Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-05-11
TABLES Turned
ON MISS HAssARD.
Thrilling Story of How a Soldier
Shot at Her is Shattered
In Court.
HAS A RECORD WITH A GUN.
1t Was She Who Did the Shouting
w. Il. Lucas OF Fifteenth
Infantry is Discharged.

!. b. q.
The morning session Of Judge Bow
mans court today Was given over
mainly to the presentation of 4 farce
meodranatic sort OF Il pay--one in
which the plot, While having a soldier
as the hero violated all stage traditions
in presenting a woman as the real viii
lain.N
The action OF the plaS,sin two scenes.
and Il prologue, covered a period of
three weeks, and its cast includes as
principals w. +. Lucas member,
OF the hospital corps attached TO the
Fifteenth U. S. infantry. and Miss Caro-
line Hassitrd. 1t was one of the real
problem plays.
The prologue told OF how Lucas. tho
soldier, three weeks ago went 10 the
home OF Miss Hassard and there in u
moment Of Jealous rage secured u gun
and fired a shot at the girl The story
was told in a way chat won nothing
but sympathy with a capital letter.
Tor the brave young woman who wrest-
led with and held the assailant unit
almost the arrival OF the police Ihe
first scene portrayed the arrangement OF
the mailman and jealous lover before II
court oftjustice and pleading not guilty
10 the charge OF assault with q deadly
weapon.
The second scene, and the finale, pre-
scented today solved the whole prob
lem" and it was interesting. too.
Miss HaSsard Went over the prologue
again, telling haw she had kept a re-
vclver in the house, and how on that
sunday, after being annoyed by dogs
| in the neigllborhood she had placed the
revolver on q wasiastnnd kitchen after
taking a second thought about shooting
| the offensive CANNES. She told how Lu-
| cas- had called at the house, while an
other man was there as q, visitor and
| how when. he had been denied admis-
sion Lucas reached into the Kitchen
and secured the revolver. IL was fair
| story she told in a ready, glib way, and
made an mpression--which was re-
| placed. however, by another one under
| cross denomination and the testimony
| OF other witnesses for the prosecution.
e FORMER GuN-NOToRIETY.
The first question under the cross
examination brought out the fact that
| Miss Hassard had obtained formeI%gua-
nctoricty by driving Deputy sheriff
Cummings from her house at the point
| of rife some four or five years ago.
! She herself then proceeded to tear her
| own story to shreds, her admissions
! forming themselves into the story that
! the revolver had been discharged NOT
at her but in the endeavor OF Lucas 70
! take the weapon away from her. flel
statement that Lucas had secured 1ile
revolver from the wash stand was
refuted by witnesses who testified that
when she came out of the house to
meet Lucas She carried the revolver IN
her hand. and that Lucas had aendaar-
ored To take it from her. The defense
did not deem it necessary to offer any
evidence, but contented itself in bring
ing outthe story under cross-exanltna-
tion that Lucas had called on the sirl
at her. own invitation: that she had
evidently made a mistake in her en-
gagements. for when Lucas called She
was entertaining another man: that
after keeping Lucas waiting some
three quarters OF an hour, and when
he firing of the wait, started to Leave
she came out of the house with the
revolver in her hand: that he at
tempted TO take it from her and In the
sculfle slightly injured her shoulder
and arm before securing possession Of
the revolver and removing the bullets;
that he had then entered the house,
and placing the empty revolver on u
cabinet had gone to the Kitchen to So
cure water, to dress the cuts and
bruises, only to turn suddenly and lind
that the girl had reloaded the gun;
that another scuffle. had followed for
the possession OF the revolver. ana tAat
in this the gun had been discharged
in the air, and that the soldier had
then broken the gun by removing the
cylinder, after which he waited in the
house q short time and then left for
Fort Douglas. After reading in he
newspapers that he was wanted on a.
charge of assault he gave himself up
to the police
The witnesses fol. the prosecution
we're in fact witnesses for the DEFEND
ant and when Atty. Soren y. Chlsten-
son moved that the case be dismissed
Asst. County Atty. Aaron Myers frank
ly admitted that he would not resist
the motion. and Lucas was discharged.