THE ET CETERA CHRONICLES - JAILHOUSE MARRIAGE

JAILHOUSE MARRIAGE - Donna Ruth Green, an eighteen year old girl, plead no contest to a charge of burglarizing Oatts Drug Company on May 11, 1966.  Her co-conspirator, Gary Smith, had been sentenced to serve five years for the burglary.  The couple along with Richard Cooling had been in jail since the night of the offense, when Max and Hugh Collins alerted police of their whereabouts.  On May 20, 1966, the couple were married in the office of Ray Camp, Judge of the Court of Ordinary, with attorney W. Malcom Towson and courthouse employees present.  This redheaded  bride chose not to wear white, but instead donned a pair of yellow Bermuda shorts with a matching shell. Dublin Courier Herald, May 21, 1966