The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-10-27

On Reaching the Wisconsin IoWn
They Learned They Had to Wait
Five Days for License-Whfle
CeIebrating-Retu to st. Paul
without Marrying.
The wiles of man have proven too much
for Mrs. Anna Haaugan, who conducts
massage establishment at IA East Seventh
street, and she declares she will never
trust another one Of the male sex Some
months ago Mrs. Haaugan was robbed OF
$50 by we'll dressed stranger whom she
left alone in her apartments for mo-
ment, and Monday she came back from
Hudson, Wis, mourning the loss or $l2o
in cash and prospective husband.
The individual whom Mrs. Haaugan
claims duped her the second time was an
acquaintance Of but a few weeks He
was a handsome young fellow about
twenty-six years Of age, pleasant con-
versationalist and apparently wrapped UP
In his wooing of the widow. Mrs Haul
gam says he told her his name was Harry
Wilson, and represented that he was
clerk at the court house. He was an at
tertive lover for three weeks and then
Mrs Haaugan says he asked her to
marry him. Mrs. Haaugan says wilson
impressed her as a kind, considerable
gentleman, and that she consented to be-
come his wife. The wedding day was set
for last Saturday. Saturday morning
Wilson, together with man and wom-
an whom Mrs. Haaugan says she did not
know, appeared at her apartments ready
to take the train for Hudson, where the
engaged couple understood that such
formalities as marriage licenses were I'M
necessary.
Before the Journey began 1t occurred to
Mrs Haaugan that q woman In her ex-
cited state Of mind was not proper
custodian for s170 which she had saved
It would not do to leave the money at
home, she reasoned, thinking Of the miss
ing $50 Of several months ago., and so
she says she handed the money over to
the bridegroom elect. The trip to HQd-
son was without incident and the bridal
party Jumped into a hack at the depot
and were whirled off to the house or
minister. But a new law has recently
gone into effect at Hudson, requiring
persons DESTROYS of marrying to give f1ve
days notice lin event of an application for
a license. This was an unexpected OBJ
stacle, but, after much consideration, 1t
was agreed that the party should remain
at Hudson until the five days had ex-
PRED
This determination, Mrs. Haaugan says,
was the cause of her troubles. The fact
that the marriage had to be postponed,
she says, disheartened the good looking
Mr.. Wilson, who went out disconsolate
with his male friend to. see what Hudson
looked like. When he returned to the
hotel, Mrs. Haaugan says, her intended
husband was woefully Intoxicated. After
that, she says, he kept going out, and
every time he came back he was in q
worse condition than before. Finally.
Mrs Haaugan suspected that her money
was paying for the good time the two
men seemed to be having, and demanded
that Wilson return the sum she says sne
gave him. She says he returned $50, all
that was left Of the $170.
For two days the party remained at
Hudson, and then Mrs. Haaugan became
discouraged. Securing q hack she bun
died her prospective husband into 1t
and drove to saltwater, leaving the best
man and bridesmaid at Hudson. From
Saltwater she came to4St. Paul and went
with Wilson, she says. to g. restaurant.
Here Wilson went out the back door,
and she never. expected to see { him
again. Tuesday evening Mrs. Haaugan
says Wilson called on her at her home
and invited her to go out to supper with
him. She declined the invitation, Yes
terday Mrs. Haaugan; says q woman
called upon her and Informed her that she
was Wilson's wife, Mrs. Haaugan says
she promised to notify the strange won-
an If Wilson annoyed her any more, and
declares she considers herself fortunate
in not having been married.