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Show Til HINDUS IE I ROOW CUPID j Experience With Two Og- 1 den Girls, They Say, Cost Them $1200. I " i Special to The Tribune. i OGDEN, Feb. IS. Amer Singh and Channlng S. Tom, Hindu farmers, from the vicinity of Corinne, poured out a tale g of woe to the police today, in which they s alleged that their affections had been un- j feelingly trifled with by two Ogden girls, j sisters. Mary and Ann Wilson, residing at ? 211 Thirtieth street. i According to the story told to the police po-lice bv the Hindus, they came to Ogden at Christmas time and met the two sisters. The Orientals began to pay marked attention to the girls and showered them with gifts. When the pro- posal of marriage was made, the sisters t immediately accepted, with a proviso, I the men said. They needed some dresses. Such a small thing as the necessary gowns , did not worry the gay young wooers and thev gave $1200 to the girls, it is alleged, t 'fter the dresses had been obtained, and at the suggestion of the girls, the quartette went to Elko, Nev., to be mat-rlad. mat-rlad. Upon their arrival in the Nevada town, the girls, it is claimed, told the Hindus to give them the money and they would secure the licenses. The money was advanced and the licenses were obtained. ob-tained. The Hindus were informed, they sav. that all that would be necessary for them to do would be to sign their names to the licenses. This was done, and the two couples then boarded the train for Osden. "The action of the girls with their two swarthy husbands aroused the suspicion of the conductor on the train and. I suspecting white slavery, he telegraphed the local police, who took the couples into custody upon their arrival here. At the police station the stories of the Hindus and the Wilson sisters were told and the police stated they did not have any case aeainst the couples, and ordered their immediate release. The girls then refused to have anything to do with their "husbands" and have returned to their home. Channing Tom said he had been advised ad-vised by the county clerk at Brigham that the marriage was legal if all had signed the marriage certificate. He said he had secured the services of an attorney attor-ney to handle the case to see if some of "the monev advanced to the girls could not be recovered. The Hindus told the police that, at the request of the sisters, a home had been secured near their Corinne ranch for the parents of the girls to live in and that provision had been made to care for the elder Wilsons in the future. |