Charlevoix county herald., 1918-03-22
ARRESTED ON
HIS HONEYMOON
is.YEAT-oLD TEXAS olRL's ARMY
ROMANCE PALEs DURING THE
WEDDING TRIP
CAMP FOLLOWERS CONQUEST
Indiana Man Had Posed In Border
Tow n az an Army Contractor
With Money.

Tow n az an Army Contractor
With Money.
Llano }rande, Tex.-Charles Walker
Of Charlottesville, Ind, who under the
assumed name Of Harry Southern paid
court and was married to pretty Amy
Martin, the 16-year-old daughter of q
well-to-do merchant Of this place. was
arrested at Houston while the couple
were on their honeymoon and he Is in
1ail on tie charge OF having committed
several forgeries.
| He also has confessed that he has a
wife and three children living il Craw-
| louisville. = ~
1t was with fearful eyes tia he de,
luded bride Of Walker return . her
home he.e. She was accom- by
her father, who went to Be-, to
take chalg e of his daughter as
he learned of the mans are
II wisl you had killed l.
stead of arresting him." b -:
lice officers.
The romance with its tragi g.4lus
which hfs come into the life OF amy
Martin was due to the mobilization OF
troops I'll on the lower Rio Grande bor-
der. Before the coming of the soldiers
there q mo more peaceful commun-
ity in tds entire frontier region than
Llano Grande. When the Indiana
National Guard came TO Mercedes, sit.
uated OILY three miles from Llano
Grande, Walker, alias Southern, Soon
became q familiar figure in the camp.
He was not soldier but he came
down on the same y train with > the
Troops. He worked at different jobs at
in Mercedes and put in his idle time
in the camp of the troops. A few
weeks ago he came to Llano Grande
with q party of soldiers and happened
to meet Miss Martin in her fathers
store. He made other visits and the
couple were soon in company with
each other almost every day. Southern
claimed that he was making good
money as a contractor OF supplies for
troops. His only basis for this state
ment was that he had acted as inter-
mediary in placing orders for Ice
cream for the mess Of the Indiana
company with which he spent much
OF his time.
Finally Southern obtained the prom
Use of the girl to be his wife and the
wedding took place q few days ago at
the Martin home. 1t was quite an
event in Elano Grande. and the couple
departed Immediately after the cere-
mony for Kansas to spend their honey
moon with a sister of the bride, amid
the blessings of relatives and soldiers.
=+ Walkers money ran out when they
reached. houston and he left his bride
In the railroad station with the ex-
PLANTATION that he would 60 up town
to an ice cream factory where he had
been buying supplies and get a check
cashed. He placed an order for a small
quantity Of Ice cream to be shipped to
Indiana troops at Mercedes and offered
Ia check for $38 in payment. He re.
ceived the difference in cash and
returned to the depot. :
+ In a short while he visited the Ice
cI cam factory second time and asked
to have another check cashed. In the
meanwhile the ice cream manufacturer
had telegraphed ;Sergt. Bradley, whose
name was on the check, and the. eply.
came back that II was a:forgers Val,
ker was taken into custody and 2laced
In Jail. He loudly protested lis in
Innocence.
you will break the littlc girls
heart" he told the police. -
The bride was heartbro) When
notified that her husband hao ,ar-
rested. She was perimittet " the
Jail and have q talk with ir-'- -
"Will you stand by me- "a.
maybe i WILL" she sal
But til at was before she lie, t
he already had wife and gq, A..
She willingly came back to h. nome
here with her father. -:
1t is stated by the police that Walker
has confessed other misdeeds and that
there are enough charges against him
TO keep him in the penitentiary long
time, even IL the charge Of forgery In
Texas.is not pressed against him.