The Evening dispatch. [volume] (Provo, City, Utah) 1891-1895, 1895-09-10

L BE ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS maui III tD6S6
columns one day last week of the sen.
sational suit from Sanpete filed in the
First District court against Caroline
Hansen is fresh in the memories of our
readers. It viii be remembered that
she was accused of making fraudulent
| returns 10 the probate court as guar
dian for her children concerning the
sale of real estate. the property of her
minor children. 1t was alleged IN the
complaint that her returns specified
that she had sold the real estate to
one LaFevre for $4,000 0;that there was
no PAYMENT of $4,000 90 made to her by
LaFevre; that the transfer of the real
estate to him was the result of a con-
spiracy between her and LaFevre, TO
whom she had been married at Ogden,
on May 18th, under the assumed name
Of Henry Johnson, she giving the
name Of Carrie M. Hansen. 1t now
transpires that the poor woman did
not know thst she was the victim OF
her blgsmous husband who was living
dual lie for money. She had mar
ried johnson" in good faith and had
been led to believe by him LaFevre
had turned over to him johnson"
beef cattle to the value OF $4,000 90
and made out the deed for the
real estate to LaFeyre, not
knowing that LaFevre and her
husband (2) johnson" were one and
the same man. She has learned it
now, however, and learned that La
FeYre had wife and babe in Sterling,
Sanpete comfy, having married there
under his first name the wealthy
widow Mary Ellen Westphal, more or
less known all over Utah, particularly
southern Utah. Mrs, Hansen
lived in Chester, only twenty Or thirty
miles separated from her husbands (?l
other wife and knew the widow West
phal had married La Fevre, but didn't
know she had married him also.
Neither did Mrs. La Ifevre know that
her husband had entered into bigam-
GUS marriage with Mrs. Hansen. She
has found it out now, however, and is
busy in an effort to get her bigamous
husband La Fevre-J ohnson in the penI-
Tertiary. After this deal he repre-
sented TO her that he had received the
cattle from La Fevre and would give |
her the money as soon as be sold them. |
He represented himself as a large |
cattle shipper, but was now tired of |
the business, and wanted to go into |
the real estate business in Denver. He |
said he was going to Boston, and |
wanted his wife to 90 along as far as |
Denver, where she could Stay and look |
over the place while he went on to |
Boston. She agreed, and they started |
from Salt Lake for Denver on August |
2Ist. Judge Johnson succeeded in |
locating the deceived and betrayed wo-
man at Colorado Springs and requested |
her Immediate return on very import |
ant business. She started at once, and |
johnson" came along also, She went |
before Commissioner Gresman in Salt |
Lake yesterday and swore out warrant |
charging La Fevre with bigamy. She is
also trying to recover from the deceiyer
not only the land but other property
he had become possessed of through |
her. The woman is naturally in great
distress. Her wrath against her be-
trsyer is raging, and she needed much |
persuasion to prevent her shooting
him when she learned the facts. The
man, however, 5akes it coolly. He
came on to Salt Lake Sunday night,
and On his victims arrival yesterday
be appealed to her to come to the
same hotel he put up at and say moth
ing about his d0ings, urging that if she
would keep quiet there was no way 10y
which his treaChery and bigamous
could be proven. The appeal
was in vain; Mrs. Hansen is deter
mined to land him in the penitentiary,
ana to recover the property wrongfuliy
taken from her.