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Show WHITE WOMAN' AND NEGRO MARRIED Salt Lake, Aug. 22. Mrs Kate Shorder, a white woman, mother of twp children, who are now in th1 lianda of the juvenile authorities, is being held at the county jail under a Charge Of bigamy Charles Tillman Till-man and John II Morris, both negroes, are also in jail Morris claims tha' he waa formerly a minister In th!9 city He la alleged to have performed per-formed the marriage ceremony that unlawfully made 'liiiman and Mra Mmrder man and wife. Mrs Shonler is supposed to have a husband living In Wyoming where he is working In a roal mine. According Ac-cording to the story told by Mrs Shor-der, Shor-der, she supposed her husband dead She failed to gie any reason for thinking her husband dad, however, according to the officers. The case Is a new one in the criminal crimi-nal hlstor;. ot I'tah I'nder the state laws marriage ceremonies between whites and blacks cannot be legally performed. According to the statement made last night by J U. ECldredge, Sr . depu ty county clerk, Tillman and Mrs Shorder applied three weeks ago for a marriage license. The license was refused, although Mrs. Shorder is said to have claimed that she had a trace of negro blood in her eins It is alleged that on August J Tillman Till-man accompanied b a colored woman, wom-an, went to Ogden where a marriage license was obtained The colored woman is alleged to have signed the I name of "Katie Shorder ' Two davs later, it is alleged the white woman. : 'Kate Shorder, ' and Charles Tillman were married by John H. Morris, who savs that he Is a minister The two children of the Shorder woman were taken In charge j eater-day eater-day by Deputy Sheriff C Coulson Smith and George Roblson of the juvenile ju-venile court Tho boy, Harold. Is 4 years of age, and the girl. Blanche, Is 2 years of age They were found at 54 East Fifth South street, said to be the home of negroes. The children chil-dren were in an unkempt condition, and after their fan s had been washed and their hair combed they were turned over to proper authorities who will care for them until their father is notified |
