Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-10-29
Wife Has the Best OF II in This
Mornings Inning
In Court.
CASE SUFFERS MATERIALLY.
Crowd ON the Side OF the Woman Who
Attempted 60 shoot u Witness
Yesterday.

Tho fact that Mrs. Katherine Reagan
of Garfield was arrested Thursday on
charge OF attempting TO murder Frank
Mayo. witness who had testified adj
vcrsoly to her interests. did not seem 20
affect her case projudicially when
e. was resumed before Judge e.
W Morse IN the district court This
morning Her husband, Frank Reagan,
has asked the court TO take Ruby Rca-
gun. 9 years old. from her mother.
Reagan wants tho daughter placed in
ST. Mary's academy In this city, on the
ground that the boarding house which
his wife has been running In Garfield Is
an unit place Tor child
Mrs. Reagan, fearing that Mayo. to-
gcther with other enemies had con-
spired TO tear her little girl from her
arms, accosted him iu the Boston build
ing, yesterday pressed an automatic
revolver against his abdomen, aud tried
20 fire H. Mayo owes his life to the
fact that Mrs Reagan was ignorant as
To how to work the safety on the re-
volver.
Mayo had just come out Of the office
OF Atty. A. b. Irvine an tho Bostun
building, where he had given a deposit
ton in which he made strong aliega-
tiOns against Mrs. Reagan's character
when she tried 10 shoot him.
Mrs Reagan had the best OF IL I'm
this mornings innings before Judge
Morse. She says that she win prosecute
the enemies who have testified against
her, alleging perjury Mrs. Reagan tes-
tilted that she had telephoned TO Mrs.
Kerr and had told the latter that II her
son lied In the case he could expect
the worst"
HUSBANDS TACTICS.
Reagan's side Of the case suffered
materially when two notes were intro
ducod which had been written 10 Mrs.
Reagan by George Gilbert a swamp
err at the bunk house Mrs. Reagan
said that she had discharged Gilbert
because he had tried 90 get familiar
with her II also developed that Mrs.
Reagan had ordered Walter Ryan. the
cook al the Reagan hotel. 10 leave. she
made him get out" al the point OF a
revolver. The testimony Of several
witnesses tended to show that Reagan
had conspired with other witnesses TO
ruin his wife's character. Reagan. Il
WIS shown, had collected his rowdy
friends and they stood on the streets
and In front Of saloons. and when Mrs.
Reagan passed. they would address
her Ia foul language and yell disparug-
ing remarks about her.
Reagan has repeatedly threatened to
murder his own children rather than
allow his wife TO have them, Mrs. Rea-
gan said.
The sympathy Of the spectators was
evidently with Mrs. Reagan, and her
husband Greater "a bad impression by
herding a crowd OF his boon compan-
ions OF Garfield into the court room,
whore they sat gloWering az Mrs. Rea-
gan.
AN IDEAL MOTHER.
Mrs. Jennie storms. % Salt Lake city.
testified 10 tho effect that she had
known Mrs. Reagan since the lattor
was child; that she had often visited
the hotel run by Mrs Reagan in Gar
Held; that there was no drinking.
gambling profanity or any OF the other
bad things alleged by Reagan going on
IN the place; that Mrs. Reaban was an
ideal mother; and that she thought
Mrs Reagan should be allowed 10 keep
her child.
Reagan received a hard blow from
the testimony of oliver Kumrow.
chief clerk OF the Utah Copper COM
pany, who lives Ina Garfield. Kumrow
made the best impression Of All the
witnesses, and told a straightforward
story 10 the effect that he had known
Mrs. Reagan "a long time: that Mrs.
Reagan was woman OF good charac-
TER NHht Nhf WIS a Enpu ana devoted
mother. that his wife and Mrs. Reagan
were friends. that Asrs. Reagan often
visited his home; that he thought Mrs.
Reagan ran her hotel without re-
proach. and that he thought she was
~ person To keep her daughter
The testimony of other witnesses
corroborated the good things said Of
Mrs. Reagan and generally discredit-
ed Reagan and his friends
Mrs. Reagan appeared 10 be "a quite,
refined woman. She was dressed in
black. Her face bore the look OF
woman whose heart had been broken
by domesiic troubles. Tears came into
her eyes when she talked about her
little girl and told of how hard she
had worked 10 educate heI
Judge Morse. at noon. continued the
case until $3.50 O'Clock this afternoon
Attorney ~ A. smith. who represents
Reagan, will Iut witnesses ON the
stand to impoach Mrs. Reagan's
friends.