INTERRUPTING A MARRIAGE TOUR

New Zealand Mail, 27 August 1902, Page 19

INTERRUPTING A MARRIAGE TOUR

Interruptions on a wedding tour are certainly very unwelcome. Yet- this is what took place recently at Frankfort-on-Maine. A young Benedict and his wife were spending their honeymoon on the Rhine, when they read in the newspaper that Kaisor Wilhelm was going to pay a visit to Wiesbaden, which his Majesty subsequently did. Beatrice had never seen the Ivaisor, and implored her spouse to take her to Wiesbaden. On arriving at the famous spa, an individual touched Benedict on the shoulder when he had scarcely alighted from tho train, saying, “Just come along with me.” “What in the world do you want me for ?” was tlie reply. “I have come here with my wife, and we want to see the Kaiser. I have no time to talk to strangers. But who in the world are you?" To the questioner’s astonishment, his interlocutor rejoined: “I am a detective, and must beg you tb'-conio with me without delay, otherwise’ I shall have to call for assistance.” The lamentations and exhortations of the wife were, of course, of no avail, and the party had to adjourn to tho nearest police station. Here Benedict declared he was a well-known inhabitant of Aachen, and a telegraphic inquiry made at that city proved tlie accuracy of his statement. After being detained for six hours without food or drink, lie was dismissed with the remark that a mistake had taken place. “But why was I arrested?” lie asked on parting. “We thought from information we had received that you were a dangerous Anarchist,” was all the consolation he got. “But what proofs had you?” “This photograph.” Even the official’s superior was bound to admit that there was not the slightest resemblance between the face pourtrayed on the photograph and tho unlucky victim. It does sometimes happen in Germany that tlie information of the police as regards identity of persons is inaccurate.