The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-10-31
A DAY WITH TIE BUSY REPUBLICAN, STAFF CHAIRMAN

couple of men in it appeared near the
corner of Second West and Second
South streets, a half block from the
school, and stopped there. Florence
May and Villa Mcdonald, a classmate,
came tripping along with their books.
AS they reached the carriage Cooper
stepped out and, taking his daughter
in his arms, re-entered the carriage
and drove rapidly away. II was learned
afterward that he drove 10 Farming
ton and there took the train to Pu-
eblo.
Fight Over Child.
Mrs. Cooper Immediately consulted
her attorney, Joe Lippman, and went
TO Pueblo, where she commenced
habeas- corpus proceedings to recover
possession Of her child. Cooper in an
effort to head Off this proceeding filed
suit for divorce on the grounds Of
desertion and asked for the custody
of the child. In view of these con-
ditions, the court took charge OF Flor
ence May and placed her in the Gus
tody of a woman in Pueblo. The mat
ter was set for hearing about three
weeks ago, and Mrs. Cooper returned
10 this city TO await the time of the
hearing of the two cases. Cooper in
the meantime left Pueblo and went to
Laramie, Wyo., where, it is said, he
is working in a store as a clerk
After Mrs. Cooper returned here she
and Roberts were together, II IS said
and Roberts. il is declared. asked her
TO marry him, but she refused, saying
that she was about to get free from
matrimonial bondage" and she did rot
propose to get into it again.
a close friend Of Mrs. Cooper's stat
ed last night that Mrs. Cooper never
did care anything for Roberts but that
he logged her steps everywhere she
went, insisting upon marrying her.
About the 2Sd of July last Mrs. Coop
er again went TO Pueblo for the pur-
pose of attending the divorce case and
fighting the effort OF her husband TO
gain possession of the child. When
she left she told her relatives that she
was going to get her daughter and
would then return TO this city.
Roberts Goes to Pueblo.
About a week ago a friend of Mrs.
Cooper's met Roberts on the street
and asked him how the case in Pu-
eblO was coming out. He replied that
Mrs. Cooper should be home then, and
that he was going TO Pueblo TO find
her. This he did last Saturday night.
He sent the keys 10 his store TO his
foreman, William Fender, and sent
word for him 20 look after the bust
ness until he returned in a few days.
Wednesday afternoon he wired Fender
that he would be back next Saturday.
Nothing more was heard from him I'M
til the news Of the tragedy came yes
terday.
TIE the friends Of Mrs. Cooper, Who
knew the existing conditions, the news
Of the shooting was not much OF
surprise, but TO the family of the woman
il came as a severe shock Mrs
Schneu was almost heartbrOken. and
left last night on the sos train for
Pueblo TO attend her wounded daugh-
Ter. According 10 the statements made
last night by a brother OF Mrs. Coop
er. her parents knew little or nothing
about her connections with Roberts and
did not know Roberts at all. Mr..
Schnell. the father Of the wounded wO-
man. is an emplOye OF the Rio Graade
railroad in this city.
Roberts came here about twelve
years ago from Boston, Mass. where
his parents now live. He engaged in
the junk business and has been fol-
lowing that business ever since. It
is not known here whether his body
win be brought here for inteFment or
not.