Ka kammala wannan magana: Whitaker ya sadu da mai zane Xavier Martinez a gidan cin abinci na Coppa a San Francisco. Gano ta cikakkiyar batun, ya zana ta kuma ya fara jerin Elsie. Bayan da
girgizar kasa ta 1906, Martinez ya koma Piedmont. Watanni bayan haka, ya yi wa wata 'yar shekara 18 mai suna Whitaker alkawarin aure, wadda ta riga ta yi alkawari za ta auri aƙalla wasu maza huɗu, waɗanda abokan babanta ne. Ta zabi Martinez, ta ce, "Na yanke shawarar zabi wanda zai ba ni rayuwa mafi ban sha'awa". Martinez, yana da shekara 37, ya girme mahaifin Elsie, Herman Whitaker, da shekara biyu kawai. Ma'auratan sun yi aure a watan Oktoba na shekara ta 1907.