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Show NEAR BRIDEGROOM BEATEN BY MAID Corners Man Who Refuses to Go On With Ceremony and Soundly Thrashes Him. McKccsport, Pa. Deicrtcd a few minutes before (he llmo for her wedding wed-ding (o Carl II. Swanson, 20 years old, of McKccsport, I'a , Miss Mahala Harrison, Har-rison, 24 car-old telephone operator, chnnged her wedding gown for a sport suit, sent women relatives to Swan-son's Swan-son's homo for him, nnd, nt her own home, ndmlnlstercd a severe beating to the luckless near groom, using only Iter fists. Swanson, badly bruised and battered nnd with both eyes blackened, went (o bed to nurse his wounds, nftcr ho had 1(18 Administered a Severe Dealing. been assisted to his homo by n brother, who hnd witnessed the thrashing Incident. In-cident. Miss Harrison, with her knuckles swollen, returned to the switchboard. Long before the widdlng hour Miss Harrison and her attendant were dressed for Hie ceremony, wearing the flowers which Swanson had sent Whin the bride was Hearing collapse, following n long wait, n special delivery de-livery boy left n letter for her. It was from Sxvnnson and ho wroto that the wedding wav all off. Ills mother didn't want him to get married, ha felt ho could not nfford to, and he wns going nwny to forget. The bride ipilckl) rallied and he did not get away quickly enough She says she hlltM In women defending (heir rights ami their honor with their tlsts nnd she demonstrated that she could easily lake rare of herself. |