New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-11-21
EL0PES IN AUTO
WITH YALE MAN
New Haven Girl Bride OF
Freshman-Pursuit by
Father Vain

Walton Hall Smith, whose father is
president of drygoods company IN
Kansas City, was freshman at Yale
on Saturday. On Sunday Miss Caro-
line Hinman Parker, of Hartford, whom
he mad known for two weeks, came
to New Haven. Now she is Mrs. Smith,
and Smith is an ex-freshman.
They we're married on Sunday night
at Port Chester, pursued by police
messages, inspired by Miss Parker's
father, who was provoked that bis
daughter, just through the National
Cathedral School, at Washington, and
preparing for her debut this winter,
should elope in her own car with any
body. Her father is a wealthy insur-
ance man.
Miss Parker had motored to New
Haven. Her Eyes" found Smith Lr-
prepared, but, nothing daunted, he
went through the dormitories hawking
his clothes and books until ne Oh
tanned enough money to suffice a pru-
den. man for brief honeymoon.
Just like him." said Smiths laconic
classmates, /hen they heard the rea-
son for the bargain sale.
Father Phones Warning
They set out in Miss Parker's car
early in the evening in quest OF town
clerk and d justice of the peace or
clergyman. Somebody played the
traitor. however, and almost before
they were outside the city limits the
wires were humming with the vexed
tones of the brides father.
For miles around he warned the po-
lice 20 stop at all costs speedy auto
mobile whose chauffeur was driv.ng
yonug woman in leopard skin coat
and young man whose charaeterlsties'
lineage and probable future Dir. Smith
was able 20 describe much better than
his appearance.
From New Haven the couple raced
70 Bridgeport, then 20 South Norwalk,
Stamford and Greenwich, getting out OF
each place lust about the time tina, Mr.
Parker finished describing the elopers
10 the police. In aore OF the Cor
nectieut cities did they succeed IN hnd-
ing a town clerk 20 obllging that lie
would evade the ive-day Law IN orner
10 give them license.
About $3.50 they arrived ~ Po't Snes-
ter. drawing up at the home OF Cnarles
O. Derby, the town CLERK lhey TOLD
him they were celebrating the Yale.
Princeton game by getting married and
that they were both Of legal age. This
logical sequence OF arguments got them
the license, and they jumped into the
automobile Just as Mr. Derby's tele-
phone rang imperativeiy. =,
IL was the chief o. police VINO had
lust received the warning that ChIef
Brennan. OF Stamford, was reiaying for
~Thev've Iust left here" said NJ.
Derby. "and they didn't say where
they were going-msybe down to Judge
Merritt's."
Peace Merritt hastened all the reserves
o. the Port Chester police force,
EQUIPPED for combat. =,
THEY'VE lust left here" said Mr..
Merritt. "and they didn't say where
they were going but they're on their
honeymoon"
George Harrington. the chauffeur.
was the only witness 20 the ceremony
Miss Parker's father declared tina. she
was not OF legal age.
Miss Parker had been highly sue
cessful in amateur .heatricals and was
Aominert in the summer colony at
Fenwick, Conn, where her parents
have cottage. Her sister is Mrs.
George Welles Cheney.
Her relatives suspected nothing when
she started on the automobile trip 20
New Haven on Sunday. When she
failed TO return after dinner they
started the inquiries which led to the
telephone pursuit OF the couple.
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