The sun., 1910-11-11
'SAWDUST RING ROMANCE
CIRCsS MANS DAUGHrER Runs
OFF WITH CANDY BUTCHER.

Squire serensea's SECOND saand stsry sS
What fsappened when nsSoans Went
20 Ilis Oflee - Ash Why He Married
the xssng Csap,e- t;un Play Aiieged.
winona Robbins. the eighteen year old
daughter OF Frank Robbins. the circus
man. disappeared from her home. o. Con
dict street. Jersey City. on Wednesday
morning without taking her parents into
her confidence and was married several
hours later TO Ray W. Anders. - years
old. n candy butcher boarding at stl
Henderson street. that city. The ceremony
was performed by Justice OF the Peace
Alfred Sorenson nc his Office. rs Mont
gomery street.
Robbins learned that his daughter had
gone away with Anders and asked the
police to send out a general alarm for
them. He offered a reward Of siOO for
information leading 10 the Whereabouts
Of his daughter. On Wednesday evening
he got wind OF the wedding and made
tracks for Soreusons otice. The Judge
was out, bat Sorenson's clerk. Benjamin
Edelson. was in. and the circus man mis-
took him for the judge. This In Soren-
sons version of what happened as related
To the Justice by his young man:
Robbins walked up TO the counter
lSorenson keeps a jewefry store with
marrying pariors in the rsarl and said
How dare you marry nv daughter! She
is only a mere child
II didn't do IT,. Edelson explained.
I'm not the Judge and he isn't here
Then Robbins grabbed clock of the
counter and said. I'm going To kill you!'
hae ha ola 10
mans head and Edelson ducked Just i'm
time. The clock was smashed. The cir-
Gus man then put his hand back to his
pistol pocket and said. Ill shoot youI
We always keep q revolver in a drawer
behind the counter. and my clerk quickly
pointed Il a, Robbins before he could
bulge. My young man threatened the
circus man with arrest IL he didn't make
himself scarce and Robbins quickly GOT
out. He didn't come back. and | haven't
seen him at all"
Il had known Anders for three or four
weeks. explained the judge. and he
seemed to be a nice young fellow. He
dropped into my store frequently and told
me that he expected to bring his girl
He didn't tell me that her parents had any
objections 10 him AZ a son.in-law. and
when Miss Robbins appeared everything
seemed regular and ] married them
Before going to Sorcnson's marrying
pariors the young couple got marriage
license at the ofics Of the jersey City
Board of Health from Joseph Carlin.
the registrar OF vital statistics They
answered all questions satisfactorily and
told nobody that they were going TO
elope. One hour later they were husband
and wife.
The circus proprietor and his wife
left Jersey City yesterday TO look for their
daughter. IL was said that they started
for Altoona. Pa. having received word
that the elopers had gone TO that city on
their honey The Robbins's nsid
said last night that she could not tell
when Mr. and Mrs Robbins would return
home. nor did she know where they were.
Anders. the candy butcher" followed
the Robbins shows and sold candies and
PEANUTS to the big eyed folks in and about
the tents. He represented himself TO his
boarding ho'ls. mistress at 2sl Henderson
~ rect rs n hurlesI,ie actor. Miss Robbins
il recent graduate Of young ladies
seminary. She got acquainted with An
ders while her father show Was OH the
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