Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-01-20
WANT THEIR CHILD.
Tho Rooms Institute Hdbals Corpus
Proceedings 10 That Rid.
ANOTHER DlsAGRGEABLE CASE.
A Pretty Falr.iiairfd, Four.Ygar Old
Girl The subiec, Of Contention
In Court This Tims.

Chioi Justice u iuu this mornlur, u
the Third district curt, took uY %,
hearing on the petition Tor writ oil
habeas corpus IN tue ciBe Of william
aud Sadie Rooms Va T.. l.. Bricgcr aul
NJ. a. Bsiegor, his wife, In which the
petitioner pfays Tor the restoration {,
hin Of his fouryoar.oli daughter.
Marguerite. Tho dofondnnls, In lhuii
answer, nimlt that the petitioner Ii
The father Of the child but duny that
she is unlawiully restrained OF her
liberty and ASSERT that they obtained
possession Of Marguerite under a
written conlrhc. dated January Is.
1898, by which II was provided tnn,
thoy were 10 have tho custody aud care
Of tho little one, AMI that she should bu
known as Marguerite *. Buogut.
rhoy assoit that Mr.. und Ma. X oons
nro not nt porsguH to have tho cutt1I y
o.; the child; that Mt. Rooms ~ a
habitunl druuEatd, nn iiluTuuI hnH no
trade nud Una. bis vie Dr. "a woman
whrau moral character ~, o nut
u mildly, not ab we suspicion.
Ihe petitioner was rrptpsuulpi ly
Attorney J. 81, Hamilton, Judge Pow
OTs appeared Tor tue defendant.
When the case was caiind Mt Ham.
Illon asked that innsmuch ~ sefi.
Gus allegations had been alleged
agaiust the character OF MI and
Mn. koons the hearing might DO had
in private. Counsel also limited that ID
mightbo much better n the newspapers
hnstalned from publishing uuiaiIt. lie
ASKED TINS ON "humtuu pfluclpiuH,D
particularly Ia regard 20 Mo. Rooms.
Judge Zane SAID that al bystnudors
should leave tho courtroom, tut lac
could make no order n TO supprrsslur
the publication oi the testlmony.
Newspapers must have due regard, he
supposed, for the public, Au1 no did not
wish 10 regulate their conduct. They
must exercise their own discretion.
The court was then cleared OF the
general public and tile hearing pfo.
coodod. Mr. aud Mrs. Rooms arc quite
young people.
Mf. Rooms IL 20 yeara OF age and OF
respectable Appearance. 10 and his
vile were married at Park CITY In
1889. lie stated that ne hal worked
Tor the city ana county, Tor the DAILY
Mining company, aud other firms.
Toe child was always vol cared Tor
while In the Keeping VI its parents, In
February, 1898, his vile went into "A
situation NJ Ogden AMI the Brlogsrs, 70
whom thoy were related, Insisted that
the child should be let with
ihem. IL Ia true be gave them, at
lheir Request, "a piece OF paper" with
reference to the keeping OF the chill,
but he did not understand IL 10 DO q
complete surrender OF Marguerite.
witness denied that ho was either a
lrunkard " "A gambler, but admitted |
hat he took glass occasionally.
Ia cfoss.exRminalion Mr.. Rooms |
aid he was once fined s. 40 Park CIV.
imply for lighting. rlt whs ths |
Inly thing against him. H1 had lat. |
efly been out Of employment, but |
lad a JOB ~ go 10 ON the |
Utah Central next Monday. When |
le gave tue Briegers tue paper his
vile had gone gw y. She took the |
ltuation because he was out vi en-. |
iloyment aud "hard up" The wit.
less admitted, however, that his wife.
.'ter she returned from Ogden. was
he inmate Of a certain house ia Frank.
In avenue ior three weeks ora month.
md that lac visited her there, Hs
himself was In work at that time. lie
etched her from there, and they had
ince lived together. SO far M he Anew
he child had always been well treated
y the Briegers. When he signed the
,aper no "hardly knew what he was
igning," ami was out OF work then.
The day before no gave the child 10
he Brlegers-Mr. Brieger being his
Innle-he was trying TO get her into
local nursery. Witness aud his vile
we're at present living with his mother.
I was two room house aud seven
ersous In all resided there.
To Mt. Hamilton Rooms said that.
part from tho Franklin avenue Incl.
ent, lac had never known his yIfs
uilty OF immortality.
Mrs. Hall, Mrs. kOOns' mother. was
ext called, and ex pressed her willing.
ess TO take the entire charge OF the
hid In future should the court see fit
, entrust the care Of II 10 herself and
Leon Mathew, Joseph Corras J. IL,
and others testified
,yorably AS " Mr.. k0Ous' character.
Mrs. knOus, tho mother OF the child.
lRH next examined. Sue Is % years
age aud gavnR brief outline Of her
areer since her marriage at Park
.lty. Sue omphatioElly denied the
legations ms TO her husband being OF
Tunkon and idle habits aud said she
orself was devoted 20 their child.
When she went into the servioe of
IH. Daily, the keeper OF restaurant
Ogden, she cOrrosponIrd with hor
ushand. When she learned her hus.
and had given the chill away she
felt very bau" anu 90 Ouue came back
} bRlt Lake, rhiB was IN Fsbru.
~, 1893. lire. HrlUgUb when
40 called thoro, apal 10 her fnoe,
nut tho door upon her aud reused
} lot her see the Cild. Witness
zen went 10 Park cry remained
iore TN March anu then returned 10
alt Lake. Tho Brlogors had always
ucs Kept the child from hcr-with one
reception, when sue was allowed to ,
70 het-apd had even insullcd her
pom tho street. Mf. Buegor once
ruck her. Mrs. Rooms admitted !
aving been fined on ono occasion, ia /
lis city, for prostitution, but declared !
int sluce July, 1893, sle had lived
bod life, and such, she adied, was her
ssire and intention 90 10 The future,