Show BOWERS MARRIES MISS BIRD Sensational Murder Trial of a Few Years Ago Recalled ESCAPE FROM DEATH TRIED CONVICTED AND SENTENCED SENTENC-ED TO BE HANGED After the Supposed Mnrderer Hud Laid in Jail For Two Years the S Real Culprit Suicided and Left a Written Confession Exonerating the Convicted Main A Rattling Romance I San Francisco July HThe wedding of Dr J Milton Bowers to Miss Mary Bird is announced The ceremony took place in Denver May 27 but the news has been kept secret until now Dr Bowers was the central figure in an extraordinary murder case a few years ago He was tried and convicted con-victed of the murder of his wife and was sentenced to be hanged The evidence evi-dence against him proved to be conclusive con-clusive He had the entire charge of the medicine administered to his wife and poison was found in her stomach after death Henry Benhayon Mrs Bowers brother charged that his sister had been killed by her husband to secure 15000 life insurance The sentiment against Bowers was very strong and he was convicted and sentenced to death After his conviction he remained re-mained in jail nearly two years pending pend-ing a desperate legal fight in his behalf be-half One day the community was startled by the news of the suicide of Henry Benhayon the principal witness against Bowers Benhayon left a confession con-fession completely exonerating Bowers of the murder of his wife Benhayon himself had poisoned her and it was his intention to also get rid of Bowers and obtain the life insurance This remarkable re-markable confassion was regarded at first with doubt and a man named Dimmig was arrested and tried for the murder of Benhayon The theory was that Benhayon had been murdered in the interest of Bowers and that a forged confession had been placed by the body Dlmnvg was tried twice and the second time was acquitted On motion of the district attorney the case against Dr Bowers was then dismissed dis-missed and the man who for so long had been under sentence of death was released Miss Berry who recently married Bowers played a prominent part in the great murder trial I was shown that Bowers had been attentive to her and had very atentv he promised I prom-ised to marry her six months before V his wife died I Dr Bowers and Miss Bird were married mar-ried on the evening of May 27 by Rev N A Haskell in the pasonage adjoining adjoin-ing the Unitarian church at Denver The license was obtained late in the I day it is said and kept secret Rev Haskell is a resident of San Jose Cal and was visiting in Denver when called upon to perform the ceremony He is now in this city At the time of her marriage Miss Bird was a student in a I medical college at Boulder Colo |