Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-02-10
MRS. EGCEN NOW
ROASTS K0OYMAN
FraiI Little Woman Tells Sorrows
In Juvenile Court This
Morning.
STORY OF LATEST SHOOTING.
Tells How Sister Took a shot at the
Irrepressiblc Gay Jotherio
Saturday Night

That John Kooyman fully deserves a
term of imprisonment. or is fit sub
ject for the lunatic asylum, is the opin-
ion of Mrs. Nellie Eggen. and officers
and others who heard her story In the
chambers OF the Juvenile court this
morning are decidedly of the same opin-
ion.
The woman shows upon her counte-
nance honesty and well meaning, and
at the same time the lines of care and
anxiety are plainly manifest. Not only
Is she compelled to wash every day In
the week for the support OF herself and
four small children. but existence is
made well nigh unbearable by the at
tentions that the man Kooyman almost
daily tries to force upon her, accom-
panied by threats upon her life II she
does not listen to him.
THREATS TO KILL.
He has threatened time and time
again that he will kill me-" said the
frail little woman. More than one in
justice has been done me by statements
coming from him and his sympathiz-
ers,' she continued II did not accom-
pany him to California, neither did 1
let him have money with which to go.
l went to get rid of him, after his nc
lions had robbed me of the love ana
confidence of my husband and brought
about separation l told my husband
that / was innocent of wrongdoing, and
pleaded with him to believe me. but
Kooyman. instead OF trying to protect
me. told deliberate falsehoods to widen
the breach between husband and wife
II determined to get away from 1t all
for a season, and hoped that In time
might be able to prove to my husband
my constancy and become reconciied
with him.
WHAT HAPPENED IN OGDEN.
II went to Ogden, accompanied to the
depot by my mother, who knew my In
tentions and sanctioned what ] was DO
ing | registered at a hotel in ogden
under my maiden name, but this did
not prevent Kooyman from finding
where was. He came to the hotel
and | ordered him away, After stub
born refusal he went, but next day was
at the Ogden depot when L took my
train for the west. He acknowledged
that he had been the cause of all my
trouble. but that he would make
amends for 1t all. He said the city to
which ] was going was wicked one
and that ] was inexperienced IN the
I was safely started in the way of
making n lifting by renting furnished
rooms. he would bother me no more. L
succeeded in my intentions, though In c
very small way, and entirely without
his aid, but he was logging my loot
steps at every opportunity. one day
he forced his way into my house. and l
was compelled to raise the window and
cry for help before he would leave. In
six weeks i fled from the misery and
returned to Salt Lake. but was no soon
er here than he came also and he has
continued to harass my life
HE said in the court here that he
had had a revelation that you would
some day become his Wife" remarked
one OF the court attaches.
1T WAS FROM THE DEVIL"
IF he ever had a revelation, it was
from the devil" said Mrs. Eggen. i
would rather die thousand times than
to ever bear his name, to say nothing
of living with him for c>e hour
1T is too bad that my sister did
not kill him when she shot at him Sat
rday night" put in Mrs. Cornelius
Kooyman, who was once daughter
in-law of John Kooyman, and whose
husband, Cornelius Kooyman, is now in
Jail for threatening her life.
"Kooyman denies being shot at Sat
urday night; in fact, denies that he
was at your house at all on the night
mentioned" observed one OF the Of
Gals.
STORY OF THE SHOOTING.
well, he may deny 1t all he pleases,
but it is nevertheless true" said Mrs.
Kooyman, Jr., her black eyes flashing.
He first telephoned that he wanted to
see my sister. but / forbade him to
come to the house, But at about 6: ~
o'clock he came. My sister and myself
live together, and i went to the door
and ordered him away. He refused TO
go and was very abusive. AZ he tried
to force himself in the doorway | hit
him on the head with cane. He then
pulled off his coat and wanted to fight
me. At this time my sister Mrs. Egg
gen, appeared at the door and fred at
him. As he went hurriedly out of 49,
yead he put his hand TO his shin bone
as though he had been hit. am only
sorry that the shot missed"
Mrs. Eggen at this point exhibited
the revolver which she carried in her
All the chambers we're loaded
but one, and she said the '-,'rei~- bullet
had been sent I'm Kooyman's direction.
The Kooyman squabble has now
reached such a stage that u viii doubt
less he taken up by the county officials,
as It seems beyond the Jurisdiction OF
the fuVpnila court