The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-10-26
Two Sheriffs and Magistrate Seper-
ate Belligerent Lawyers.
SNOWDEN ADUL TERY CASE
LAWYER RAPP OF RICHFIELD
CAUSES a SCENE.
Insisted That He Was Miss Keeler's
Attorney. But She Denied It.
Came Into Collision With Assist
ant Attorney Gunter Miss
Keller Makes a Eull Confession.

Justice Kroeger had difficulty in
maintaining order in his court room
Yesterday, but with the assistance of
two sheriffs he succeeded in keeping
warning attorneys from transferring
their war of words to a war of blows.
The salaeious testimony in the case
against DR.. Cornelius r. Snowden of
Richtield was the cause of all this
trouble.
There were developments in the case
against him for adultery with Miss Au-
brey Keller which had hardly been ex-
pected by the defense, and there We're
strenuous efforts to keep it out. DR..
Snowden, who is quite a prominent dem
fist of Richfield. has there wife and
a son IA years old. His alleged amours
with Miss Keeier attracted the atten-
tion of Sheriff Coons of SEWER county,
and he, as friend of the family and
as an officer, swore to a complaint
against DR.. Snowden.
One of the dentists attorneys, NJ. L.
Brown, for he had two others, NJ d.
Lessenger of Ogden and c. r.. Potter
of Salt Lake, was the first witness for
the prosecution, he having introduced
Dr. Snowden to the landlady of the
Midgley lodging house.
Miss Keelers who is not so attractive
a woman. as she has been painted, was
called TO the stand and she, in tears,
made a clean confession of her rela-
tionsl1ip with the dentist. She said that
these relations We're of some months
standing, and about the middle of Oc-
tober she had a talk with the dentist,
and as a result came to Salt Lake,
where she was to have an operation
performed. Dr. Snowden arrived on
Oct. 2, and when ne had secured a room
at the Midgley block she went over to
live with him, where she remained two
or three days.
Attorney Rapp Testifes.
V. Rapp of Richfield, who represented
himself as an attorney for Miss Keller,
objected to her giving this testimony
upon the ground that it would incrimi-
nate her. But Justice Kroeger had al
ready told her that she did not have TO
make the statements she had.
You are not my attorney" ex-
claimed Miss Keller to Rapp.
You employed me in Richfeld," he
answered.
> i. did not employ you; l. don't wan,
you" she replied
s Assistant County Attorney Gunter,
who conducted the case for the state,
fntfmated that Rapp had been pushed
into the case, and an attempt had been
made to force him upon Miss Keller in
order to regulate her testimony so that
1t would not be too hard on Snowden.
The two attorneys wrangled for "a few
seconds. and then Rapp approached
dangerously near Gunter. In a second
more there might have been a contest
without gloves or referee.
Irpt
sHowells jumped and Sheriff Coons
jumped. Each sheriff grabbed a bel
ligerent attorney and the court stepped
III between them, Justice Kroeger ruled
that Mr. Rapp wasn't in the case, and
he subsidized
Testimony corroborated.
Mrs. Eliza Keller, the mother of the
young woman. corroborated her daueh-
ter's statements as to the cause of her
trip TO Salt Lake. Then Mrs. Eda Cody.
a friend of the Keeler family. said that
she had seen Miss Keller and DR..
Showden at the Midgley house. AS an
explanation seemed necessary she
asked Miss Keeler IL she was married
and the young woman said she was not.
Mrs. Schiller testified to renting the
room, but declared that she, of course.
supposed the TWO were married, and she
~oulu MOI nave rented the room had
she known otherwise. There was SONS
testimony to the effect that Or Snow
den was married, and then the attor-
neys argued the case at some length.
Mr.. Potter argued that a justice had
no jurisdiction to sit as a magistrate
in adultery cases. Mr.. Lessenger main
tanned that the complaint was faulty.
1nasmuch as it was not endorsed by the
county attorney. Justice Kroeger took
the matter under advisement. and he
will decide within a few days whether
or not he will hold DR.. Snowden to an
pear before the district court.