Los Angeles herald., 1910-11-04
ELOPEMENT ENDS
MEXICAN ROMANCE
Girls Parent Claims Young
Woman Ran Away with a
Married Man
WERE SWEETHEARTS a. YEARS
Mother Pleads with Police to Aid
Her in Securing Daugh-
ter'S Return
WERE SWEETHEARTS a YEARS

An elopement after a romance ex-
tending over q period of four years and
involving the daughter Of we'll known
Mexican family, whose admirer is said
to be a married man, was revealed to
the detective department yesterday
morning when the young woman's
mother, Mrs. Leandro Hernandres,
asked the police to assist her in secur-
Ing her daughters return to her home
Mrs. Hernandres was accompanied
by we'll dressed Mexican interpreter,
since she could not speak English her
self, and q woman friend. While she
related her story to the detectives the
mother was overcome with emotion,
and declared that although the girl
was % years old, IL she ever returned
she would hereafter keep her so close
at home that 1t would be impossible
for her to see her sweetheart again.
with the aid Of the interpreter the
woman said she and her husband came
to Los Angeles from Guana1uato, Mex
leo, two years ago. In Mexico she
said her husband was well to do, own
ing much land, which he lost through
no fault of his own. While in Mexico
she declared the family lived we'll and
were leading citizens. When fortune
turned away from them, the members
of the family left the country and
came to California to make a better
living.
For fully two years before leaving
Mexico the mother said her daughter,
Pethra, and r. Telano, youth of good
family but having habits which did
not conform with the ideas OF the
Hernandreses, were sweethearts. De-
spite parental objections, however, the
two managed to see each other fre-
uuently, and 1t was with the greatest
difficulty that an elopement was pre-
vented.
When the Hernandres family mi
grated to Los Angeles there was some
little comfort in the idea that the
daughter would be far removed from
her wooer. 1t was smooth sailing un-
til not many weeks ago, when Telano
appeared on the scene in Los Angeles
and again renewed his attentions.
In order to keep himself in clothes
food and ready money, Telano found
Job with the Los Angeles-Pacific com
pany, working at Ivy station. Despite
the hard work. to which the Mexican
was none too accustomed. he seemed
entirely satisfied with his lot.
Last Saturday morning, according TO
the mothers tale, the daughter disap-
peared, and Investigations showed she
had gone with Telano. All efforts to
find Telano, the mother said, were fu-
tile. The frantic woman pleaded with
the police to bring back her daughter,
saying she would never return unless
forced to.
The police explained to the mother
that the girl was of age, and that
legally she had a right to live with
the man of her choice-if the marriage
was in accord with the law. Here the
woman frightened as a happy thought
struck her.
'I forgot to tell you. officer" she
said, that we investigated Telano's
case and found that he Is already
married man. Now can you force my
daughter to return?"
The detectives advised the woman to
make a secret search for the girl be-
fore taking other steps to secure her
return. With proper motherly persua-
sion and by impressing the fact that
Telano is q married man on the girls
mind, it was suggested that in all
probability Pethra could be induced to
abandon her old-time sweetheart.