The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-12-04
WITNESS IS PUT
THROUGH ORDEAL
Judge in Divorce Court Springs
a Surprise in a Case Be-
fore Him.
LETTERS ARE PRODUCED
FRED HERMANN MAY YET BE
CHARGED WITH PERJURY.

Fred Hermann, a bartender at Hotel
Wilson, was put through an ordeal by
Judge G. w. Morse yesterday that
came near landing him behind the bars
Of the county Jail on a charge Of per-
jury. As it was. Hermann stuck to the
same story, and Judge Morse will call
the matter TO the attention of the cOun-
~ attorneys office to have a warrant
issued for the bartender, charging per-
jury.
Hermann had brought suit against
his wife, Kate Hermann, for divorce,
charging her with having deserted him
Sin July, 1908. They We're married in
Cleveland, O., on July 8, 1904. In the
files of the suit Hermann had sworn
that ne did not know definitely where
his wife had gone, but that his latest
information was that she was in SpO-
kane. So the service of summons
showed that the notice had been print
ed in Spokane. Hermann's attorney got
the young man to this point when
Judge Morse took a hand.
The court asked where he had been
married, where his Wife's sister lived
and if he had written either to his wife
or to her sister since his wife went
away. Then Judge Morse asked if Her
mann didn't know that his wife wac
and had been living with her sister at
112 North Park street, Toledo, o. Her
mann denied il all.
Mr., Bailih, have the stenOgrapher
mark this letter and then take it to MIR.
Hermann for Identification" said the
court.
Judge Produces Letters.
The letter was marked and shown to
the witness, but he said he knew moth
ing about it, had never seen it before
and did not know who had written it.
Judge Morse produced eleven more let
tiers. had them marked and shown TO
Hermann, but he denied having writ
ten any of them. Each was signed
Fred Hermann" or Fred. They were
written from a Fred Hermann, bar
tender at the Wilson hotel. to Kitty
Hermann, who was married in Cleve-
land, o, on July g, 1904 and was then
visiting her sister with full knowledge
of her husband.
Judge Morse instructed the stenog-
rapheT to prepare a transcript of the
evidence at once, to be submitted to the
county attorney for investigation
Judge Morse said after the trial and
after Hermann had FASTENED from the
court room, that it was by the merest
chance that the letters had come into
his possession. Some time ago a letter
was received here, directed TO the "di-
yOrce judge of Self Lake 1t naturally
drifted down TO Judge Morse. 1t was
from Mrs. Fred Hermann at Toledo. o.
She said she understood that her hus-
band had been granted a divorce from
her some three months before, and
asked for Information as she had not
been notified that the suit was pend
Ing.
Judge Morse wrote her that q suit of
Frederick Hermann against Kate Her
mann was pending in the district court.
and gave some Of the claims Of the
complaint.
1t didn't take long before a bulky let
ter was received by Judge Morse from
Mrs, Hermann, containing a dozen let
tiers, a certified copy of the marriage
license and a history Of the travels of
the HeTmanns since their marriage i'm
Cleveland until she left salt Lake on
December % 1905.