The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1905-08-08
MRS, TAGGART IS
BLACKENED By
BROTHER-|N-LAW
The Fair Defendant in Divorce Pro-
eeedines Is indicted for lmmor-
alIty by Witness.
PLAINTIFFS BROTHER TELLS
OF ALLEGED IMPROPER ACTS
7y Her in Kentucky and Cuba and
How She Drank in Bout For
the Prize.
One Witness Admits He Became
Drunk With Her Himself on One
oeeasion-Progres Of Triak
HIGH JINKs AMONG ARMY MEN
Mrs. Ta1eart Is the Daughter of a Ho-
tel Porter-Real Father Not the
Rich chieaeoan.

tel Porter-Rea Father Not the
Rich chicaeoan.
Wooster, O., Aug. 3.-Howard Tag
CART. brother of Capt. Elmore e. Tag
CART, was the first material witness in
The celebrated divorce case in which
Capt. Taggart's pretty wife is the de-
PENDANT.
He was on the witness stand the
greater part Of Thursday, and his evil
dence was an indictment with many
counts against his sister-in-law. He
told under oath story of shameless
ness of the woman who was so pitt
iessly scored by her husbands lawyer
yesterday.
Howard Taggart had lived at the Ft.
Thomas army post with his brother
and Mrs. Taggart, and had been with
them in Cuba He told of things he
had seen the defendant do, and by his
testimony sought to give her char
acter as black as it could be painted.
While Taggart was testifying the
court room was crowded, but to the
credit of the women of Wooster it
may be said that not one of them was
among the spectators.
MIDNIGHT VISITS.
Taggart told how his sister-in-law
had received midnight visits from
army officers at Fort Thomas. He told
how she had engaged in a bout with
another woman there in the effort to
win prize as beer drinker. He told
Of an experience the defendant had
had in cafe at Mantanzas, Cuba,
where she had drunk with volunteer
officers until her husband entered and
struck the glass from her hands. He
described expensive clothing she had
shown him, in the effort to prove it
had never been paid for out of the
salary OF his brother. But the witness
went further and admitted that he
himself and drunk with Mrs. Taggart
until he was completely intoxicated,
and that the woman against whom he
appeared today had defended him when
her husband expostulated with him.
During the recital of the story Mrs.
with lips set in agony.
With a request from Capt Taggart's
attorneys that the court order Mrs.
Taggart to permit her husband to see
their two sons, the trial was resumed !
this morning.
Attorney Smyser, for the wife, re-
tCrted that Taggart had been in the
county four days and had not asked to
see the boys, though he had been ex-
pected to do so Monday. Judge Eason
ruled that both parties had equal !
rights in the children, though they
were temporarily under the mothers
care, and that Taggart might take
them for a drive this evening, as that
seemed to be his wish. The court
specified, however, that Taggart must
rCurn the boys to their mother.
With the first witness, the plaintiffs
side entered upon its direct evidence. |
The witness was Howard Taggart,
brother OF the plaintiff, and Baltimore
& Ohio clerk. He said he lived with
the Taggarts at Fort Thomas. Ky, !
from 1893 to 1898 He described a visit
of Lieut. Rither to the Taggart house,
where he had an interview with Mrs.
Taggart in the parlor at 1:30 a. m,
while Capt. Taggart was away. The
witness discovered Rither's presence, \
he said. and the latter hurried away
and did not call again.
A week later Mrs. Taggart handed
the witness an anonymous letter, ask
ing him IL he knew the writing The
letter advised the captain to watch his
wife, as Rither was taking her to
resort in Newport. The witness said
he never mentioned Rithers early
morning call or the letter to his
brother.
THE DRINKING CONTEST.
Mrs. Taggart's alleged capacity for
beer was given as five glasses at one
sitting. which the witness described a
drinking bout between Mrs. Taggart
md Mrs. Poor at Fort Thomas camp.
The contest was for the championship
Of the garrison. the witness said. and
the contestants were backed by Off
GERS. Mrs. Taegart told him afterward,
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