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Show SOLDIER OF FORTUNE CAPTURES HEIRESS Captain Charles Glenn Collins Col-lins Marries Daughter of Millionaire STERN FATHER FAILED Attempt to Break Off Match by Having1 Suitor Arrested B Inte nat na a Servi RAL.TIMOKF 1 A e lt Cap a Charles u tn vorcd hus and of NaU I Seksdeof o ne C obft trot e e v an a d one e daj laborer w s n a ed Uu 1 da n ght to Mibs e e Run ce hee e o Connecticut a rhte of sim e heeler na e ew g ma e manufacturer olUna la lo me ffl er of the TnR tsh army whose es-apadee and li a a troubles at a ed much attent o not long ago. He w h t brtde was b u t In o prominence n h s clt when e as tried before J dye Heusler In pa t of the criminal curt 0n t e charge of ob tain Ins 525 b n eans of fa se reprosen a tions from R hard H Thompson ice president of the Ma jland Trust om pany One of those prese t at tho sitt ign of the court waa U ss hee er Her e es was a n a e of omme t at the tria This de e oped when a e ate ent vas n ade n test n on hat Miss W ee er s father a m onalre eewi g n a hlne n anuf a ure vai pro nip g he prosecution f t e a cu6ed in the opt, of having bin pla ed In prison to v e ent a conten plated marriage between Ina and his daujrhte Stern Father Failed That the father was unsuccessful if s ch an alleged ntent was his subse quent de elopments pro ed captain Co ns was acqu tted of the harge Then n spite of every effort made bj the oung woman s paren s to stop the marr'ag he ceremony was pe formed in a sn al room In the home of he Re Thomaa G Pearte, a re ired Baptist minister at G ana ran Baltimore countj It was short before m dnigbt and ra nlng heavily The ma who performed the cereroon is now a mall carrier w s name had been sugges ed b John EJ. Ra ne a Baltlmo e ount editor af er ne ouple had fa ed e era. times to find a m nister for the n arrlage. WiUJoxn English Army ! Mr Ralne acted as best man Edward J hav former member of the Adver tlsing club of Baltimore nas the other witness. After the wedding the couple left for Philadelphia and Captain Collins announ ed his ntentlon of sailing for Scotland to rejoin the English army in the European conflict. That tha couple had laid their plans well was fully shown b the way they proceeded In stealing a march on Mas wheeler's parents The license was ta ken out at the courthouse at Towson about S o clock on Friday Miss "Wheeler who is 11 years of age three years older than her husband, left Windsor Friday morning Miss Wheeler steadfastly stood b Collins in many of ba troubles Advanced Collins $5000 She even admitted at the trial that she had advanced Collins JoOOO and soma jenelry to the value of J1S0O which he had pawned , , t . On the witness stand In the criminal MtiH renins told how he was an intl mate of the Reginald anderbilts and other social leaders In New York, Phi a delphla Newport and other cities Ac cording to his stor he Is the son of the head of a large ouUshlns house In Scot land which does business In many cor ners of the globe His grandfather was Sir William Collins, and a brother la a member of the English parliament He has tra ersed practically every country of the g obe and he was lionized In many of the cities whlcn he visited. Captain Collins In hia testimony here said It cost him approximately JaOOO a ear to keep up his interest In the Eng Ush regiment of which he was a mem ber . |