, 1879-05-04
MUCH MYSTERY.
Why Don't Mr.. Branch Want That
License Published ?
Has He Married the Girl, or Does h
Intend Doing so2

t Aoou' Ano ILLS tine ov A1nb OF the saW whose
general practice is before committing roa,1;.
tratcs and courts not Of record. The rcnort..
OF The TRIBUNE, while transcribirg the recor5s
| OF the week, was called upon by this nrrso,
who gavc his name as Wakeman, and exDresxs,,
sentiments of great joy at making the fis.
tinguished acquaintance OF the scribe. Tber.
be two classes Of men who are glad to SEE ~
| pozter-those who want an item inserted and
those who want one suppressed. Mr. Wakema,
belonged to the latter class.
He, so soon as he had gotten over the rantn,.
GUS transports into which lie was thrown r.,
this thrice-fortunate meeting with the reporter
said that he had matter for the pencil-shoye,,s
] private ear. The reporter sail that be could h.
seen there and then, and Mr.. Wakeman nm.
ceeded to unfold his story.
It might be proper here to add that the nn,,
! riage.lfcensc clerks and several other emn|ors.
| OF the County Clerks office heard the great.r
| part OF the conversation, and "tumbled to the
! racket" IN its inception. ~1s
The man Wakeman asked it the reporter v,.
! writing up the marriage-licenses, aud was toiJ
that they were bein!; copied. He said friend
EUGENE BRANCH
had taken out license to marry girl and tb,t
| he hud done so because the young lady va
pressing him to marry her. He did pok w,nt -
do So at the present time, because she was ro;no
away with her fol11s to KcokuE, Dubuque or
some other town in lo~a, while the ertcctant
was purely i personal matter.-he Wakeman
had sister OF his own, and if there was anr.
thing crooked about it be would Of Course MI
have ANYTHING to do with it. His friend had
taken out the license so aa to give the Young
lady an evidence OF bis sincerity, and they
bridegroom did) that II he showed the airi
that he had taken out the license, she gonld o.,
away confident that his affections were ffsl
upon her "true as the needle TO the polc.'' and
it was purely for her sake that this was done.
The reporter, in order to draw out Waseman.
asked once uoreif it was all right. He wonlI
not lend himself to any scheme, but il he cou1d
be satisfied that everything vas bona fjfle he
would see about it. WaEeman said that, in
order to satisfy the reporter, be would cali upon
him ut any hour named; it didn't matter what
time. The newspaper man said that be would
be in the local office OF TIE TRIBUNE about 10
or II O'Clock, and Wakeman left with the part.
ing salutation, 't1'l see you later"
In order to pin the fellow to the ground and
to leave 10 loop-bole for him to crawl out Of,
the reporter then conferred With several OF the
employes Of the County Clerks office. They
were unanimous in the expression that thera
was
SOMETHING "QUEER" ABOUT THE BUSINESS.
The marriage-license clerk said that Branch.
when he took out the license Tuesday, asked L
it could not be kept from the papers. He vas
told that they could not suppress, and be said
that he would see about it himself. The names
of the prospective bridegroom and his bride Tere
as follows:
ALBERT E. BRANCH, age 25, residence 1075
West Washington street; DELLA CHURCH, asez
came residence. =
On returning to the Office OF TIE TRRuss
instructed to use his discretion, and, II possible
to get at the real reason for this attempted SUD-
preston Of what is in general very harmless
matter. On his return TO the office about 1c
o'clock he found Wakenlan waiting for him, in
pursuance Of bis agreement. Wakeman bad
with him heavy-set young fellow, With aheayy
dark muStache, whom he introduced as Mt.
Branch. :.,.'.
Mr. WaKeman said that be had brought his
friend Branch up in order to convince the IT,
porter That everything was 0. K This WIS .
case in which the reporter might judiciauslY
exercise his best judgmeut-and it. would ka
wei for .hiM. E: ..:.,1
Z: Upon this cue =
MIR. BRANCH SPOKE UP. T.:
The substance OF his story was that the young
lady, Miss Della Church, was living with her
folks, who contemplated an immediate removal
to Iowa Branch was about to go into the pfsuo
business with his father, and It was hot con.
matrimonial project just at this time. Did the
reporter want q piano3 II so, he shonld have
one real eheap-faTors should be reciDrocated
The need OF q piano was denied The reporter
had TO music in mis- soul. : :
Mr.. Wakeman then Joined in the conversation,
anu it may be stated here for the benefit OF him
and MIR. Branch that the innocent-0okiug youth
who sat a few feet away 1ndustriously scribbliDg<
as il he had something to do in q hurry, was q
short-hand reporter and heard what was go
ing on.
Mr.:: Wakeman, probably forgetting his story
paciry the gir1, said that the parties
we're married Thursday evening by the Rev.
s. E. Adams, pastor OF the Western Avenue
II. f. Church.. at the residence OF Mr: Adams
They wanted this thing fxed,- could the re-,
porter do it! The reporter said that ne "oulu
represent the matter to the ctY editor; be could
not take the responsibility OF doing it himself.
Wakemun and his client then United IN the dec,
laration that if it could be fixed It would oe all
right,-they would co1ne ronud Monday or
Said Waken,an, s'I didn't know you had 70
see anybody about this. Can't you leafe the
ua,hc5 out, anu we will -
MAKE IT ALL RIGHT WITH YoU
On Monday or 1uesdays" ;.
Answered the reporter, !" sou want to tx It.
you had better do it now.''
l. Ills StfuEh LHE tWaiu UeL"ECH NiHA a4!A
water Us it were, and, aftera hurried conference,
the legal luminarr bent over the reporter
and said, II will be prcK in few minutes;
don't DO anything until come back" The two
then adjourned to the hallway, and, stauding
there, conferred as to what could be dooe. 1t
was clear that this mercenary reporter had to 10
paid for leaving out couple Of uames; 1t was
equally clear that bessrs. Wakeman aud.
Brauch wanted those names left out The "feT
minutes ~ passed, and this time Branch
came in. His confidential communica-
ton was, you fix this thing UP
for me without saying anything to anybody, and
lfter have seen tile paper in the morning In
come round and make it all right with you. III
be round Monday sure.''
It is In order now for Mr.. Branch to fulfill Dis
promise. The reporter doesn't want piano,
very badly, but ii Mr. Branch values this adYer-
:isemen1 atits true rate he may send one around,
IS some OF the boys are musical, aud, like -Hrs:
Ioodies' brass-plate, piano would be hanuJ
hing to have In the house. II, on the ollet
lanu, his contribution is to take the form Q!
,recnbacks, National bank. k.notes, or certified
heck, such bills, notes, or check may be
2aid in to the credit Of St. Luke's Hospital
most deserving charity. Meantime The TRm
me proposes to ascertain from the Rev. ). Il.
Adams
WHETHER THE WEDDING CAME OFF
N Thursday night Knowing this, the gres1
question at issue will be solved. That question
5 whether Mr.. Wakeman preVaricateu when 10
aid in the County Clerks Office that the License
sas only taken out to strengthen the younS
af3vss ha1af rhat har 1ornr tunI,lt hCt ID