The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-01-12
1T PL9UANT HEARING
MRS. MAUSS rs GIVEN
CUSTODY of CHILLI
Court Holds That Dodgng Through Hall in PaamaS Does Not
Make Her an Unfit Personalities ofNa,
MaronS Conduct

With plump, bright-eyed six-year-
old boy as the prize" a mother and a
father struggled all yesterday afternoon
before Judge George C. Armstrong and
as a result the little fellow was award
ed TO the custody of the mother.
The mother is Mrs. Maud Mauss. who
since Oct. 20 has been rooming at the
residence of Mrs. Anna Senior, $50 Brig
ham street. Previously she lived with
her husband on Fifth avenue, near the
corner of D street, and also at AIS
Fourth avenue. The husband is Theo-
dore ]. D. Mauss, now living at the
Hotel Chadbourne on State street. He
is travelling man for crockery house.
Divorce Suit Instituted.
Mr.. and Mrs. Mauss separated Sept.
"a last. The wife kept the child and
on Dec. 4 began divorce proceedings,
charging desertion. The case was dis
missed on motion of her attorney last
Friday by Judge Morse, and that same
afternoon Mauss went to her room at
$50 Brigham street and took the child
away. stating to Mrs. Senior that he in
tended to keep it. Mrs. Mauss, in or
der to recover the possession of the boy,
began habeas corpus proceedings YES
terday morning and the case was i'm
mediately heard.
When the judge granted the writ as
prayed for, Mrs. Mauss became almost
hysterical with joy. She Rugged and
kissed her boy and between sobs told
him how she loved him.
You are Just the best little follow IN
all this world she said, and nobody
can take you away from me.
The youngster did not seem to ap-
Ia
half inclined to take all the fuss being
+Fnade about him as huge joke. he
paid about as much attention to his
father as he did to his mother, and
when the latter endeavOred to take him
down in the elevator with her, he pro-
tested and would not go until his
papa could be with him.
Rooming House Gossip.
The hearing was dramatic in spots,
but mostly humorous. Most of the evil
dence was roOming house gossip and
came from those who reside at the Sen
ior establishment. The husband charged
that his wife was not proper person
20 have the child, as she was not behav-
ing herself and his evidence consisted
of vague facts of clandestine meetings
between Mrs. Mauss and her friend,
a married man with a grown daughter
and mysterious telephone calls received
at the house.
The witnesses were Mrs. Senior and
Mr. and Mrs. Bert CrOwell. ~
lone night Mrs. Mauss came home
about 10 o'clock" said Mrs. Crowell
'and Mrs. Senior, my husband and !
were sitting in our room with the door
into the hall open. Mrs Mauss came
out in a moment with only her paJamas
on. and, saying don't look rushed to
the bath room"
After delivering herself of this terri
BILE charge. Mrs. Crowell seemed re-
lieved to find that she had said her part
so well, and looked at Mrs. Mauss IN
a most reprOving manner.
Elevated Feet Too High.
After being convinced that she could
tell more dreadful details the witness
asserted that on one occasion in the
presence of Mr.. CrOwell, Mrs. Mauss
had put her feet too high and had as a
result exposed the calves of her legs.
Mrs. Senior and Mr.. CrOwel cOrrOb-
Grated this testimony. The Crowells are
a comparatively young couple and came
here recently from Syracuse, n. Y.
Mrs Senior was perhaps the most in
teresting witness. She is trim lit
tie woman and confessed to being 81
years old Besides having fund of
information regarding Mrs. Mauss
conduct. she enlivened the proceedings
bv telling how she thought married
woman ought to act under all circum-
stances.
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