Show 1 A GIRL BETRAYED Ruined Bow u Female Cripple Was and Deserted The story comes to light of a one armed girl living in the Fourteenth Ward of this city having been betrayed by a son of a Mormon Bishop from a certain Northern town Every effort was made to keep the matter hushed up until legal steps could be taken in the matter but i months be I as the offense occurred many fore the passage of the new law there is no statute under which the fellow could be brought to trial and therefore there can be no object in a further suppression I It appears that about a year ago the I girl in question fell in with the man mentioned men-tioned above and as a result of the mutual mash a criminal intimacy sprang up between them From what the girl says it would seem that she labored under the impression that her lover would make her his wife in case of trouble but in this she was sadly mistaken He did not leave her however but kept up his visits continually and it is said outside of his refusal to marry her he did all in power to console her grief Up to the time of her confinement he was a constant con-stant visitor at the house and at that time he procured a good physician at his own expense When the baby came the man said that he would defray all expenses and would raise the child but he stubbornly refused to make the girl his wife The mother of the girl did not propose to make any compromise and while she was perfectly willing to have a wedding settle the matter she warned the lover that nothing short of that would appease her He however was evidently confident con-fident that nothing could be done and when the mother inquired into the law she found that he was right The case is a particularly pitiable one from the fact that the girl is a born cripple that she is in needy circumstances circum-stances and that she allowed her love for an unworthy object to get the better of her sense The names of all parties are known but that of the girl is held back out of compassion The name of her seducer is also suppressed but not out of pity or from fear of his gigantic proportions propor-tions but merely because the publication publica-tion of his name would lead to a public identification of the girl and this is by no means desired It is unfortunate that the old laws of Utah did not provide for the punishment of this class of offenders but the girl has brothers Where are they I |