Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1906-09-29
JOHN MYERS, ALIAS
MAUS, ON TRIAL.
For Violating the Edmunds
Act Win Rose We'll.
An Old Case.
the ORIGINAL WIFE TESTiFlEs
Telling Graphic Story Of Her
Wrongs History o.
the CasU.

John Myers ailaa Ioun Maus. tho
I carpenter. who viii Do romembNrod
OBJ the readers of Tho Eqoninn Ciugmi
as The mnu arrested lnst Wlnter. 90
gOincf with a woman giving ths name
of Rose Well. with whom be- had hoois
living here fof The past tao years or
more, az hia wife, and by Whom he
became tho father o. two children, Ga
q charge oi violating the Edmundn
act, az the inHtraiiun 30 MIS- iahn
Myers Of Cincinnati. o., who aliorcr
she % the only lawful wife 81 tho d.
PENDANT and who followed hsf efrinN
spouse GO this city TO prosecute him
Tor DESERVING he, aud her two h0Fn
Tor Che We'll woman, was placed on
trial yesterday ln the United Sfetea
court.
At tho time Of Myers arrest iast
winter no gave bond for bis eppeaF.
encc at his preliminary hearing. ana
he next day The Evening Citlznn tnid
how Myers ia a buEgy driven BY thss
Well woman, made n sensational driVa.
acroaa cou Ary 90 escape. the Wa
woman returning to toll her part a.
helping Myers 90 escape the latter
later getting "cold feet" however.
and returning 20 stand trial
Al hiH preliminary hearing before
United States Commissioner WhitinE
he and the We'll woman were hound
over a. await che action ~ iho United
States grand jury. which h cos hear
inE the evidence
The Woii woman was called 90 the
STAND nrat by Major lIcwellyn. Unit
od States attorney, as a witness Cor
the government The defense. rrurr-
aontod By Attorneys Hickey a Moore.
objected. claiming Rose Well Waa tho
common law vito Of Myers. The
court ovorruled the objection. she
dld not prove a very good witness for
the government. taking refuge IN hei
constitutional rights that she miehr
incrlminntg herself
Tho original Mrs.. Myers was then
called. She testified to the date 81
her marriage with Myers alias Maua.
Of the birth 81 their two sons. Of them
married life In Cincinnati. whore My
nra was a fireman, Of his attentions
TO tho We'll woman. whom he induced
"a come 90 the Same house in whicii
they were living. of how she pleaded
with the We'll woman not 10 break
up nor married life by coming he-
tween husband aud wife. OF how tho
MNA MHiNAN NMnfftN ~ nor ana uHA
own husband scorned her. and how, an
final elimination Of the indlguitios
henpod upon her Myers deserted hon
entirely. taking the We'll woman with
him. She SAT, a pltiiully frail WON
an, with pale blue. watary eyes, her
face scanned with lines, telling plain.
ly the story Of her wrongs. she told
how she had tracked Myers 90 thin
city, how Hhe had enlisted tho scr.
city. how she ha donlialod tho acr-
Vices Of Tho police of Cincinnati ana
horc how the local police had located
her husband. but how she had nos
had tho funds 90 come here 90 prose-
cute nt that time. some Two years ago.
almost, and how finally, by dlpt 0f
striving and pryati0na aho had accu-
INFLATED enough 90 come here ana
once again 7Kcmpliiy the woman
sCurucd" adnFe.
Tho aitomcya Tor the deiendanl
base their defense upon technical
grounds and are striving hard 90 ne-
cure q favorable verdict for their eli
eat