The Washington times., 1922-08-01
IS,
SUES HER
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Ran Away to Alexandria and
Married Friend of Her
Fathers.

Charlotte Louise Ryon Jones,
pretty and sixteen, is tired Of
being an "old mans darling"
And her mother, Mrs. Hattie A.
Ryon, employed in a downtown
furniture store, became indignant
a few days ago when, she discoy-
cred that Charlotte had secretly
wed John F. Jones, fifty-five
years old, a neighbor, over a year
ago at Alexandria, Va.
Seeks Annulment.
SO yesterday. through Attorney
Richard l.. Merrick. Mrs. Ryon and
the child wife filed a petition in
the District Supreme Court for the
annulment of the marriage which
was performed on May rs, 1921. at
Alexandria by the Rev. Eugene B.
Jackson.
For more than a year Charlotte
kept hidden from her mother the
secret of her marriage TO Jones.
And. according to the petition. on
July "a last, Charlotte told her
mother Of her marriage TO "humil!-
ate. incense. and exasperate" her
fatherly and aged husband.
The love affair of Jones Is said
to have followed on the heels Of
the confinement. in 1917, in st.
Elizabeth's Hospital for the Insane
of Charlotte's father, Ross w.
Ryon.
Had Her Do HousewOrk.
Your husband and I belong to
the same fraternal order and l am
going to treat Charlotte as my own
daughter" Mr.. Jones is alleged to
have told Mrs. Ryon. From that
time on. Jones, who was a wild
over, had Charlotte come to his
home, wash the dishes. sweep the
floors and to do general house
work. For which he is said to
have paid her various sums Of
money and to have showered her
with clothes and presents.
"I had implicit trust. confidence
and faith in Mr.. Jones, but he i'm
portuned, coaxed and induced my
daughter, who was too immature
to realize what she was doing in
marrying him." says Mr.. Ryon in
the petition.
According to Charlotte, on May
"a, 1921, while she was busying
herself at household duties at the
home Of Mr.. Jones, he came in
and showed her a marriage license
he had obtained in Alexandria. He
asked that she marry him, but the
girl claims she refused.
He then became downhearted,
detected, and seemed unhappy" the
child wife says in her petition, but
still refused him"
Did Not Tell Mother.
The petition further states that
two days later, while Charlotte was
downtown at the office of an occu.
list, Jones met her, and taking ad.
vantage of her immature mind and
unsophistication," induced her to go
to Alexandria. The wedding then took
place.
Upon the return to Washington
after the ceremony, Charlotte. who
was then only fifteen years old, was
warned not to reveal the marriage
to her mother. and fearing his
wrath" the girl claims she did not
do so. In obtaining the marriage
license, Jones is alleged to have swore
the girl was eighteen years old.
Although welded TO Jones, Char
lotte is said to not have lived at his
home, but to have gone there daily
to continue the housework she had
been doing since her father went to
the hospital.
Mrs. Ryon claims that she was un.
alterably opposed to her daughters
marrying Jones. because of the girls
youth. As soon as she learned Of
the marriage, Mrs. Ryon consulted
her lawyer. with the result that the
court was asked to annul II.
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