The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-03-17
FOR HER IN INsTALLMENTS
Girl Comes From Hungary to Wed Mat
Baltiz but Finds That She Prefers
to Wed George shiroki and Court
Consents.
(From Monday s Daily
Consents.


City, ILL.,, and George Shiroki of Keno
sha this morning and the thing that
was bartered was a bride. She was a
Hungarian girl, eighteen years of age
and she gave her name as Mary Ivan
chev. Pretty and petite with just
the shade of smile on her face she
stood in a corner Of the reception room
at the county Jail while the two men
bartered for her ana evidently approx
ed of the shrewd bargain that the in
tended husband had made. She de-
clared with the closing of the contract
that she would abide by the bargain
and later in the municipal court in
formed Judge Randall that she was
ready and willing to plight her troth
to Shiroki with the understanding that
he should pay for her in full to the
other man.
Baltiz at first demanded $3.50 for his
release of claims to the hand of Mary
but the man who had come between
them was shrewd bargainer and he
declared that the amount demanded
was exorbitant and refused to come to
the front with the money. Later he
agreed to the $85 proposition but de-
manded time. This the other man
was willing to give and the installment
idea was worked out. Then the two
men shook hands and bound the bar
gain and Baltiz went with the couple
to the county clerk and aided them in
securing marriage license. At the
same time he had in his pocket IL
cense to marry the same girl which
had been issued at Granite City more
than a month ago. Mary seemed to
be supremacy happy and her happiness
seemed to be shared with the success
full bridegroom, but Baltiz was discon-
ISOLATE and sullen and he insisted that
the exact terms Of the bargain be met
before he consented to tear up the Ii
cense which he held and permit the
marriage to go on. Evidently the
terms of the bargain were met for the
couple were married by the Rev. j.
Benarz just before noon.
Baltiz had the original hard luck
c4o 70 haI
the father of Mary and some three
months ago the father suggested to
him that he had daughter in Hungary
who would make an excellent wife for
any man. Mat took kindly to the sug-
gestion and at once advanced money
to bring the young woman to this
country. She reached Granite City
five weeks ago and when she met Bal
tiz she rebelled against the choice that
her father had made for her and pro-
ceeded to fall in love with Shiroki
She appealed to Shiroki to take her
away and prevent the marriage to
Baltiz and even thought the men had
been friends for years and Shiroki
knew that the license had been issued
he decided to take the girl away. He
brought her to Kenosha and left her
with one of his relatives and had ar
ranged to marry her just as soon as
he could earn money enough to set up
a home. Both Mary and George de-
clare that the relations between them
had been wholly of lawful nature but
on Saturday afternoon Baltiz struck
Kenosha and caused the arrest of the
couple on statutory charge. There
was little evidence against them but
they remained in Jail on Sunday and
this morning the matter was settled
with the bargain. Mary when called
before the court declared to Judge
Randall that she did not care for Bal
tiz and that for this reason she had
fed with the other man who had Of
fered his protection.
She was a decidedly happy woman
when the cases against her and her
husband were dismissed with the nnd-
erstanding that they were to be mar
ried at once and from that time on
she took a lively interest in the ar
rangements for the wedding. Baltiz
with the first payment for his bride
left Kenosha this afternoon declaring
that he felt certain that the husband
would keep his part of the contract
and meet the regular weekly payments
on the bride. Court officials were
unanimous in their opinion that Shire
XII had made an excellent bargain.
THIS EXPLAINS ITSELF
John McKune, Kenosha, Wis.
Dear Strive are closing up an
agency at Amigo, Wis, and am ship
ping the goods to you. At the prices
we make on these pianos, you should
close them out at once, giving the peo-
pie of your city the lowest prices ever
made on high grade pianos.
Respectfully yours,
W. w. Kimball Co.,
*dwm1s by T. W. Borum.