The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-11-09
Daughter of Salt Lake Man At
tempts Death by Shooting
for Love of Her Former Hus-
band, Who Married Again.
DRIVEN INSANE BY THE
WRECK OF HER MARRIAGE
Salt Lake Relatives Are Grief
Stricken and Shocked as
They Were Not Aware of the
Condition of Her Mind.
SEEMED TO BE RECOVERING
Especial to The Herald-Repubhcan.)

Especial to The Herald-Repubican.)
Los Angeles, Nov. 8.-Driven to the
verge of insanity in brooding over
her thwarted love for her divorced
husband, who married again, Emma
Rogers, daughter of A. H. Rogers, a
Salt Lake merchant, attempted sui
eide in the Chamber of Commerce
building by shooting herself in the
left breast late this afternoon.
While a note left by Miss Rogers
indicated that she was suffering from
temporary insanity, it was said by a
physician who has attended her for
years, that her act was the outcome
of her renewed affection for her for
mer husband, C. W. Powers, a pho
tographer.
Without a sign of agitation, the wo-
man drew a revolver from under her
jacket, stepped through the door of an
open lavatory, then fired two shots
within hearing of scores of people pass
ing through the halls The first to
reach the injured were Special officer
Lee and Harry Lane, an advertising
man The police ambulance vas sum
moned, and she was taken to the receiv-
ing hospital. Although she regained
consciousness. she was not able to give
J an ineligible account of the circum-
stances leading up to her attempt to end
her life, declaring she had been pur-
sued by detectives.
note found in her hand bag was as
follows:
Don't try to come in. All the police
in Los Angeles can't get in in time to
save the life of the innocent girl YOU
are following. God knows l am inno-
cent. Now you are foiled, for I won't
be arrested to please anybody, for /
haven't ever harmed living soul"
Suffering From Dementia.
When questioned by the police. the
woman gave every indication Of having
been suffering from dementia, and con-
tinued to express the fear that she was
being bounded by detectives.
An uncle. DR.. ]. F. Rogers, lives at
1915 Court street, Los Angeles When
questioned concerning his relative. he
said she had been married to c. w.
Powers, a photographer of Salt Lake, a
number OF years ago. They quarreued
several years ago, ne SAID, after which
she obtained a divorce. In the mean
time Powers came to Los Angeles and,
* is asserted, married again. MY niece
came here soon after. and 1 know that
her affection for her former husband
did not lessen" said DR.. Rogers. "She
made number of unsuccessful at
tempts to effect a reconciliation until
his marriage put an end to her hopes
and plunged her into the bitterness
which, l am convinced. was the cause
of her mental breakdown"
The police surgeons say the woman
viii recover, unless unexpected cOmpli-
cations develop. She was removed to-
night to the county hospital.
"Oh. I can't believe it is true that nv
daughter shot herself. She has seemed
10 be perfectly happy and cOntented
and only about a week ago she wrote
and told ME she was coming home to
Salt Lake" exclaimed A II. Rogers,
father of the young woman who at
tempted to take her life by shooting in
the Chamber Of Commerce building at
Los Angeles yesterday Mr. Rogers
lives at 112l South First West street
Salt Lake. Mrs. Emma Rogers Powers
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