Charge of Burglary Halts Man's Wedding

1920

Intended Bridegroom Is Accused of Part in Bank Robbery

BLOOMINGTON, Ill. — Love may laugh at locksmiths, but not always when there is a reinforcement of iron bars and a jail cell.

This was brought home to Miss Nettie Dorothy Irle and Lowell H. Mills, prominent in social circles of central Illinois, when the latter was arrested the day before the marriage of the pair was to have been celebrated. He was accused of being a principal in the robbery of the bank at Mansfield two years ago, an occurrence which has always been shrouded in mystery.

Protesting his innocence, Mills was taken to the Platt County jail at Monticello, where he was held until friends could furnish $5,000 bail. He then hurried back to his weeping fiancee, who was ready to marry him, even with the charge of burglary hanging over him. But the girl's father, George C. Irle of Champaign, peremptorily forbade the union until the defendant was formally acquitted.


Peace Treaty Is Slow Seller

PARIS, France — Copies of the treaty of Versailles sell for 25 cents in Parisian book stores. There is little demand for it, however, and the price is expected to drop to a nickel a copy.

—Published March, 1920 but events did not necessarily occur immediately near that date.