The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-05-03
BRIDE -FOUR DAYS;
CALLED BY DEATH
Tragedy Of Life Follows AN
ElOpement Of Salt Lake
Couple.
MARRIED IN OGDEN
ON TUESDAY LAST
Honeymoon Trip to Seattle,
Where Bride Is Summoned
to Great Beyond.

Welded on Tuesday-dead on SAT-.
nrdayl 1T is q tragedy of life. In
the Office OF the clerk Of Weber county,
on Tuesday, April q, Cary Bettilyon.
aged Gl years, and Miss Sarah Vie
Stewart, aged 30. were granted IL
cense to marry. They gave their resi-
dence as Salt Lake
The ceremony was performed in the
clerk 5 office by an attache of that
office, The witnesses were Mr.. and
Mrs. Ross G. Davis. also of Salt Lake.
The party left on trip to the north
west that evening. Saturday message
was received from Seattle by Mrs. j.
s, HoutZ, sister OF Mrs Bettilyon
who resides at 45I South Third East
death of Mrs Bcttilvon in Seattle OIL
that date, and SAYING that the body
would be sent here. arriving on train
No. 10 on the Short Line Tuesday
evening.
Heart on Right Side.
Mrs. Bettilyon was victim of
! chronic asthma for d number OF years.
! In October Of last year she was stricken
with appendicitis, aud was operated
upon al the L. D. S, hospital. DR.. George
| w. Middleton being the operating sur
geon, assisted by DR.. Samuel II. Allen.
| This operation developed the fact that
her heart was upon the right side. but
| this condition was not made known tc
either her relatives or herself.
Several weeks ago she was stricken
with an attack of asthma and was
again taken to the l.. d. s. hospital
and she left there only two weeks ago
Her marriage TO Mr.. Bettilyon fol
lowed, as stated above.
After they left Pocatelo. according
TO a message from Seattle 10 The
asthma, which continues with uuusuai
severity on the train, and she was IN
able TO sleep the two nights upon the
trip. and at Portland stop was made
TO give her relief, but without avail
When Seattle was reached medical air
was again called. and her husband was
assured that, while she was suffering
with severe case of asthma, she was
in no danger, and II was not until she
lapsed into unconsclouspess that thoBe
with her realized the seriousness of
her condition. The end came on Sat.
urday. The body left Seattle Sunday
evening for Salt Lake, accompanied BY
Mr. Bettilyon aud Mr.. and Mrs. Davis
Husband Totally Deaf.
Mr.. Bettilyon is totally deaf and
while he is able to read the lip move
ment. conversation must be carried on
with him in writing. He came to Salt
Lake about three years ago from
Pennsylvania, where he had q family
He has a son in Salt Lake Mr.. Bet
tIlyon purchased a ranch on Granite
bench, near Big Cottonwood CANYON.
where he has resided a part of the
time.
He was a pearl diver and pear.
hunter. During the summer Of 1908
he spent several weeks at the head
waters of the Mississippi river. gath
ering pearls from the clans which he
dug out of the mud there. and when
he returned here he brought with him
about $4,000 worth of pearls.
Prior to leaving Seattle Sunday night
Mr. Bettilyou and Mr., Davis were seeu
by representative of The Tribune
The Tribune correspondent wires thus;
Wanted It Kept From Press.
In answer TO a question: Mr., Bettilyor
said that he had married suddenly be-
cause there had been trouble in the fam.
lily" He could not he made 20 state whai
trouble had occurred. and his attendant,
Davis refused 10 state what difficulties
Bcttiyon had encountered before MS
! marriage He insisted that the sudden
ceremony was occasioned by the IN
mediate need of change of climate foI
| the invalid. Davis wanted TO Know II
tho information sought was Tor the use
Of Salt Lake papers, and asked that no
information be given them, The reason
given was that they did not want to ap-
pear i'm newspapers. Bcttilyon says NJ
| came To Salt Lake about four years ago
Previous TO that time he was stock
| raiser and farmer i'm various parts oil the
! east Until last year he was commas
sion merchant in salt Lake. and he has
spent his spare TING pearing IN fresh fresh
! water streams in the east His wires
engagement ring is made Of pearl found
in one OF the lots Bcrtilyon gathered.
He says that he is worth S6o.poo. n
I son. V. A. Bettilyon. Is connected WITH
the real estate department of the Hal
Dead Woman Native Utahn.
AS Miss s. Vie Stewart. Mrs. Betti
Won was known by a wide circle Of
friends and relatives here and in Tropic
and Paneuitch, Garfield county. where
she formerly resided For several years
she had made her home at the residence
of Mrs, II. =. Uoutz of this city and
was under the personal care OF Mrs
! UoutZ and family during her long llt
ness. She was the daughter of Joseph
! and Elizabeth Stewart both deceased;
former prominent residents OF Garfcid
! cenntv, Beside her sister Mrs l1out2i
sac leaves three sisters aud a prot4er'
all residents of Tropic, Mrs. Louisa BY
bee. Mrs. Jane Ahlstrom, Mrs Dec Cope
and Mr.. Joseph Levi Stewart.
Mrs Davis, who. with her husband
accompanied the newly married couple
TO Seattle. was niece OF the dead
woman.