The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1905-08-29
BILLY TACCART ON THE STAND
Had Permission, He Said, TO Put His Under Clothes
in With Mrs. Taggar's Washing g--.Made
Many Denials.


Wooster, Ohio, Aug. 25.-Major Tag
CARTS counsel this afternoon inferred
in open court that billy" Taggart, a
distant relative of the officer and
named as a correspondent in the divorce
case, was supported, for a time at
least. by Mrs. Taggart; that she fur
nished him with money with which to
live and to clothe himself.
! Attorney Sterling asked "Billy" IL
he had made this statement to Fred.
Dove, a detective, who found him on
an onion farm: "I don't have to work.
7 am only doing this to keep up ap-
pearances. 1 have a very good lady
friend, who Is furnishing me all the
money I need. could leave town, but
the way things are In that divorce
case 1t would set the people to talking
too much"
He denied this. and also denied say
ing to Mr.. Dove, while taking buggy
ride: I'VE are going to beat the other
side to finish We will swear to
some things that will make the devil
blush.'
The witness said that he put his un-
derclothes in with Mrs. Taggart's
washing by permission of the Taggart
servant. On cross-examination Billy
told of ordering double set diamond
ring from a house in New York by
mail He paid 81 for 1t, and after
wards advertised 1t as lost and offered
$50 for its return. He denied that he
told James Hamilton, editor of an Orr
Vile paper, that the ring belonged to
Mrs. Taggart and cost $780, He denied
that at various times he displayed to
certain people named by the plaintiff
a number of letters which he said
were from "Grace" and which would
create sensation If their contents were
made public.
Mrs. Taggart will take the stand to.
morrow morning.
Emma Lytle, the colored cook. agair
took her place in the witness box FRI
day morning and faced Mr.. Sterling
with watchful eye.
The witness story on the stand evil.
IDENTIFY differed somewhat from the one
in the deposition. Sterling questioned
closely about these variations, bu
. Emma wouldn't agree to any changes.
Emma, can you tell the exact time
of the day by the clock?"
!, "No, can't tell"
"How did you know so well wha
time 1t was when the quarrel occurred
at Leavenworth?"
81 could only tell by the sentry''
hourly call"
"You said in the deposition 1t was
quarter after ~. How did you know
that?"
"Waal. I reckon guessed at it."
'Tsn't that the way with good bi
of your testimony"
Emma brought her fan down on thu
witness box in anger and said: I'm
tellin, the truf.'
Asked why she didn't run for help
she said she was "too much skeered."
"You thought you would rather hav'
Mrs. Tasgart killed than run any risl
yourself?" aa.s
Eyes, sir; don't you think wuz goin
to run any chances gittin' my necl
broke"
Nora Murphy, now Mrs. Moore
long nurse for Mrs. Culver Of SaI
Francisco, had given deposition IL
the case. Mr.. Sterling read from thi
deposition, asking Emma number o
questions as to remarks she was allege
to have made to Nora. Didn't yo'
say. Emma, that when Clinton Spence
carried Mrs. Taggart upstairs at Chi
cago she was fullT"
mo. sab; never said So"
ION the train to Cincinnati. whel
Clinton Spencer took Mrs. Taggar
down there, did you say that SOM
women on the train said that If Mrs
Taggart and Spencer were not marrie'