The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-12-12
BRIDE SAYS LOVE
FLED AS HUSBAND
DEMANDED KISS
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Frank was closer to her than 10 any
or the others, and that she attended to
his correspondence ana his banking
While he was away.
He kissed mo when I got back" sho
haid. though wo are not very af-
icctionnte family" She admitted hav-
Ing asked her brother to send her to
a .anatorium, or anywhere that she
might get away from Richmond. and
told Of her life In Pittsburgh. where
she WAS guest of tho Wadsworths un-
iii August. when She obtained employ
1nent as IL stcnographer Sometimes
she spoke directly to the jury: oc-
ca3ionaily she turned her face TO MIR.
Wendenou.g and replied to him With
soft emphasis
Franc KatcETo testified before his
eister took tho STAND. narrating, in
suhutnncc. the same story that John
RatciiTc had told OF the meeting of tho
brothers and sister after she had
turned ana OF her plnintive appeal for
he'll. John Katcline wus cross
nrnined. and did not vary from the
ptory ne had told on "Wednesday.
though there wore come things he
could not remember.
Composed on Witness Stand.
Mrs. Walker went on the stand at
i2:i5 o'clock. She was rather pale. but
appeared otherwise TO be composed.
She said shat she first met walker
:our or fve years ago. and had known
him intimately during the last fifteen
or sixteen months. lilo became {, fire.
ouent visitor, She said. in January.
1872 Replying TO Sir. Meredith. sho
I'D that she had worked for herself
Cor apJut five years She was aekcd
who of tho family was the closest TO
her.
'F".nnk." riie replied. we have been
cloee to each other since childhood. i
ntiAnGed TO HE correspondence and to
hiJ banking when he was away. lie
was as kline and anect.onate as our
family is. We aren't an afectionato
family. He often gave me presents
end was nice TO me In other ways"
when did Mr.. Walker ask you to
marry HIM"
In September. 1912. After that he
ca:no quite often, and often had sup
PEI with US"
How was no trcated?"
Just ~ any other guest waa No
distinction was made"
what wap said about the marriagcT'
Told linn to Make Good.
lie asked me to marry him and
said / would II ne made good" cx-
planning 10 the jury that nc had no
position at the time. She said that
shc told her mother that Walker had
naked her 10 marry him. but that she
didn't expect TO do 20 unicss he went
70 work and was able TO support her.
she mentioned the matter to no one
else.
IN the latter part Of February, she
testified that Walker said TO hcr that
lac couldn't sec why they couldn't get
married and ~ TO the inauguration,
but Hhe replied that she didn't see how
II could be done. - ne then had no
position She told him she would
rather wait until tho fail OF the year
T.
augur.i;Ion, he told ,nc nc had had an
othcr falling out with his father" Mrs
Walker testified. He asked me IL
would marry hun after the settlement
ana no with him 10 California, and
eaid would. He told me nc would
sue his father. told him his father
was an OLD inn1 ana asked him II he
would pat his mother into court, ana
he said he would Ana told hin he
pad nothing 10 prove that lie had any
money IN the business
Wanted Her in Town.
Once She said. INC sug,eated our
fcttinE marriage license while we
were going through the Capitol Square.
and | told him | wasn't game" She
related telephone conversation with
him. in which he told her he wanted
her TO live in town. so that he could
seo her every night She replied that
~ Tong as shc was single sha was
going to live al home, After further
conversation. II Was decided that they
be married on Friday, April -.
Did YOU say anything to Mr..
walker about your parents having
,naoc an unfortunate marriage" Mr..
Meredith asked her.
No, ] said nothing Of the kind
III tell YOU what / did say 10 him AT
DOS" ell told him that the reason my
'arnil! objected 10 him was that they
were afraid he couldn't support me.
Shc said that she had not informed
any OF her family OF her approaclinr
marriage
She told OF her acquaintance with
Mrs Bauer, Walkers sister. of how
they iunchcd together once and OF how.
Mrs. Bauer invited her TO go 10 card
P"rhes ana took her out automoblling.
Said Grant WAS "WcIl OHv
She told me-" said the witness. "tha.
Grant was well off and that any girl
would be lucky TO marry him" She
told OF her first intention to 20 to
Washington 10 be married. and OF her
changing her mind ana Being married
IN Richmond. On the morning of Inc
wedding day she got off the car M
Seventh and Broad Streets where sho
was met by Reginald Walker, brother
~ me groom lie escorted her To Sixth
ana Broad, where Grant was awaiting
hcr She asked Mrs. Bauer to go to
Washington with her bur after tho
party, including both the Bauers
I'tSihdiu anu Lewis Walker and her
husband reached Elba Station, she
changed her mind, and decided to be
married In Richmond. The others got
IN the machine to so and get tho H.
cense, and she and Mrs. Bauer did soma
thopping. They talked about what min
ister they should get and Mrs Bauer
suggested Dir Stewart. and Mrs Bauer
telenhoned 70 him about the arrange
'ncnts. She didn't remember saving
,hat she wanted to get n nice hat so
that she could look like II bride.
Mrs. Bnuer suggested that get some
OF my family to COME TO the marriage
but L said that none OF them would
want to see IL. She suggested that /
tell mamma, but said mamma was tuo
nervous, and then she told me TO tell
John OF Alice; but told her that John
Wouldn't care 10 see me married, and
Alice was at school / asked Ida Rat
cliffo tJchn Ratcliffo's wife) to come
but she said she couldn't. From there
VIC went 10 the minister's"
Brnkc News to Mother.
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