The New York Times/1901/08/01/Rash Marriage Prevented

RASH MARRIAGE PREVENTED

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Philadelphia Woman Just in Time to Stop Her Daughter Wedding a Hotel Clerk.

Special to the New York Times.

COLORADO SPRINGS. Col.. July 31.—Violette Hempstead, daughter of W. O. Hempstead, a wealthy Philadelphia broker, consented to marry Louis S. Thompson, a young man, until yesterday employed at the Antlers Hotel. Miss Hempstead and her mother are Summer guests at the hotel.

Mrs. Hempstead heard of the affair in time to appear at Justice Ruby's office just before the ceremony was to be performed. A stormy scene ended in the return of the license and a victory for the mother.

Miss Hempstead and Thompson are about eighteen and twenty years old respectively. They met first at the hotel a few days ago.