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Show MARRIED TWICE WIT1 A WEEK I Salt Lake. u 22 Having his marriage to one woman annulled and marrying another woman within an hour or two to escape prison was the rapid-fire matrimonial performance pulled off Friday bj Leo W. Wilson, a young man of 18 years, na a curtain raiser for the regular divorce matinee mati-nee before Judge C. W. Morse. Within a few minutes young Wil son put aBide Fontella Adrich, a 1 i year-old wife and married Vera Wood mansee, a girl of 16 summers. About a week ago, the mother of Miss Woodmansce swore to a com plaint in the count) attorney s office charging young Wilson with a statutory statu-tory offense against her daughter. Before the offieers found Wilson he and Miss Aldrich went to Ogden. and without consent ot parents or guardians, were married It is alleged i,. mlsrepn sented their ages Young WilBon had scarcely returned return-ed i ' S:lf Lake with his bride than he was caught by deputy sheriffs He then asked if he could have the complaint com-plaint against him quashed If he mar-fled mar-fled Miss Woodmansee. The officer's not knowing he had married already, advised him to see an attorney. This was done with the result that yester-lav. yester-lav. unknown to the county attorney r. office, young Wilson and his relatives went before Judge Morae and asked for annulment of the marriage to Miss Aldricb on the ground that I t lie marriage was illegal because both parties were under legal age and had r,M aammI nl either nurents or cuar dinns The court ordered the marriage mar-riage annulled Immediately after becoming free, the young man. accompanied by his parents and Miss Woodmansee. accompanied ac-companied by her parents, appeared b lore the county clerk and Becured n license Lafer they wore married Immediately afterward, the complaining complain-ing witness in the criminal charge against Wilson appeared In the count:, attorney's office and asked that the complaint against him be dismissed, riv- attorney will have to dismiss the complaint The regular grist of the divorce mill netted eight interlocutory decrees and one final. Interlocutory decrees were granted to the following: Myr-tb Myr-tb Powell from Thomas Powell, v-i Die Isabelle C.reenwell from John Oreenwell, Zona Bieeell from Joseph BlB8ell, Maria Larson from Carl Larson Lar-son Emma Sandstrom from Brick Sandetrom, Morris W. Smith from Isabel Isa-bel Smith. Emma Hagg from August Hagg, Cora Wallace from R R Wallace, Wal-lace, A final decree was given Ethel Torgerson from Frank J M Torger son |