“ Clara Martha Hayes forty-nine, a widow residing at 129 Chauncey street, Brooklyn were married in Borough Hall Brooklyn by Deputy City Clerk Thomas F. Maher. The only witness was the clerk to the marriage license bureau. ”

“ A woman who has proved herself to have been for more than a year the lawful wife of Max E. Friese Sr., prominent Rye merchant who was found dead in bed Monday forenoon has provided Rye folk with a piece of news which in most quarters has been surprising almost to the point of being sensational. Mr. Max Friese's first wife, a woman who was widely known and had many friends to Rye died about two years, or perhaps a little more ago. ”