Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1863-11-06

continually. ana mat mere was no evidences
The Jury we're not to act upon their mereim.
pressaons. He lad no doubt all suspected this
a. house OF tornication, but their su.pi-
s s ss ws.s 70 nGs Even the JUDGE him
case, {laughter1 and the jury probably smeised
a. very lond. TIE principal witness was Mrs,
johnson, who had kept rookery for a time,
whereof the memory Of man runneth no; to the
country, tlaughter) and this witness says her.
self that she intended 70 leave her rookery and
take 275 and run double machine.
He held that Maude Roberts was not the con.
troller Of that house, but the old bag Mrs. J.,
was the real pGoprietress, and Maude was
simply one Of her birds. He held that all the
testimony was TO the effect that Mrs. johnson
was really running the house, and she ought to
be on trial for this CRIME and Maude set lree
The Jury should have sympathy and not con.
demnation, and should not drag down deepera
yonDg woman who had already been seducsd
headed sinners the fountain Of this pollution
As 70 BuItenett. earth had combined against
him. He did not know, whether heaven had,
but he knew hell had. II all that had been
said OF Burtenett were true, he was the most
desplcable man in the country. He was not
only charged with keeping the house. but had
teri He must have beha we'd pretty we'll there,
for he was promoted. (Laughter.] He first
went there as cook. tLaughtor.l
house, with belt and apron on, flying round
the cellar. [Lauehter.l Why, his services
were appreciated there, because they promoted
him to chief butler in little while! He
bought the provisions for the house, they say
After awhile he got a seat at the table-and, as
Mr.. Darlington says, it was at the head or foot
Of the table. lLaush.er Why, that was
machine was ruDning-only three weeks,
believe. He was in the line Of promotion
pretty fast, now. wasn't hea
He got TO be clerk after bit in keeping the
books Of the establishment. The Major, you
see, according to their testimony, had in his
ey~-was con vinced in his wn judgment, that
esG n es s e b e 81 3.
ment he was going to present it to somebody.
Oh yes, when he got to own that entire affair
Roberts: was conscious that he was raising in
the estimation Of the occupants Of that house;
and if he could find nothing else in his favor
be good enough to find that for given time he
must have behaved well This whole story,
be said, was contradicted by q woman-Emma
Williams-who was not prostitute. He ar
gued that Emma cOntradicted all that had been
SAID about Burtenett's position in that house.
as a visitor.
Mr.. Ford argued that the whole suit ORIGIN
ated in bawdy- house quarrel. and that Mrs.
Clancy was the only ore who tolo the truth in
her testimony. He held thet there was pothinx
whatever in the testimony to fasten the guilt of
keeping the house upon Burtenett and thst
the witnesses were evidently actuated by
malice. He was not indicating Burtenett for
going TO such a house. He (B ought to 60 to
nell for ii, and he would go to bell If he did net
repent. His speech was not to vindieate Bur-
TENET for going TO the house, but 10 show upon
what testimony the jury should rely for con-
really Iaughable. Another part Of the tesu.
mony was 40 to using indecent language.
He was surprised at the District Attorney
asking these old hass about the use of indecent
language Why, II they heard all the obscene
and profane language in Cd Almighty's earth
they would not blush more than two year
old bull (Langhter.l They would not un-
smutty language. Now is it not astonishing
that from such house, women who had be-
come toothless in the cause [laughterl came up
here and professed TO be shocked. The only
thing Bur.enett could have said to shock them
must have been some decent word, which they
had not heard for twenty years!
As to the testimony Of Cough, no matter how
low his testimony Nigh. sink Maude Robsrts,
he (Gough) would sink infinitely lower-low
as the imagination could bring him. He went
there as pimp, spy and an informer; and as
to exposing Of person, he testifies that Maude
did make an indecent exposure without hire.
Women who lend themselves to model artistic
exhibitions do moi do go without hire. There
was no evidence OF what part of the person was
He argued that there was no evidence tina.
Maude had prostituted herself to model artist
made an indecent exposure. Now there was
NO one in the room but Burtenett himself and
Matte Sherman. Now you all saw her on the
what in the name ofGod could he have shown
to her to have SHOCKED her! Mr.. Ford con-
g ta the
no credit. Burtenett was no doubt there too
much for his reputation and good, and he de-.
serves TO be shown up, but they are not proven
this house. Mrs. johnson was running the
house. and Mauds Roberts was their simply
IN some capacity for hire, and Burtenett was
mere SIMPLY as visitor, and therefore he
Mr.. Burtenert asked permission to address
the Jary, but the court stated that it was the
rule that no defendant could address a inrv
when represented by counsel
Mr. Burtenett then asked permission to ad.
dress the court, and proceeded as follows:
f. Nay or It pleaNSs yS1r honor desire to soy
my counsel has pursued before this court ana
jury, for think he has very ably summed mn
the case But there are points in this testimo-
time necessary to discuss. They may have
slipped his memory; and aside from ali that, I
have not only been tried by this court, but
have been tried in the comm unity-the Press
being the court and Jury. =
ask that certain things that we endeayored
to get before the court this mornings printed
the card preferred to IN testimony,l and it is a
very sing 0lar fact that in connection with INV
arrest simultaneously there appeared in the
papers an the evidence which It was supposed
name has gone broadcast to the country as
having been dismissed the service, robbed the
Government and done every hing vile that it
is possible. Well might exclaim III these
charges were trnel with the reviled prophe:-
Here Judge II he'll with all its power to dnmn,
Can add one curse to the foul thing am
Inat, probably, would suit my case in the
estimate OF the public. desire simply to de.
lend myself against these aspersions before
the comm unity, and that it may 60 out oficial-
~ from this Court, q letter dated August eth,
1863, from Gen. Scot, showing why was dis
missed, which was absence without leave, and
q document from the U. s. Government Of
having honorably settled all my accounts; and
there are one or two points in the evidence
The Court here interrupted him by saying
that all these things We're out Of order here
and not admissible, and Hr. Burtenett there.
fore took his seat, and the Court took recess,
after which Mr.. Adams addressed the jury.
Mr. Adams pursued q line Of argument tend.
ing to exculpate his client, fMande Roberts,
and to tx the entire guilt ofkeeping the baWdy
house upon Mr.. Fords client, fBurtenett).
The Court called Mr.. Adams attention to
the fact that he was not pursuing q propeY
line Of argument. and that In an -indfnt.nas,.-