CONVICT MARRIED IN HANDCUFFS.
Bride Bids Her Husband Farewell for Ten Years. Paris, June 19. The extraordinary scene of a wedding where the bridegroom was married in handcuffs was witnessed at St. Martin, He de Re, yesterday. Theophile Fray, aged thirtyfour, had recently been caught in a daring burglary, and sentenced to ten years’ hard labour. His fiancee, Alexaudrieue Sadelman, aged nineteen, was heartbroken at the news, and declared that nothing would induce her to give up her sweetheart. She accordingly petitioned the authorities to allow the marriage to take place place at once. Her request was granted, and yesterday the prisoner was conducted by four detectives to the mairie, where his bride and her friends were awaiting him. After the ceremony he bade her farewell for ten years, and was taken back to his cell, while the bride returned to her parents’ home.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXX, Issue 423, 13 August 1908, Page 4
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144CONVICT MARRIED IN HANDCUFFS. Manawatu Herald, Volume XXX, Issue 423, 13 August 1908, Page 4
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