Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 234, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 October 1914 — Firemen Steal the Bed of Pair Wed in Secret [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Firemen Steal the Bed of Pair Wed in Secret

CHICAGO. —A Maxim silencer on the wedding chimes failed to work when Charles F. Passow, a fireman, married Miss Margaret Mulligan at her borne, 1340 North Avers avenue. Passow recently asked for a furlough, but

did not explain that he intended to be married. He had beard of the pranks played on prospective bridegrooms by their heartless mates in the firehouse. Bo he decided to have a secret wedding. Passow and his fiancee picked out a sunny flat at 6305 Maryland avenue, and during his hours off they visited furniture emporiums and picked out all the accessories dear te the hearts of the newly-married.

But Passow underestimated the discernment of the other members of the engine company. Mr. and Mrs. Passow went to their new home after the wedding the' other night Passow tried to open the door, but the key would not work. This was because the members of company 19 had plugged up all the keyholes. In a rage hotter than most of the fires he has turned the hose on, Passow struggled with the key until Anally he and his bride gained entrance. On the dining-room table they found an elaborate set of aluminum kitchen utensils with a card conveying the company’s best wishes. “They are just beautiful," Mrs. Passow said. , "Yes, the boys are pretty good-hearted, even if they do have their little joke,” Passow conceded. Then he suddenly missed the bed. Once more he felt murder in his heart. He raced back and forth through the flat and at last found that the door of a closet was locked and the keyhole stuffed. Passow got a chisel and hammer and got the door open. The bed had been carefully taken down and stored in the closet.