The evening world., 1911-04-15
AGED MILLIONAIRE
ON CRUTCHESG GETS
J LICENSE TO WE'D
George Henry Hughes of No.
20 Fifth Avenue Hobbies
Unassisted by Bride.to-Be.
MARRIAGE ON APRIL 10.
Housekeeper introduced Cath
leen Douglas to the Oilcloth
Maker Two Months Ago.
MARRIAGE ON APRIL 10.

Prom a big. glittering Limousine car.
driven by a chauffeur in livery. that
drew up at the curb on the Park Row
side OF City Hall Park at II o'clock
to-day there allghted " richly dressed
women and a feeble old man carrying
q crutch and n cane. The chauffeur
helped the old man TO the sidewalk and
headed him toward the City Hall, in
which direction the two women had al
ready started.
iAlthough the women walked slowly.
they gained on their elderly companion.
With a crutch under his right arm and
. zane IN his left hand his progress
was wnvering and apparently painful.
by the time the women reached the
city Hall they were nifty feet ahead Of
him.
They entered the basement on the
Park Row side. next TO the police sub
station, and proceeded the length OF the
long, dark corridor 20 the marriage
license bureau at the Broadway end.
Al the door of the marriage license
bureau the waited for the old man as
he came shunling through the dim
light from the remote e~lsterly entrance.
Old Man Wanted License.
A. the old man reached the women,
they entered the marriage license bu-
resu, he following. one OF the women,
vino seemed 10 be abou, forty years old.
asked for Information about obtaining
license. The party was directed to
,b. clerks desk where 4, was found
,h.. IN. ola man wanted a license to
- On. voa,nssr of the two women.
n. ..,d n. rva. Georye Henry Hughes
~ No Al Fffth avenue. The clerk asked
htn his age.
over sixty-five." replied the prospec-
tive bridegroom.
The or'ae-,o.oo rave vac ans y,
1900 Eaus "a :, Win
-. ~. IIo.., pr,.,ol. No. 100 Wes,
Tor,v.rr,h ,,ree,.
Mr, Hughes gave his birthplace a,
Nottingham. England. Miss Dougla.
was born IN the Unlted States. Hei
fa;h was o h Petit Douglas and he
mother Henrietta Hughson.
In the Application blank, when nae
,een nlled out In advance. the date o.
.le WeoulnS WIS stNti 10 PfN' -
Thomas 4. Leeds. a lawyer. OF NO
Il road street, procured the applica'
iioa blank at the Marriage Llcenc'
Is ~ two or three days ago lie say
hs was asked 10 perform inns TASK o'
Mr.. Hughes.
While the license plank was pelh'
filled out the younger woman ioun'
need for a pencil. She opened a retieul'
stuffed with oiis' ana not ilho'"s :
peach spoke 10 hei o'"pa"'om, "no as
'sp'a,eu :
ops"eu "e. ~
o"ss Ss"'ss a'' S'"
The license having peeh compete
and the aged man and Miss Dougla
having duly signed their names Tn,
.l.rk asked for a dollar.
..ca,,. t,,cto coor,o sota tho io,1o
,ha GONE, hr,skly ..pi,e tho man
"o'''''
The woman look the license "hhe IN
cid man laboilously shlitihs MS can
n ms crntch' fesulree'ea a doiiar non
his apparel ana passed 1t across IN
desk. The women were at the door
leaving the room wheh ne started out
IN ieuNlhs inc pu'Iuihs IN" women
used the basement exit on the Broad
way side and turned to the left to III
broad plaza IN 'front.' OF me CITY Han
On reaching the piazza ana turning I
the east the Younger woman slahee'
back and saw her husDahu-io-oe s'rug
Sing up the steps from the baseinen
door. When ne reached the plaza an
started toward fhrN lo" the "oihe'
we're lO feet ahead Oh MN
Chauffeur Helps Him.
In the meantime IA traffic pollcema.
had moved the automobile along Par
now IN, of the way of traffic. Th
-. noma, won, IN look for =, an
u,.rLad -, ana - =.
me sounse. ""neN W 49, NV" ga
waited ,oF MI AiusHeS' ""ch the ca
arrived. the women got H. lhe ehanl
ieur helped The Old man TO follow a.
ihen the party departed.
Mr.. Hughes is seyenty-nlne years oil,
IIe is Viee-President of the STANDARD o
10th Company at No. - broadway an
several times a millionaire. For q
past ff,y years he has been in the q
Goth business IN this city, selling o,