Los Angeles herald., 1908-09-02
CALM COMING
TO CLEAR NAME
OF MRS. MAYR
MUSICIAN WILL TESTIFY IN
DIVORCE CASE
ACCUSED BY woMAN's HUSBAND.
WILL ANSWER CHARGE
Defendant Tells Of Letters She Had
Received-Names of Critics
ana Danford Mentioned
Frequently

Joseph Gahm, the musician "hOSS
name has been most prominently men,
toned by Walter f. Mayr among the
men he says are partly responsible LOT
his domestic troubles, will come to Los
Angeles to defend himself against the
allegations contained in Mayr's testi-
mony while contesting the divorce suit
of his wife, Ann Eta Mayr, and to
clear the name of Mrs. Mayr.
Calm lett Europe on August ~, ana
when the trial temporarily closes 10
DAY a continuance will be granteu
Tor some weeks, pending the musician
arrival. A..
sGahm not only owes this to Mrs.
Mayr," SAID Attorney Earl Rogers yes
teroay, but he owes il 10 hlInseh' anu anu
is certainly entltled TO hearing III view
OF the statements made py naSE "no
Charles Ii. keeter."
The Mayr baby will not be placed on
the witness stanu, although ne was yes
terday produced IN courl, Judge JdLleS
overrullng the objections Oh AllorHsy
Britt Mayr's attorney. Altnougn the
cour1 was not called upon TO make d
1ntnuts comparison Of the alleged FACIAL
resemplances between the cniId ana
Mayr. the former by his production as
a mart of the evidence wall De cohslo-
cred at some length when the afgu-
mentS are made.
Mrs. Mayr was again on the WITNESS
stand almost the entire session yester-
day. her relationship with Ganm pelng
INQUIRED into quite minutely by Mayr 5
attorney, while her connection WIN
James H. Grlffes, the pubnsher' anu
William j. Dantord, an attorney, We're
referred to little more than lncldent-
ally. to- 60
Mrs. Mayr said she had written to
and received a number OF letters from
Calm, a number of which were sent py
her through GahmS brother, Phlllp,
now living in Omaha. For time, sne
said, she mad received letters from hlm
direct, but more recently they had peeh
sent by Calm through her sister, MISS
Jennie Mckinney. Tne reason why she
used her sister as a medium for TINS
correspondence, Mrs. Mayr declared,
was because detectives employed py
Mayr's counsel had rified her post
Office box.
ATTORNEY Britt angrily denied this as
sertion, bringing forth the remark from
ATTORNEY Rogers that the riftlng could
be proved, but he also stated his bellet
that Britt was ignorant of the acts
complained of.
Boat Riding with Calm
Mrs. Mayr said she had gone boat
riding with Calm at Sylvan lake, s. D.;
that they had rooms on the same Hoor
in the hotel, but denied with some en-
phasis that the musician had ever VS.
tied her apartment.
Mrs. Mayr again told OF hert hrst
meeting with Critics, and OF hiSoVlslts
to her home on Thorne street, where
they considered plans for the gathering
OF friends who met at irregular inter-
walls for the discussion OF abstract
thought. she was unaware, she sald'
that Mrs. Critics was in earshot one
fGtf a
office, and did not remember that this
meeting was the subject of a discus
sion later between Mrs. Critics, Critics
and herself.
In that conversation did Mrs. Grif-
fes say that she knew you had written
to her husband?" asked Britt.
II never wrote to Mr.. Critics" replied
Mrs. Mayr.
Was there any conversation between
the three of you on the subject of her
separation from him because OF his re-
lations with you?"
mo, sir"
did you offer her money with Whlch
to go northP
mo, L did not. I will say that Mrs.
Critics said she was very sorry for
me-"
Mrs. Mayr denied that Critics was
contributing to the prosecution of her
divorce suit. Neither, she said, had
the expenses of the trial. Mrs. Mayrs
attorney here volunteered the informa'
tion that a friend of Mrs. Mayr's fam
lily had requested him to take charge
of her interests, and the matter was
dropped.
Mrs. Mayr was asked if she had
during a trip to the east, been accom-
panied by Mrs. Danford, and she re-
piled in the Affirmative. The woman,
she said, told her Critics visit to the
home on Thorne street would be used
against her in the divorce trial.
"She told me she was a detective"
said Mrs. Mayr; that she was the best
detective in California"
Did you believe it?" asked Britt.
"Well, l can't say. l don't know
whether she was a detective or luna
tic
Mrs. Danford, she said. was with her
on the return trip, leaving the train at
Pasadena, while Mrs. Mayr alighted
at Santa Barbara. She Immediately
called on Critics, she said, and told him
what had occurred.
Used Name of Menters
The little black-covered address book
which Mayr took from his wife's writ
ing desk, and in which he said he found
a slip of paper on which was written
the name of Joseph Menters, alleged
to be an alias adopted by Calm for the
purpose OIL correspondence Win MIS.
Mayr, was the source of a great deal of
inquiry by Mrs. Mayr's attorney, who
by his questions evinced his suspicious
that part of the contents were placed
there by another hand than that of
Mrs. Mayr, but with an attempt to imi-
tate her handwriting. Not only Mrs.
Mayr, but Mayr and Keefer were exam
ined concerning the book, both the lat
ter witnesses saying they had not seen
the writing referred to until it was
shown to them by the attorney.
Theawriting in question is the address
of a saloon in Omaha, where Calm is
alleged to have received mail under the
name of Menters, and also the number
of a postoffice box in Omaha, which
Keefer testified he had rented at
Gahms request.
In refutatlon of Keefers testimony,
who said he had acted as a 60 between
in the correspondence of Mrs. Mayr
and Calm, Mrs. Mayr said she had
sent mail to the musician through but
one third party, Gahm's brother.
The trial will probably conclude for
the time being today, to be resumed
some weeks hence after Judge James
returns from his vacation.
Returned with Thanks