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Show MRS. LUCiLE REEFER, FAITHFUL FRIEND OF Dfi. DAiLEY "I will find employment and remain here until Dr. Dailey is released, from jail. Then I shall marry him." That was the statement of Mrs. Lucile Keefer, fascinating divorcee, who arrived '.Thursday afternoon from Reno to. become the bride of "Dr. J. M. Dailey, whom she found In Jail charged with obtaining money under false pretenses. Dailey was fined $50 or -fifty days in jail in municipal court thi3 morning upon his plea of guilty. ahjjtujnight-be. some- way to , It- have his fine remitted until he Is able, to make enough money to pay it," she said, as she thoughtfully stroked the forehead of ,a small, good-looking bright-eyed boy, her son by a former marriage. "I am sure we both could go to work and accumulate $50 within a short time. Ho did not intend to be dishonest. I know he did not Can't you persuade the judge to release him and let hlra pay as he cau?" The last question was directed at Sergt, Kellihor, who discovered that "Dr." Dailey was a con -man, who uad been selling "exclusive" state rights to various Utahns for the sale of a metal polish, of which the prisoner ! claims to be the discoverer and solo ! manufacturer. The sergeant plainly! was affected by the woman's loyalty, her disappointment and her evident I earnestness. ' but the "doctor" had pleaded guilty to obtaining money from hone&t citizens by false pretense. "I don't see how I can help you," he stated in sympathetic tones. "The prisoner explained to the court that he knew he was violating tho law and crime must be punished. I would like to bo of assistance, but if we turn them all out we had as well make no effort to apprehend criminals." |