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Show Boy of Sixteen Weds Widow, Forty-Six NEW VOKK. Proceedings instituted in-stituted In Hudson count', revealed re-vealed the marriage of Mrs. Susan O. Simpson, wealthy owner of the Hotel l'asadena, Manhattan, Man-hattan, forty-six years old. anil Burton Bur-ton S. Tucker, slxieen years old. son of Joseph Tucker, postmaster of South Kssex. Mass. Assistant Prosecutor Prose-cutor Aloysius McMiihoil, In .lersey City, was asked by the boy's father to use his office to have the marriage set aside. Mr. Tucker explained bis wife and Mrs. Simpson were distant relatives, and that last .summer his son was chauffeur for Mrs. Simpson. Mrs. Simpson and young Tucker obtained ob-tained a marriage license in I'nion Hill, X. J., on Sept. .'iO and were married there two days later. The newly weds went to the Hotel Pasadena for n week. Mr. Tucker and his wife persuaded their son to return to bis home, which be did without bis bride, lie remained In Salem two weeks. Then he went back to his wife. "We believe this hoy is disposed to I return home and forget Mrs. Simpson," Simp-son," saltl Attorney McSuinney. speaking speak-ing for the father. "While this woman Is wealthy, we do not want a cent of her money. All we want is to have 1 the marriage annulled, and If there was anything unlawful done In arranging arrang-ing it, to have the guilty punished." At Kidgelield Park, N. J., a definite announcement that they will tight any attempt to annul their marriage was made by young Tucker and his wife. The couple, displaying every sign of affection, discussed the marriage and the appeal for its annulment by Tucker's father. They would not discuss dis-cuss the ipiesiion of age ti"itlier that of young Tucker, who looks more than his accredited sixteen, nor that of Mrs. : Tucker, who looks less than the it'i ascribed to her. Asserting be would light the annulment, young Tucker declared: de-clared: "I would rather go to jail than he separated from my wife." He added that much as he loved bis father, be would not return to bis home unless his parents are willing to accept his wife. Tucker saltl they spent several days at Mrs. Tucker's estate in Westchester, and bis parents had visited them ant! apparently approved ap-proved of the marriage. Tucker atldetl he and Ids wife would start at once for the South on a longer honeymoon. He denied it bail cost 1dm S11S to procure a marriage license anil also saiti the $10,000 trust fund established for him by his wife had been established after the marriage ami not before, as bad been reported. |