The sun., 1916-10-03
DAN CUPID CHANGES
NAME TO FINNEGAN
"On Again, On Again" Marks
His Effort to Win Henkel-
Kuhnel Handicap.
$4,000 WEDDING HALTS
Engineers Third Venture and
Bride to Be's Divorce
the Cause.

Little Danl Cupid. who ha. charge Of
the heart throbs Of Jacob rrcnkel Of
f4 West Forty-fourth street. chief sta
oonary engineer for a publishing Arm.
n Miss Anna Kuhnci Of l4s Eas.
seventy-eighth street. suing him for
breach OF promise. must have changed
his Wup'd's) family name to Flnnegar
yesterday. for their marriage. which
Henkel proposed in answer TO her suit
for $4,000. developed into a case Of
"or again. on again"
After obtaining u marriage license NJ
the License Bureau, "a Henkei bound
himself 20 do In the signed. sealed and
stamped offer Of marriage which he
f,ed In the Supreme Court on Thursday
as the retort courteous to Miss Kuhnci's
lawsuit. the couple rode around In cir
cles In an automobile for several hours.
perpetrated a lot Of frightfulness on the
German language and finally decided to
let the ceremony hang fire until to-day.
II might have been written that "thcy
were married and lived happily ever
a~fterward" " the License Bureau hadn't
been 80 'nuuisitive about the number Of
their former spouses.
what Caused Hitch q H%itehiag.
Pursuant 20 Article I, section Q of his
legal proposal--the FIRST on record--Hen-
kel appeared at the License Bureau by
10 o'clock yesterday morning with hts
brown mustache nicely waxed and the
nervous smile Of IA bridegroom trying to
struggle out oil his face. Although she
had accepted his formal ultimatum OF
marriage. Miss Kuhnel. being a oman
was late at the Office Of her lawyer.
Charles A. Oberwager Of 233 Broadway.
even though II was the day set for her
$4,000 wedding.
So her attorney sent an assistant 20
keep IN eye on the bridegroom. lest he
prove sk!ttish. When Miss Kuhncl finally
appeared at tho License Bureau nj 10 10
she wore q brown silk dress. a blue
cloak n a black hat with the white
ostrich plumes OF a victor. Also on
hand to see that there was fair play was
Walter g.. Howell OF 2i5 Montague street,
Brooklyn. Herkels attorney. and some
trus,ful person had thoughtfully brought
"A minister.
The preliminary parley IN the Office Of
City Clerk =. J. Scully. during which
Miss Kuhnel testified she WAS ~ years
old and IIenkel said lie was ~. went
along without a hitch until the City Clerk
dutlfully asked whether either was the
survivor Of An earlier matrimonial VEN
ture.
Avowals Disturb Principals.
Heriel braced himself and acknowl-
edged that this was his third marriage.
his frs. two wives having d~ied-where-
upon Miss Kuhnel showed signs Of per-
turbation. In her turn she said che had
Jt.o-z>S . P-rAr 1,sAa,l t- ,-,ri.
oh. you never told me that" burst
from the prospective partner of her Joys
and sorrows.
What does Il matterT' inquired
Lawyer Oberwaser. This is your third
marriage-you're no chicken"
Miss Kuhnel protested he had never
told her of his former wives. and after
a good deal Of German was used NJ
Il was decided to go on with the pro-
ceedlngs To the very end. on beine
reminded that the city Is enriched 10y
81 for every license. Henkel fumbled
through his pockets and then an
nounced. In a shaky voice. that he
couldn't Hnd any money.
Maybe It's in here" eaid Miss
Kuhnel. thrust'ng her hand INTO Henkel''
vest pocket. With a deXtrous twis, OF
the wrist she produced Il half dollar and
two quarters M handed them TO tho
| (!ty SIcrk. NHeTcDS tIdSlnk Jul Ndie
away from that officials countcnarce
Another debate ensued In German In
which the pair elected to take an en-
gine ride and talk things over, APP
parently forgetting that the minister
was standing idla-
Motor Horn Teets weddinG March,
While getting into a large touring
a In front Of h Supreme Court
Henkei's legs got SO far beyond his con
troll that he sat down OH the moor OF the
automobile and had to be helped To his
seat by his companion. With tho horr
footing their wedding march they sci
out on their near honeymoon trip. They
were so hustered hat they forgot thei'
nationality. for though both were borr
In Austria, they went to a Frenci
restaurant at Eighth avenue and Forty
eighth street.
Neither could ca much Of the ante
wedding breakfast" and after telephon'
ing 10 lawyer Oberwager for help the,
returned to another German discussion