Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 259, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 November 1915 — GIRL ELOPER SUES MATE FOR FREEDOM AND $5,000 [ARTICLE]

GIRL ELOPER SUES MATE FOR FREEDOM AND $5,000

Mrs. J. Prentice Carson, Aged 16, of Shelbyville, Ind., Charges Undue on tori Over Her Will. Shelbyville, Ind., Oct. 27.—Disregarding parental objections Miss Fae Doris Johnston, aged 16, eloped to Louisville, Ky., early last September with J. Prentice Carson, aged 24, a well-to-da farmer and automobile salesman. Today she sued for annulment, demanding damages of $5,000. On Oct 1 she says she learned her marriage was illegal in Indiana. She charges Carson with undue control of her will. She alleges that Carson has boasted of his relations with other women.