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Show him, according to her story, on De- ccmbor 5, . 1872, but did not make known this fact until after the death of Park In 1900. Ir. was claimed there were seven vltnessea ( to the marriage of Mrs. Hilton and Dr. park In 1S72, only onn or whom; Mrs. Hannah C. WoIIh, was still living when the eauo came to trial. Mrs.. Well 8 testified that sho was pres-out pres-out at the ceremony. ', Through thy Supremo court's decision, decis-ion, Mrs. Hilton hud a dower right, or ono-thlrd Interest In the property of Dr,', Parle' ,Tlie defendants had purchased pur-chased property from Dr. Park which had been deeded to them, but had not been signed by Mrs. Hilton. In these judgments, Mr. Hilton receives one-third one-third Interest lu all of them. MRS. HILTON WINS CELEBRATED CASES Proof of "Celestial" Marriage Wins $8,270 From Park Estate. Salt Lake. Feb. 5. On her proof of a "celestial" marriage to Dr. John R, Park, Annie F. A. Hilton yesterday received verdicts in eight suits for her dower Interest, amounting to $8,270. The judgments were handed down yesterday by Judge C. W. Morse in the district court and. rings down the curtain cur-tain on this famous case. Since the filing of suits by Mrs. Hilton, In 1903, the case has attracted wide-spread . interest. Nearly two years ago Judge Morse ruled against Mrs. Hilton In two of her suits, but these were carried to the Supremo court by N. V. Jones, attorney for Mrs. Hilton. It was heid that on tho strength of a celestial marriage to John R. Park, for years one of tht? leading educators of Utah. Mrs. Hilton Hil-ton was entitled to one-third In all of .tho property sold by Park during his life time on none of which deeds of transfer did her name appear. The Supreme court took tho ground that a celestial marriage was as binding a"if any" other kind, and "I hat Mrs." 1 1 11-ton' 11-ton' was rightfully the 'wife of Dr. Park after bho was "sealed" to him through" rite." of the Mormou church, though not' enacted in the Temple. These two cases were Hilton against Ro"ylancG 'and Hilton against Stewart Judge Morse' entered judgments in favor of Mrs. Hilton amounting to a-proximately a-proximately $1,000 after the Supremo court ruling and yesterday completed the Avork In the eight other cases pending The same facts were iuclud-ed iuclud-ed in each. ... In each ca.;o decided yesterday, Judge Morse eitlmatud the value of tho properly in question as follows: Elizabeth Gc-oghegan "and "others, 5,000; Adolph M. Anderson and cl tiers, $2,300; Mae C. Boumer and others, $1,200; George "VW" Thatcher and others. $(5,IC0; Fred Stauffer and others. $2,200; Salt Lake City, $4,500; ICvorard I'.icrcr, Jr.. "and others, $1,-0d0, $1,-0d0, Nellie M. Blair $2,lf-0. This n.akos a total of $24.S10. a third of which la declared owing to Mrs. Hilton, Hil-ton, or ?S.2"0. Dr. Park died September 30, 1900, leaving property valued at about $30,-000, $30,-000, He had always ..'appeared as a single man. Tark came to Utah with the now Mrs. Hilton on December 5, ls72, when, it was asserted, the was "sealed" to Dr. Park. In the year 1875 she "went through a marriage ceremony" with Hilton jn Salt Lake, and lived with him until after the death of Park. Mrs. Hilton bore 10 j children as the wife of Hilton, but there was some question as to the le- I gallty of her marriage, and she went I through a second ceremony with Hilton Hil-ton In 189S. Several deeds made by I Hilton were signed by himself and wife. I It was asserted by defendants, in i attacking the claims ot Mrs. Hilton, that she claimed to have b'een married mar-ried to Dr. Park simply to claim some of his money. Sho was married to i |