Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-13
MAYR FACED BY
WOMAN PHOTO


wife that she had met the man at Syl-
van Lake, S. D.; that they had spent
much time together, and that their
association had created some gossip at
the resort. She told me that on one
OCCASION" said Mayr, "Gahm had felt
himself called upon to give man a
severe tongue flashing when he caught
him watching their movements While
enjoying a boat ride on the lake.
Mrs. Mayr, he said, wanted to urge
Calm to make Chicago his home, as
he would find a larger field there for
his musical attachments, but he per-
suaded her not to undertake to advise
the musician.
In October, 1905, he said, he found a
letter written to Mrs; Mayr by Charles
Kiefer, a friend of Calm, and d1scoV-
cred that Calm had been in Chicago
during his absence.
81 questioned her about this letter"
said Mayr, land she told me l should
not be shopping around in her desk"
He told of the efforts made by Mrs.
Mayr's sister, Miss Mckinney, to effect
reconciliation, and of her failure
when he had related circumstances that
had come to his notice, among them
being the Kiefer letter, the Calm pho
tograph and his wife's absence from
home with a vaudeville actor, at which
time she stayed out until o'clock in
the morning.
Mayr also described in detail Mrs.
Mayr's condition Immediately preced-
ing the birth of the baby, and the APP
pearance of the child following It's ar
rival on May 2, 1905
"The child" said Mayr, weighed six
pounds, ten ounces, had a good color
and long hair. The ears stood out from
the head; an indication, the nurse said,
that he would be a hustler. His nails
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on the BODY
The baby's garments, baths, airings
and food we're also discussed at length,
Mayr stating the child was exception
ally vigorous, while Mrs. Mayr's ideas,
he believed, could be gathered from a
letter written by her in which she said
she had seen her nurses granddaugh-
ter, two weeks younger than her own
little one, and thought her own child
beautiful as compared with such in
ferior stock.
Hides Man in Closet
Mayr later told of the interview with
his wife in his Office in the Citizens
National Bank building, Los Angeles,
while a man was hidden in the closet.
"I telephoned her." he said, land
asked her to return book had loaned
her. She said she would call the fol-
lowing day at o'clock. Shortly before
that time DR.. Zehfring, with whom
had made an appointment, which | had
forgotten, came to the office. 1 told
| him my wife would be in soon and
asked him to go into the closet and
listen to our conversation. He protest
ed, but finally agreed. Mrs. Mayr came
! In and l told her l had received tele-
| phone message from her attorney re-
| garding a settlement. l advised her
that no one could do anything for us,
oil oOI1I6 1npla
difficulties.
"She asked me If that was all /
wished to see her about, and l told her
did not care particularly to see her
about that, She said she was entitled
to half of what L had, and could get 1t
under the laws of California. I told
her she could go home and 1 would give
her two-thirds of my income, but as for
giving her half of my property would
not hear of 1t.
"She told me she could be supported
in a better way by other men than l
had supported her, but said she pro-
posed to have sopething besides mere
support
Mrs. Mayr then discovered that some
person was hidden in the closet, but
Mayr prevented her approach toward
DR.. behring's hiding place.
81 grasped her about the waist to
keen her from the door," said Mayr,
land she screamed for the janitor.
Rather than have a scene, told her
she might stay. The doctor came out
then and left the office. Mrs. Mayr left
some time later, saying she hoped l
would not accompany her out of the
building. I retorted by telling her that
she was the very imp of Satan her
grandmother had called her."
The case will be resumed at 10 o'clock
today.