The New York herald., 1922-05-06
EAST Side boy CAN'T
GET RIVERSIDE BRIDE
Policeman's Son Distracted
After Wedding to Mer-
\, chants Daughter.
ROMANCE OF TENNIS
Bertrand Poss, Columbia
Law Student, Fell in Love
at First Sight.
HONEYMOON CUT SHORT
Couple We're All Ready to Fly
to Chicago Until They
Made Big Mistake.
HONEYMOON CUT SHORT

Any one knowing how to invoke
law that will force the parents OF
bride to deliver the young lady into
the hands OF her lawful husband 80
that the honeymoon can be duly cele-
brated will earn the undying gratitude
Of Bertrand Poss, 21, deeply in love.
and living In a state Of temporary
mental distraction at 112 East Eighty
fourth street.
Bertrand is the son Of Patrolman
Poss-"19 years on TIE force and
never been before the Commissioner"
and lives in a small but tidy apart
ment in Yorkville. His wife Is the
daughter of we'll to do manufacturer
who lives at 336 West Eighty-fourth
street near Riverside Drive-directly
across the city.
Therein lies the setting Of this par
ticular marriage that started out 80
happily last Thursday evening only to
end up few hours later in broken
Dream
Young Poss. who is q student at the
Columbia Law School and writer for
the Columbia Spectator, met Miss
Dorothy Ruth Lincoln through friend
with whom he played tennis on one of
the West Side courts. The young friend
took Bertrand around to tea at the
Lincolns one afternoon about six
months ago. Their friends say it
obviously was case Of love at first
sight.
uu.hana 81 on Wednesday.
During the winter the young man
was a constant visitor. When spring
came along the calls were even more
frequent. On Tuesday Bertrand became
or age and on Wednesday he decided
to get married. He and Dorothy went
to the Eighty-first Street Theater, and
then had supper in the neighbcrhood
and took an automobile over to Edge
water, N. j.. with the intention OF hav-
ing the knot tied.
It was late and clergymen not being
plentiful In Edgewater the search proved
fruitiess, particularly as the couple had
failed to comply with the New Jersey
laws So as Bertrand said. Dorothy
slept with her head on my shoulder"
in a lunch room during the few re-
manning hours until dawn and then the
youthful pair returned to New York.
In the meantime both the Posses and
trolman Poss went so far as to hire an
automobile at o'clock in the morning
and go around to the Lincolns' house
looking for his son. After breakfast and
the purchase of a marriage ring Bertrand
and his fancee went to the Poss fiat,
and after arranging for marriage that
evening mapped out trip that was to
start on the midnight train to Chicago.
After a marriage by Rabbi Schulman
IN the front parlor Of the Poss home Ber-
trand. against his better judgment"
he says, took his wife back to her pa
rents to get some clothes for the honey
moon. That was the last he ever saw
Of her. On.the way there Dorothy said:
IT know my father. He'll be popping
mad IL we tell him we were out all
Wednesday night so you tell him we got
married in New Jersey and came back
and stopped at the Commodore"
Pleaded with Father-fn-Law.
Young Poss said later:
s'Ill admit I lied to them about the
marriage. but did II to protect my wife.
When they asked II We had any wit
nesses we had to admit we didn't, and
then they caught us. I was fighting up
against four Of them--the mother and
the father and Mr.. Lincoln's brother and
his sister-in-law. told the aunt and the
uncle to 60 out OF the room and then I
told the whole story to Mr.. Lincoln.
-'T said. 'Pll give up my career as o
lawyer and take a Job in your tobacco
business and support your daughter. A
man can't do any more than that
asked him to give me a chance and I'd
prove that was a man. He said, Young
fellow, I think Dorothy will stay here
tonight and you will go home and we
will talk this over In the morning."
When the bridegroom called yesterday
morning he was informed that Dorothy
was still sleeping" When he called on
the telephone O few hours later Mrs.
Lincoln answered and said: Dorothy Is
feeling very nervous and the doctor has
sent her away to Atlantic City,
Young Poss went to the West Side
Court and asked Magistrate McAndrews
for summons to get his wife back. but
he was so impatient and distracted that
he could hardly tell q connected story
and the Magistrate told him to return
next Friday" Patrolman Poss says
Bertrand Is q fine boy. adding:
He never smokes or drinks, and he's
never played game OF cards In his life.
He's good student and his only recrea-