The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-02-21
HONEYMOON is CUT
SHORT AFTER TWO
HOURS
Miss Laura Fleck and John
J. Mcmahon HE Them to
the Court House, Procure
License and Are Married
by the Court Commissioner
Tried to Keep 1t Quiet.

Determined to wed, but unable to Sc
cure the consent of the young wom-
ans parents, John J. Mcmahon, a clerk
employed in the Great Northern gen
eral offices, and Miss Laura Fleck, a
pretty, dark-eyed girl of twenty, sue
cessfully planned an elopement, and
were married at o'clock yesterday
afternoon by Court Commissioner
Henry Gallick at his office in the court
house.
The marriage license bureau and
Court Commissioner Gallick were
sworn to secrecy, and after the mar
rage and a honeymoon of two hours,
the couple separated and returned to
their respective homes, as though moth
ing unusual had happened.
1t was the intention of the couple
to keep the marriage a secret several
weeks, during which time they were
to live apart. Not even the most in
innate friends of the contracting par
ties were taken into the confidence of
the romantic lovers.
The bride is a daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Stephen Fleck, of 122 West Fill
more street, and has for a year past
been employed as a salesgirl in Aliens
bakery and confectionery establish
ment on Wabasha, near Fifth street
Tuesday she said she did not feel we'll
and asked permission to go home. Yes
terday she told her mother she was
going down town to "do a little shop
ping" but failed to mention the fact
that a marriage license was one Of the
articles which might be purchased be-
fore she returned.
They Tell Fairy Tales.
About the same time Miss Fleck was
telling her mother Of her proposed trip
down town, John McMahon was ex-
planning to his superior officer at the
Great Northern offices that he needed
an afternoon off to look after some
important business matters"
BY a prearranged plan the two met
at Fifth and Wabasha streets shortly
before o'clock, and went directly to
the court house, where a marriage Ii
cenSe was secured, Immediately after
which Court Commissioner Gallick was
called upon to marry them. From the
court house Mr.. and Mrs. McMahon
went to the home Of mutual friend,
where they remained until o'clock
last evening, when they separated. to
go to their own homes.
When Miss Fleck" reached her home.
In the evening, she tossed a few pur-
chases on the table, and appeared as
natural as possible under the trying
circumstances. 1t was decided that
Mrs. Mcmahon should live at home .as
Miss Fleck" until about the. 1st of
April, When the wedding would be an
nounced.
The objections made by the parents
of Miss Fleck to her marriage are re-
sponsibie for the efopement of the
daughter. @
While waiting down town yesterday
for her lover to put in an appearances,
MISS F1eck stepped into her place of
employment and informed her friends
that she was much better" but she
was unable to say just when she would
be able to return to her work. 0+iae
Miss Fleck is twenty years old and
very pretty, and during the time she
has sold bon bons and other sweets at
Aliens has made many friends.
Ihe announcement of the marriage
in L h G b e this morning will come
as surprise to not only the many
friends Of the contracting parties. but
to the families of the two as we'll. and
probably to the young people them
selves.