The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1884-01-01

THOMPSON TUMBLES
To the Racket Of the Police
and Appears as a Defend
ant in the Police Court
The Famous Lindell Hotel Raided
by the Police in Broad
Day Light.

one enlrv, George Harrison, against whom
there was no charge, and to all the questions
of the reporter, the only answer he could
obtsin, was TO wait and see liz is needless
TO say that this was not satisfactory, al
though he was compelled to wait. But
concluding that there was something inter.
esiing in the wind which would necess =
rily have To be stirred up at the police
court Saturday morning, he made il a
point to be there and was more than amply
paid for his trouble, as on Harrison's testi
mony warrants were sworn out against
Edith Thompson, Maggie Williams. Lnlu
Dean, - Fairbanks and Harvey MCGee.
the proprietress and employees of the famous
Lindell hotel %.
As soon as he warrants were issued they
were placed in the hands OF the police who
porter accompanied the officers to the place
and found il in somewhat confused state
owing to the late hour that the inmates
have of arising.
The warrant was served on all the par
ties excepting Lulu Dean, who was absent
at the time but was afterwards brought up
A couple of strangers were seated in the
psrlor but they made themselves scarce i'm
hurry.
On being brought before the
court Edith Thompson was arraigned
on the charge of running bawdy house, to
which she pleaded not guilty. Geo. Har-
rison then testified, 81 had been to the
Lindell hotel Thursday and returned again
Friday night and inquired il could gel
lodging. TIE clerk told me / could not,
but asked ME il there was anything else h
could do for me. | then inquired for the
lsndlady, and was told she was up town,
but that there was lady boarder there !
could see. l tumbled, and thought If there
was any crochet work to be done | wanted
To do ii. The girl was called Lulu and
from her conversation indicated the char.
scter of the house.
/ took ring of Lulu's hand while with
her and after y while l left the house and
said l would be back IN a couple of hours. |
went up town 10 get something 10 eat when
an officer arrested me for carrying concealed
weapons, at the instigstion of the landIsdy
Edith Thompson said Harrison was dead
drunk when he came TO her house, and
she would not allow any of that kind OF
people around her house
Fairbanks, the clerk, and Mc(iee, better
known as Scar Face Charley, the porter.
gave their evidence, but il was
only repetition of what has
already been given with the addition that
there were five furnished rooms and that
board was 800 per week.
Lulu Dean said she had been there about
two weeks in the capacity Of seamstress and
dining room girl. The remainder of her
testimony Is embraced In Harrison's
already given.
Upon this evidence the recorder assessed
q fine of $40 against Edith Thompson.
Lulu Dean was then arraigned upon the
charge OF being an inmate of q bawdy
house. She pleaded guilty and was fined
$40.
Fairbanks and Scar Face Charley next
stepped forth and entered q plea of not
guilty, but were found guilty on the same
evidence and fined $40
Maggie Willisms pleaded not guilty and
proved thst she had not bern in the house
since the 18th until yesterday The charge
against her Ter being an inmate of bswdy
house was dismissed.
George Harrison being a travelling man
the charge sgainst him for carrying con.
cesled weapons was dismissed.
A warrant was afterwards issued for
Vim. CnllOm for being found in a bawdy
house. He gave bond in the sum of $50 10
appear Monday at O'Clock.
When Lulu Dean pleaded guilty |
10 the charge OF being an
Innate of house OF prostitution that arch |
prostitute, Edith Thompson, with an At
Tempt to look shocked, said: Well, Miss |
Dean, IL that is the kind of carvings on |
you are doing you Dlay take your things
and get cut OF the house as soon as posi-
be" This outbnrst was greeted with
laughter by all present.
All the interested parties paid their fines
With the exception of the clerk. Fairbanks,
Who being unable TO give bail, is compel
ed 10 lanquish behind the bars i'm the city
'sslile. He is very indignant at the treat
nent he hss received ut the hands uf Edith,
md threatens to make il warm for slime
me If he Is not taken out soon. While he
Eould not make sny statement, vel in a
general conversation which a BAZouITE
lad with him, he would occasionally make
emarks which would lead one to believe
hat he was more conversant with The
ffairs OF the house than he told. and had
lie known OF the way in which the mistress
4 the dive would treat him, he would have
,Down more on the stand.
This is the hell hole which the BAzoo
"a shown mp IN sll Its cussedness and de.
'ravity for some time, and what il pre-
lcted has now come 10 pass, that the
lace would be raided.
The evidence OF Lulu Dean on the
FITNESS stand and her subsequent plea of
uiity To the charge of being an inmate of .
bswdy house, efiectually clCses ali doors
'r any further escape on the part of the
residing hsrlot or any OF her Unions from
ne laws penalty.
The boarding house license, which Edith {
as continually Haunted in the face OF any S
ne making any complaints against her s
ouse. will no longer avail. This scant +.
retense will no longer project her in {
irther troubles, and it will no longer be &
eeesssry for complaint 10 be filed before y
he law can reach her. '
Information was given a BAzoo reporter d
'st night that Edith was going TO leave