The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1913-02-06
Hubby Bought 1t as Her We'd
ding Dinner in Sixth
Avenue Restaurant
HE HID FROM HER DAD.
Concealed Self Behind Curtain
When She Sought to Introduce
Him, Mrs. Cameron Says.

Charging that her husband was In.
toxicatcd on the night Of their church
wedding. Mrs. Caroline Cameron. bride
Of Q day, told her slide u the story
to-day at the trial OF the suit Of Edward
Lamont Cameron for $4,000 damages
from Mr.. and Mrs. Herman Ritschel.
hls parents-in-iaw. for tho alienation
OF her affections.
In his testimony yesterday before
Justice Ncwburgcr and . jury. Cameron
testified TO being married at the city
Hall by an Alderman and then telling
his wifes parents two weeks after
about II and having a church wedding.
lie declared he had, lived with his wife
one day and that his father.in- law
threatened to shoot him and then. after
he had begun suit. told him his wife
would go back to him II he would pay
him $40 and stop legal proceedings.
This Cameron refused to do.
The young wife testified to-day that
the day they were married In the City
Hall her wedding dinner consisted Of .
club sandwich. which her bridegroom
bought her In q Sixth avenue res
taurant.
After that" testified the wife. he
sent me TO my parents home and dated
me up TO meet his parent the following
day"
The next day. the witness said. she
called on her husbands mother and
was introduced rs Cameron's fancee.
The church ceremony did not take place
until two weeks after the civil mar.
riage and, the wife testified. the satur.
day before the church wedding she
called on Mrs. Cameron the elder and
told her she and her son were married.
'she told me-" continued the witness.
10 30 right home and tell my father
ana mother"
The young woman denied hcr hus-
bands testimony that her father threat-
ensd 10 kill her husband. but declared
her father and mother sent flowers "a
the church wedding. She also declared
that before the church wedding. when
the people were In her parcnts's home
awaiting the time to 20 to the church
her husband refused to meet her father
but. instead. when she wanted to intro.
duce them. hid behind u curtain and
only showed his head.
Il brought fa.her over to the curtain
where my husband was hiding. and
father said. so you are the young mar
who 10 going to marry my daughter.
and held out his hand to shake handi
with my husband. My husband refused
to shake his hand"
q The couple went through the churcl
marriage ceremony and then they had I
dinner at the home OF Cameron's moth
er. The witness testified that at the din
ner there were two cases OF bear. tw,
dsmijohns Of port wine, two bottles o
Manhattan cocktails ana one dem joh
Of whiskey. and that by the time tn
wedding dinner guests had departed
her husband was Intoxicated.
u went to his mother and told he
Of his condition. and she said. oh. he
AL right; he'll be all right In the morn
Ing She then said to me. You 70 int
this hall room and lock the door. wen
Into the room, took on my weddin
gowns and sat on the bed and erie
nearly all night A knock came at tn
Noor around II o'clock tho next morn
ing. and any husband and his sister wer
there and they told me to get up an
have breakfast"
The case was not concluded.