St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1916-12-30
Came to Covington Several
Weeks Ago With His
Young Bride.
MADE FRIENDS BY HIS
GENIAL DISPOSITION.
Checks Given in New Orleans
Cause Him to Be Ar
: rested in Vaudeville. :!

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peiee i"tie Woman were po1n1ed our
on, the streets of Covington recently
with the interest that usually at.
Ftraets attention IL a naw,v marr;ad
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'o"p'o' any, sues''oi's' as 20 "hos stheS
We're Orougnt out the sinformatio
! that the bride was from Washington
parish and the husband was a son a,
tho .t4orrav a.., - az. .s..,
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me 'bogalusa american gives the
following, account Of the wedding:
Acquaintanceshir- -COl,rtshiD.
':Axrecord for courtghip ending
in marriage after an informal intro
-duction was essabished lately when
the Honorable A. v. Coco, aJr., the
assistant attorney general, met,
WQoed and won Miss Bell. the charm
ing daughter OF Mr.. Dyson Booty. OF
Frankhnton, the courthouse seat and
now the courtship site 0f Washington
parish.
Mr. Coco 1ncidentally met May
booty. Mutually drawn by the at
tractive force of love at first sigh"
cOurtship entwined their youthful
hpartstrings and urged consumma-
tion of their pfighted troth bg elimi-
Mating obstacles and securing the
necessary wedding accessories in
short order. The clerk. of tho court,
a ceremonial ministe and a view ac-
quaintances, witnessed the romantic
ordeal which bound the pair to joint
ly share the joys and sorrows of "A
welded life. Boarding the train
they came to Bogalpsa and received
the congratulations OF some Of their
surprised friends and became thrill
ed with the magic city, whose very,
atmosphere stimulates love-"
While the above. account gives the
name as IA. v. Coco. Jr.. it lis said
here and at Franklinton that! It was
Walter Coco who married Miss
Booty. and that they were here on
their honeymoon and were stopping
at the New Southern Hotel. blrt 1t is
also stated that he is a son of the
Acknowledgement.
Mr.. Coco made quite number of
friends in Coyington and seemed IT.
lbe very sociable and liberal sort OF
fellow. In the meantime he gave
several checks to parties here, among
them being Molloy, Gabrielle and
Barrios. After the adjournment of
court, last week, Mr.. Coco went to
Franklinton, with others of a party,
it being said that hunting expedi-
ton was on the program. After he
was gone It began to be rumored
that some Of the checks he had given
were worthless, and several parties |
here went to Ffanklinton after him
and got their money, which was said
to have been raised by Coco through
passing other bogus checks on
people. Two of the
checks, one held by Mr.. Barrios for
$40 and one by Mr.. Gabrielle for $25
were among the amounts recovered.
1t later developed that quite q
number of these checks had been
issued. Several werea deposited for
collection at the Covington Bank &
Trust Co. One by Mr.. Pittman for
seven dollars was written on blank |
OF the Vaudeville Branch OF the st. |
Tammany Bank & Trust Co. 1t was
drawn on q hank of Lewiston, Ill,
although the writing Is |
not quite plain.a as neither Id the |
signature. which looks like walter
Coco" or it might be Walter J. Coco. |