Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-10-07
GROOM WAS KIDNAPPED.
Captors Fooled by Strategy Of Woman
Whose sympathy Was Aroused.
From the Windsor Journal)

Whose sympathy Was Aroused.
Hrom the Windsor JournalJ
An important social event of the season
and one in which deep interest was taken
by the many fricnds of tho parties was
son. son of Mr.. and Mrs A. Il. Thompson,
and Emma Gabrielle Taplln, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. II. F.. Morrill,. on Wednos-
day evening. September %. The marriage
took place at the Methodist Episcopal
Church, the ceremony being performed
by the Rev. William G. johnson.
| The colors used in the decorations We're
| yellow and white. the bride and groom
standing beneath an arch of evergreen
and white flowers with a white dove, su3-
pended from the center of the arch, how
| sring over their heads.
! The bride was gowncd in white crepe %
chene with veil of white tulle fastened
with wreath Of lilies of the valley She
| carried n bouquet OF white roses
The maid of honor was Miss Blanche
| Taplin, sister of the bride. who Wore pale
| blue silk crepe. She also carried whit.
roses.
Marion Wright, dressed in point d'esprt
| over white silk. was the flower girl and
Janet Sawyer dressed in white muslin
carried tie ring In the center Of a basket
| of flowers.
The bridesmaids were Misses Marcello
lSnellgrOve. Laura Phillips ard Ml,dre
Hazen Of Windsor and Miss Ruth Dartt
| OF Worcester, Mass, cousin of tho
! groom. They were all sowned in pale
yellow.
Tho best man was F. Stewart SWEET OF
the University of Vermont Burlington
The ushers We're Ashe" Davis and Earle
Davis of Windsor. Lee Boyd of Cam
bridge, Mass. and lclbrdge Davis of
Windsor.
The musicians were Herbert f. Wood
orranist: Roy Tapln of Burlir. gton
| brother OF the bride, violin. and Herbert
| a. Williams. clarinet. AS the bridal pr,
cession entered the church the orchestr
played Wagner's bridal chorus from
"Lohengrin." During the ceremony Schu-
manns "Abenlied" was given and rs the
pavy left the church Mendelssohn's we'd
ding march was played.
The ushers passed down the center aisle
of the church. followed by the bridesmaid
Just before reaching the altar rail they
separated, two ushe"s and two brides
|
while the flower girl and ring bearer, the
| officiating clergyman, the maid of hon =.
and the bride on the arm of her mother
passed between to IT., altar where thay
were met by the groom and his best man
Then the bridesmaids filed to the left and
the usners to the right of the altar. After
| the ceremony the flower girl scatter. d
| flowers In the path of the bride and groom
MS they came down the aisle
Immediately following the ceremony 4;
reception was held at the home of tn,
brides parents. The rooms were decorated
| with evergreen and cut flowers. TIL,
bridal party We're assisted in receivin.
| by the brides and the groom's parents
Mrs. Morrill, wore Copenhagen blu,
taffeta and Mrs. Thompsons gown wa.
| old blue foulard
In the dining room the servers wer,
| Misses Mae Kennedy. Ruth Dart. Mary
Jones and Hazel Coy. Miss Louis,
Phillips presided over the punch bow
| and Roy Taplin had charge Of the guess
| book.
a large number of beautiful gifts wer,
| displayed, including silver, cut glass
| china. linen and money. Among those
present from out of town were: Mr.. and
Mrs. Arthur Whitcomb and Miss Ruth
Whitcomb Of Montpelier, Mrs c. Il. Dart
| Of Worcester, Mass, and Mrs. Emery
Henry of Langdon, y. II. The bride was
| a graduate of w. II. s, class of 1912. and
| has for three years been a most success
| full teacher In the graded schools of
| Windsor. Tho groom graduated from
w. II. S. In 1906 and was for some time
Il Of no
company of this village. He is now en-
ployed by the G. S. Blodgett company of
| Burlington The couple will make their
home in Burlington at 800 North avenue.
An unusual event occurred at the
wedding The groom was enticed from
| the hoIne of the bride by some of his
male friends who quickly threw him into
an automobile and drove via. Browns
Vile with the intention of keeping him
overnight from his bride. their ultimate
point of detention being Lebanon. n H.
But this plan was frustrated. The lights
In the Grange hall In Brownsville at
tracted the kidnappers upon their arrival
in the little hamlet. Into the building
went the party, where it was quickly
explained that Groom Thompson was held
as a hostage. Mrs. Herbert Dunn. with
womanly sympathy aroused, resolved to
help Thompson out of his predicament'
She MANAGED to get him out of the room
by an exercise of strategy and then
hustled him into her husbands automo-
bile In which he was driven to Windsor.
Mr.. Dunn and Mr., Thompson had ac-
complished n fair start for home when
the conspiring Mrs Dunn announced her
triumph TO the Kidnappers who when they
saw they had been duped. let their chins
drop to their toes.
Mr.. and Mrs, Thompson eventually
made safe departure from Windsor
and passed the night at Downer's hotel,
where further trace of them was