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Show WOMAN ACCUSED OF ' v SELLING GIRL i- f V Salt Lake City, July 24,-PrJor ft tho marriage of Samuel JV Lee, 08 years of age, to pretty. Bertha Amelia Uackman, 23 years of age, ,n this otftMarch, 28 of this year, the nged bridegroom 13 said to have offered the mother of Mabel Eveline Thompson. 17 years of age, of Mlddlesboro, England, Eng-land, $20,000 for her daughter's hand, according to English papers received here. The present Mrs. Leo Is a sister of the Thompson girl nnd camo In- to the llnlellght about five months ago, when she deserted her aged husband hus-band about an hour after the marrl I age ceremony had been performed. The case In the English courts was Instituted against Emily Dough erty, mother of the two girls, and B practically accused her of attempt 9 lng to sell her daughter. H - i H |