The Morning standard. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1910-191?, 1910-09-11
MOCK MARRIAGE
OF YOUNG GIRL
Trick by Which Married Alleged Have Succeeded in His
Brutal Designs and Which Led Finally to Sensation
in Circles

married. but claimed that he had Sc.
cured a divorce | was working one
evening a few days after this when a
long distance call came over the line
for him. 1t came from Ogden and |
! could not help listening to the conver-
sation that passed between Mr. Lee
1 and the Ogden party Lee was told
! that HIS former wife had died
He told me about this when | saw
him later on the same night, and /
admitted to him that | had heard the
conversation, He seemed glad that
| had heard it, as he said that |
would now know for certain that he
was free. 1t was quite a while after
this that learned that his former
wife was still living. but did not sus.
pect that the message which ] had in
tercepted had been n decoy. which he
intended | should hear Well. If she
isn't dead she's divorced he told me.
and | let 1t go by. trusting 10 his
story that he had been the victim of
a joke
My parents were opposed to my
! marrying Lee and | was not old
enough to get married in Rock
Springs without their consent Last
February Lee proposed that-we 90 10
Evanston and get married and then go
TO Ogden and keep house. loved
Lee and assented to this plan. On
the 10th OF February We took a train
to Evanston. II WAS after 9 o'clock
in the evening when We left Rock
Springs. As soon as we arrived in
Evanston Lee took me to a room on
the second floor of a building not
more than two blocks from the de-
pot He told me il was the Office Of
justice Of the peace with whom he
had arranged for a marriage cere,
mony
"As | entered the room / saw a
young man sitting by a table read
ing from book There were other
books and papers on the table and |
had not the slightest doubt that was
in the office of a justice Of the peace.
The man turned to us and Lee in.
troduced me as his intended bride.
| remember in introducing the man
10 me he called him Justice Palmer
THE man had us stand facing each
other while he read from the book.
! knew something about a wedding
ceremony and the man asked me the
ordinary questions that are asked
during such ceremonies. VIII you
trust honor and obey this man. he
asked and | answered yes Then |
pronounce you man and wite'-and al
ter these final words Lee and the
man wrote something on paper, but
] did not have to sign my name to
any documents. There were no wit
nesseS to the marriage. but | did
not know that this was necessary,
where marriage was performed by
justice OF the peace. Lee said Ii
was not. | had never seen a mar
riage performed and there was moth
ing suspicious about the ceremony TO
me at that time"
The girl stated that Lee began to
mistreat her shortly after coming TO
this city, but had never been actual
ly brutal until few weeks ago when
he came home drunk and threatened
to beat her with a club which he
raised over her head. On q number
of occasions, during the past month.
Lee has threatened to Kin her and
ON Thursday drew a sharp knife from
his pocket and pressed the point of
II against her breast and sworc that
he Intended to Kill her When she
escaped from his clutches and at
tempted to telephone TO the police
station. Lee jcrked the receiver from
ner hand and said he would call up
the d police iC she wanted
them. He called the police to the
house and when he saw an officer
approaching fled out the back door
and escaped arrest. Later warrant
was sworn out by his pseudo-wife
and he was arrested,
Since coming to ogden with the
Muier girl, Lee has worked at num-
Der of places and has earned some