The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-05
CHARGE Of PERJURY
AGAINST HERMANN
Authorities Believe He Did Not
Tell Truth While Giving
Testimony.
REMOTE POSSIBILITY OF
REMARKABLE COINCIDENCE
Man Is Placed Under Arrest and
Complaint Will Be Issued
Monday Morning.

Frederick Hermann is In Jail Fred
erick Hermann IL in iall because tDo
testimony he gave in the hearing OF
his divorce suit Friday was pcrinrcd
testimony. it is alleged. The county
attorney will, on Monday morning, bic
"A complaint against Hermann, mt winch
time his bond will be fixed
Hermann was the plaintiff III an ac-
tion for divorce against Kate Hermann.
lie charged desertion. On the witness
stand he testified that his wife had
deserted him last July, and that she
had been addicted TO the use OF IN,
toXicants. He declared that he had
not written TO her since The alleged
descrtion, nor had be received any let
tcrs from her.
Judge G.. w. Morse. who presided at
the hearing. produced thirteen letters,
which. after having been marked by
the reporter exhibits a 10 II, inclusive.
were submitted so Hermann for exam.
nation. Hermann declared that he did
not write anv of the letters, nor did
he know who did.
Transcription for Prosecution.
Having completed his testimony, the
case was indefinitely continued. Judge
Morse ordered a transcript of the cvl.
dcnce given by Hermann made and this
transcript was given to the county at-
torncy Saturday. Hermann s arrest was
caused and he was taken 10 jail
a short time ago there came into the
hands of Judge Morse a letter from
Mrs. Hermann, dated at Toledo. Ohio.
addressed TO the ''Divorce Judge. In
this letter Mrs Hermann said she had
been Informed that her husband bad
obtained a divorce from her She said
she knew uothing about The matter aud
was surprised at the news, inasmuch as
her husband had written her large
number Of letters entreating her TO rc.
turn TO him, promising TO mend his WHY'S
and pledging himself never to he cruel
toward her any more.
Mrs. Hermann S Letters.
Mrs. Hermann sent ihc Judge thir.
teen of these letters. which, she said.
were a "few' of the number she had
received. She sought information about
the divorce about which she had been
informed.
These letters were all signed Erred y
or Erred" Hermann. - They were
tho ones which Judge Morse submit.
fed TO Hermann on the witness stand
and whose authorship Hermann denied,
in detail and collectively.
Mrs Hermann, i'm her spondeucc,
said she was living with sister in
Toledo She detailed the movements of
the couple since the marriage in Cleve-
land. She said they went from Clcvc-
land 10 Toledo, thence to Chicago. Iu
Chicago, sbo said hcr husband left her,
They were reunited, however, il seems.
and then went 10 Kansas City, 10
Omaha, to San Francisco, and finally
wound up IN Salt Lake two wears
ago. On the witness stand Hermann dc.
tailed some of the movements Of him.
self and his wife, omitting reference
to Kansas City, Omaha and San Fran.
cisco. In the main, however. his record
of travel agreed with that Of his wife.
Is There Another Hermann?
Hermann testified that he had been
employed as bartender at the viii
son hotel. When the Judge asked him
If there was another bartender at the
Wilson hotel by the name of Fred Her.
mann, the witness said there was not.
so far as his knowledge extended
To say The least, ii was an extra
ordinary coincidence if Hermann told
the truth on the stand. Evidently The
court had grave do0bts about the truth
fulness of Hermann IS answers.
Many persons who arc familiar with
the incident express surprise that Her.
mann did not take advantage Of the
opportunity given him Friday night to
leave the state If he was indeed the
writer of the letters. If he is not the
writer, then the case presents one of
the most peculiar condolences in the
history Of Jurisprudence.