The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-10-30
Child for Whom Bitter Fight Is
Waging, Left With Mother
Temporarily.
ADMITS CARRYING WEAPON,
EVEN IN COURTROOM
But Refuses to Tell About AS
sauIt on Mayo, ant Is SuS-
tanned by Court.

duced Friday in Judge Morse's court
room in the hearing of the case OF
Katherine Reagan against Frank Req.
gan upon the motion OF tho latter
TO compel his wife TO send their nine
yearold daughter, Ruby. to ST. Mary S
academy in this city, instead of keep
ing her at the boarding house i'll Gar
| field pending the hearing of their di-
vorce case Mrs. Reagan came out
victor in that matter, as Judge Morse
refused 10 make any such order, and
the child VIII remain with her mother
Mrs. Reagan appeared rather pale
from the effects of the nervous strain
under which she has been laboring for
several weeks, and particularly in the
last two days, and her physical and
mental condition more than anything
else was probably the cause Of her
attempt 10 shoot Frank Mayo, ono of
her husband S witnesses. in the Boston
! block Wednesday evening. she was
arrested Thursday night for attempt,
ing TO murder Mayo. but was released
upon her own rccogniZancc, so that
she could appear in court Friday III
connection with her divorce matter.
Refuses TO Answer.
When court convened Mrs. Reagan
was called to the witness stand to uu~
dergo cross-eXamination by her hus-
| band S attorney. She was questioned
as TO her attempt upon the life OF
/ Mayo. but refused TO answer on th2
ground that she might incrimlnate her
self, and Judge Morse ruled that she
did not have 10 testify as 10 that
matter Later on she was asked If she
had ever been arrested, and she replied
| that she had. in answer 10 question
as TO when and upon what charge, sue
replied that she was arrested Thursday
night upon the charge Of attempting TO
shoot Frank Mayo The court sustained
! the objection of her attorney TO any
| further questioning on that matter, so
nothing moro was brought out in that
connection.
it developed in her cross s-eIamina-
tion that she had carried revolver
for some time past and that she had
| it with her when sne was III court at
the weapon IN her handbag and said
she was compelled ~ keep IL with her
| for fear her husband would attempt
TO kill either her or the children, as
/ he had threatened to do If shc won the
case She said that she did not have
the weapon with her in court Friday.
! 1T was noticeable. however. that the
court bailifi kept Il close watch upon
her and her husband too. dnrlng the
entire session, TO he prepared for any
cncounter between them,
Arraigns Husband.
She declared that her husband had
secured the scum Of the earth. even
10 cx.copvicts, to come into court and
testify against her honor. She charged
some of his witnesses with having fol
| lowed her on rhe street and with sncer-
] rlFE
concerning her as she passed along the
street As TO the revolver, she declared
that her husband suggested that she
! keep "A gun about the house, and that
| the one she carried was The one he
/ brought there himself. She said that
she did not bring the gun into the court
room with amy purpose OF using u there,
! but merely as n protection 10 herself
while she was in the city, against any
insults from her husband or his wit
! ucsscS.
Deputy Sheriff ]. S Barlow Of Car
! field, Mrs Jennie Storms of this city,
Otto Kumrow, chief clerk of the Utah
Copper company at Garfield: Mrs. Kun
row, his wife. and +. H. Baycrs of this
city were called as witnesses in be
half Of Mrs. Reagan. They testified
that tho lroie! which Mrs. Reagan kept
al Garfield s q quiet and respectable
place and a lt and proper place for
! The child 10 be They also stated that
the school at Garfield is a good one and
that the child can be given every ad
vantage there in regard to her carly
! education
Mr.. Kumrow and his wife are Mrs.
Reagan s closest ncighbors, and stated
! that she frequently visited at their
home aud had stayed all night there
on several occasions. They said That
they had social gatherings at their
home. attended by their friends and
that Mrs. Reagan attended these gath
erngs.
Mrs. Kumrow had quite a tilt with
Reagan s attorney when he asked her
if Mrs. Reagan had not become intoYi-
Gated on several occasions at her home.
Never Intoxicated.
"No, sir. it s a lie, she declared en-.
phatically, and ] defy YOU or any
one else TO prove that I was ever in
toxic atcd. The witness was highly in.
dignant nj tbc attorney and proceeded
to ipl1 him what she thought Of any
ono who would make such a charge
against bor.
She was the last witness for Mrs.
Reagan. whereupon Eeagan was re-
called 10 the stand by his attorney.
tIc denied that he had ever threatened
the life Of his wife and children. He
also denied that he had ever made
iSH''t'hS "uN luFNiN'H[ i''ihdi M tbbNi
her ou the street or that he had fol
lowed her. George Kerr, one of his
witnesses. also denied that he had ever
made insulting remarks about Mrs
Reagan, as she testified, or that he ever
followed her on the street.
At the conclusion Of his testimony the
attorneys made brief arguments, and
Judge Morse decided TO allow the child
ia remain at Garfield with her mother
and not require her ia attend ST
Marv's academy in this city. where she
would be separated from her mother
Mrs. Reagan SAYS that some of her
husband s witnesses have periured
themselves aud that she intends to bring
perjury charges against them,
Kodak Finishing