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The Atlanta Journal,

Sunday, 28th June 1914,

PAGE 3, COLUMN 2.

MRS. S. J. MANER

Miss Monteen Stover, one of State's principal witnesses, elopes with S. J. Maner, a Savannah printer. Miss Monteen Stover, nineteen years old, a witness in the Frank trial around whose testimony the state's case largely pivoted, eloped with Samuel J. Maner, a Savannah printer, Saturday afternoon, and was married by Judge E. D. Thomas, of the municipal court, at 4:30 o'clock.

Miss Stover's mother, Mrs. W. Edmondson, 171 South Forsyth Street, when informed of the marriage after the young couple had left for Savannah on a 5:30 o'clock train, became hysterical. It is said she strongly objected to her daughter marrying. For that reason, Mrs. Edmondson was kept in ignorance of the nuptials. Young Maner, who lives at 211 Gordon Street West, Savannah, arrived in Atlanta Saturday morning, after arranging by correspondence with Miss Stover for the marriage to take place Saturday afternoon. The groom met Miss Stover some months ago while on a visit to Atlanta and mutual love at first sight was the result.

Accompanied by friends, young Maner secured the marriage license Saturday afternoon, telephoned the pretty bride-to-be, met her downtown and they went to Judge E. D. Thomas' court and were married. After the ceremony, they delegated Deputy Clerk H. B. Cobb to inform Mrs. Edmondson, pledging him to secrecy, until the 5:30 train for Macon and Savannah had pulled out of the Terminal station. When Mr. Cobb telephoned to inform the mother, he was told by Mr. Edmondson that she had already heard the news and was almost in hysterics.

As Mr. and Mrs. Maner left the court room, the bride told those present that "if they ever need me again in the Frank case, write or telegraph Savannah and I'll come on up." Miss Stover, it will be remembered, testified that Leo M. Frank's office was unoccupied at 12:05 o'clock on the day Mary Phagan was murdered, thus forming an important link in the evidence on which Frank was convicted.

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