Evening journal., 1912-08-24
SKATERS
LOVES DREAM
Mother Has New Son in Law
ArreStei Whe He Refuses
to RenOunCe Marriage
MUST ANSWER CHAR E
OF PERJURY IN DELAWARE


The course OF true love has run !
anything but smoothly for Harry G.
Dryden. of No. 1902 Jackson street,
Philadelphia. who last month eloped
to Wilmington with the 17-year-old
daughter Of James c. Taylor, a veal
thy real estate operator, Of Melrose
Park. Twice during the past few
weeks Dryden has been arrested
charged with perjury for swearing
I falsely before a clergyman that his
bride was is years old, and once
when he disobeyed the mandate OF
his wife's father and visited the Mel
rose Park home under tn cover OF
darkness to steal few minutes with
Z his bride, was arrested on suspicion OF
being a burglar. Last night Dryden
was held by Magistrate Haines, At the
/ Ogontz police station, on the perlnry
charge, which the Taylors now say
will be pushed TO the limit. The At
4 torney Generals Office here Is prepar
ing papers for the extradition of Dry
den to this city.
Details OF the romance that led up
to Dryden's present predicament are
as follows
About a year ago Dryden became a
salesman In the employ of the real
estate operator. The wealthy employ
err took a fancy to the young man and
he was invited TO the beautiful home
In Melrose Park to dinner on numer-
Gus occasions and practically was
made one of the family.
Romance Begins.
The young man and Taylor's daugh-
ter Eleanor were thrown much to-
gether. Their friendship grew as the
summer passed, and during the latter
part OF June they decided that they
would be married. Mrs Taylor, how
yer. grew suspicious of Dryden's at
tenuons to Eleanor. and after ques-
tioning her daughter she learned
how serious a turn the romance had
taken. She ordered Dryden away.
A correspondence started between
the youthful lovers, however and on
June 80 they met and took train TO
Wilmington, where they we're mar
ried by the Rev. George l.. Wolfe.
For two or three days they kept
b giveness would be given them, con-
fessed. Instead Of forgiving her
y daughter, Mrs. Taylor became ux-
=, tremely wroth and took the first train
, to Wilmington.
There she went before a mgistrat,
. and swore out a warrant for -Dryder
{ charging perjury The warrant wa'
served, but after she had exacted ;
S promise that the young man would
e stay away from his bride for a yea
d she withdrew the charge. After
n year Mrs. Taylor declared If Eleano
Is was of the same mind she would con
\. sent to her living with Dryden. Other
II wise the marriage was to be an
N nulled.
n The newly married pair evidentl
Is tried hard to keep their promise, TO
Il weeks passed and they did not Sc
i each other or exchange letters.
Plots TO See Girl.
Finally the love of the young sales
= man for his bride got the better o
:, his judgment, and he planned to Sc
y her by fair means or foul. He callei
y into consultation his most intimat
friend, John Duffy of Fitzwater street
and they decided to go after her witt
;, an automobile.
y They started on the trip last sat
= urday. Long after dark the machiu
!, drove over Mill road, near Metros
y Park, where they ordered the chaui
n feur to stop and eNtinguish his light:
= Then they started for the Taylo
~ home. That one OF them got insid
~ the building is positive, the Taylor
I said, for a dining room window wa
=, found open the next morning an
=, furniture in the parlor disturbed
~ The chauffeur waiting in the darn
ness became suspicious, and realizin
N he was in the vicinity of the Widene
~ and the Elkins estates feared his pas
I'M sengers were planning a robbery an
IN called up the Cheltenham police ste
Is ton.
When Duffy and Dryden returne
for their car to drive before the doc
of the Taylor home 10 II
ceive Dryden's wife they found
a. gone. They became suspicious, an
To decided to hurry from the neighbol
rr hood on a trolley car Police Z
Branchtown, with whom the Chelter
I'd ham police had communicated, TOO
nd the young men from a Willow Groy
or car as it passed that section, and the
were sent to City Hall as suspecte
burglars.
AT the hearing 1t was decided
"a turn them over 10 Chief Lindsay
M the Cheltenham police. so that the
. records might be investigated The
rs the story leaked out. Dryden told ii
rs, Chief of his love for Miss Taylor an
M of his efforts to see her. and Lindss
communicated with the real estate o.
IN orator
nd When Mrs. Taylor found that DR.,
zee den had broken his word ard had tri'
rs to see the girl again she decided
nd press the perjury charge, and came
il Wilming ton yesterday for a new wa
rant. DRYDEN is being held to ava