Show T SHE DID NOT ELOPE Mrs Owens Had Secured a Divorce from TYaltenspIel Sho Obtained the Decree at Kansas City and ainrrled Owens ou tho Follow log Day at St Louis The news of the attempted suicide of Mrs Elizabeth Owens at St Louis which appeared exclusively in yesterdays HERALD created a great sensation among the ladys acquaintances here and especially among the spiritualists with whom Mrs Owens associated while a I resident of Salt Lake j A prominent member of the spiritualists spiritual-ists society stated to a reporter yesterday that the lady was a firm believer in spiritualism and attended meetings and seances Jt was at one of these gatherings I gather-ings that she met L Owens a young man of 26 who however remained in this city but a short time and then went on east This informant stated that Mrs Waltenspiels married life was very unhappy un-happy and she went to Kansas City a I year ago and instituted divorce proceedings proceed-ings against F C Waltenspicl Another friend of the lady stated last evening that she did not elope with Owens nor was there anything strange in the fact that she bore his name as on t i April 2 last she obtained a decree ot I absolute ab-solute divorce from Waltonspiel Kansas j City and the next day was legally married to Owens at St Louis Owens died at that city on May 18and the ladys friends believe that in a fit of despondency caused by the sad event she attempted suicide |