Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Whitaker akasangana nomupendi Xavier Martinez paCoppa's Restaurant muSan Francisco. Achiona kuti ndiye munhu akakwana, akamudhirowa ndokutanga nhevedzano yake yaElsie. Pashure pokudengenyeka kwenyika kwa1906
, Martinez akatamira kuPiedmont. Mwedzi yakati gare gare, akakumbira kuroora Whitaker ane makore 18 okukura, uyo akanga atovimbisa kuroora vamwe varume vanenge vana, vakanga vari shamwari dzababa vake. Achisarudza Martinez, iye akati, "Ndakasarudza kusarudza uyo aizondipa upenyu hunofadza zvikurusa". Martinez, pazera ramakore 37, akanga ari muduku namakore maviri bedzi kuna baba vaElsie, Herman Whitaker. Vaviri vacho vakaroorana muna October 1907.