The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-08-06
ARMY SCANDAL
HAS AN AIRING
Testimony in the Sensational Tag
CART Divorce Suit.
CHARGE OF CONSPIRACY
CAPTAIN TAGeART THE VICTIM
OF FOUL PLOT.

IApOSTER, Ohio, Aug. 5.-That Mrs.
wv Grace Viola Culver Taggart, who
is seeking the custody Of her two
little sons as well as a divorce at the
hands of Judge Eason. took her two lit
tie boys into the hallway adjoining a
Wooster saloon a fortnight ago and
bought three glasses of beer, drink
ing one herself and giving one to Gull
yer and one to Charlie Taggart was
the first testimony offered at today's
session Of the hearing.
The witness was Harry Rope eigh-
teen years old, who testified that he
was drinking beer in the place and
saw what he described.
Deposition of Nurse.
Reading of the deposition of Mrs.
Schallenbarger, the Cincinnati trained
nurse, was then resumed and Mrs.
Taggart left the room. The statement
was largely technical, but the deponent
was not allowed TO say what Mrs Tag
CARTS ailment had been. The patient
had told the nurse that she was in
the best Washington society and knew
senators, members of congress and
men Of distinction, that they frequently
accompanied her home and that her
mother uDbraided her about it, weep
ing bitterly.
Young Man in the Case.
Mrs. Peter EVERY. of Orvfle. Ohio,
aged woman testified that Mrs
Taggart with her children and nurse
formerly lived next door to her and
that a certain young man was often
at the Taggart house. She would
often see this young man leaving at
o'clock in the morning. He fire.
quently brought bottles wrapped in
would later be thrown under j bact.
porch. There was about a barrel of
them, Mrs. Everly declared that she
had examined some of the bottles and
that they had contained whiskey.
The hospital record giving the his
tory Of Mrs. Taggart's case was event
ually admitted. The diagnosis was a
complication of three diseases of I'M
certain origin
Testimony of Brother officer.
Attorney wertz then began reading
the deposition of Major Charles c.
Morton. now attached TO the army
war college, Washington. 1t certified
that Morton was Taggart's superior Of
ffcer in command OF the Fort Leaven-
worth rife range. that he instructed
Taggart to 20 back to the fort that
and that on both occasions Taggart
was perfectly sober and perfectly sane.
July Taggart was arrested and con-
fined in the hospital, charged with
acute alcoholism, as he alleges. through
conspiracy between a superior officer
and an alleged admirer of Mrs. Tag
CART.
Alleged Perjury.
When the case was adjourned this
afternoon until Monday, one. of the at
torneys for the defense declared that
an arrest for perjury might be made
The alleged false testimony was
given this morning and brought from
Mrs. Taggart the most pronounced dis
play of emotion she has shown since
the trial began.
Mrs. Taggart sat undisturbed
through minute descriptions of many
alleged immodesf acts. but when wit
ness claimed to have seen her offering
intoxicants to her little sons she
started forward in her chair
Recovering her coTnposure somewhat.
she whispered audibly to her attor-
neys that is absolutely false, every
word of IL .
Captain Taggart will take the stand
in his own behalf next week Mrs
Taggart VIII also testify
Witness Arrested.
Harry Rome one Of rho witnesses " no