The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-11-03
POLICE UPSET BRIDAL TOURS
rWO BRIDEG ROOMS ARRESTED
on rHE LANE SHORE LIWITED.
Despatch From u~s Msinr< Alleges Lar.
cen, Of -. 400 Due or the Prisoners
says re 4 wer'h ss0O. 00o Brides
60 to a Hetcl and the MEN To CrIis.


Peter e. McMartin. a young farmer
I from Beaman. la, and William Adolph,
a friend from D-s AIoines. were having
their coats and hats brushed on ia. Lake
Shore limited as the train neared th-
Grand central yesterday afternoon - hen
three detectives from the Central Office.
who had boarded the train at i?sth street
Informed them that they were under
arrest The men were both on a weddin z
trip and their brides were dumfounded
McAiartin is n handsome six-footer
The men were arrested upon the follow =
ing telegram received here yesterday from
Z r johnson. chief of detectives at
Des Moines:
Please arrest Peter Martin and William
X. Adolph. Who left chicago Yesterday on
IN. Lake shore NJ 80. due IN New York ~.
Wanted grand larreny 81 tOO Take pos
session of all money found on them The"
are accompane ed by tive small sized ladies'
Then follows IA desrript' on OF III. two
suffirien accurate for the three drteC-
tivs> to have no trouble in pr King them ont !
The entire party took n trolley TO Police
Headquarters Adoiph had M cents and
MCNiaftin had ss3T IN cash and draft
for 81 so on the Farmers Savings Bank
II Beaman. la He saws he IL unable 10
throw any light whatsoever on the charge
Their story IL ~ follows: Adolph 40
employed "a a machinist bv the Stron:
Motor Company az D.- Moin"s. ~ here h.
saws that az present McMartin has four
autos IN storage and from which McNiartin
has purchased eleven cars IN the last
three wears They became ACQUAINTED
Three months ago Adoiph vas married
Last week McMa-tiu announced that he
was ahou- To marry and subsequently
take a trip To- New York anu then through
the country He invited Adolph 10 com.
To Chicago and see the ceremony and then
JOIN hun on tho trip With his bride Adolph
accepted
McNartrn's hrid. was Miss Pearl Wash
burn 81 III" vaudeville. team called III"
v ashburn Sisters. Pearl and Dot They
have played on the sullivan 4 Considine
circui, and also IN Terry Mct'"vern
show Tn. marriage ceremony took
place AZ the Residence" ~ tn" Rev Andrew
e Lewis on Chalmers street. Chicago.
and was witnessed by Adolph and W {.
Washburn. the girls father. who is said
to I've an artist And II YOU don't he
lieve il here's the certificate for you.
said Mrs McNiar'in az Headquarters ye~-
terdav. producing a document which the
police were forced to admit looked real
The party TOOK the train out for New
York that night McMartin says he Is
worth about t50O.Ooo in farm properties
at Beamsn. la. a nd had inherited the
estate from his grandfather. Col. Duncan
McNiartin. who had been connected with
the New York militia in the civil war
a nd had received a grant 81 land from the
Government which he had developed
into a large fortune When the grand
father died about four years ago the .s-
tate was divided into three equal parcels
according To young McMarsin. one Of
which went TO his mother. one To himself
and the third ca DIR {. n Baldwin 81 Utica
y. Y. cousin.
McMartin sand he knew Of no outstan dIng
obligations which he had contracted in
Iowa. He said he paid bill Of s3On To
the Strong Motor Company short time
before he left and he had understood
that had squared their account. He had
never had any trouble with them.
The two men were locked up at Head
quarters last night after they had been
allowed TO take an afectionate farewell
from their respective brides. The brides
went to the knickerbock-r 10 spend the
night.
DIS MINIS Ia, Nov. > A sensation
was created here 10y the news Of the
arrest u McAIartin and AdoIph Tn.
Strong Motor Company charges thar
they secured cash on worthless checks
amounting 20 81. -oo and skipped. They
were seen taking the Lake Shore Limited
out OF Chicago Yesterday and New FORK |
detectives were notified. Dies MoInes de- /,
tectives will secure repiIisition papers a.
soon a. Gov. Carroll can he reached I
wife died here a short time |
ago. He is a son Of a prominent family /
and grandson Of a former Chief Justice .
u Iowa. e. {. Cole. !