The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1915-09-10
NEWLYWEDS Are
CHARIVARIED in
AN AUTO RACE
Miss Isabel Miles and AL
bert Hourigan Secret Wed
ding Plan Fails.
AUTO PARTY FOLLOWS
PAIR TO THE ALTAR
Pursue Them to Minister'S
Home Then Chase Couple
Over City.

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When Miss Isabel Miles. millinery
saleswOman, and Albert HOurigan of
Columbia, Mo-, decided to be married,
they determined to put one over" on
their friends in the Cape and slip away
for a quiet wedding at the little
church around the corner" The result
was a ianging notice of the nuptials
spread by motor car over the whole
town.
Their plans went well. Arrange
ments for the church part were made
with Rev. A. Wilder, pastor of the
Trinity German Lutheran Church, and
it appeared that the couple would get
away without anyone knowing of the
wedding till it was several hours old.
The better the plan proceeded, the
more confident young HOurigan be-
came, and he and his bride decided
they could risk little style. They
would select Just two persons to take
into the secret, one for bridesmaid and
one for grOomsman.
Miss Miles impaired the secret sue
cessfully to her sister, Miss Emma
Miles, and here comes the strange part
of the affair. Usually it is a woman
who can not keep a secret, but this
wedding story proves men need watch
ing.
Hourigan went to Walter Oberheide,
of the Farmers and Merchants Bank in
Haarig, and drawing him aside, spoke
to him in confidence. He explained the
position he was in. He needed best
man for his wedding. He must get
ready quick and it must be kept strict
ly on the quiet.
| Apparently matters were going as
they should. The bridegroom made ar
engagements for large motor car to
await them as they left the minister's
presence after the nuptials had been
completed. Then they would enjoy
motor trip about town as the first part
of the honeymoon.
So far, so good. The ceremony was
performed without a hitch in the plan
at the home of Rev. Wilder.
As Hourigan and his bride descend
ed the steps at the Wilder home, how
ever, he was surprised to see a second
car drawn up at the curb behind the
machine he had provided.
He was more surprised when he and
his bride became the targets for more
than the usual number of wedding
charivari missiles-rice, old shoes, etc.
As they got under cover in the car and
pulled away, the group Of about half
dozen young men and women who
were celebrating the marriage, clam
bered aboard their own car in the rear.
Then the chase began. 1t covered
virtually every street within the city
limits and the car load of pursuers
published the marriage bans broadcast
upon the street.
These in the rear part of the pursu-
ing machine sat with their feet braced
on the leather cushions of the seat and
perched themselves on the top which
had been folded back. The chase at
tracted much attention, wherever it
went.
In the marriage license, young
Hourigan gave his age as cover 81"
1t also swore that Miss Miles was old
enough to be married legally.
Miss Miles has been a milliner in
the establishment of Mrs. Florence
Boone for some time and is widely
known in the Cape. She lives with her
sister at the home of C. F. Betten at
% North Lorimier street.
She and Hourigan became acquaint-
ed last year when Miss Miles was a
student at the Walther College in st.
Louis, where she was graduated last
spring. Hourigan came to the Cape
three or four days ago to see her and
closed the trip by convincing her it
was time to be married.
Miss Miles father is a travelling
man working out of PerryviIle, Mo.
Both the sisters have been staying in
the Cape for some time.
q 7 Moore Of IIIyoo loef n;oL4 49,.