Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-20
SISTERS PURSUE
COUPLE IN
MYSTERY
Bride Of Newman Kept Name
Secret by Clever Ruse, Sis
ter Says.
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, nr,ds-to-be that she would invite
Mrs W. c. Robertson, wife OF the |
.ani.copsl minister there, and sister |
~ senator Lea, 10 the wedding. The
,.oy,sp demurred and said that Mrs. |
poo.rtson and she were estrsnged.
Nsxt Came the Wedding.
,r~. r.xt heard OF the couple was
s,,t they had been married in At
ANITA.
according to the dispatches from
arsmphis, Newman's bride convinced
N,,, that the police we're attempting
IN .sparate them and induced MIN 10
sss with her to tho West, Newman's
s.stsrs as soon as they got on the
wall started in pursuit from Chat
ranoogs-
TIL. wherea bouts OF the couple still
-smsins unknown. Relatives of New
man have told Memphis police that ne
,or+ her into Texas after being ad-
Used that he was duped. A search
GENERATING practically svery city oil
En-, South has been instituted to find
vb. nair, Investigators will pay es-
nA,tsl attention to Atlanta, where
S.vnsn brought the woman for the
marriage ceremony, which was per-
formed by the Rev. H. NJ. DuBose, Of
III. First Methodist Church.
H.,ruhile the confessed husband
o, tn. woman is under surveillance
by Memphis police. Although he had
c5ven his name as Tarr, he admitted
on Thursday that he did so to shield
b. Identity and protect his relatives.
TAR could not produce documents to
prove his marriage 70 the woman.
Investigation among friends Of
Newman in Memphis has brought out
Oh. fact that he was warned OF
plot before the elopement. He was
Informed that he was mistaken in the
IDENTITY Of the woman and that she
vas not Miss Marjorie Lea.
Torn Check Produced.
Newman is said to have produced
toru 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. I refused to take il" and with
that Newman is declared to have
torn the check into bits and thrown
them away,
Late Wednesday night Newman is
said 70 have communicated with a
Memphis friend from Edwards, Miss,
that he vas going to Chattanooga TO
stay with his sister, Mrs. Wheeland.
Investigator. were dispatched there
Thursday to find him.
Tarr it is understood, has enlisted
shs aid Of the Memphis police de-
2artment 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
Clsws, 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
and college friend of Newman, and
there was nothing to indicate that
the Wedding was not regular. Dr
DuBose knew nothing of the woman :
tn role 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 oplnior
that the Memphis man is innocent. Of
any willful wrongdoing in marrying
the woman
~ have known Mr. Newman FOL
fifteen years. said Mr.. Hopkins, 'ano
he has always oeen one Of my bes'
friends and a man 1 would trust un-
Der any circumstances. He Is wei
known in Southern business circles
and especially in the Carolinas where
1e has had extensive business inter
'sls ! attended his wedding oeCauS'
~ my friendship for him, and neithel
Of us at the time knew that the WON
an was an impostor, as later deFel'
OpmentS seem to indicate she IL.
She told me she was sister o.
United States Senator Luke Lea ahc
mad no way of knowing she was no
telling the truth. They iutrusted nl'
with the task of making the Weddlht
public, but later the woman asked
that nothing be said about IT, rerus-
ing to give any reason. nave no
heard from Mr.. Newman since Ih'
marriage, though at that time theS
old me they were going to Jackson
Vile.
Newman and his wife came TO Al,
anta the Tuesday before the "eddul5
and registered at the Piedmont tolel
where they were seen the next DAY ~
newspaper men. Both were very rell'
cent concerning the facts Of tleH
Wedding but at length consented Il
nave it made public. Neither denlet
al that time the reports that th'
woman claimed relationship to sen
'l0r Lea. and this detail was aust
old Atlantans by friends Of Newman
According to dispatches from Mem
pins, the woman met Newman WIN
che was staying at a Memphis hotel
where she was registered as MIS-
Marjorie Lea and posing as sts
Ter OF the United States senator g.
asked Newmans advice ABOUT uls
posing OF some property she salu ~
owned, and their wedding lohV"''
very brief cOuTtship. III
On Tuesday before the marriase %