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Show r DECEIVED BY HER LOVER. Another confiding young woman has loved not wisely but too well, aad as a result Miss Lena Rasmusen occupies a ward at St Mark's hospit- al with an unfathered infant pressed to har breast, while J . W. Koons, the alleged betrayer of the girl, is in the comaty jaifl on a charge of adultery. adul-tery. Miss R6muens home is At Park j City, where her brother, Thomas ' Rasmusen, is cmplojed in he On- tario mill, but for emme twae past she has been residing in Salt Lake, and until quite recently was.topping with a family named Jones, the head of the hoosehold being. a warm per- j onal friend of the girl's brother. Koons is said to havie begun to pay marked attention to Miss Ras- : ciusen &mething over a year ago, and the intimacy continued until recently. For some reason, however, how-ever, Joaes mistrusted Koons, and ' ome weeks tagq. told Miss Rasmusen that be didn't Relieve her lover in- . - . tended to treat her right. The girl ;thn- leCt Jones's jilace and secured "h-;-. a position at a hotel, where she remained re-mained until abamt two wociks ago. a At that time she was taken sud- ? dealy ity,' and her condition was such .1, that it was deemed best to remove t i ner to a hospital, where she subse- iuently gae ihirthio a child, j. Wm Rasmuseri's brother only learned of the birth of the child a few day agq, and on Thursday he came to Satt Lake and iheld .a consultation con-sultation with his sister. He found her ia a critical condition, and after a conference he went before Justice McMasttr swore to a complaint -charging Koons with .adultery. Koamc, who is in the employ of the Union Storage company on west Second South street, was arrested by Deputy Sheriff Burt late yesterday afternoon and lodged in jail. He declined- to be interviewed, but said he would probably tell his ' side of the story today. He admits that he is a married man, but it is understood that he and bis wife are not living together at present. Miss Rasmusen says that she was ' seduoed under a promise of marriage , but that after finding herself in a delicate condition, she was informed by Koons that be was already married, mar-ried, and that it -would be impossible for him to redeem his promise. Tribune. , We have no sympathy for rillians of this class, and hope that all such characters will receive their just,dfl- .SBftSL. |