Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-09-13
Emily Howe Promised to Marry
Man Who'd Get Her
Out OF Jail.
TWO MEN MADE A MAD RACE.
The Old Lover from Nevada,
Long Engaged to the Girl
Lost by Two Minutes.
II Promised Tom Id Marry Him IL Tie
Got Me out of Jail. Am
sorry for you, Frank

Chicago. sept. 13.-Emny Howe. %
years old. recently Of Minnesota. last
night was the heroine of romance
in the Harrison street police station.
giving herself as wife to "a Chicago
letter carrier who beat her bethrothed
a Nevada mine owner by TWO minutes
In furnishing bonds for The feleas. ul
the fair captive held ou a charge or
taking things from state street store
This charge. Miss Howe denies ana
Tho stroDuousneEs OF her assertions
and the faith Of her friends point t' her
innocence.
Frank N. Crosby. the mine owner
to whom she was engaged, ana VINO
was her bctrothed sweetheart away
back at Glencoe, Mimi, was hrtrt-
brolxan as he saw her leave the sLaIlph
with his rival. y. J. Hawthorne. These
men had never met uuul lhey 7t'oA
at the sergeant's desk last night.
Miss Howe was arrested week tsl.
rysr case was continued 30 days. AN
efforts Of the matr0n To- learn some
thing Of the girl 8 history were un1N1ll-
ing AS she said she preferred liie Inn
prisonment TO letting her lrenos hn'"
OF her arrest. .5 49,
Yesterday. however. she changed her
mind and sent word 90 Hawthorne .sk-
i,s, hin, TO Drocure "a boudsman Tor her.
ne called AT the annex late ln the ai-
terno0u. and after hearing her version
of the charge against her declared DE
would not rest until he procured her
release. ,-, ....e,.f
nlace Tom" said the girl, as tears
streamed down her check ST ]. marry
YOU You know my promise, ID Keep
IT, no matter what happens
wednesday night. there arrived m
Chicago from Nevada the man VINO
was the sweetheart OF Emmy i'"e,
when thay both went TO the little req
school house at the cross roads Cross
hv had not seen Emily as ne called
her since no left Glencoe. six years
ago 20 make his fortune in the Ne
vada gold fields They had cores
ponded regularly. however, and IN one
of his letters. written six months ago,
Crosby proposed marriage He was
accepted
Miss Howe had removed Co Chicago
from Minnesota three years ago ana
until recently she lived with AN aunt
Mrs. Nigpa Cooley
on Crosbys arrival m Chicago.
he went 10 the home OF Mrs. Cooley
and there learned that Al~r Howe had
moved TO the North Side. He had
some difficulty in finding the bakery
in Wells street. whore She was em-
ployed as cashier and the proprietor
said he had not heard Of the girl
since a week ago.
Crosby hurried o. the Central sta
tion and gave description Of his
sweetheart. whom he feared had met
with harm.
Two hours later De was informed
that the missing sin was prisoner
al the Harrison street annex. lie was
told by the police that he could pro-
cure her release on bonds Of $1,000,
Crosby hal more than that amount of
money with him. which he was will
ing TO put up as a cash deposit but
only real estate bonds are accepted
by the municipal courts.
Crosby started t1 ind man who
would sign the bond tor considera-
tlcu.
At $50 O'Clock, with a bondsman.
Crosby rushed up O. The sergeants desk
and asked that Emily Howe DE
brought from her cell.
The sergeant informed Crosby that
Miss Howe would bee free as soon as
he finished recordug the bond offered
by a man standing 40 the desk. Cros-
by discovered his successful rival and
soon heard his fate As the girl ape
peared and greeted Hawthorne accord
ing 20 her promiso. Crosby sought 90
remind her OF her previous engagement
Dangling necklace of nuggets which
he had dug out of his mine at GOliheIa.
Crosby tried 10 luro the girl away from
his rival, but she shook her head.
If you had been the first Go reach
the station" she said, II would go with
YOU and become your bride, but / prom
ised Tom I would marry him o. hc got
me out OF IAN. i Hm sorry i0I you.
Frank but i must Keep my promise.