The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-12-24
BRIDEGROOM MISSING
Young Man Welded in Pownal
Skipped Board Bill.

ONFRNA 0Soi " Ofis
Charles Joseph Lanney, who fig
ured as the bridegroom in a romantic
marriage ceremony performed al
Pownal on Saturday, December 4, the
bride being Miss Mary Emma Ruel of
Pittsfield, but until recently of this
city says the North Adams Trans
cript is no longer resident of Pitts
field according to the police, who
have been rather DESTROYS of locating
the young man. The Pittsfeld police
report that there has been and is now
in their possession warrant calling
| for the arrest of Lanney, the charge
being the alleged evading of a board
| bill. The police officers have made
several efforts TO locate The bride
groom of less than a month but with
out success 1t is the opinion of the
officers that Lanney is now in Provi
dence, r. l., or vicinity
Chief White said that the amount
of the board bill does not warrant the
officers in asking the police of
neighboring state to make an arrest
as the cost of bringing Lanney back
TO Pittsfield would be much greater
than the amount of his board bill.
The warrant for Lanney's arrest
was secured by Mrs. Anderson, who
conducts a boarding house in the
vicinity of the Stanley plant The
amount due her from Lanney for
board is said TO be about SO.
But for the romance connected
with the marriage of Lanney it is
doubtful If the young bridegroom
would have been called upon to set
tie the bill of some months standing
Lanney and his bride of a few weeks
ago were the attendants at the mar
riage of Paul Trudo of Schenectady
and Miss Edith Ruel of Pittsfield,
the ceremony being performed at
Notre Dame church in Pittsfield on
the morning of December T. That
same afternoon the attendants at the
Ruel-Trudo wedding hurried to Pow
nal, VT. and there were made man
and wife by Rev. J. c. Mitchell of the
Methodist church.
The young couple returned to Pit
tsfield the same afternoon and two
days later a woman who said she was
Mrs. Louis Ruel, mother of the two
young brides, stated that she knew
nothing of any marriage performed
III 1 wv lldls one Sdiu llGi uduEnttit
Edith had married two days before
but so far as she was aware her
daughter, Mary, was still unmarried.
She said that Mr. and Mrs Trudo
had departed on a wedding tour and
were to reside in Schenectady. She
also said that Lanney and her daugh
ter, Mary, were at work at the plant
of the Eaton, Crano & Pike company.
The following day Mrs. Ruel was
credited with denying that she ever
said she knew nothing of the mar
riage of her daughter and Lanney.
One who was directly interested in
the Lanney story was Mrs. Anderson
She conducts a boarding house in the
vicinity of the Stanley plant and
claims that Lanney owes her mon
ey." Three nights following his mar
riage, according to the story told the
police, one of Mrs. Anderson's daugh-
ters visited the Ruel house on South
avenue and talked with Lanney with
reference to the payment of his board
bill. The young woman claimed she
got little satisfaction and later in the
evening conferred with the police.
AS the result of this conference a
warrant was issued the following day.
This one day however proved just
one day too late. The police report
that an effort was made to locate
Lanney but without success. He was
not to be found at his place of EN-
ployment Neither was he at the Ru-
ell house. A close watch was kept
but the young bridegroom was not to
be found Safely tucked away in a
pigeon hole of one of the desks at
the police station is the Lanney war
rant.