The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-10-04
REFUSES TO SEE
REPENTANT WIFE
Fred H. Walker RepuIses Her
Advances in o.
den Jail.
HISTORICAL WITH GRIEF
MRS. WALKER DECLARES SHE
WILL STAND BY HUSBAND.
BY FRANCIS v. FITz GERALD.

ttsNiNStS 4 GhNEcs
Ogden, Oct 3-Mrs Fred c. Walker,
around whom centers the development
of the tragedy which resulted in the
death of DIR. Earl s. Beers and the ar
rest of Fred c. Walker and Edward
Lawrence on a charge of murder, ar
rived in Ogden this afternoon.
Immediately after leaving the train
she entered cab and visited her hus-
band at the county Jail. The husband,
however. refused to see the wife, for
the love of whom he is now facing a
murder trial. His refusal so wrought
upon the nerves of Mrs. Walker that
she now is on the verge of nervous col
lapse.
All the love for her husband which
Mrs. Walker seemed to have lost at
the time of her affair with the doctor
is now apparently returned. With
tears streaming down her cheeks, she
sobbed that she would stand by her
husband, come what may. With hys-
terical fervor, she reiterated her affec-
ton for him and denied that she has
ever intimated that her attitude had
been otherwise.
A Nervous Wreck.
The terrible strain of the affair. the
anguish and the worry have made OF
Mrs. Walker nervous wreck. She
cannot refer to the tragedy without
bursting into tears. For her folly,
which is said to have caused the terri
BILE event in her life of the past few
weeks, Mrs. Walker is now thoroughly
repentant. She is a pretty woman
though her face shows the lines of SUI
fering which she has undergone.
In the tear-stained countenance OF
the woman, whose love has caused the
death of one man and imperilled the
lives of two others, there is no sugges-
ton of a ,coquette. In repose, it is the
calm, serious face of a good woman
and a mother. She is the last person
one would expect to provoke a bloody
ira gedy.
When she arrived at the jail, Mrs
Walker asked that she might be al.
lowed to see her husband. The jailel
informed Mr.. Walker that his wife haC
asked 20 see him.
Refuses to See Her.
1T don't care to see her at present,
was the only reply that Mr.. Walker
sent to her.
He asked, however, that Mr. Law.
renee carry the message to her. Law
renee was released from his cell anC
went to the Office of the jailer, wher,
he met the wife of his fellow prisoner
When he gave her the message, he
grief was pitiable. For several mo
ments she sat with her head buried il
IT, .
emotion After a time she was asked
do you intend to stand by you
husband?"
why, certainly, Of course l do. Wha
made you think 1 would not? VIVA
could have given you that impress
sion?" she almost shrieked.
She denied she had said anything II
Los Angeles that could be interpreted
that such was the case. She denied tn
authenticity of the interviews purport
| ing TO have been had with her in tina
| city, and said that everything that ha'
been published concerning her connec
ton with the case was false. Will
talking she became almost hysterical.
confers With Husband.
Since the tragedy Mrs. Walker ha
been on the verge of dementia. Sh
mistrusts all her former friends. Sh
declared and then denied that she ha
said that her husbands attorney ha
| intercepted communications betWee
her and her husband
! Later in the day Attorney Hutchin
son of Salt Lake. counsel for F. {
| Walker, came to Ogden and conferre
with the prisoner. No arrangement
for a meeting between Mr.. and Mr..
Walker were made.
The attitude of Walker toward hi
wife, as shown today, indicates tia
there are but small prospects of a re
| Cancellation between the two
Mrs. Walker spent this evening a
the home of Mrs. S. V. CASTOR of 26t
Adams avenue. who has been he
friend for years.
Moves to Reed Hotel.
AS to what testimony, if any, sh
may give at the trial of her husband
Mrs. Walker would say nothing, Othe
than repeating that she was with he
husband whatever may befall him.
Attorney Hutchinson said that as W
he had not discussed the matter wit
her. In case the defense of Walker
based upon the sO-called unwritte
law, her testimony concerning her RI
Iations with DIR. Beers would be ms
terial in establishing a justification fC
the homicide.
With Mrs Walker is her little daugf
ter, Josephine Carol Walker. She
a pretty child of Z years. who does nj
realize the plight of her parents.
After midnight Mrs. Walker left I'll
CASTOR home and took apartments
the Reed hotel. Her condition require
rest and seclusion.