Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-21
SISTERS PURSUE
COUPLE IN
MYSTERY
Bride Of Newman Kept Name
Secret by Clever Ruse, Sis
ter Says.
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myngs home near Wauhatchie for
Tuesday. Then, over long distance
rslephone, Mrs. Cummings informed
70 Bride to-be that she would invite
Mrs. w. c. Robertson, wife of the
Episcopal minister there, and a sister
Of Senator Lea, to the wedding. The
cornan demurred and said that Mrs.
Robertson and she were estranged.
Next Came the Wedding.
The next heard of the couple was
that they had been married in At
Ianta.
According to the dispatches from
Memphis, Newman's bride convinced
him that the police were attempting
IN .eparate them and induced him TO
Ace with her to the West Newman s
sisters, as soon as they got on the
frau started in pursuit from Chat
rsnooga.
The whereabouts of the couple still
remains unknown. Relatives Of New
man have told Memphis police that he
sent her into Texas after being ad-
visad that he was duped. A search
penetrating practically every city OF
The south has been instituted to ilnd
the pair. Investigators will pay es-
pe,fal attention to Atlanta, where
Newman brought the woman for the
marriage ceremony, which was per
formed by the Rev Ii. NJ. DuBose, OF
III, First Methodist Church
Meanwhile the confessed husband
Of the woman is under surveillance
Inv Memphis police. Although he had
given his name as Tarr he admitted
on Thursday that he did so to shield
1'. Identity and protect his relatives.
Talf could not produce documents 10
prove his marriage 10 the woman.
Investigation among friends OF
Newman In Memphis has brought out
The fact that ne was warned of q
plot before the elopement. He was
informed that he was mistaken in the
IDENTITY Of the woman and that she
was not Miss Marjorie Lea.
Torn Check Produced.
Newman is SAID to have produced
torn check for $4,000, which he
claimed had been given him by the
woman.
This is my confidence in her, and
ner faith in me-" he IS reported as
having said "She has offered me
money. ! refused to take it,, and with
that Newman is declared to have
torn The check into bits and thrown
them away.
Late Wednesday night Newman is
said 10 have communicated with a
Memphis friend from Edwards, Miss,
that ne was going to Chattanooga TO
stay with his sister, a Mrs. Wheeland,
Investigator. were dispatched there
Thursday to find him.
Tarr Il is understood, has enlisted
the aid Of the Memphis police de-
partmant in the search for his wife,
and agents of Tarr are expected in
Atlanta Thursday or Friday to take
up the search at this end. Atlanta
cleWs. however, are very meager, and
little is expected to result from an
Investigation of the couple while here,
Newman and the woman, when they
were married, were attended by Lind
sey Hopkins, a prominent Albanian
ami a college friend of Newman, and
there was nothing to indicate that
the wedding was not regular. DIR.
DuBoSe knew nothing Of the woman s
claims to relationship with Senator
Lea, and married the couple as he
would marry any one who applied
with the proper legal papers.
Hopkins Defends Newman.
Mr.. Hopkins Thursday morning
came vigorously to the defense of Mr..
Newman, and expressed the opinion
that the Memphis man is innocent of
any willful wrongdoing in marrying
The woman.
Il nave known Mr.. Newman for
fifteen years said Mr.. Hopkins. and
he has always Deen one of my best
friends and man I would trust un-
der any circumstances. He Is well
known in Southern business circles
and especially in the Carolnas where
he has had extensive business inter
ests attended his wedding because
Of my friendship for him. and neither
" as at the time knew that the wom-
an was an impostor, as later devel-
ppments seem to indicate she is.
She told me she was sister OF
In'tet States Senator Luke Lea and
had no way of knowing she was not
telling the truth They intrusted me
with the task of making the wedding
public, but later the woman asked
that nothing be said about it, refus-
ng 10 give any reason. | have not
heard from Mr.. Newman since the
marriage though at that time they
told me they were going to Jackson
vile
Newman and his wife came to At
lanta the Tuesday before the wedding
and registered at the Piedmont Hotel,
where they were seen the next day by
newspaper men. Both were very ret-
cent concerning the facts of their
Wedding, but at length consented to
aayc it made public. Neither denied
at that time the reports that the
woman claimed relationship to Sen
aior Lea, and this detail was also
old Atantans by friends of Newman
According to dispatches from Mem
pn,s, the woman met Newman While