Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-10-15
MISS OLGA HERR
IS THE BRIDE Of
DR.. MOHRBACHER
Daughter of Judge Herr Is
Quietly Married After
Brief Courtship.
KEPT WEDDING SECRET
FROM HER RELATIVES
Central High Student Said to
Have Left Home in Ro-
mantle Manner.

Announcement was made today OF
tie marriage of Miss Olga Herr,
daughter of Judge Charles T. Herr, to
DIR John J. Mohrbacher, of 401
Bergen street The marriage took
place q week ago in New York but
none of the relatives of the bride were
present
Miss Herr was a student at tho
Central High school until a week
ago, when she was excused to go TO
her home 1t is said that DIR. Molir-
bacher requested the school authori-
ties to permit Miss Herr TO leave the
classroom for the day.
Instead of going to her home, Miss
Herr, accompanied by DR.. Mohr-
baeher, went TO the residence OF
Bishop O'Connor at South Orange.
There the physician was formally re-
eeiyed into the Catholic church aud
baptized. He had been receiving in
structions In Catholic doctrine for
some time previously The following
day DR.. Mohrbacher and Miss Herr
went to st. Joseph's Church., on East
Eighty street. Manhattan
where they were married.
Kept Their Secret
The young couple did not reveal
their secret After their marriage
they returned to Newark. Miss Herr
went to her home and Or. Mohrbacher
to his, She returned about The same
time she usually did after leaving
school sessions In the afternoon The
bride continued at school as usual un-
til yesterday afternoon.
Unwilling to tell her father of her
matrimonial venture, Mrs Mohr
bacher planned TO leave her parents
home early today without the knowl-
edge Of the other members of her
family Shortly before o'clock, it is
said. the young bride, fully dressed,
was in her room in her fathers house
when DR.. Mohrbacher appeared out
Eside.
At a signal, Mrs. Mohrbaeher raised
a window and lowered to him some
of her personal effects that were tied
| in a sheet. DIR. Mohrbacher put the
articles in an automobile which he
| had hired and which was nearby.
| Mrs Mohrbacher is said to have
| reached the ground by climbing out
on the porch. When she Joined her
| husband the two set off in an auto
mobile for their new home, 315 Chad
wick avenue.
Not Mt Breakfast Table
dDDGAI
for brea kfast at her fathers home,
and it was not until then that she
was missed by the parents. Later
they received word from their
daughter regarding her marriage.
Miss Herr was % student at the
Barringer High School up until
June 81, when she left TO enter Cen
trail High.
Dir. Mohrbacher first became ac-
quainted with the Herr family
through Miss Elsie Herr, an older
daughter. to whom he first paid his
attentions. Although he called on
her several times, it is said he
never once met Miss Olga.
DIR. Mohrbacher is a member or the
staff of medical examiners of the
Board of Education. It was while visr
iting Barringer School that he first
met Miss Herr. She is about nine
teen years of age. She was formerly
student at the Eighteenth Avenue
School.
The parents of the girl were aware
of the attentions which were being
paid to her recently by DIR. Mohr-
bacher, but thought she was too
young to receive them. It is said
that the physician announced to Mr..
Herr his intention to be married to
Miss Herr this month. The parents
thought the marriage should not take
place for several years or at least un-
til Miss Herr was graduated. The
young couple, however, decided 9TH
erwise and went ahead with their
own plans.
Judge Herr said today there was no
elopement and that the family was
aware for some time of the young
couples intentions to marry. His
only regret was that they did not
wait until later.