The Seattle Star, 1915
"WOMAN IS EXONERATED BY JURY"
"MRS. GERBER AND YOGI ARE FREED"
"Jury Finds Them Not Guilty After Two Hours' Deliberation"
"Attacks Prosecutor"
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"WOMAN IS EXONERATED BY JURY"
"MRS. GERBER AND YOGI ARE FREED"
"Jury Finds Them Not Guilty After Two Hours' Deliberation"
"Attacks Prosecutor"
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"'Dr.' Ralph M. De Bit, the Yogi, and Mrs. Dorothy Alden Gerber, grand opera singer, lived together in a three-room apartment while she was the wife of Dr. Rudolph H. Gerber, of San Francisco, but did so with propriety"
"Such was the decision of a superior court jury which freed the couple, late Friday, following their trial on a statutory charge. The jurors deliberated less than two hours"
"The verdict of acquittal came as a relief to Mrs. Gerber, who exclaimed: 'I hardly know what to say! These terrible trials have almost broken me down. Thank God, it is over'"
"She and the Yogi, surrounded by friends, left the courthouse triumphantly in automobiles. A dramatic incident occurred when Deputy Prosecutor Helsell was summing up the state's case before the jury"
"'You must not allow your sympathies to sway you,' he declared. 'Granted she has not been deceived by this man--'
'You lie!' screamed Mrs. Gerber. 'I have not been deceived. He is my best friend and protector. You shall not say I was deceived!'"
'You lie!' screamed Mrs. Gerber. 'I have not been deceived. He is my best friend and protector. You shall not say I was deceived!'"
"Mrs. Gerber declared she felt that a decisive victory had been won in her fight to regain custody of her daughter, Areal, aged 6, from the juvenile court"
"Judge Dykeman, at the time he remanded the little girl to the court for protection, cautioned her that her conduct would have much to do with the child's future custody"
Caption: "'Isona,' the beautiful wife of Dr. Rudolph H. Gerber, of San Francisco, who was rechristened 'isona,' when she joined the colony of 'Dr.' Ralph De Bit, the Yogi. Her true name is Mrs. Dorothy A. Gerber"
This case received extensive coverage in newspapers from this period. More here:
https://twitter.com/HindooHistory/status/1371501945022713860?s=20
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