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Show BABY BORN TO WIDOW OF PROVO Heber City, July 11 Sheriff L 0 Wall of Wasatch county said tonight ih.ir ho would fake up with Sheriff Henry East of Utah county In the mornm; the matter of preferring formal for-mal Charges against Thomas .1. Ferrer, Fer-rer, deputy, and Mrs. Elizabeth C. ' ( houles, city treasurer of Provo. both of whom are In Heber City at pres-j pres-j ent. Farrer has been under surveillance surveil-lance at Heber hotel for threo days. Mrs Choules was today reported as recovering here at a private home, to which yho had boon moved after being be-ing confined In a hotel .if Midway the latter part of June For some time Mrs Choules'l con-ditlon con-ditlon was so critical that the authorities, author-ities, on the advice of her physician, Dr Wherrett hesitated to take formal for-mal action against the couple. Today, however, the physician reported her as Improved and she was visited by her mother and her brother from Provo within a few days Farrer. Sheriff Wall say6. has made a complete confession to him as to his responsibility for the child, and has beeu with Mrs Choules both prior to and since her confinement From Provo. where the affair has caused n sensation. It Is learned that Mrs. Farrer Is considering divorce action. ac-tion. They have eight children. Mrs Choules, who was widowed several I years ago, has a family of three adol- esccnt i hildren. as well as the baby I bom last month Both Mrs. Choules and Farrer are of highly respected tamillos of Provo. and both have been I prominent In public office for some ars Mrs. Choules is about 35 years I old and Farrer about 50. Mrs. Choules has been treasurer I of Provo for seven and one-half years. j and under four administrations. The I city books were audited the first of the present month by City Auditor I Ralph Elliott, who reported them to be In first class condition. Early In June Mrs Choules asked the city commission for a leave of absence of thirty days, and this was orally granted She departed June 19. rot telling her family of her desti nation. It was only after some search that they learned a few days ago that she was at Heber City. About a week after Mrs. Choules left. Farrer. It is said, told his wife and family that he was going up the Provo river to measure water. He had been water commissioner on the river for several years, and his successor suc-cessor Frank Wentz. former county surveyor, was named only a few days before the present affair became known, at the request of the canal companies U6ing water from the Provo river The whereabouts of Farrer also was unknown to his relatives In Provo until a few days ago, when City Marshal Mar-shal Wllford Giles came to Heber City and with Sheriff Wall found the man here In the meantime, about .Tune 30. a boby was born to Mrs. Choules at a Midway hotel. Dr. Wherrett being in attendance. Mrs. Choules remained there for a time, but was later removed re-moved to Heber City, where it was said she could have better attention, the facilities at the hotel not being of the best. At H"ber City her condition con-dition was for a time so critical that her life was almost despaired of, and it was Insisted that she be kept as quiet and as free from annoyance as possible For this reason when Marshal Giles and Sheriff Wall found Farrer they contented themselves with keeping him under surveillance rather than making an arrest as yet. |