Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-09-13

OF Pelican Point and some distance
away from the road. Mr., Stark notified
the city marshal Of Provo OF the find
at the time and he promised To COM
munlcate the Information to the sheriff
put forgot about Il. A few days ago
Deputy Sheriff Henry learned Of the
matter In roundabout way and the
shefiits office took the matter up Yes
terday Sheriff Storrs and some Lehi
oflcers went over and found the horse
and effects as described by Mr.. Stark,
ana the sheriff is trying to learn why
ana by whom the horse was killed. He
mas not much To work on, and the
length OF time that has passed since
The animal was found makes the nves.
tigati0n more difficult. Mr.. stark re-
members seeing strange man on the
horse riding through that neighborhopd
a short time before he found the horse.
The man, az near IL Mr. Stark can de-
scribe him, WAS a medium sized middle
aged man, and would probably weigh
100 pounds, light complexioned, smooth
shaven and had spot, about theAize OF
u half dollar covered with white hair,
on the back of his head
The question Is whether he was MUIR
dered and the horse killed or whether
he killed the horse, which might have
been stolen. for fear Of discovery. or
that, being deranged he killed the horse
and walked away and killed himself
Further search win be made with a
View TO finding some trace OF the man.
Sheriff Storrs remembers an account
being published about the time the
horse was killed of Il strange acting
man. who appeared at Bingham and
bought a horse which ran away from
him, and who at once bought another
horse on which he rode away. and
thinks possibly Vat may have been the
man who rode the horse now found on
the west side of the lake The dead
horse Is bay, years old, weighs 500
pounds. branded G. s., the &C" on It's
back, on the left thigh reached name
The saddle Is new, red leather double
cinch with mark put ON with tar.whlch
looks like the letter &c" on the sheep
skin, and brass mounted stirup. The
bride has a snallie bit. and double head
stall.
THE RIDDLE CASE.
Judge Booth IL now hearing the suit
for separate maintenance brought by
Mrs. Mary Caroline Riddle against
Isaac Riddle OF this city. Plaintiff
claims that she was married to defend
ant in Logan In 1886. ana then be-
came his legal wife and lived with him
as such until about "A year ago when he
deserted her She asks that she be
awarded $50 month for maintenance
and that the home In which she lives
be given to her. She sets out that de-
PENDANT IL the owner of property worth
about $4,000.
The defense Is that the marriage be-
tween the two was plural mari
defendant at that time having a legal
wife, Mary Ann Eagles, also known as
Mary Ann knell, living, and the merits
OF the case rests on which of these
statements are correct. Defendant al
so denies that he has property of great
er value than about $4,000.
The evidence Is In line with the con-
tention In the complaint and answer
Defendant relies on common law
marriage with Mary Ann Eagle, who
was held out by him and recognized In
the community as his legal wife, ac-
cording TO the testimony for the de-
Tense, after his first wife died, which
was some time early in the seventies.
THIRD WARD DELEGATES.
The following delegates have been
elected from the Third ward to the
Democratic state and county conven-
tons:
State conventional. j, Maiben, Evan
Wride, Walter Scott
Aternates-Mrs John A. Warner,
Walter Cox, Mrs Epsy Pace
County conventional. r, Bot, Candy
Scott, s, p, Eggertsen. Mrs. Elmira
Collins, Mrs. II. j, Maiben Mrs. Aug
ust Allen, Walter Scott Mrs. Artie Egg
gertsen, Mrs. Eliza Scott, John A.
Warner, Frank Peay.
Alternates-David King, Harriet Nc
Clellan j. Wallen, Mrs. j, A. Warner,
Samuel Liddard, Samuel Jones.
WEDDING BELLS.
The following couples We're married
yesterday by Bishop l.. l.. Nelson;
Oscar H. Anderson, aged 81, OF Mount
Pleasant, and Ruth Beckstead, aged
10, Of Spanish Fork.
John b. Chase. aged 25, Of Salt Lake,
and Amy Hancock. aged IS. Of Spanish
Fork
GARDEN CITY NOTES.
Mrs. VIM. G. Graham, the aged
mother Of John c. Graham IL suffer-
ing severely from heart trouble and