Evening journal., 1913-09-25
BRIDE, GUESTS,
NO GROOM so
WEDDING OFF
Police Called to Preserve Or
der After Jones Deserts
Miss EOreaCre
PARENTS NOW SAY
THEY WILL PROSECUTE

Wedding bells did not peal forth
their joyous sounds at No. S04 Ben
nett street last night, for Miss Verna
May Foreacre, aged 10 years, who
was to be betrothed to Elwood Jones
aged % years, who recently advertised
lin THE EVENING JOURNAL for a
wife not Weighing less than 13O nor
more than 145 pounds. and giving
other similar preferences.
The bride, attired in a new white
dress, and with rosettes IN her hair,
surrounded by her father and mother.
other relatives and a house full Of
friends waited many hours last night,
even until Dockstader's Theatre let
out, In the hope that the young man
1 had become so absorbed In the show
that he had forgortten all about his
wedding, but the waiting was In vain.
Finally the bride-to-be became
hysterical and had to be carried 20
her room while the crowd enjoyed the
wedding feast at which there was no
bride or bridegroom. As a result,
the young man who had slipped from
the bonds Of matrimony just as the
knot was about to be tied. will prob
ably be served with a warrant and
asked to appear before Judge Church
man in the City Hall in the next two
DAYS
Jones advertised in THE EVENING
JOURNAL some time ago for a wife and
a story accompanied the advertisement
that attracted much comment about the
city, especially among the gentle SEX
Through the young woman's father, with
whom he works as a shipbuilder at the
American Car and Foundry Company
Jones met Miss Foreacre A romance
z sprang up Immediately and Saturday
night a week ago Jones took Miss Fore
acre TO the movies He did not come
back until last Saturday night, whel
he proposed, obtained the young
womans consent, and then asked father
The parents of the girl finally decided
in Jones favor, and the wedding day
was fixed as Thursday On Tuesday, iI
company with the girls parents, Jone,
went to the office of Magistrate Gluck
man and obtained marriage license
That night the plans for the wedding
were worked out. According TO the girls
mother, Jones showed the license to hi.
bride TO be, sayings Amt that a littl'
thing to pay 80 fer? But never mind
in a year we will have the best hom'
in Wilmington.
The wedding day was announces
and the news spread rapidly, every
body in the neighborhood deciding Z
come And last night they did come
ten. fifteen and twenty at a time L
! an hour the house was so full that
was almost impossible TO move insid
Il of it. Still the crowd came and An
e, ally the girls mother had to lock th
l, front door to keep them out. Th
3, crowd stood outside. expecting th
:. couple to come out and go to tn
j. home of the Rev. w. A. Wise, wher
they were to be married. There wa
rice and old shoes and plenty {
noises, but no bridegroom. Final
the crowd learned the truth and the
the noise started II took the CON
bined efforts of officers Burns an
Shea to keep order in the crowd.
It is said that Jones went to Phila
delphia and returned last night on tn
G boat and that coming down the rive
/ he tore up his license and declare
! that he did not care to get married.
: He boards at No. 312 East FoIrt
d Istreet and goes by the name of Sea
= ford It is said that he draws his pa
d lat the Jackson and Sharp plant G
= the American Car and Foundry Com
{ pany under the name Of George dasl
r inss. Just why he did not appsa
/ last night is not known When n rel
: ative OF Miss Foreacre called at hi
e home this morning he was told tha
the young man was at work Mr.
r Foreacre said the young man Dor
e good reputation and was a fin
e worker for which reason she cor
seuted TO the marriage. She sal
sne intended to have him ARRESTED
The girls father also said that
S would be rnlucky for Jones # h
e met him and that he was going I
L have him arrested in a day or tw,
l. Mr. and Mrs. Foreacre declare thi
l. tho man will not be admitted to tie
k Rouse again.
= The young woman has recovers
l. from the shock of last night, an
when seen by a reporter of the Ev
Is ming Journal. this morning. declar,
e that she would prosecute Jones {
II advice of her mother.