New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-02-12
HINT AT PERJURY
in CWYNNE WEDDING
Prosecutor in Jersey City
TO Start Legal Inquiry
Tomorrow.

The marriage Of Miss Anna REGINA
Kcnna, an artists model, TO Arthur
Gwynne in jersey city Oh Monday
night, following all clopemcnt after q
fivo days acquaintance, is under in
vestigation by Robert :. Hudspeth, the
prosecutor Of Hudson County. The
bride and the witness. Russell Gair, 1t
is alleged, committed perjury. Mrs.
GWynne in telling her age and Gair in
giving a wrong residence. The ofliciat-
ing clcrgyman-saidt 20 be the Rev. Will
bert Wcscott. of the Trinity Heddins
Methodist Episcopal church of Jersey
City-violatcd the law, it, is said. in
marrying the couple before the legal
lapse f twcnty-four hours after the
license was obtained.
Prosecutor Hudspcth said last night
an investigation Of the New Jersey
marriage would be made the first thing
tomorrow morning. If investigation
shows that the parties interested Vio-
lated tho laws of the state, lie said
legal steps would be taken.
The prosecutor said that perjury was
an extraditabl BILE offence.
The witness TO the jersey wedding
vas Russell Gair, son Of Alexander
Gair. a retired business man owning
considerable real estate and prominent
i'm the Flatbush section Of Brooklyn.
Tho family home is at No. S22 East
11th street, Flatbush.
To satisfy the scrUples OF the brides
parents. the couple were again welded
last evening in st. Teresa's Roman
catholic church. Sterling Place and
Classon avenue. Brooklyn, by Father
NIeehan. when seen at the home of
the bride No. 999 Bergen street, other
than confirming the wedding last night
and the fact that the couple went
through a civil marriage ceremony III
New Jersey Monday night. they refused
10 discuss the affair Mr.. Gwynne, who
Is said 10 he a nephew of Mrs. Cornelius
Vanderbilt. said last night:
We'll We just disregarded the we'd
ding in Jersey and were legally joined
in wedlock tonight at the rectoy or
st. Tcresa's Church by Father Nee
han" Russell Gair also refused TO dis
cuss his part in the affair
The legal side of the marriage which
is being Investigated by the New Jer-
sev Prosecutor. grows out OF the issu-
ance Of the marriage license in Jersey
CITY. The New Jersey marriage law,
Section Q. Paragraph 9, reads: IF any
person applying for license under TINS
act shall knowingly make false answers
n anv of the injuries asked by the
assessor. register or clerk, or their dep
utv. I've or she shall be deemed guilty OF
perjury and shall, upon CONVICTION
thereof. be subject to the penalties i'm
posed therefor by the laws OF this
state"
The penalty FOR perjury in New Jer-
sev is from one and a half years 10
three years.
According TO report, which was yeri-
fed by the bride and bridegroom fol-
lowing their elopement, they went 10
Jersey City last Monday, and after oo-
tanning n license were married there
by a clergyman of the Methodist faith
named WestcOtt. In obtaining the
license 10 marry Gair, who IT is alleged
appeared as a witness, gave his ADDRESS
as No. 157 Bergen avenue. Here Il
was found that he did not live there
nor was he known to the family that
occupies the house.
The bride. il is said, gave her age as
twenty -one. when, as matter OF fact'
she is sixteen. This age was confirmed
TO a reporter who called at the henna
home last night.