The Washington times., 1905-08-09
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NEITHER SIDE
. ASKS ALINONY
Taggart and His Wife to
Live independently.
REC CEIVED I'M A KIMONO
Lieutenant Fortescue Visited Mrs. Tag
gart at Leavenworth During Her
Husbands Absence.
RECEIVED I'M A KIM0NO

WOOSTER, Ohio. aug. 9.-Though At
torney James Sterling was not able TO
appear, according TO d statement made
10 the court by DR.. j. D. Beer, the Tag
CART divorce case was resumed at $3.50
this morning.
Sterling came in soon after and occu-
pied chair al Captain Tagarts table,
looking I'll indeed
The first testimony was a deposition
by Capt. William B. F'olweI, Eighteenth
Infantry. Fort Leayenworth. This set
forth that Taggart was perfectly sober
the night OF the celebration given at the
officers club by the War College gradu-
ating class June 80, 1903.
Then when Attorney Wertz. for Tag
gart, offered the signed statement of
Charles H. Hulburd, of Chicago, Mrs
Taggart's business agent. the aIirnony
question was mentioned for the first
time
Taggart Might Ask Alimony.
Captain Taggert might ask for aIimony
because the agents statement Of her
property was introduced. Smyser ar
gued hotIy that Mrs. Taggart could not
be ordered TO pay her husband aIiu4ony,
as 1t was not specifically mentioned in
the pleadings.
This lady, as We viii show" ne said.
has an independent income to which
Taggart never contributed 81"
We don't want any aHmony," re-
torted WertZ, but there have been
husband was granted a decree for his
wife's conduct, his wife was given ali
mony."
If you get divorce we shall not ask
ffT a 4Fr1-, 4 aT.sy.
The court made note OF these decIa-
rauons, settling the alimony problem.
Then the agents statement was read by
agreement between counsel
MIS-. Taggart's $4,000 Income
It showed that Mrs. Taggart was in
receipt of 5000 a year from the estate
OF her foster mother. the late Mrs.
Charles Culver. OF Chicago In 1890 Mrs.
Culver had set apart $S5,000, and after
her death in 1904 $20. 900 more was found
to be set aside for the benefit of Mrs
Taggart and her children.
Only the annual income was to go to
Mrs. Taggart, but that was to be abso-
luteIy hers, and the property. in case
of her death, was to go TO her children.
Thomas Aoreda, Captain Taggart' S
Malay valet. Wds then sworn while the
crowd became quiet in the hope OF hear
ing something of especial interest. Mo-
reda said he was twenty-one years old,
was with the TagSarts at Fort Leaven-
worth in 1903. and had worked for Tcg-
CART for eight months a that time Wit
ness knew Colonel Miner. he said and
had seen him 1T sne Taggart house
many times, perhaps ten or twelve.
Twice Miner had been in the house when
the captain was confined in the hos
pitaI once with another officer and once
alone.
Valet Testifes.
Lieutenant Fortescue. the Roosevelt
connection, witness said. had come to
the house while the captain was in
Kansas City on flood duty. arriving at
9 p, m Mrs. Taggart had then told
witness to go to bed. and he had seen
nothing more.
In the morning at o'clock. FOrtescue
came and walked III without knocking.
asking fOT Mrs. TaggarL. witness said.
Mrs. Taggart was upstairs, wearing d
Japanese night dress.
FOrteScue went upstairs. and was m
her room three-quartcrs OF an hour. Wiz
ness had gone upstairs and seen the
officer come out OF her room, go down
stairs. and leave the house.
Mrs. Taggart was still wearing the
kimOn0 and stayed in her room after
ForteScue left