| Show q I SAD ENDING OF ROMANCE I GroomElect Busted and Gone Papa Also Missing und Bride Elect Left Stranded I What seems to be one of the neatest little bunco games ever played In Salt Lake came to light last night It involves olves a wouldbe brlde a wouldbe groom a matrimonial agency and a foxy papa who seems to have got off with between 300 and 400 of the brooms money A peculiar feature of rthe little drama us related Is that the groom plucked to his last kopek Is gone to his home the papa is gone with the swag and the weeping maiden f is left 1600 miles from home without the color of money and a goodsized board bill hanging over her head The beginning of the story so far as I this city Is concerned came Inst Thursday day when Hurry E Derby and Emma Derby registered at the Kenyon hotel j as from Detroit Mich The same day Charles E Price registered at the New Windsor from Paonia Cola Coming Into the city he confided to J L Wheel jcr who was on the same train that he I was coming to Salt Lake to be married that his bride was coming from Detroit with her father and that he had sent her money to come on He was Jubl > lant Friday he took Mr Wheeler to xnest his bride at the Kenyon and In r traduced him to Mr Derby and Miss u Derby aa father and daughter That night he told Mr Wheeler he had purchased pur-chased a fine diamond ring for his L brldeclcct He also said that Mr Derby hart been suddenly called back to De troit on urgent business and that as t he was short of money he Price had let him have 100 The hotel authorities discovered yes terday morning that Derby had left TWhout Ecttllng his bill and the account 4 Was at once sent up to Miss Derby B Then the story came out rhe young way appeared at tho desk said her rein j tlve had deserted her and that she had t neither baggage nor money She at once left She went to the Wey and Corned to be In such distress that the j bhOt 1 people permitted her to remain till f she could make some arrangements to iw eet back to her home The story told i bY the Young woman is peculiar She Rave her name Is l not Emma Derby at nonJ but Anna Brown that her home la near rT Utica Mlcl that > Derbys name is by not t Derby but crby hat ho la a cousin I I tn Jrlage and that the trouble came Iv uPon her because of the trickery of this J tajme Zeriy > MX nj L Uu I HI1IJ said W1BI1CCI to get marrisd tl and had Zelb JUt an alver tit1flme11t In a Detroit paper for her Charlcs R Prlcc or ponla Colo an Wercd the advertlsemcnt and uslr my cousin 1 oricsP ° aed with him for my aunt r 1 > lie signed hIs letters Emma crby ir J He wrote to Price that he OUld meet him in 1 Salt Lake and marry o hIm If I Price would send him J the aDd Price sent 1L He wrote allS i that lilac ° all-S a young girl lie found out j Price Would not marry o old l a iornan133 my aunt Then he ttthl to me ri itO lL t1 h 12 had a chance to marry me L ery wealthman In Colorado 30 te earrm oIl alldil I IIp Loin me il fine man In every way I Lake me I could come out to Salt t i nOt like and rnl Set Mr PrIce and If I did tlons him I would bc under no obllga e to marry him and that hc would i me all tho money I wanted back horne to get 4 1ut the ZbO on Ire told nu nothing of thoy lIe would not let me consult L jl they y P110fJle about the matter for fear agreed Would i break up thfl match I to 1mmna como under the name of I took Derby When I met Price here i cOusin a dislike tO hIm mind told mv i that r would not marry him tU ndtr nlv anyclrcnistanccB TiiranyclrcnistanccB ii Tiir Rot all next ih thIng I knew m > cousin had Prlc < the umcneyho could from Mr und t rHW tlm had aWPPd out I never h 10 4 haiit to leave ho Was such a nujcal Then rei the We TV Uc hotel and T came to ii i9 do beciiW I dont know what I am to T i < I on Mr PrIce have i no money to get Jhome j oriW earn to SOP < mc this iT 14 to IDerijy lIe told me had given Wfl j apil dbCrb < i that ih had Bent him 260 hc h tcktt had 1 but 53 and hlk return ion r tn Grand He Bald lie would take mo rauuul T 11 TIe hut Junction and flnd work for 1OI5C I reuIRed + 0 goo He left for L45 Bone tOday I dont l lcnow where Zcrby tJI The J Oung woman seemed to be In sore distress and looks upon herself as the greater victim of the two Sho said nothing of the dlamord ring Neither Price nor Zerby could be found In the city last evening and no complaint com-plaint was made to the police Price owns a little nursery at Paonla and Is T man In moderat circumstances well on toward fifty |
