The San Francisco call., 1909-04-20
TOOK NOCHANCF
WITH DANNY. F."
TICKLE SWAIN
Miss WEIGH Set About in Sys-
tematiC Manner TO Capture
the Dashing DOugherty
Waited Long for Her Honey Boy
and When She Got Him
Held Him

ln iho person OF Mrs Katherine
Lewis. "A san Francisco widow. there
vas brought forward yesterday still
mother woman with matrimonial
claims against Daniel Dougherty, gay
lothario. travelling salesman and Sacra-
mentos social pet. Also. there devel-
oped the existence Of another mystic
rious woman who. though she retired
from the conflict some months ago,
most decidedly made her presence felt
at Santa Cruz last summer.
AND SOsSHE LANDED HIM
The story OF Doughertys capture is
vivid with stirring events. Women
seemed to pursue him at every turn.
And the only satisfaction in the long
list Of those who lost in the matrimo-
niaI game of grab is that Miss Helen
Welch, according to her own state
ments. set out TO get him systemat-
ically and without mysteries.
Il have waited for him for years. p"
she told the members Of the literary
y
Dougherty visited the Welch cottage at
the seaside resort. There was one
room kept for his particular use. but
from the moment of his arrival he was
held with a tight rein and made 10
walk the paths OF circumspection.
Under the guidance of Miss Welch
he was taken for long strolls Seldom
was he allowed TO wander forth alone.
Why don't you bring Dougherty
ms
asked George Sterling. the poet of
Miss Welch. But she shook her head.
Dashing Danny was not TO be trusted
alone with all that aggregation of
beautiful women writer's poetesses
and keen Drained authoresses, who
possessed the happy faculty Of an
alyzing egos or weighing to the small
est fraction the erosial emotions of a
temperamental travelling salesman out
on holiday. While Dougherty was
At CarmeI-b -by-the-Sea he belonged to
Miss Welch.
But" suggested Alice MCGOWAN.
novelist. don't YOU sometimes get tired
Of "a hours dirtations?"
DANNY NOT so EAGER
Miss Welch signed. I am afraid
Danny is not so eager for them as
am"
Danny was not. Many and oft were
the times when he suggested the idea
Of cutting down the time limit Of those
strolls into paradise and seeking the
acQualnt2 nceship Of the writing and
painting colony But Miss Welch was
adamant She had waited for years
Tor The opportunity and evidently
knew better than 70 give away her
chances. In this she was wiser than
the mysterious woman at Santa Cruz
IRATE WOMAN on TRAIL
Dougherty arrived at the Sea Beach
hotel last July and half an hour later
was followed by woman with many
Jewels and a determined demeanor.
want TO see Miles Darby" said the
bejeweled one.
40 such man" said the clerk.
here"
Thereupon she described him and the
description was that Of Darling Daniel
even unto the dreamy eyes. A call
was sent 10 DOughertys room bur the
breaker OF female hearts was reticent.
he suddenly decided upon a course Of
silent meditation. His door was locked
and he gave hurried instruction to a
bellboy that he was not at home TO
anybody The woman waited and
eventually took a room in the hotel
Then she amused herself by calling up
Dougherty's room by telephone every
FIVE minutes. After four hours of dis
couraging endeavor she desisted and
Dougherty took advantage Of the op-
pOrtunity TO 20 down the hotel stairs
four at jump and 10 disappear He
did not return until late that night and
depa rted again by the first train fhe
next morning. The mysterious woman.
tired with her efforts, was sleeping at
the time. Who the woman was no
one could find out. She registered un-
der one name at the St George hotel
and under another at the Sea Beach.
and, upon questioning. admitted that
both We're fictitious
CALLS HIMSELF MANUFACTURER
Even in his marriage license Dough-
erty developed a new Occupation. that
Of manufacturer. What he manu-
factured no one knows, unless it was
fiction.
With the women at Carmel blythe
Sea, DOugherty was his usual hit. but
the men found him obnoxious
He has shoulders like Jack CTwin)
Sullivan" said Poet Sterling, adding as
an afterthought and the face Of a
prize fighter"
Not at all" said Alice MCGOWAN.
He is man OF exceptional polish.
or course, I'll admit his shoulders are
broad. but he does not look in the least
like a prize fighter. He has fine dark
hair, and he speaks volumes with his
eyes"
TT viii take a woman with an iron
Jaw to hold him" said Mrs Grace
MCGOWAN Cook, another writer and
novelist THAT kind of a man is to be
governed with firm hand"
In the marriage license Dougherty
gave his name as Daniel Lionel Dough-
erty. a native Of Georgia, and his age
as %. His bride gave her age as
30 years.
Advices from Omaha state that R. NJ.
Welch, brother of the bride, and presi-
dent Of the Omaha cooperative COM
panv. declared he knew Dougherty as
an honorable man. He said that fol-
lowing the marriage ceremony at Car
rnel-by-the-S the couple had left for
Los Angeles.
Excursion TO UkIah
The Northwestern Pacific announces