Evening star., 1926-11-03
POLICE co AFTER
|. GIRL AND HUSBAND
Man Who Married Bride, IL,
Accused of Abduction
by Her Father.
Armed with a warrant charging al

| Armed with a warrant charging alb
| duction, Curtis Campbell, detective,
and Policewoman Juanita G. Whitney
| of the Women's Bureau left Washing
ton today for Cumberland. Md, in an
effort to bring back Edward Martin.
| 31-year-old railroad brakeman. and
| his 12-year-old bride, the former
Katherine Elizabeth Nowlin, sixth
grade school girl.
Peyton Nowlin, father of the girl,
swore out a warrant charging abduc-
| ton of his daughter by Martin. He
had been informed Monday night by
| telegram that Katherine and Martin
| had been married that afternoon in
Cumberland. eThe girl left home Mon.
day morning. sostensibly to go to
school. BY 4:30 that afternoon, she
had been married to Martin. the Star
| correspondent at Cumberland report.
| ing that her age was given as 18 in
the application for the marriage lie.
| enSe.
| To Probe Marriage.
Cumberland authorities yesterday
were requested by the local police
women's bureau to investigates the
| circumstances surrounding the mar
riage. Mr.. Nowlin told police that he
| would speedily move to have the mar
| riage annulled.
Special Dispatch to The Star.
| CUMBERLAND, Md, November 8
I-Twelve- -yearold Katherine Elizabeth
| Nowlin of Washington and Charles
f. Martin. 81, to whom she was r.ar-
ried here Monday, will be turned
ioose If Washington authorities do not
appear and make a charge against
them, Chief of Police Oscar A. Eyer.
man said.
Eyerman insisted he had nothing 70
| hold them for. He said that they
have been very we'll behaved while in
custody and rave shown the greatest
affection for each other.
The disparity in ages does not ap.
pear in looking at the couple. The
girl weighs 10 pounds more than her
husband. The marriage license clerk
said that she looked to be at least 1S
when the couple applied for a permit
| to marry.
Planning for Home.
Martin today told of meeting the
girl by appointment at Massachusetts
avenue and Twelfth street, and taking
/ the train to Cumberland, where they
| secured a license at once and went to
| the home of Rev. C.. Roscoe Strau.
burg, pastor of the First Methodist
Protestant Church, who performed the
ceremony. They spent Monday night
in the rooming house where the police
found them.
| Katherine's father is expected here
| today Meantime the police have
| been trying to make things comfort
, able for the couple at police head
| quarters in City Hall, rather than
take them TO cells in the police sta
| tion.
The girl insists she wants to stay
with her husband. He is a dapper-
| looking young man, slightly deaf,
who has been a brakeman on the
B. & o. Railroad for six years. They
| intend to set up housekeeping here, II
the law does not interfere.
Attorney J. Philip Roman, attorney
for Martin. says he will fight extra.
dition, if Katherine really wants to
| stay with her husband.
The girl herself. of stocky build
and with bObbed blond hair, talks
! like mature woman. 1--WE have
/ been in love for some time, and de-
cided to get married" she said. "It
| was all planned. and / came with
him to Cumberland because / wanted
to, and / want to remain here, where
we can have home"