The San Francisco call., 1913-08-09
GOODWIN IS WELL
ENOUGH To RETURN
/ HOME WITH BRIDE
/ Clubrr1an Who Married on
Hospital Bed Convalescing
on Estate Near Red
wood City
MIDNIGHT CEREMONY
TOPIC FOR SOCIETY
Wife's Mother, Mrs. Robin
son, Greatly Mortified by
Unconventional Affair


OF the Orc Electric corporation. and
Miss Elena Robinson. daughter OF Mrs.
Caroline Robinson. which was cele-
brated in impromptu fashion at the st.
Francis hospital in San Francisco at
an early hour. yesterday when every
thing had been prepared for quiet
wedding at the Robinson country home
near Redwood City Thursday night.
Goodwin, who was taken suddenly i'll
Thursday afternoon. recovered suf1-
ciently to go to Redwood City with his
bride, who returned to her mothers
home after the ceremony. The new
Mrs. Goodwin came to San Francisco
and accompanied her husband home.
They are now at his country home near
the Robinson estate in the foothills
west of Redwood City. where they will
remain until Goodwin is able TO start
on the belated honeymoon.
Mrs. Robinson, mother of the bride.
expressed herself as extremely morti-
fed that the marriage had been such
an unconventional affair.
"It was too bad, but really it couldn't
be helped" she said. Mr.. Goodwin's
condition made it impossible for him
TO come down here for the wedding.
and as my daughter was determined to
have it over with, she went to his bed
side in San Francisco. His condition
is neither critical nor serious, but
painful"
Rev David N. Crabtree. who offici-
ated at the ceremony after accompany
ing the bride on the 80 mile motor trip
to San Francisco. is a relative of Mrs
Goodwin, having married her cousin,
Miss Eugenia Hawes. He is rector of
St Peters Episcopal church in Redwood
City.
The wedding was to have been cele-
brated by Rev Father John w. Sulli-
van at the home of the brides mother
at Redwood at 5 o'clock Thursday
night But during the day Mr.. Good
win was taken seriously i'll and was re-
moved to the ST Francis hospital.
The bride and her party. when they
heard of the illness of the bridegroom,
s told exclusively in the city edition OF
The Call yesterday, jumped into a pow
erful touring car and sped 80 miles TO
the hospital, where the ceremony was
performed by Rev. David M. Crabtree,
an Episcopal clergyman. Mr.. Goodwin
was in bed when he married Miss Rob-
inson.
The bridal party arrived at the hos
pita1 at 10 minutes after l o'clock.
Soon they were joined by Norris
Goodwin. son of the bridegroom, and
Carl Stevens, friend
CLAD IN TRAVELLING GOWN
The bride was clad in a travelling
gown. She entered first of the party
and went directly to Mr.. Goodwin s
apartment, room sol. She went alone.
Five minutes later a soft stepping
nurse glided down the stairs and asked
Doctor Crabtree and Porter Robinson.
the brides brother. to join Miss Rob
inson.
At 2 o'clock the clergyman reap
peared and announced the marriage.
The bride returned to her home in
Redwood City early yesterday morning.
The wedding party, minus the bride
groom. had waited patiently; then 1t
waited impatiently.
TAKEN TO HOSPITAL
At s:45 o'clock word came to the
bridal party that the bridegroom to be,
MIR Good win, had been stricken with
2 hemorrhage and had been taken to
the st. Francis hospital, in this city.
There could be no wedding in San
Mateo county Thursday night, though
the marriage license had been taken
out early in the morning by Goodwin.
That document stated that the age OF
the groom was 49 and that of the
bride 81.
There seemed to be a startling post
ponement promised for the wedding
that had kept the peninsula society
folk guessing for weeks. Yet every
thing was prepared for the wedding.
with the priest who was to offciate
there with the bride and her mother
in wedding garments, with few close
L.
tions, with a high power automobile
painting to take the couple on honey
moon.
THIRTY MILES AWAY
Mr.. Goodwin was some 80 miles
away, confined in hospital.
But I'll marry tonight or never
declared Miss Robinson.
Her family tried to show her that 1t
could not be.
I'll go to San Francisco and be mar
ried," said the bride.
Quickly party was formed.
There was a sudden exchange OF
clergymen. Rev. David NJ Crabtree,
rector of the Episcopal church OF Red
wood City, which the brides mother
attends, was chosen as the minister to
accompany the wedding party to San
Francisco.
Porter Robinson, brother of the
bride. and George H. Lent, the real
estate operator, close neighbor of the
Robinsons, accompanied Miss Robinson
and the minister in the automobile,
which left Redwood at 11:15 O'Clock.
MUNsON CALLED BY PHONE
In the meantime, Deputy County
Clerk Munson had been advised by
telephone to meet the party at the st.
Francis hospital with new and SUM-
cient marriage license blank. Munson is
the official commonly known as Cupid. =
because he presides over the marriage
license department of the county clerk s
Office
Through the night the party from
Redwood City rushed toward San
Francisco and the hospital where the
groom lay on a cot, attended by nurses
and physicians.
The bride of this long and swift pre-
nuptiai journey Is the daughter OF Mrs.
Jimmy Robinson, who has a large
estate near Redwood City. The family
is prominent in peninsula society.
Mr. Goodwin is rated a millionaire.
He is the head of the Orc Electric cor
poratioh, with offices in the Sharon
building, this city. He had been mar
ried before and he has son nearly as
old as Miss Robinson. He was taken
i'll at his Office Thursday.
Doctors Ebright and Terry said that
he was suffering from a. nervous break
sdoWn.