Sue Hemingray marries David Cusick

A MUNCIE GIRL

WEDS GOAL TEND

DAVE CUSICK WEDS WEALTHY

MUNCIE YOUNG LADY.

The Mother Objected to the Wedding

and the Couple Had to Elope

to Evade Obstacles

Romance Connected with the Meeting

and Courtship — Cusick is

with Kokomo.

A mother's tears, the refusal of a County clerk to issue a marriage license, and the intimidations of a small squad of policemen were not of sufficient weight to prevent a romantic wedding which took place in the parlors of the Imperial hotel at Indianapolis at 8 o'clock last night.

Miss Sue Hemingray, of Muncie, pretty and immensely wealthy, became the bride of David Cusick, the big goal tender of the Kokomo polo team. The simple, quiet ceremony which made them man and wife, came only as a calm after an entire day of stormy, dramatic incidents.

The story is something like this:

"Two years ago "Dave" Cusick arrived at Muncie from Fall River, to guard the cage of the Muncie polo team. He was 26 then, a giant in stature, golden haired and always smiling, whether in defeat or victory. Muncie was polo mad, and Cusick, the best goal tender that the city had ever seen, became the idol of the thousands of fans. After big games it was not unusual for him to be called to the center of the polo rink and receive from his generous admirers such tokens of their esteem as roller skates, gold headed canes, rings and meerschaum pipes.

Idol of the Girls

The girls of the town crowded the rink to see him play. Off the polo floor the big goal tender was able without difficulty to hold his own in society. He soon became popular in the younger society set.

It was at a dance that he met Miss Sue Hemingray. For several years previous she had been in college. The daughter of the late Robert Hemingray, for years the head of the Hemingray Glass company, she was one of the richest young women of the city.

It is said that after their first meeting Miss Hemingray never missed a polo game in Muncie. In becoming a polo enthusiast she fell in love with Cusick. Against the wishes of her mother and other relatives she permitted the big goal tender to worship at her shrine. A year ago, when her relatives believed that they foresaw her marriage to him, her mother took her east. The mother, it seems imagined her daughter's affections for Cusick had waned during the year of travel and sight-seeing.

They Met Again

But this was a mistake. Thursday Cusick, at Kokomo, received a telegram from Miss Hemingray informing him of her return to Muncie. He took the next train for that place.

Friday morning they met by appointment at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Eugent "Bobby" Hart, in Muncie. Arrangements had been made for a quiet wedding. The benedict-to-be went to the county clerk for a license.

He met with a flat refusal. "Miss Hemingray's mother has just been here and has forbade me issue a license to you," said the clerk.

Cusick, it is said, protested, Were they both not of age? But the clerk was obdurate. Apparently the influence of the Hemingray family in Muncie counted for something.

Determined to wed, the couple, decided to go to Indianapolis. Before leaving, however, there was a scene. The mother of the young woman cried and became hysterical, it is said, on failing to dissuade her daughter from the step she was about to take.

Aid of Police Sought

Then she sought the aid of the police. Several blue-coated officers went to the Hart home and advised Cusick to abandon his matrimonial plans.

As if in answer to the advice of the police, Cusick, Miss Hemingray and Mr. and Mrs. Hart boarded an interurban car and came to Indianapolis. They arrived about 5 o'clock and took dinner at the Imperial hotel.

At 8 o'clock with only Mr. and Mrs. Hart and William Foor, proprietor of the hotel as witnesses, the ceremony was performed by the Rev. Joshua Stansfield, pastor of the Meridian street M. E. church. Then the entire party went to English's to witness the presentation of the "Maid and the Mummy."

Mr. and Mrs. Cusick will make Kokomo their home during the present polo season.