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Show A FAMILY SCANDAL. George W. P. Fowler Said to Haw Committed a Heinous Crime. HISHTUMUl'llim KTIIi: Al.1,1 (.1.11 urrni, Hut Ilrr Slnltment to ConiKtl la n HiinarLnkle Our, and Will he Duly IiiTcstlgatcd. Wni Mhe Mar rlcill Uoorge Wil'iKawler lantpteaehtcoii" fined In the penitentiary, awaiting th action of the grand )ury on a charge of obtaining good hy falioprttenaee, In this city, having been unnblo to furnish n $.100 Loud lo secure lila liberty. Hut a far rnoro aerloua ncciiiotlon than this elands ngalnat his name. Homo two yiarsago Fowler ntarrlud a wUow named Wood, who at that lime had n email family of children, Including Includ-ing twodaughters whose ngea nre now fourteen nml alxtten, roipectlvtly. Yesterday alternoon Charles ,!. Wood, a brother to thu girl, went before Cummlafloner Moycr and aworo out complaint against Fowler, alleging that lie had committed adultery with Ills elder ate daughter, Amelia, who In the torn, plaint la described aa unniarrltd. It would apptar, from what can bj glenned at title stage, that the accused lift his family In 0,-doii during Inst yiar and came on to Halt L'tke, hut bringing Amelia with him. It lo nl Itgitl that he reutid n furnlihod room In this ilty, and that forawhlloheund thu girl occii led It. ttuhaetucntly he brought tho ouuger alitor from O gden nndtha story goes that Kowler aud tho twu glrla livid togither until thu nr rlvalof Mrs. Fowler. Amelia la about to become a mother very shortly, and the prosecution aceka to show that Fowler la thu father of thb child. This morning the accused was brought down from the vnlti Hilary and taken iMtforeConimlailoner Moyer furtlie rellmlnary hearing. As, 1st-ant 1st-ant Ultttltl Attorney rite) hens and Attorney A. J. Williams repmeutod the trosecutlou. Attorney J. M. Hamilton, with whom the defendant helJa longconiultatlou In the deputy rnarihals' room Just prior lo this, will defend. Un tho partlea reaching Conimla aloner Meyer's rttlcu Attorney 11am-llloii 11am-llloii and the girl retired to tho com ultsloner's private room, and Amelia told n story which, If Ime, ulll place upon the caso a very different complexion com-plexion from What It now assumes, and entirely absolve Fowler from thu serious chargo hanging over him. Mr. Hamilton Informed a Nmh Itpreauutttlvo that the girl's stale Iintnt tohhnwat a voluntary one, and that It bore thu srtublancu of truth, jiidgtug from the oi.c n and airali(ht-orwaiil airali(ht-orwaiil way In wtileli H whs rnsUi. Mien vet that Fowler la nut lite rutin r of theexnitid lhld,blitn man named I'arry, tu whom ahe waa eocrilly married a )iar ngu lait Junn. Hhe saia that I'arry took her hy train frn-n Halt Lake to n plate which he In foruieil her n aa (Jardcii City, Kansas, though ahe herself doia nut think they traveled ao lar aa that. Anyway, ahu uicluu that I'arrv and htiself pro. cecdixl to tho (111 co of a man whom he (Tarry) represented to txi it Justlio of thu peace, that they went throufth a sboit marriage iiremoiiy. and that I'arry recilvud front the justice tettalu papers, which ho has kept, I'arry, It would aipiar, has since gone eUewhtre, uritl the girl doe not know of tils prisutit wheroa holds. Uion learning tho foil goint, Attorney Hamilton npplled to the Comnils slourr to graut a continuance of the cuau for thlrly days, In erdtr to gltu thndefiuse an opiurtunlty of finding the mail 1 arry. l'msecutlng Attorney Hlopheus of fcnil nooljeitlon, hul deslnu that thu defendant's bond bu fixed at flood at the least. Attorney Hamilton njolneil that, under the circumstances, lie thought J.VI0 ahoul I autllce. CoinmlMloner Moycr placed the bond at J101K), anil tho dsleudant was escorted away In charge ot Deputy Marshal llynou. Fuwltr, hi) wllu aud two slop daughters are lllll, appirenllr, on the must nllectlonato terms. They sat close together during the fulite time that waa passed In cutirt -nearly Ihrto quartirsof an hour -and Indulged lu lurutsttonversatlon. The wlfu occasionally occa-sionally utted her husband on the Ucl, Mil to encourage him lo "ihoir up,'' stroked hla Ik a I tendirly, and now and then shed a few tears. Thu glrlAmellt Is more than ordinarily good lovklng, aud ha u very lutelli gent face. Hhu and her sister werti in ally dressed, as also w aa the mother, who la stunlngly about I. cara uf age. F.iwltr would be guesst d several 3 ears the Junior of lit wife. Hu hiara the look of n riapenin. ble mechanic, h:ia a clean shaven fute, ami by no intaui a irlmluat uastof tounleitauco. Without doubt he realises re-alises Iho airlousners of the ihargu against film, and tu which hu entered a formal lea of "not guilty," The brother of the girl, by whom the complaint was laid, at atote slated, eat quite apart ftom the others, and 'Jookid daggera" at Fowler all thu tlmo. ACTION 11Y Ik K. lIOCII AN I) CO. The ciko of II. K. llloch A Co. vs. Fnmia Whlllngand Charles Whiting hta found lis u ay Into Commlsiluuer Meyer's court. Thu complaint was HUM this morning. It Is au aotlou tu ilalnt and delli ery. Till: Ul-H.NDINU iiaiuii its. Horry Ihaver, proirlitor of the Knutiford Hotel bnrbirshop, went ho fere Coiuiultslouer Pratt this morning toauswer a oomilalnt ihurglug hint with Hunday trading. Hu "ia represented repre-sented b) Attorney Kinney, but plead guilty. In extenuation thu defendant defend-ant raid thai pressure had bun brought upon him by those who ran the hotel to kttp his laio open on the Hunday for the nrcommodailoii of vlaltora then. Hu promlttd, honeter, to obey the law lu future. With that understanding lite lommlisluuer tin posud n line of $1 aud cosls only. William I. J. tans, an intploye of lie iver, aud a nutv cumi r hen , v as let oil on laymeut of $1 an I costs. Hla clfenso was that of shaving acui. turner laetBablath. Othir similar enna whcrotheHuiiday closing law has tm broken will como up tomorrow or Friday. ISllulll '." SALT I.Attl. C. W. Kaley, n (romlntnt attorney of Ited Cloud, Net nskn, and wife are on a visit to frlenda lu this city. Mr. Kaley la an old lime acquaintance of Arslslatit District Attorney Btiphrn,, by whom he Is Irelog "taken atounJx today, Ilocxiielj! to ro nalu 111 Hit Lake aWiit a week. It la six year, since Mr. Kaley waa last hi re, and he la greatly aur rlsi-J at tho mirvilemly rapid strides which thu city has made In the Inlirval. II W. tloodsrll, n Chicago manufacturer manu-facturer of engine euppllea,nnil a cousin of Deputy Marshth W. and ('. flood sell, Is among the present visitors to Halt Lake. He will fimtln a few daifa J,.n"tr- iil.- SL |
