The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-03-04
EAGER TO WE'D THEY
FAIL TO FIND A
MAGISTRATE
Arthur A. Hancock and Mar
garet Sutherland Seek in
Vain for a Justice of the
Peace or Court Commits
sloner to Unite Them
Both Nysteriously Disap-
pear.

Several justices of the peace, half
dozen clerks from the court house and
city hall, and number of others who
interested themselves in the matter,
are wondering whether or not Arthur
A Hancock, barber, residing at 545
Rice street WAS successful in marry
ing Miss Margaret Sutherland last
night For more than an hour yester-
day evening, while the prospective
bride waited at the corner of Fifth
and Wabasha streets, Hancock raced
from one Justices office to another in
an unsuccessful search for someone to
oficiate at the cefemony.
Hancock, who is a barber employed
by Emil F'reden, took a half holiday
yesterday afternoon for the purpose OF
getting married. He secured the Ii
cense late IN the day and shortly after
5 o'clock he and Miss Sutherland went
to the office OF Justice of the Peace
'{toff, where they had decided to have
the ceremony performed. Justice Hoff
was not to be found at his office, and
the couple, unwilling to postpone the
event, went to the office of Justice
blackwell. but it was after business
hours and the Hamiine justice was not
DIT Ills OON IL lONl pIctCC VI Duo4llCo'o'
Then the office Of Justice Mills was
visited, but that official was also out,
and the young lovers were at a loss to
know what to do.
About this time, however, a number
of clerks from the court house and city
hall offices, who were leaving the
building after their days work, Of
fered the couple their assistance, and
while the young woman waited on the
corner the clerks escorted Hancock to
the court house, having assured him
that Court Commissioner Gallick, Hy-
mems expert assistant, could be pre-
vailed upon to perform the desired
ceremony.
GalIick Loses Fee.
Judge Gallick, however, was not to
be found about the court house, and
the party had just proposed visit to
Justice Smith on the West side when
a messenger arrived with the informa-
ton that Justice Hoff had returned to
his office. By this time the party had
been increased to more than dozen,
and while Hancock went out to look
for Miss Sutherland, who had been left
on the street corner, the wedding
party ASHl " lIlc ONCE VI u uSllSc I1Oll
where arrangements were made to
have the ceremony performed in an
elaborate manner. After hurriedly
arranging matters, the party waited
for the appearance of young Hancock
and his prospective bride. And they
might have been waiting yet so far as
the principals are concerned.
When Mr.. Hancock returned to Fifth
and Wabasha, where Miss Sutherland
had been waiting for him, the young
woman was not to be found, and in his
search for her the young man himself
was lost to view. Whether he finally
located her and was married else
where, or whether she had tired of
waiting and went to her home, is not
known to the wedding party which ex-
pected to witness the ceremony, but it
is certain that he did not return to the
office where so much had been done
in preparation for the wedding.
The last seen of Hancock he was
vending his way UP Wabasha street in
search of the young woman to whom
he was to be married.