Omaha daily bee., 1911-12-16
SANTA CLAUS IN KEMP CASE
Seiser Objects 70 COnneIl Ringing In
Old st. Nick.
CASE Is FULL OF MERRIMENT
Alienation Suit In District Court
Brings out some HAD Feeling
on Both sides-Caustic
. witness.

Witness.
DraEging Santa Claus into the Tighe-
Kemp alienation suit trial. now going on
bcfore Judge william A. Redick IN the
law division Of the district court, siren
uousiy was objected TO by John o.
Yeiser Of counsel for william Tlghe.
Santa Claus was dragged IN" by w. j.
Council senior counsel for J. l. Kemp. the
alleged home breaker Mr. COnnel made
Mrs. Arthur Slower. a witness for Tighe.
admit that Kemp was doing nothing more
than playing the role OF good old st.
Nicholas when he gave Christmas tree
TO Mrs Tlghe's little girl and did the
same for his own.
When Celt met Celt In the persons OF
Mr.. Council and Mrs william r. Car
van, another Tighe witness, there ensued
tTo hours OF sharp repartee between the
two Judge Redick and Balliff Joe Mar
row experienced difficulties galore I'm
striving to preserve proper court room de-
corum. At that their efforts were but
indifferently successful, for the Jurors Az
well as the throng OF curiosity seeking
auditors were unable to restrain Them
selves and broke into peals OF laughter
and loud ha~has ever and anon.
thouEh the suit Is one for S2OO dam.
ages for alienation OF Mrs rigbe's AZ.
fections and IS serious enough 10 Tiqbe
and Kemp. the trial Is provoking more
7nirth than has been created by any other
SERIOUS lawsuit in district court In years
Kemp Freaucnt Visitor.
seeking 10 show that Kemp during last
yysar was unduiy attentive TO Mrs. Tirbe
and her little girl, the PLAINTIFF placed on
fthe stand AIRS. Arthur Slower. n neirbbor
lof the Tighes, who swore 10 Kemp's ire.
quent visits I'm TiEhe's absence ana smoke
of his swing the little Tighe girl n
Christmas tree last Christmas. On cross
examination MIR. Cornell made MIRA
Slower admit that Kemp had two trees
and gave one 20 the 'TiEhe girl ana ore
TO his own little girl
Then all he was doing was. lust being
a good-hearted Santa Claus ana going
around TO give two little Christmas trees
TO two little girls to make them happy.
{ wasn't heT' ''''
yes"
Il object TO Mr.. Connelrs dragging
Santa Claus into this lawsuit" cried Mr..
Aeiser Santa Claus hasn't got anything
TO do with the case. isn't a party 20 II
and Knows nothing about it. He IA On.
tirely foreign and immateriaI 70 II.
There's no call nor occasion for dragging
him in"
Judge Redick did not consider the OBJ
Section serious enough TO require a ruling.
Gets 81 Fur Coat.
When on redirect examination. ]. e.
Raft. of counsel for .Tlghe. asked Mrs.
Slower n Mrs. Tlghe did not receive a
fine. new fur coat at apout Christmas
time. Mr.. connell objected on the ground
that the PLAINTIFF had not connected
Kemp with the coat or shown that he
save It or bought II. a
MAYBE Santa Claus gave Il 20 herr"
suggested MIR. Yeiser. and again Baiiiff
Marrow had 70 rap for order.
Mrs. Slower said Mrs. Tighe got a coat
at the Brandeis store and she understood
Kemp paid for part of It. The answer
was stricken out as ,hearsay.
Greatest merriment Of the morning was
provoked by Mr.. Conneil's croHs-examina-
ton OF Mrs. Caravan, an aged and rather
deaf Irish woman, proprietor of the light
housekeeping apartment house occupied
by the Tighes. She had testified for the
plaintiff that she Witnessed the quarrel
between the Tighes after the husband had
ANth MIS- Aikht III heHlp y OFFICE. ana
that she peeked through the keyhole of
Mira Tighe's door and saw her and Kemp
In improper positions.
Mr.. Council asked " Mr.. Dunnemeyer
did not call on Mrs. Caravan and advise
her 10 keep out OF the Tighe-Kemp case
and tell her Tighe was rascal.
Yea, he did," cried Mrs. Garvan. in her
high pitched and belllGerent voice, and
be told me you was rascal. too
Mrs Caravan denied that she told
Dunnemeyer and her husband 20 go TO
Kemp and try to get him TO pay her $500
70 leave town 70 she could not be got
into court TO testify against him.
Mr.. Conaell now directed his efforts
toward showing Mrs Garvan to be Of un-
governable temper ana of erratic and &C.
centric mind.
Didn't you once assault your husband
with a pistol. q flatiron and a cheese
knife?'' no demanded. She denied II.
''Didn't that result in divorce proceed
inss being started by him and didn't you
admit the assault In your answer" This
she denied and Mr.. connell produced the
snswer filed by her at the time.
The answer was received in evidence
IN 1t Mira. Garvsn admitted the assaults
and said they were Justified By darvan's
actions while she was out OF town, hav-
ing another woman cat at her table. wear
her clothes and occupy her home.