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Show Young Wife of Bandmaster, Once Happy, Sees Husband Through Bars. MET HIM IN NEVADA WHEN GIVING CONCERTS Husband, in Hard Luck, Led by - Employee to Sign Fraudulent Fraud-ulent Check. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind.. Sept. 11 -From a home where she had all the happiness money could supply to a city where she Is almost penniless, friendless ami her husband hus-band In the clly prison, hus been the experience ex-perience of Mrs. Emlllo Rlvela, the beautiful beau-tiful American wife of the Italian bandmaster. band-master. RIvela was arrested by detectives detec-tives last night on the charge of Issuing a fraudulent check. Mrs. Klvela Is a beautiful womiin. tall and stately Last night, when her husband hus-band was locked up nl the city prison she stood outsldo the bars for several hours and. between her sob-i, tried to console him. Has Run of Bad Luck. RIvela has had a run of hard luck and hus gotten behind with the sularles of his players, now playing at Pair Bank. They became dlssallslled and on Monday one of them attached the property of the band. A compromise was effected by which RIvela RI-vela wus lo retire from any Interest In the organisation, at least temporarily. Yesterday, however, it Is said. Russlea. one of the band members, obtained Rive-la's Rive-la's signature to a paper which RIvela says he thought was a promise lo pay the Duck salary duo the member. It turned out. however, to be a cheek on Pletcher s bank for J11-, and then Rivela wus arrested, arrest-ed, as he has no funds in the bank. Met Him in Nevada. The story of the American girl's marriage mar-riage to the Italian bandmaster reads like a romance. She was traveling with a weulthv grandfather In Nevada when sin-mot sin-mot RIvela. Her grandfather was the late John McOee of San Francisco. A llttlo more than two years ago RIvela was playlnK an engumnont at Wadsworih. Nev. Ho was stopping at the sumo hotel as his present wife and her grandfather. One night a banquet was given for him at tho hotel, and Mr. McGce was present at that function. After the function he Introduced his favorite granddaughter. Brief, Romantic Courtship. A short time lator sho left for hor homo In San Francisco. Only a fow weeks after af-ter that RIvela took his band to San Francisco- While he was pluylng In that city tho girl went to henr one of fus concerts con-certs and afterward they renewed their ac(ualutancc. After a courtship, which lasted about a month, tho beautiful American girl consented to marry RIvela. and they were wedded. Learns Husband's Langunge. Since thai lime she has been traveling over the country. Sho said she experienced experi-enced some difficulty In learning to talk with her husband, but can now speak his language lluently. She hns been tho business busi-ness manager for his band. From English's hotel, where their baggage bag-gage Is being held, the woman went to a boarding-house. Her attorney says an Italian gave them money enough to pay i for their food and lodging. Mrs. RIvela -' has her twelve-year-old sister with her. |