The Washington times., 1910-09-01
Mrs. Virginia Frank Learns
She Is Wife of a
Madman.
FRIENDS ASTOUNDED
BY THE WILD RIDE
Girl, Here on Visit, Elopes With
LunatiC, Who Signs Many
Checks.

Another shattered romance has rem
added 10 the already long list Of Rock
vile matrimonial failures.
Miss Virginia StrOuse. o. rather 1ITs-
Edward Frank. married 10 a Iunatir,
who left a traH Of alleged worthless
uepcr 10 Bay the expenses Of g honey
moon OF . few hours. announced today
that she would BEGIN proceedings short
" for aunuIment OF the ceremony
Miss StrOusa. vno Is an attractive sirl
OF eighteen years Is visiting her brother.
AZ % First street northeast Her home
IS in PhIadslDhia. bist she expects 20
stsy in Washington un1E the courts
have set ASIDE the ceremony which made
her the vvife Of a paroIed patient Of the
Government Hospital for the Insane. at
$50 O'Clock in The morning
Back At Asylum.
Frank Is back Al St EIizabeth-s again
TO-DAY and as a result CT the manner In
which he violated his parole il VIII be
some time before he will again be per
.nittet to leave the zroUQds alone. None
Of the -esponsi5Hities Of q married man
weigh heavily On his shoulders. The
humiliation and vo-r'- which ne ssused
Miss Strouse are 90 be carried by her
alone
Frank was formerly a private In
the army Last November ne showed
signs OF mental trouble, while sta
toned at Fort Mcpherson. Ga. and
I was adjUdged insane and sent 20 the
! Government Hospital
Given permission 10 leave the
grounds Tuesday afternoon, ne went
10 a garage in the southeast section
Of the city announced that he was a
lieutenant in the army. and that he
WaHtel - rent o touring car
Home n Philadelphia.
Miss Stroass' home is / Philadelphia.
where Frank met her about a year
ago. She IS stopping with her brother.
y no lives at Z23 First street north
east Frank called for her with the
machine and took her Tor ri51
crould the city
They hadn't been out ia the auto
very long when Frank suggested they
get married Mis- Strouse didn't take
hi mscriously.s and told him IL was
ridiculous 10 talk that way.
The couple went TO a theater, and
aftervvard TO supper in PennsyI-
! vania avenue hotel. The auto was al
Franks call. and while on their way
home from supper IN the machine ne
aSaln proposed marriage Miss
Gtr2use aEreed 20 accompany him 70
II was $50 a. ~ when they reached
the Maryland town. but Rockville IS
used TO being awakened at al hours
( OF the night and morning to oHiCiate
. At dOubie-quick wedding. Darbey
Z BOWT1an. the clerk Of the court. got
I cut OF BED long enough TO make out
{ the license several Of which he keeps
z handy 10 his bedroom while the Rev
ID ~ White Of the Rockville Baptist
Z Church, performed the ceremony
smr
/ Willard the auto bin mad run up to SS5.
{ But Franks checks had seen him
. through during the night, and there was
no reason why he should be erahar-
auto bill
Tip To Chauffeur.
Not only did he make out a check for
the use Of the machine, but he handed
/ the chaUGeUr a SI5 tip-with a check
. He procured another machine, and
I started out TO finish the honeymoon.
The manager OF the garage had his
. suspi ions aroused, and called up the
bank on which the check was draw.
de was informed Frank had no ac-
{ count Then other complaints began
/ TO reach Police HsadquaIteTs-
Detectives Hewlett and Pratt found
. the couple in a box at the baseball
park. The machine was waiting out
+ siGe. Frank willingly agreed to accom-
pany the detectives to headquarters
. when informed he was under arrest
His wife. however. broke down and
. cried. She had no idea her husband
was patient IN an insane asylum, and
/ declined TO believe at first that the
I checks he had been giving were worth
{ less She went back 10 her brother S
home.
At Police Headquarters Frank viii
Z inEly told the detectives all about his
/ marriage. but emphstically denied that
+ the checks he had given were bad He
asserted he had plenty Of money in the
. bank to meet them
Because CT the fact that he Is legally
insane no criminal action could be taken
against him BY the police or the per
sons on whom he passed the checks.
Altogether the checks amounted 10
nearly S5G0 the police said.