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Leon Co veil’s Matrimonial Escapade.Leon Covell, son of Eugene Coyill, and known in Arlington, has been having quite a matrl ’ Ha was emvUU« HUB «vv*i Bmouial experieace. He was em oloyed in a restaurant in Sioux Fal.s, S. Dakota, where he met and.« • i»L Mina T? I neon/iAf ftltSt 0. w nvi v —fell in love with Miss Florence Johnson. Her parents objected to their getting married and so they run away. The following clippings from a St. Paul paper give some or the details: . .If Mr. and Mrs. Leon Cove I, who were married in Minneapolis Saturday, will make known their whereabouts all wlllbe forgiven, ac cording to the bride’s mother, Mrs. Harry Massa of Sioux Falls, who is in Minneapolis trying to locate her runaway daughter and her hus-The young couple left Sioux Falls for Minneapolis Friday night. They arrived here, secured a license and were married before a telegram from the girt’s father was received stating that she was under age. The clerk of the court s reply that the couple were married brought the mother to Minneapolis. She has furnished the police with a des-cription of the couple and ask them to assist in locating the truants.Mr. and Mr$. Covell, however, are still unaware of the paternal blessing, and are still in hiding H they have not left the city.StikGaifDr. *Amyea p•ad ho ■Sw itnke mi|i tnStrt top ofSS3cup«WifritalMtailThe young runaway couple from Sioux PallB, S. D., who were married Saturday by J udge Simpson of this city a few moments before a receipt of atelegram from the bride a father, forbidding the issuance of a license, have bren forgiven, and if they will only make known their whereabouts, will be taken on a wedding tirip to California by the bride’s parents.Mrs. Harry Massa, the mother of the new Mrs. Leon Ccvell, arrived in the city yesi rday, and at once called upon the police to aid her in the search for her daughter and son-in-law. The parents have become reconciled to the marriage and will forgive everything.netrlloo*aSt-1s.’TheSioux Falls, D., Aug. 26.—The marriage in Minneapolis a few days ago of Leon Covell and Miss Flor-ence Johnson, the former of Jones county, Iowa, and the latterof Sioux Falis, has resulted in the ^depart-ure from Sioux Falls of Mr. and Mrs. Henry G. Massa, old residents of the city, who could not stand the notoriety growing out of the elop-ment and marriageof their daughter.The girl was a daughter of Mrs. Massa by her formerhusband. She went to Minneapolis ostensibly on a visit and when a friend in that city telepraphed Mr. Massa that the girl was about to be married it created consternation in the Massa household. ...Mrs. Massa went to Minneapolis, upon learning how matters stood, wired her husband that she would not return to Sioux Palls, and for him to meet her and Florence at Omaha. Massa at once closed out his business and departed for the Nebraska metropolis. It is said they will locate permanently in California.A1Iis-!The Minneapolis Journal said: Leon Covell and Florence Massa are believed to have secured a li-cenee and been married by Judge Simpson yesterday afternoon. Despite age limitations, parental opposition and a few other obstacles, the two are now man and wife. , This morning a telegram was received by County Clerk Dickey. Itre^Sioux Falls, S. D., Aug. 22, 1903. —Clerk of Courts, Minneapolis, Minn.: Did Leon Covell and Flor--ence Massa get license to marry? If not, refuse them, as. girl is under age. Wire answer.Harry Massa. Deputy Clerk Switzer discovered that a license was issued yesterday to Leon Coyell, of J ones county, Iowa, and Florence Johnson of Minnehaha county, S. D. Her age was given as 18. The two were married by Judge Simpson immediately. ., , , .Although the bride s last name was given as Johnson, her h’’s^ name was the same as that wired by Mr. Massa and the name of the I groom was identical. It is there-| fore believed to be certain that the contracting parties are the ones referred to by the irate parent at Sioux Falls, and that the young , I man in giving the data to the cierk i and making his marriage affidavit , I not only disregarded parental ob-I . . . 1 ' i ________j thrt AHir.lOiections but committed the crime of perjury. A marriage under an assumed name is said to be no marriage.
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Arlington News
Arlington, Iowa, US
Thu, Sep 03, 1903
Page 7
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Thomas R.
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