The Washington times., 1929-11-05
HE IS ALSO.
Of T ICE R
OF NAVY
49, WNW
BY r. B. BERMANN
Copyright, 1879. by seattle POST -lrtelli-
Eencer and Universal Service, Incl

VANCOUVER, B. c., Nov. S.
The woman with whom Lieut.. Har
old w. Northcutt, American naval
officer, was spending an i'm
promptu honeymoon in this city
was located and identified today
She proved to be Miss Laura
Eveline Clements. and at a late
hour today she was still in hiding
in Vancouver.
Northcutt was discovered here
by Department of Justice agents
and taken to Seattle. charged
with desertion from the Norfolk
Navy Yard 1t had been believed
that he was the victim of foul
play and naval detachments were
searching for his body at Nor
folk, Va.
Letter Tells Of Wedding
While Miss Clements refused to
! deny or affirm she had gone
through marriage ceremony
with the naval officer. letter
was found in the abandoned
love nest" of the couple ad-
dressed to Mr.. and Mrs. E. A.
4 Clements, her parents, in On
.tario, in which she informed
: them she had been married in
Il Seattle a week ago today.
;$ If marriage was performed
with the dashing naval lieutenant
it was either q bigamouS one or a
fake one to deceive relatives Of
the couple if not to deceive the girl
herself, according to authorities
here.
Miss Clements had left the
apartment which she and North
cutt had occupied until his arrest,
e but she was found at the home of
Mrs. Lillian Boucher, of New York,
who gave her sanctuary.
Says She Loves Him
Protected by the Bouchers. Miss
Clements succeeded in eyading
reporters who were on her trail
as soon as Northcutt's arrest for
the American naval authorities
: became known. She unburdened
herself to a sympathetic cham
bermaid in the apartment house
where she and Northcutt main
tanned their love nest. She said:
"Of course / love him just as
much as ever"
A letter which she had written
to her parents, dated last Thurs
day. said:
Dearest NJ. and D.-Guess
you were SurpriSd when you re-
ceiVed our telegram. We meant
to wire the day before but were
so happy we completely forgot
that other people concerned
might be interested.
Suppose you want notice
for the papers. 1t is to be
brief, mother, because it was a
very quiet affair and not much
fuss.
eve have a small apartment
that we have just taken for a
month until we decide where
we want to live. Tomorrow is
Banty's birthday, SO Lii is Civ
ing q little dinner for him and
we are invited.
"P. S.-We both thank you
for the $50 and are surely hav.
ing fun getting linen, etc, with
1t. HI. and L."
"Banty" Is NOrthcut
Investigation disclosed the
"Banty' referred to is Northcutt,
and that ''Lil'' is Mrs. Boucher,
who gave a party for the couple
last Friday night just before De
partment of Justice agents To-
Gated the missing naval officer.
Lieut.. Harold w. Northcutt. of
the Navy, who strangely disap-
peared from his post at Ports
mouth. Va. over a week ago and
was finally located in Van
4 Couver, B. c.. was traced through
won1an's name. it was revealed
8 yesterday.
. Department of Justice opera
t1ves, working on the case. found
Lieutneant Northcutt with Miss
Laura E. Clements, of ArnprioE. q
town near Ottawa, Canada,
whom he had met in New York
some 18 months ago.
newspaper man, and father-in.
40" VI tLhCuUCIIdLL. NOIGklCuGO,
verified the name of the girl yes
terday as the one with whom
Northcutt had been exchanging
letters for several months: Said
he:
N I'VE arc terribly unset and
surprised over all this. Lieu
z tenant Eorthcutt was devoted
A to his wife and child.
III "He apparently met this
woman in New York when he
II. was taking a course at the
s. Brooklyn Navy Yard about Is
months ago. She is 81 years
old and formerly lived in Van
couvers but do not know the
s. name Of her parents"
. On october % Lieutenant North,
cutt left the Norfolk, Va. Navy
Yard, to deliver 5000 to the
extension department of the Uni.
: verSity of Virginia. at which he
was teacher. Hi strange dis
appearance led to reports that
he had committed suicide. been
drowned or had been kidnapped. !.
To Be Returned
Later, police learned of the
young naval officers acquaintance
with the Clements girl and of
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