The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-03-08
THE CHRISTENSEN CASE
MRS. BAKER ARRESTED AT PRO
Vo FOR COMPLETELY.
A Warrant For Bandmaster Schaff-
ner, Who Is Now In California
Luke's Hearing Today.

Following the arrest of James A.
Luke Monday evening on the charge of
murder in the case of the death of Mrs.
Emma Baker Christensen, at the AL
bert block, Feb. rs, came the arrest
yesterday at Provo of Mrs. Jane Baker,
who is similarly charged. A warrant
was also issued for the arrest of Charles
H. Schaffner, bandmaster at Fort
Douglas, who is in San Francisco with
his family on a furlough. His arrest
has not yet been made, but the officers
do not anticipate any difficulty in To-
eating him. Yesterday County Attor-
ney Putnam prepared additional COM
plants. sworn to by Deputy Sheriff
Cummock, charging Luke, Schaffner
and Mrs. Baker with giving medicine
and using an instrument to procure an
abortion on Mrs. Christensen, on Feb.
%. Yesterday Justice McMaster gave
out the report of the jury in the in
quest, which read as follows:
AN inquest having been held before
Justice McMaster. whose names are
hereto subscribed, the said jurors upon
their oathS do say, according to the
evidence, that the said Emma Baker
Christensen came to her death from the
effects of an abortion having been per-
formed on her through the agency of
James A. Luke, Charles H. Schaffner
and Jane Doe Baker cher proper name
not being known; they having pro-
cured the same. And that DIR. ]. A.
Hensel is censurable in not having
called in for consultation another ply
stefan, when he was called to attend
the case after the abortion, and further
in not reporting the said abortion to
the proper authorities
Signed by j. Midgley, w. A. Empey,
P. M. Robertson; attest: Alexander Nc
Master, justice of the peace.
The following from Provo gives an
account of the arrest of Mrs. Baker:
Provo March Mrs. J. NJ. Baker
was today arrested by Sheriff George
Storrs, charged with the murder of
Emma Baker Christensen in Salt Lake
on Feb. %. Sheriff Howell of Salt Lake
county is expected here this evening to
take her to the capita1.
Mrs. Baker was greatly surprised
when arrested and naturally claimed
she knew nothing of the case, in fact
the first she knew of it was when she
got this mornings paper and saw an
account of the inquest, according to her
story. She says she was acquainted
with the murdered woman, but that was
all; they had both worked in the Albert
block under the same management, but
knew nothing of each other.
Inc accused is a woman apparently
40 years old, intelligent, rather small
of stature, with clear brown eyes that
look fearlessly through a pair of gold
trimmed spectacles. A married woman
she came to this state five years ago
from Missouri, lived in Salt Lake till
the S1st of last January, when she and
her husband moved to Provo Bench,
rented the old Peck farm, fruit ranch,
and proceeded to prepare for farming.
1t was here that she was found by the
sheriff.
Sheriff Howell went to Provo last
night and returned at IL o'clock with
Mrs. Baker, who was placed in the
county jail
Luke will have a hearing at p. m.
today before Justice Pardee. His bond
of 81, 500, with Fred Slade and William
Anderson as sureties, was disturbed
yesterday by the request of Mr.. Slade
to withdraw. new bond was pre-
pared, Fred G. Jyngberg, a grocer at
30 and 80 East First South, being ac-
cepted. Mr.. Anderson was informed
that the county attorney had express
ed a doubt as to his financial ability
to go on the bond, and after an in
quiry into his property qualifications,
Justice Pardee decided to reject him
Mr.. Luke went out in search of a new
bondsman, but in the meantime the old
bond secures him. Luke has secured
Krebs & Hoppaugh for counsel
The remains of Mrs. Christensen We're
re-interred yesterday in Mt. Olivet
cemetery.
fore Justice Pardee at $3.50 this morn