The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1905-09-01

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and would not go, but we should go and
bring him sandwich. We went, and
the officers took gin rickies and we
took lemonade. One of the officers then
paid bill he owed and the proprietor
gave me a small bottle of the cham
payne. | was just about to taste my
glass when in walked the captain and
said to Mrs. Saffarons This is a nice
time of night for you ladies to be out
l raised my glass to taste 1t, when the
captain knocked it out of my hand, and
| went home with him. He did not
have any shirt or coat on, but had on
his overcoat, with the collar turned UP
around his ears. There is no truth in
the testimony that we picked these Of
ficers up on the street. They were old
acquaintance.
How did drink at Mantanzas affect
Capt. Taggart?" 1T made him very
excitable."
The witness then told of their resi-
dence at Camp Meade, Pa, and at San
Francisco, where she stayed at the ho-
tel until he sailed. "Up to this time
nothing had happened between us to
mar the relations of husband and
wife"
Describe what took place on your
Summing expedition through China
town with the captain" I'VE had Wis
tied several places of interest when the
guide called the captain to one side
and told him of something to be seen
that would cost 81 extra. The captain
gave him two silver dollars, and we
went upstairs to a room where we
found Chinese woman who disrobed
before us and sat on the edge Of the
bed naked. The captain went over.
sat down beside her on the bed and
said something about her being built
different from American women"
The witness then told of returning
to Ft. Thomas after the captain sailed
and in the latter part of November
1898, going to Orrville, where she lived
with Taggart's parents until March.
when she went to the Hurd Hotel for
a few weeks and then rented house
of her own.
Where did you first meet Billy Tag
gart?" Il don't remember whether it
was at Leikhems grocery or at his
home. His mother and / were very
good friends and frequently called at
her house"
How did you come to go to the
dance one night with Billy?" Father
Taggart was old and not able TO 60
out, so went to the grocery ard asked
tn ;rb
and If | felt like going to the dance
wanted him to take me. Billy could
not dance, but he took me and brought
me home"
What took place in the house after
you returned home?" I'VE had little
lunch. and then Billy left"
What object had you in conversing
in whispers?" mo object that know
of, except to avoid awakening the old
folks"
What, if anything, Improper took
place between you and Billy that
night?" Nothing whatever"
Did you buy Billy pair of shoes
at Akron on one occasion?" Yes, he
asked me to get them for him when
went to Akron, because he could not
get any in Orrville to fit him"
Mrs. Taggart then described the
events OF her trip to Akron with Billy
to attend a concert given by an old
friend Of hers, Miss Jackson. Billy reg
istered for both of them at the Windsor
Hotel and gave their residence as Cleve-I
land.
What act of impropriety took place |
between you and Billy on that trip?"
Absolutely none"
> Did anything improper between you
and Billy take place while you were
living at the Hurd Hotel, in Orrville?"
mo: not that I know Of"
did you know of Billy's sending his |
clothes to the wash with yours?"
Mot until here lately"
The setting of Mrs. TaggaTts story |
was then transferred TO Manila. and she |
told of the ride one evening, when, at |
the captains request. she rode in Capt. !
Bash's carriage with Bash and one of
her children. She told of the row Tag !
gart and Bash had on returning home, |
and how Taggart accused her of humll-
iating him before a junior officer, and !
slapped her.
What was his condition when he
slapped and swore at you?"
"He was excited and nervous, and l
think he was under the influence of |
liquor"
Witness said further: 81 was never
Intimate with Capt. Bash, and always
regarded him as distant friend"
She then denied the accusation in the
deposition of Augustine de La Cruz, |
charging her with adultery with Bash. |
She said that on the evening of the !
bal Parade" Capt. Taggart slapped
her for entertaining a drunken officer
who called to engage dances for that
evening. At Nagasaki, Japan, he swore
at her for going ashore from the ship,
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