The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-02-23
CUPID MAKES A
LIVELY CATCH
B. R. Jones and Jennie Hill
Married at Ogden.
1T WAS A STRENUOUS AFFAIR
BRIDE is KNOWN IN SALT LAKE
AS LILLE EVANS.

A LAW Office in Ogden was the
| n scene last night Of an interesting
wedding in which a Salt Lake
woman and wealthy man Of San
Francisco were the contracting parties.
Only a few friends were present at the
ceremony and all were sworn to pro-
found secrecy, but as things viii do.
it leaked out and it was learned that
the victims of Cupid were B. r. Jones,
cigar salesman, and Jennie Hill Of
this city.
/ After the ceremony, cash flowed like
water in the hotel where the parties
secured the bridal suite of rooms, and
all went well until a stranger appeared
on the scene and created a sensation by
slapping the bride in the face, when he
/ learned that she had married one who
/ is supposed to have been his successful
rival. The surprise attendant upon the
| disclosure of the secret wedding was
more than doubled when the news
/ reached Salt Lake and it was learned
/ that the woman from this city was
none other than Lille Evans the
prOprietress of a Commercial street re
| sort.
Bride Lavishly Attired.
According to the information received
| from ogden, the bride, dressed in a
| lavish display of finery, accompanied
/ by the groom, two women who claimed
/ to be sister and mother. and man who
! claimed to be the brides brother, ar
} rived in the city on the afternoon train
and the county clerks Office was sought
out Immediately. As soon as the license
/ had been secured the party went
/ to the Office of Municipal Judge Howell,
and after all parties had been sworn
4 to secrecy. the ceremony was per-
formed. The bridal party then went to
/ the Healy hotel, but because the swell
I bridal chamber could not be secured
/ they moved to the Pacific hotel and Sc
cured the finest suite in the house.
/ The groom, it is stated, was prOfuse-
/ ly lavish with his money and 81 was
/ the smallest tip ne would deign TO give.
/ Matters were going off in Prince Henry
style when an official who forgot to
completely fill out the license reap
peared on the scene and sought to
make the correction While this error
was being rectified a tall, heavy set
man with a smooth shaver face, ap
peared and demanded 70 know what
right the official had there. When told,
and the marriage license was shown
him, he slapped the bride in the face,
and there was a scene.
Tried to Hush Matter Up.
Jennie Hill then broke down and ad-
| mitted that she came from Lille Evans
resort in Salt Lake and said that Lille
would know all about it. It was sup
/ posed that the groom knew nothing of
} the former record of his bride and ef-
1 forts were made TO hush the affair up
and get the couple off on the midnight
train for San Francisco, but they are
still in Ogden.
Two women accompanied the bride
to that city and they registered as Mrs.
John Breen and sister. It was learned
here that Mrs. Breen is a sister of Lii
I lie Evans and that the other woman is
Mabel Monroe, one of the women in
Lilies place. It was also stated here
that Lille and Jones have been en-
gagged for two months or more and that
she left the city with him last evening
to go TO Ogden for the purpose of mar
rying him.
Jones, it is said, is quite wealthy and
has been in this city on numerous trips.
The man who slapped the bride is said
TO be a rival Of Jones who learned Of
the affair and followed them TO ogden.