Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 180, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 July 1916 — SLEEPS WHILE BRIDE WAITS [ARTICLE]

SLEEPS WHILE BRIDE WAITS

Indiana Merchant Secured a License Then Goea to Sleep and la Locked In Office. Lawrencebnrg, Ind. Edward L. Kuhn, aged forty-five, owner of a general merchandise store in Clay township, and Mrs. Anna Moore Davis, aged forty-five, a dressmaker of the same neighborhood, were married at the parsonage of the First Baptist church by the Rev. Omer W. Bowman, the pastor, but not at the time they planned. Mr. Kuhn came to this city in an automobile, and the bride-to-be came on a late train. While Mrs. Davis, Mr. Kohn oblicense, then he sat down in the private office of the circuit court clerk and went to sleep. When the day’s work was done James G. McKinney, the clerk, and his deputies, not noticing Mr. Kuhn, locked the office and went home. Mr. Kuhn awakened several hours later, and found he was in the dark, locked in the office. He shouted for help several times, and finally attracted the attention of Daniel E. McKennie, the sheriff, who released him. Mr. Kuhn found Mrs. Davis, who was searching the city for him, and they were married.