Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 168, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 July 1911 — Untitled [ARTICLE]

YOUNG STUDENTS FIND OPPOSITION TO MARRIAGE. Girl’s Father Wires Officer to Prevent ' Marriage Until His ArrivaL

Bloomington, Ind., July 17—Just as the ceremony was about to be performed this evening that would have united in marriage Richard A. Johnston, an Indiana University student and school teacher of Nappanee, Elkhart county, and Miss Pauline Virginia Mcßea, a teacher in the city schools at Mayfield, Ky., and a pretty co-ed of the university here, a message came from the Mayfield chief of police to Chief Hensley here, which read: “Detain Pauline Mcßea and prevent marriage until her father can get there;” Armed with the message, the chief called at the rooming house of the girl on Atwater avenue and showed her the telegram. Miss Mcßea at once telephoned to her fiance and, after a consultation, it was agreed to surrender the marriage Tteen'se To Chtef Hensley and to await the arrival of Mr. Mcßea, who is expected early in the morning. At a late hour, however, Mr. Johnson employed an attorney and filed a replevin suit against Chief Hensley for possession of the license. The papers were served by Officer Dudley, and the trial was held before Justice Robinson. The court held that the chief had no right to the license, as the couple had met all requirements of the law in obtaining it. —-——L_, Mr. Johnson and Miss Mcßea, after obtaining possession of the license, began looking for a minister in an effort to have the nuptial knot tied before the arrival of the girl’s father. The same couple left the city together Saturday morning and applied for a license at Bedford, but were denied the necessary papers. The clerk there was filling out the blanks when he learned that the girl’s residence was Kentucky and he then refused' the license under the state law. Both the young people are of marriageable age, Miss Mcßea being 19 years old and Mr. Johnson 23 years old.

Each came to Indiana for the first time this summer to take the special teacher’s course of twelve weeks. They had never met before. An attempt was made this evening to find out from Miss Mcßea what the parental objection was, but one of her girl friends met the questioner at the door and said: “Miss Mcßea is in no humor to talk and refuses to be seen.” " j -