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Show THEY WERE TO HAVE BEEN MARRIED But for the fact that Judge W H ' Reeder held for investigation the colored col-ored couple arrested yesterday afternoon after-noon and charged with vagrancy, a marriage would have taken place today, to-day, according to the colored lady. The gentleman was not so certain, however, as he was short of monev. but the woman declared that she could supply the funds. I The names Frank Gray and Georgle Gra were given by the two at the : station yesterday, but during the! ( course of the trial thi6 morning, when 1 the woman was referred to as" Gray's I wife that lady snickered j "I ain't his wife. I'm only doin' for him at his house We was goln to get married today." Is that right' Are you to be mar-1 mar-1 rled today'" asked the judge of tne man "I don't know about todav. judge You see, my money's kind a slack." said Gray, whose nickname Is Champaign. Cham-paign. Although the police accused the two of smoking opium In the shack they occupied, both the man and the woman denied that they used drugB and attributed the odor and smoke of "hop' to the fact that their neighbor was cooking some raw opium for his own use. oT find out whether the two do use It or not, the judge took the matter under advisement until Mondav morning By that time he believes the craving for the drug will show whether they are users or not The chicken arrested with them is still in the basement. |