The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-07-12
GOULD CHILDREN
SEE MOTHER WE'D
Then WhiSked Awayand Kid
mapping RumOr Starts.
LITTLE GIRLS GO TO AUNT
Nine Men Stationed About Apart
ment, Where Mrs. Helen Kelly
ThOmas-COupIe to sail for Honey
moon Trip 20 Europe This Morning.

New York. July n.-Mrs. Helen Kelly
Gould and Ralph Hin Thomas were mar
ried to-day at noon in the apartments Of
Mrs Gould. at $40 Park avenue. Only
relatives and intimate friends were pres
ent at the ceremony. which was per-
formed by Rev. DR.. Webster of the
Brick Presbyterian Church.
The bride was given away by her
mother. Mrs. Eugene Kelly, and Joseph
Thomas. brother of the bridegroom, acted
as best lr,.-,- Miss Eugenia Kelly, who
is a pupil at the convent of the Sacred
Heart, decided that her religious scruples
against divorce would not permit her 10
act as maid of honor, but she did not
stay away from the wedding.
The real. excitement OF the occasion
was provided by nine men. who stood
about in the entrance of the apartment
house from the middle of the morning
until after the departure Of the bridal
couple. and who admitted that they We're
there to see that nothing happened to the
Gould children, Helen and Dorothy.
Children Are Present.
The little girls. who have been staying
at the country place of their aunt, Miss
Helen Gould, at Irvington-on-the-Hu Hudson
since the first of May. came down nj
the morning to be present at their
mothers marriage and TO say good-by to
her before she started on her honey.
moon trip.
When the children left the house at
4:S0 in the afternoon, incharge of Albert
Wisner and a governess. several of the
detectives followed in a touring car which
quickly came up with the taxicab the
others had taken. One OF the detectives
displayed a paper to the guardians OF
the little girls, and after a short con-
versation the latter were transferred
to the touring car and taken to the Fifth
avenue residence Of Miss Helen Gould.
There they were met by a cousin of
Miss Gould's, who took them to irving
ton.
Several persons who had witness the
sleuth work of the nine started a report
that the children had been kidnapped
either by Miss Gould or by agents OF
their father. Frank Gould. The rumor
spread rapidly when it was learned that
Mrs Eugene Kelly, grandmother of the
little girls, expected them to pay her a
little visit at the Hotel Gotham. ana
that she had hurried home to welcome
them. only TO be disappointed by their
non-arrival Mrs. Kelly spoke in bitter
terms OF what she characterized as an
outrage. and added that Frank Gould was
undoubtedly responsible for ii.
Detectives OveFzeaIOus.
When Mrs. Thomas received what wa:
probably a garbled account of the affair
over the telephone she attributed tn.
whole matter to overzealousness# on tht
part of the detectives, whom, she said
had been watching her for week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas left the apart
ment shortly before 5 o'clock and drov,
rapidly away in Mr.. Thomas's tourinl
car. They hurried through the corridor
and carefully avoided speaking to an,
of the persons who were waiting to III
terview them. The bride wore a biacl
taffeta tailored suit and black rhush
room hat with a black veil The bride
groom was attired in a blue serge morn
ing suit, and wore q straw hat. Tn,
couple viii sail tomorrow morning OF
the Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse.
1t is supposed that they spent to-nigh
at Mrs Thomas bungalow at Sand,
Point. Long Island.