HEENEY MARRIED

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XVIII, Issue 198, 4 August 1928, Page 5

HEENEY MARRIED

TO NEW YORK LADY NEW ZEALAND BOXER’S ROMANCE. NOW MOTORING TO NEW JERSEY. [United Preu Association—By Cable— Copyriaut.l lAuatralian and N.Z. Pres* Assn) (Received 4, 8.50 a.m.) New York, Aug. 3. Tom Heeney married Manon Dunn, of Port Washington. Long Island, at Ladentown, New York, last night. A Justice of the Peace, Mr. Margulies, said: “A man who gave the name of Tom Heeney, and said he was a boxer, came here with a girl and a license and asked me to marry them. I did, and they left immediately atterwards without saying where they were going.” Someone at Heeney’s late apartment in New York stated that Heeney was now on the way to the coast.

Eddie Harvey, a brother of Charley Harvey, Heeney s American manager, was not informed of the marriage byTom, but said it was undoubtedly true. “Tom and Miss Dunn have been going together for some time and the marriage is no surprise to me.”

Some mystery has developed concerning Heeney’s bride. Her home is now reported fo be Spring Valley, New York. A man said to be her father and other supposed relatives there denied that they knew her. John Mortimer stated that Heeney wished to marry Miss Dunn before the Tunney fight, but his managers dissuaded him. Mortimer confirmed the report of the marriage and said: “They met about 18 months ago at a party. Thev are now motoring to New Jersey.”