hurlburt, of Lamoine, Doug
las county, and Elnora Walt, of this
city, were married Saturday night by
Judge Palmer. The wedding was
solemnized about 9 o'clock in the
evening at Judge Palmer's home.
This part of the story sounds regu-
lar enough and is in the usual form
of marriage announcements but the
sequel to this story is somewhat un-
usual. The bride left the Palmer
home following the ceremony for her
own home on Poplar avenue. She
was taken to her home by her new
ly welded husband with the promise
to meet him early in the morning and
they were to take his auto for their
new home at Lamoine. Instead of
meeting her husband she took the
last nights train for Seattle. Her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. James Walt,
had a message from her this morning
at that place.
Judge Palmer was notified early
Saturday evening that Mr.. Hurlburt
and Miss Walt would require his SER
vices during the evening. They had
the license from Auditor Godfrey and
everything seemed regular. Virgil
Winn and wife were witnesses and
the ceremony was similar to hun
dreds of others performed by Judge
Palmer. After the ceremony the
bride requested to go to her home
and promised to meet her husband
early the next morning. Some two
hours after the ceremony the bride
re-appeared at the Palmer home. The
judge had retired but he arose and
met the young lady. She had a
shawl over her head and wore
glasses. She stated that she was a
sister of the young lady married some
two hours before. She asked the
judge if the marriage was regular
and if there was any way in which
the bonds could be annulled at that
time. She expressed great grief over
the marriage of what she termed her
twin sister. Judge Palmer did what
he could to console her and asked her
if the husband was not a worthy
man. She stated that he was but she
did not want her sister to marry
him.
Yesterday morning, M. Basore, a
grandfather of the girl, called on
Judge Palmer and asked practically
the same questions. He stated, how
ever, that the young girl who called
on him was not the twin sister but
was the bride herself. The girl has
no twin sister nor in fact any but a
very young sister.
Later evidence proved that the
young lady went home and seemed
craZed as a result of her marriage.
She was in commissions for several
hours but last evening unbeknown
to her parents or her husband or
other friends she took the night train
for Seattle and notified her parents
this morning as to her whereabouts.
The husband is very much exercised
over the disappearance of his bride
and can give no reasons at all as to
her conduct 1t is said that the
relatives of the girl opposed the mar
riage on religious grounds. She is
a Catholic and Mr.. Hurlburt is a
Protestant and objections were rails
ed to the marriage.
L. c. Hurlburt is prominent
Douglas county wheat grower. He is
well known and respected by his
neighbors in Douglas county. This
year he owned threshing outfit
which did large business. This was
operated by Virgil Winn. The cook
ing for the crew was done by Mrs.
Winn assisted by the young lady who
became the bride of Hurlburt Satur-
day night. 1t. was during the thresh-
ing season that the courtship COM
menced and the determination of the
young people to be married.