DENOUNCED AT THE ALTAR.

Gisborne Times, Volume LVI, Issue 6319, 23 February 1922, Page 3

DENOUNCED AT THE ALTAR.

GIRL’S MOTHER AND MILLIONAIRE. “THIS IS Ins CHILD.” A millionaire bridegroom was denounced at the altar during a wedding at Water bury (Connecticut) by the" mother of the girl lie is alleged ;o have betrayed. The wedding was that of Edward Earringion, described as son of one ,f the wealthiest- men in the State of Connecticut, to Margaret Hcdson, daughter of “a family equally wealthy and socially prominent. In the middle of the marriage service, says the New York American, a woman rose m church and, pointing at the bridegroom, a young man of 24, cried : “I’ve something to say before this wedding goes on. This man is the father of that child.” As she spoke a young girl, stated to be the daughter of the interrupter, rose in the pew alongside her, holding a two-vear-old baby boy in her arms. For some moments confusion reigned m the crowded church. “While this revenge was meant to be visited upon the bridegroom,” tlie newspaper account continues, “the 011 c reaction among the guests was sympathy for the bride, the real sufferer of the moment.

“The,cercmony completed, the wedding party marched serenely from the church. However, the strain upon the sensitive, high-strung girl was seen in the after results. Halfway through the honeymoon, in Canada she was stricken with pneumonia, and has Leon brought back to her mother.” The young bridegroom d. nics the parentage of .the child, it is added, and had refused to marry the mother.