| Show DIED I 1 an american pork darls correspondent the millard county papers brina particulars of the oasis scandal in which an american fork girl figures wallace 0 haq arrested for adultery with effi effii i jackson alias mrs shaw of american fork ilia disgrace peeved upon his mind to the extent oi driving him to seek a watery enave in ane icy sevier river at any rate letter left for friends and footsteps leading to the waters edge would indicate that he had drowned himself though his body has not yet been discovered and bome he has skipped to other parts lie made the following fol lowine statement to abe millard county blade before the tragedy 1 I lived in california where I 1 was respected for my honesty and industry 1 joined a correspondence club and advertised for a lady effie jackson ol 01 american fork answered mv ad and 1 became interested ed in her and learned to love her finally aha wrote me that her father bad killed her mathei and ehe waa in great e and wanted some money which I 1 sent to her ID about a week eho wrote me that hei father had been sentenced to the pen lor life and that ehe wanted me to send her money so that sha coald come on tc california or that 1 must go to american fork I 1 bear to know she was in euh deep trouble and without money and friends so I 1 bought a ticket for utah and came on to fork at ane hotel I 1 enquired for a kit by the name of jackson and told the hotel keeper that her murder ed her mother the hotel man said nothing of that kind bad occurred in american fork but directed toe to her home I 1 learned I 1 had been deceived but she said ehe had done it to get me to come to utah and aabel mv forgiveness which I 1 granted because I 1 believed in and loved her I 1 then escure 1 a b at leavington leamington Lea and came down in a few days effie followed mo and I 1 paid for her board and boncha a bill of 2 or dreda goods etc I 1 did not represent as he blade eaid to the people ahat effie and I 1 vere married I 1 anon found out anat effie was making eyes at a acuna man who hoarded in the same house so I 1 determined to leave and eo out to the minea had once told me ebe was a married aomia and then denied it when she found out I 1 was to abd tbd mines she persuaded me to set her go afons as far aa oasis on the way down she aarin told cue she waa married 10 a roan named william shaw ol 01 sandy she wanted me to take his asme so I 1 be ame mr shiaw and we registered as mr and mrs shaw at the hotel at oasis the res know but I 1 wani to sav effie is a bad girl aad has a hard police record she became immoral at 15 years of age I 1 have been grossly deceived my name is ruined and I 1 cant face my friends I 1 would be better deab 1 dont want to aliye etc daring the recital mr tilden and great tears rolled down hia cheeks which he frequently dried with a bandanna effia shaws statement bag been p cared by thy miniard progress thie is what she aare 1 I never saw or heard ot tilden until I 1 met him at american fork he told me that he was stopping at the home of mrs II 11 3 a rement sa which I 1 faud to ba untrue a few davs later shortly after be belt for leam ington so he said the next lime I 1 received a visit from him ho among many other things that he had secured a position for afi and donld he able to a divorce for me fram my husband wm shaw under these promises 1 went tj with him on our arriving there he took me to the huff hotel and I 1 was given a room I 1 had no idea that tilden waa ging to occupy it with me and I 1 lid not know that he had represented that we were man and wife shortly at r I 1 had retired tilden entered locked the door and took advantage of ma during the night he swore that ne would kill me il I 1 did not marev him the following fol lowina morning he tried to induce me to cc with him to the mines claimina cla imia that 1 would meet an ancle of mine there but I 1 would not go |
