The San Francisco call., 1905-08-06
Witness at Wooster Trial
Says He Saw Army Officers
Wife Take Her Two Boys
Into Saloon of That Place
"a bSOLUTELY FALSE"
SIZE TELLS LAWYER
Attorney for Defense in No
torious Divorce Suit De-
clares That an Arrest for
Perjury May Be Made
Special Dispatch to The Call.

| WOOSTER, Ohio, aug. 5-Revelations
of new scandal in the Taggart divorce
case We're made here to-day involving a
prominent United States Senator at
Washington and another notable man
in the countrys official life.
My turn Will come next week." vehe-
mently declared Mrs. Grace Culver Tag
gart to-day Wait until get a chance
to prove few things about my hus-
band. L have witnesses and they will
be heard. You will readily see what
kind of people the wretches are who
have denounced me-"
Mrs. Shallenberger, nurse at Christ's
Hospital, Cincinnati, testified that dur
ing long illness Mrs. Taggart was a
patient in the hospital, while her hus-
band was stationed at Fort Thomas,
Ky. across the Ohio River. At this
time she had little recreation, according
to Mrs. Shallenberger, and told much of
her life that had hitherto been hidden
She said, testified Mrs Shallenber-
ger, that while she was in Washing gton
her husband being away, she would
spend her evenings with certain
United States Senator and another high
politician.
Her mother would always reprimand
AANi Api NiAAo anu lil SdlSH " WEII6 HeI
husband
Captain Taggarts attorney sprung d
new witness during the day. He was
Harry Loop. a butchers boy, aged is.
Loop testified that two weeks ago We'd
nesday he was at the bar of a Wooster
saloon when Mrs. Taggart looked in
from a back room and ordered three
glasses of beer. She drank one glass
and her two boys drank the others.
What Loop said on cross examination
did not shake his testimony.
Mrs. TaSgaFt is nerving herself for
the most severe ordeal of the trial of
the divorce case This will come when
she takes the stand 10 tell her story of
her married life and to vindicate her
honor, In her story on the stand Mrs.
Taggart will detail her version of all
the incidents in the garrison at Fort
Thomas, Fort Shericdan and Fort Leav-
enworth, on which the charges against
her are based. Then the story of her
life in Cuba, San Francisco Oroville
wooster and in the Philippines will be
told 1t is announced by Attorney
Wertz that Captain Taggart will take
the stand against his wife on Tuesday
Most of the testimony to-day was
that of army officers for Captain Tag
CART and was in the form of depositions
The Sixth Infantry, in which Taggart
was a captain, has been sent to the
philippines and all the officers who
knew of the troubles that led to the
separation cannot appear in person. One
who will appear next week is a retired
officer from Pittsburg.
Harry Rope, one Cf the witnesses who
testified against Mrs. Taggart during to-
days proceedings, was this evening ar
rested on a warrant sworn out by Mrs
! Tasgart's attorneys charging him with
perjury. Rope was later released on
! bond.
Witness Ropes testimony was given
this morning and brought from Mrs
Taggart the most pronounced display
of emotion she has shown since the
trial began.
Mrs. Taggart sat undisturbed through
minute descriptions of many alleged
/ iEimodest acts. but when the witness
claimed to have seen her offering in
toXicants to her little sons she started
+ forward in her chair.
Recovering her composure somewhat,
she whispered audihy TO her attorneys,
That is absolutely false. every bit
of it
Taggart will take the stand in his
own behalf next week. Mrs. Taggart
Will also testify.