The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-03-30
CAN'T FIND FORMER HUSBAND
Husband of Woman Who Disappeared
in Russia Years Ago Can Not Be
Found-Officials Want Evidence of
Death Before Issuing License.

Dumping the bumps with cupid is
getting to be something of habit
with Adolph Klemm, the twenty-one
year old son Of Rudolph Klemm, and
Mrs. Anna Hummer, a comedy young
woman, who gives her occupation as
topper. For the second time in their
romantic story a license for their
marriage was held up by the county
officials on Monday afternoon and it is
supposed to be held up until such a
time as Mrs. Hummer can satisfy the
officials that her husband who she mar
ried in Russia more than eight years
ago, is dead. OF course, an order Of
Russian court declaring him officially
dead or an order of an American court
granting Mrs. Hummer divorce, will
answer all the demands of the officials.
Two years ago young Klemm, then a
minor, sought license to wed Mrs.
Hummer but it was refused for the
double reason that the father of the
young man did not give his consent to
the marriage and that there was no
evidence that Mrs. Hummer was
widow.
The case is one Of the most unusual
ever reported to the local license Of
fcials. Hummer, the husband, has
never been in this country, but his
wife or widow, as the case may be,
has been here for some years and has
been employed in a local factory.
Hummer was at one time soldier in
the Russian army but he dropped off
the earth without any one knowing
what became of him and since his dis
appearance his wife has been seeking
all over Russia to get some evidence of
his death. It was alleged by the Of.
fcials of the Russian army that Kun
mer was deserter, but even the evil
dence Of his desertion from the army
is little hazy. The wife asserts
that he abandoned her when he went
to join the army and that from the
time he left their cottage in Russia to
don the uniform of a soldier she has
heard nothing Of him in any way.
NV 1ICA FiUI0 AlC6uSc' 1OF UuG marriage
of Mrs. Hummer and Klemm was
sought two years ago the woman was
advised that she had a legal remedy
against her long absent husband, but
evidently she declined to take the di-
vorce courts as a means of cutting the
hazy bonds which bound her to Kun
mer. Young Klemm went to the court
house on Monday afternoon and had
secured the license He had made the
usual affidavit that there were no legal
obstacles in the path of the marriage
when a well known minister appeared
and protested against the issuance of
the license on the ground that there
was no evidence that the husband of
the woman is dead. Mrs. Hummer has
submitted letters showing that she had
made search in Russia for the hus-
band but these letters only go to prove
more conclusively that there is no one
who knows anything about the fate
of her husband.
District Attorney A. L. Drury was
appealed to by the local county Of
fcials to give some opinion on the case
and he had the matter under considera-
ton today. Mrs. Hummer has agreed
to do anything possible to seek infor-
nation in regard to her missing hus-
band, but she has not consented to go
into the divorce courts to gain such a
legal freedom as would make it posi-
BILE for her to secure a marriage IL
cense under the Wisconsin law. AT
ter waiting two years Klemm declar-
ed to the county clerk that he was de-
termined to marry Mrs. Hummer and it
is probable, as in lot of other cases,
that love will eventually find the way
out of the difficulty, but it can be said
that at the present time the couple are
humping the bumps with cupid.