Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 264, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 November 1912 — GIRL ON TRIAL WINS SUITOR [ARTICLE]

GIRL ON TRIAL WINS SUITOR

Pays Fine of Girl Convicted of Theft, Proposes Marriage and Is Accepted. New York.—Eva Rioux, the demure French-Canadian girl who spent four strenuous days in the superior court at Bridgeport defending herself against* a charge of theft preferred by Mrs. C. E. Page of New York and Sound- Beach, is to become a bride within a week or so. Her trial resulted in a fine being imposed. A man who is said to be the owner of two Connecticut theaters and who listened to all of the evidence, paid her fine and then proposed marriage. His name is not divulged. He is forty-five and a bachelor. Miss Eva was all smiles when seen in the office of Mrs. T. Carnello, who had befriended her at the time of tha trial. "Ooui,” she replied to the question whether she was to be married. Then in broken English she expressed pleasure, Baying she had written home to get her parents’ consent, and if they agreed the marriage would take place at once. The man who is to marry her has already taken steps to reopen the case in the superior court and have Miss Eva’s reputation cleared-