Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-20
SISTERS Of
Ne: VIVIAN
PURSUE
PAIR
Search for NewIyweds Futile
Husband" Admits He Gave
Police Wrong Name.

4 new and sensational turn in the
,angle following the marriage in At
lanta of Charles D. Newman, wealthy
Tennessee business man, and a
woman who posed as Miss Marjorie
Lea, sister of United States Senator
Luke Lea" came Thursday morning
in the announcement that. sisters of
Newman are pursuing the couple
west, convinced of a startling plot.
According to the dispatches from
Memphis, Newman's bride convinced
him that the police were attempting
to separate them and induced him to
fee with her to the West. Newman's
sisters. as soon as they got on the
trail started IN pursuit from Chat
tauooga.
The whereabouts of the couple still
remains unknown. Relatives of New
man have told Memphis police that he
sent her into Texas after being adj
yised that he was duped. A search
penetrating practically every city of
the South has been instituted to find
I the pair. Investigators will pay es-
pecial attention to Atlanta, where
Newman brought the woman for the
marriage ceremony, which was per-
formed by the Rev. II. NJ. DuBose, of
the First Methodist Church.
Meanwhile the confessed husband
OF the woman is under surveillance
by Memphis police. Although he had
given his name as Tarr, ne admitted
on Thursday that he did so to shield
his identity and protect his relatives.
Iarr could not produce documents to
prove his marriage 10 the woman.
Investigation among friends of
Newman in Memphis has brought out
The fact that he was warned OF
plot before the elopement. He was
informed that he was mistaken in the
identity of the woman and th8t 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
Der faith in me-" ne is reported as
having said. she has offered me
money. refused to take it," and with
mat Newman is declared to have
Torn the check into bits and thrown
Them away.
Late Wednesday night Newman is
SAID TO have communicated with a
memphis friend from Edwards, Miss,
mat ne was going to Chattanooga to
stay with his sister, a Mrs. Wheeland.
'R'estigatorR were dispatched there
thursday to find him.
Iarr, it is understood, has enlisted
Inc aid of the Memphis police de-
P8Flment in the search for his wife,
'hu agents of Tarr are expected in
"llanta Thursday or Friday to take
Up the search at this end. Atlanta
''"s however, are very meager, and
".LIe Is expected to result from an
""'estigation Of the couple while here.
Newman and the woman, when they
we're married, were attended by Lind
ssy Hopkins, a prominent Albanian
'Aa college friend of Newman, and
Aere was nothing to indicate that
rne wedding was not regular. DR..
Iu6ose knew nothing of the wOman's
Ia!ins to relationship with Senator
ca and married the couple as he
YOU'D marry any one who applied
WIN the proper legal papers.
newman and his wife came to At
.aula the Tuesday before the wedding
auu registered at the Piedmont Hotel
Nuere they were seen the next day by
NeNspaper men. Both were very reti-
Zen, concerning the facts OF their
1endlng. but at length consented TO
ave 1t made public. Neither denied
mat time the reports that the
man claimed relationship to SEN
E Lea. and this detail was also
''7 Atlantsns by friends of Newman