Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1923-01-03
| MRS. E. DU ROSS, JR.,
AGAINST ANNUlMENT
OF HER MARRIAGE
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intention of getting married when the
party left THE city. but on tho "trip TO
r,aktnn they, too. decided 90 wed. /
After hrs, mlstaking tho Elkton fire
house for the office of tho clerk of
reoco. tho party finally secured mar
riage licenses. appeared before Col |
| wnliam Forbes Iock,rbic. the So |
ye,r-old "morrying pason." were
married and returned home abou,
breakfast time Tuesday morning.
Much alarm wus felt ut tho Du Ross
homo on Monday right, when the hoy
failed to return home. ne he had never
stayed away all night Tho mother Is
almost Frustrated at her home with
grief NJ tho boys action. Sho was 50
~ this morning that ehe could no,
accompany her husband, who loft for
! Elkton Immediately after n confer
ence with his attorney. Deputy Judge
John r. Lynn.
Mr.. Du Ross. Sr.. in epoakins OF the
cloncmont to An Every Evenang re-
porter today. said that on Monday
afternoon the youth loft his homo.
saving he was going TO attend
dance. when no failed w return
homo, no alarm was felt NJ nrst. hut
as tho hour grow lato. much un-
casinces was felt. and this grow Ne tho
night advanced.
Near tho breakfast hour. however
young Du Ross entered tho house and
told his father and mother of his we'd.
ding which had taken place I'm Elkton
the evening before lilo said then no
had no intention of getting married
when ~ left Wilmington. but had
decided on auch action during the
trip to the Maryland town. lIe only
had "A dollar in nnonoy a. tho time.
hut tho othss paid for the liceneo.
According TO tho hoy's father. who
s engaged IN tho real estate bust
ness. IN Ross said he had been on
ticcd into tho marriage. and huu
seemed 10 regret hA action The boy'a
Young bride. however declares no wne
not "onticCd" and did not rcr,et his
action.
An effort 20 interview him ta,i,
morning fail@l. az ne was out on hin
i. route.
, Mr.. DuItuss said no and other NOM
bcrs uf the family know nothing Of
the fact that his son was going with
q Miss Kaiser until Sunday night. tho
night before the clopement lie said
. that the boy had always boon good
and had mover before done any wrong
I 4 cant condemn him FOR the first
. break" tho father said.
bride Enters Denial.
Miss Kaiser makes her home with
. her parents at the West Seventh
street address. where che takes care
uf tho home on account Of tho lin, "a
" her mother. when secn today
she denied that she or any ono else
had enticpd young Dulloss into mar
r.aEe
\ The young bride said that the boy g
mother knew they were going toroth
or" She said her own pspenta knew
~ the romance. and approved Of e.
Her mother. ehe said. knew that the
{ two We're planning TO get married
o and made no objection
, We were supposed to get married
4 IN couple of weeks. anyway" shy
, aaid. 'SNc Wa Thought WI might az vol
h. 30 Il while we were In Elkton. I asked
y I'D n no wanted 90 and he said Yes
4 We might we'll now as later M
= sister said Il would he all right Mr.
h Wilh' mother. who went down &c
- t.lkton with US. objected.
4. My mother knew we were planniur
b 10 Ect married. hut don't think I'd,
p. parents knew about e." she said Ed,
: mother knew I was going with him
Il though. Ills father says Ed regret,
10 having married mo. but | called m,
husband on the phone today and nsl,
"a him ~ no regretted Il ana ho sal,
g no"
" The young E:rl said tina, her parents
81 approve ~ tho marriage. and ma,
b; take some action u the case goes {,
q court She said sho most Certainl,
's would DO all IN her power 10 keep th
% marriage from being annullcd Sh
said they would be married later
'- anyway.
u The girl denied that any OF the par
Us " had been drinking. and said that n
one had used undue influence on tn
- boy "a induse him 20 marry her Tn
" boys father also said he dld not De
lleve the boy had been drunk at IN
tiwe. as he had never known him {
W drink
Mrs. Bessie Willis. mother Of GoOrE
- Willis. who married the girls sistc
/, was the only one who did not approx
-, of the two being married. Sho accom-
/, panied her son TO Elkton. and who
il was proposed that tho two young,
y, ones get married az the same time. oi
~. fercd serious objection. She pointt
- out they were under age. and viii
,s she WIS with them. che was part
., responsible FOR what they might d
,e The two were determined 10 get ma
go ried. however.
.c. Willis IS n painter and lives AT 9
-u West Second street IN IA house Will,
Re- is rented TO them by Mrs. DuRus
r. Miss Elizabeth Kaiser. To whom
Ie- Was married. has been boarding
the Wills home for several weeks