Salt Lake Herald | 1908-02-09 | Page 24 | Declares She Shot Kooyman

DECLARES SHEI SHE I SHOT KOOYMAN i Mrs Eggen Tells Police She Fired Fifed Upon Intruder and Wounded Him VICTIM V IS IN IGNORANCE IG KNOWS NOTHING ABOUT EPI EPISODE EPISODE EPISODE SODE HE SAYS shot John Kooyman This was wa the message telephoned to police headquarters last night by Mrs Nellie Eggen of 1060 East Second South street It was a turn in the between the Kooymans anti and the sisters which was expected aad Po Policeman Seager was at once sent to Mrs Sirs Eggens house ouse tto to investigate the matter and amI see how hOl ho badly Kooyman Kooman KO was wounded Mrs Sirs Eggen stated that soon oon after nightfall Kooyman knocked at the thedoor thedoor thedoor door She refused to admit him At that he retreated a short way and antI pulled off his coat shouting houting that thai he h was coming coining in anyway Reports Are Conflicting At the time lime Mrs Eggens only com corn companions companions in the house were hor her sister and the children As bout boat upon the door she armed herself hersell with witha I a revolver Her sister then opened the thedoor thedoor thedoor door Just as Kooyman attempted to pass over the threshold Mrs Eggen Ebben discharged the revolver firing only ono on I shot She declared that she had wounded Kooyman in the leg and that he hal Immediately retreated After questioning the woman Po Policeman Policeman went to the Kooyman Koo man house at Ninth East and First South streets Kooyman was there thera He de denied denied nied riled that he ho had been near neur Mrs Eg Eggens Eggens gens gons house and said that he lie was not net injured After listening to these conflicting stories Policeman Seager returned to police headquarters and macks nad ma 3 his re tt report report port No arrests were mad Trouble of Long Standing The trouble between the he Kooymans and the tho Eggen sisters is by this this time well known to everyone evel one in Salt SaIl Lake Lale Mrs Mr Eggen claimed that John Kooy Kooyman man n hid had h d l her with hi ni atten tion although althO ugh he was married manie anti and had fourteen children His alleged af affection affection a I for the woman was the cause of many rows rows Kooymans s son nelius nellus married Mrs Eggens sister These two were unhappy Tales of beatings and arrests followed At the time young Cornelius was sent ent to jail for six month months for beating his wife vite a short time ago Mrs Irs Eggen Egg n sig significantly significantly significantly remarked that blood would no before her trouble with wI the Kooymans Koomans Koo mans would end