Show GAVE JVE J VE HER Lift TO SAVE HUSBAND WHO WOULDN'T BI GOOD f Dressed IS s oy nd Besting Her W V With Him Hester Johnson Contracted l Illness Wed Forger After Securing Se Se- curing P Pron for Him H wt reken Hester J-Iester S. S pJ 22 years old died Saturday of con con- The rhe funeral will rill be held from the fa family Iy home hOllIe 1155 Maple l avenue at 3 0 o'clock clock this afternoon Behind this brief announcement there is a sto story y of a womans woman's devotion to the man nian she loved such as is 4 seldom equaled Five years ago Hester S. S Larsen then a beautiful girl girl just budding into womanhood fell in love with Edward Edward Ed Ed- ward ard P. P tT Johnson Johnson was as a young sheepherder who had just returned from fron a tamp camp in eastern Utah He Tile met Miss Larsen and it was as a case of love loye at first sight J Johnson Johnson John John- son persuaded pei her to leave her home at Bountiful and come to Salt Lake with him hinl I THE DAY AFTER i THE GIRL LEFT HER HOME IT WAS VAS JERED I I BRED ERED THAT JOHNSON HAD HADr r FORGED THE NAME OF HIS ms EMI EM- EM I I JOSEPH JpSEPH MREA TO TWO I CHECKS ONE OF OP WHICH VIllOR HAD BEEN PASSED ON A A. A LOCAL MERCHANT MERi MER- MER i I CHANT AND T THE E OTHER OTHIR ON BERT BER rr IN FUI TWO TWO- DAYS DATER JOHNSON WAS ARRESTED AR AB- RESTED BY A DEPUTY SHERIFF OF SALT LAKE ON A COMPLAINT SWORN TO BY THE SALT LAKE CITY lw MERCHANT I Miss iss Larson Larsen return returned lid to her ber home borne lOm Johnson on was vas as admitted to ball baU in inn ina in a n small sum gum a n f few w days after his arrest an and At tit once one went vent to the r L Larson Larsen eD home ann and persuaded the girl to flee floe with him The fhe p pair ur went went to Bri Brigham ham City where Johnson Johnon hired a rig riz and drove droe with hi his sweetheart ut to a point in in Nevada they the left th the outfit and made their way way to Idaho where Johnson on was arrested Ho was brought back to this this' state to stand trial tria on on- the charge charee of or grand lar lar- C ceny een C Is Sent to Prison The father of the girl went to Idaho kand and brought her home Johnson ws was sentenced to ei eighteen months in the state prison bv hy Judge lude Hart for the stealing stealing steal steal- in ing of the rg from Rl Brigham Cit City and al anda a J few davs s a later sentenced by bv Judge of ot the Second district to one ar for the parsing pasing of the forged forced check heck on Marsh at Bountiful With two years and a half hair of prison life staring her Hr lover lo in the face Miss Lar Larsen cn did not riot desert him Tn less than a J month she he was at work ork to secure a pardon or at least a parole Largely through her efforts John Johnson on was made malic n a trusts trusts' at the prison H He i iwas was in a fair wn wen way to secure a pardon laMon or at least a Daroie when hen on one ria las day he lie broke t the h l' l confidence n fid t nce of t the he prison een cers and c escaped A reward was offered offered of of- fen d for his capture but for three dt davs s 's he successfully successful eluded his bis would would- be captors 0 I On the e evening of or the thc third day he be hei i walked into th the office of the warden 1 I and announced that he had har returned i He HP had been persuaded to do so O b bj by the 1 I girl irl who loved lovd him I II I 1 Gets Him HEal a 3 Pardon In Tn less lees than a month Mi fj Miss s Larson Larsen was wasa j a again ain at work trying to secure a par pardon don She was without means so were her ber parents But she wa was not Dot daunted FinaU Finally she secured the tho assistance of one i or two ti friends who on her behalf made madea I I a personal appeal to Jud Judge c Hart Judi I District Attorney Frank Ne e. I baker and Di District Attorney Str Streeper the judges and district attorneys s who ho had had convicted and sentenced Johnson I don to the state prison not to oppose a pardon par pu Through th the intercession sion of the girl cir lone one of her friends went before th the board hoard of pardons and pleaded hi his caso esse when I the pardon application was before the board hoard Johnson was WM given en a pardon and no one was happier than the little girl rJ who had stood by him through all his trouble troubles A few fe days day later r they ther made man mAD and wife Miss LH Larsen D was a happy girl nirl that day dav daRbe She Phe as the wife of tho the theman thoman man roan she had loved for n nearly neary arh two 1 years Now we e arc are going to s settle tte down and be tie happy happ the r rest st of or our lives t said Bhe be as tiey left thA county clerks clerk's 0 office fIle e. e Dressed as ill a Boy Alas for the faith she he had bad hadin in tb the man who had bad just t made her his wife A few j months later Inter Johnson decided to go o oto to Wyoming to herd sheep sheel His HI wife Ife went w with th l him m Johnson did diet not tell her until until un til the they reached Ogden that he had not enough to pay their fare to the destination and that he be would have to IC heat hea this this' his way ny rt The Tho faithful wi wife te d decided de tie l dried to beat blat the way with him And she did dressed sed in a II boys boy's suit suiL Out In the wint winter r winds inda and snow of Wyoming she went with him cooking and helping him nl n all that she lie he could It was wa here that she contracted a cold that later developed into con consumption which finally caused her death One day dar an officer r went to the camp He Ha was looking for Ed Ei Johnson oll Not knowing who or what h ho he was much less Ies what he bc wanted th the wife the wife directed him i to where Johnson was working When the officer returned to tho camp tho the wire wife was informed that Johnson on was wae und under r arrest for forgery or ery A few weeks later ter Johnson was convicted and son sen sentenced to six ix years in the tho Wyoming state prison I I His Hi wife returned to her parents in inthis inthis in inthis this city heartbroken He Her friends friends' urged ed her to secure a divorce orcE from he 1 bu bf he 1 t d it f 1 I Slowly but t th the thc dreaded headed disease easa I I which she had bad contra contracted ted took its hold holdom I on om h her hr r I until til death came cam Saturday I I She ga gave her life to sa save him |