The Glenwood post., 1905-07-29
.ELOpERS CAUGHT HERE
Trinidad Couple Transferred from
Sleeper to Jail

A sensational elopemeut reached its
climax Thursday evening, when City
Marshal Malaby boarded the west
Rio Grande, and arrested Dr. Earl
Beers and Rita Kahn, both of Trini
dad. They We're at once placed
in the county Jail. In the afternoon
some one tried to get Marshal Malaby
over the phone, but the talking was
so indistinct that the message order
ing arrest had to be transferred
through the Pueblo chief of police.
Two messages came, the first asking
for the arrest of the woman, and the
second shortly after requiring the ar
rest of both parties.
Doctor Beers has for a short Tina
practiced medicine at Trinidad, and
Il year ago took his degree Mt the
Drake Medical Institute of Des Moines.
He is separated though not divorced
from his wife, who lives in Denver.
His travelling companion is di-
vorcee; her parents and five brothers
live at Trinidad
Today her condition was so hysteri-
cal that an interview was denied with
the woman, but about noon the doctor
said: 81 met the little lady at Pu-
eblo; she left Trinidad yesterday, |
the day before. Yes, there is some
disagreement between her and her
people, but that is her side of the
story, and not for me to enter into.
Yes | am separated from my wife.
No, neither of us have engaged coun-
sci, rs we don't know what charges
will be preferred against US. judge,
however, that her peoples object is
to get her back as the first message
they sent had nothing to say about
me. | was bound for Salt Lake, and
she had a ticket for San Francisco.
The second message ordering my ar
rest too, was a kind of an after
thought apparently. Do we expect to
return to Trinidad? Why, of course
that rests with the authorities. -
The lady had so far recovered at
one O'Clock that the reporter was
granted an interview. II was simply
on the way to the PHILIPPINES, said
she, where ! was going to be a nurse
and the doctor here was on his way to
Salt Lake; where he will go from
there | don t know. That's all there
is to it. Say, doctor. you are going
to have your name in the papers
again; sometime ago it was in red
head lines about your applying for a
divorce what was the scare headl'
wants divorce, because she
butts in, replied the doctor with a
smile.
"Why don you wait till tonight
when papa comes in and see him. she
went on. No, l didn't take poison
anything of the sort; l was simply
nervous never mind, there will be
some libel suits if the papers get this
wrong. Oh yes, they treat me well
here; wish the papers were as nice
as the Jail officials. You'll see the
Trinidad paper wont t tell this, why
should your My ager It's 25 going
on 26. Yes, | have five brothers, but
what does the public want with fami
ly historyt Yes, my father is living.
My mother is dead.
Rita Calm is the maiden name,
which she was allowed to resume on
securing a divorce from Mr.. Laza
rus; she is buxom and comely, and
her neat attire and jewelry suggested
easy circumstances.
Later on Miss Kahn told the Post
man that word had been received from
Trinidad lawyer stating the charge
on which they had been arrested was
grand larceny to the amount of $40 90,
at the instance of her father.
AT 80 in the morning the doctor
rang up Charles w. Taylor, the at
torney, who visited the prison and
consulted awhile. After breakfast
Judge Dollison was summoned. 1t is
understood that neither attorney was
retained. The case will not be dis
posed of here anyway, as the affair
began at Trinidad.