The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-11-30
FAILS TO KEEP
WEDDING QUIET;
MAYORS THERE
Weds Miss Margaret Hem
messy at 6 A. M. and Goes
on Honeymoon
BISHOP OFFICIAT T z s

Miss Margaret Erie Hen.
messy. rs, Darlington apart
nnents, was taken into custody
at 6 q. m. Thursday by Chief Of
Police Charles L. Rockingham,
and booked for life at St.
James Cathedral. by Bishop
Edward J. o'Des.
After a wedding breakfast AZ
the Hotel Washington. the
couple left for Vancouver, B. c..
where they will spend a week
honeymooning.
Charlie Rockingham, being .
chief OF police. plotted long and
carefully in an effort 10 move
secretly.
In fact. he told everybody
who asked him about the mar
risoe question that he might i
start the new year off right
He spread the false reports broad
cast that II he got married Il would
be during the New Years holi-
day"
And all the while the old rascal
had been figuring on this Thanks
giving morning for his nuptials.
Mayor and Wife There
Only relatives and close friends
knew Of his plans.
Mayor and Mrs. GIN were there.
Mrs. Julia Crehan, wife OF James
Chehan, secretary to the mayor
was matron OF honor.
The chiefs brother. Joe Beckines
ham. stood up with him.
Other guests were James Crehans
AdcI II. Rockingham. the chiefs
mother. and his brothers George
and Joe. Mrs. Patrick Hennessy.
mother OF the bride. and Mr.. and
Mrs. Norman Buell.. her sister and
brother-in-law.
IT'S Never Too Late
The chief has long been a mem
Der of the Seattle Athletic club,
and is AZ years old. II was almost
unanimously conceded that he was
a life member OF the bachelors di.
vision.
But the dopesters never knew he
had met Miss Hennessy four years
ago. She and the chief have been
pals since then.
Miss Hennessy had many
friends gained during the last few
years when she has been cashier
at the New Washington hotel.
Only Capt Charlie Sullivan and
Lieut.. Charles Dolphin. OF the po-
lice department. knew what the
chief was up TO Wednesday.
They helped him over the rough
spots with fatherly advice.
But Secret Was Out
Late In the afternoon. arrange.
ments were made over the tele-
phone, to have the license issued
at p. m.
"Ah." said the chief. Nobody
has the dope
But his eyes popped open wide
when big two-layer. white cake
from Hazen J. Titus. dining car
OF the Northern
Pacific railway. arrived at police
station.
A. Jacobs. The Star photogra-
pher. ambled in Just after Miss
Hennessy stepped thru the door.
The chief was about ready to ad-
NIT he wasn't the only rubber
heeled slicker In the community
when 1t came TO prying into other
peoples plans.
He swore everybody to secrecy.
and then confided some of his
plans.
Preserves Fishing Rights
There is one other contract be-
sides the wedding agreement We
both intend to sign" he said. My
wife must appear before Judge
Gordon and fix her signature to a
statement giving me perpetual
rights to go fishing when and
where please thru all the years
to come.
And It will include mo
clause"
"Squawking." he explained,
meant "bleating. bawling-tearsl~
She's TO be a dry.
And the Mrs. Beckingham.to-be
smilingly agreed to sign the agree
ment.
1t seems that her family favors
police chiefs.
Patrick Hennessy. her father.
was chief OF police at Grand Forks,
North Dakota. for l3 years.
Mr.. and Mrs. Beckingham
haent decided definitely where
they will live on their return from
Vancouver.
She has made her home with
her mother at the Darlington
apartments. while the chief has
lived with his mother and broth.
ers at 607 18th ave n.
Chinese shin fresh euus Ionu dis.