The sun., 1910-09-04
'HRTRHSS WTDS LIFE SAVER
HISS OHRgFN OF ~. roe ~
EIOPgS ~ SPRING ItkE.


AssrET Ptsx. Y . Sept = u hecam.
known here to-day that Mi-s Helen
O'BTi-n 20 ~ louis. whose father !
sai1 Ia have left o. Ooo ga was married
to John Howlan,l. master lie saver AZ the
/ Spring Lax. bathing ground. on Friday.
August % Mrs Ro-is O'Bri-n. the girl >
mother. and ~ D. Montgomery. ~
Louis lawyer who - Mis- O'Bri"u'- =
guardian. ar. said to hav. taken -'ep-
Co have the marriage annullssI And in the
meantime they arr keeping the girl hidden
from her husband.
Miss O'Brien. or rather Mrs Rowland.
is ~ years old Sha cam. To Spring Lake
a few weeks ago from a Western convent
where she IL being educated. Her father.
under thu terms % whose will Miss Helen
received part of 81 .OOoOo. was "a Lead
ing buainss- man ~ 81 Louis and
heavy -tockholdsr in several railroads
Howland met Miss O'Brien in IN. West
while hs was a travelling salesman for a
Philadelphia house. Their courtship in
| the Western city was marked hy ia
br.vity. but Rowland learned from the
young lady that she would spend her
summer in Spring Lake. and It was agreed
that they should see each other at the
shore resort
How land secured a job a. life guard
AZ the bathing grounds at the opening 81
| the season. A few wss.ks later Miss q Brten
arrived with her mother and guardian,
Lawyer II u Montgomery. Miss O'Brien
took daily plunges in the surf. but the
suspicious - her mother were not aroused
when she lingeresi to talk To the manly
look ing rcd uniformed life guard
On Friday afternoon. August -, the
couple decided To- elop-. Going To the
rectory Of ~ GATHERINGS Catholic Church.
erected by Martin Maloney % Philadel-
phia. they asked Father Lyons To- marry
/ them. but he refused on the ground that
HowlA - a Protestant. nde'erred 10y
this uneNy->Cted interference with their
plans. the young couple went 90 Avon.
where al the parsonage of the Avon
Baptist Church the pastor, the Rev
Thomas II Taylor. made them man and
wife
While the ceremony was heing per.
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tho parsonage recognized her mothers
motor car. containing Mrs. OBrisn and
n ID. Montgomery. her guardian. a
prominent Western lawyer. pass the
parsonage on its way TO Rum-on road. a
trip that had been planned in the morn
ing. but which Miss O'Brien had helped
spoil by her absence The next day the
girl when questioned a. To where she had
| I., laF,r..
fused and finally under a cross fire of
questions from lawyer Montgomery
confessed her secret
| Immediate plans were made for taking
the young lady from Spring Lake. Trunks
wer' hurriedly packed. and the next day
the report spread that Miss O'Brien had
/ returned 10 ~. Louis. Residents IN the
vicinity oi the q Brien summer hOrn- how
ever. declare she il still in Spring Lake
and being kept in hiding from her htis-
! hand Rowland declares he was legally
wed and Indignantly denies reports that
he ha- considered monetary settlement
II he will agree to an annumen'. How
ia Philadelphia
Neither Mr. Montgomery nor Mp.
q Brien will discuss the marriag.
~ isii - sprlN y tAFif'il " bIlt-tl, aktfl
~. IN "A daughter % the late John q Brien
founder Ot the John D Brisn Boiler Works
Her mother. Mr-. Rose OBren. and two
daughtens live at 5Ii7 Maple av-uue.
ST Louis Il was stated az the home
tc,night that the members of the family
wer,. ont 81 the city. Neighbor. how
ever. said only Mr O'Br,en and one
daughter were away from home. Tho-"
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the reported elopement and marriage
of Miss Helen O'Brien.
John - Brien left large fortune
e-t Imat.-d at o. .OBIOD lie died about
five years ago The boiler works are
among tho largest west ~ the Mississippi
River. Most of the Company's stock il
owned by Mrs. Rose O'Brien and her
daughters