New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-05-13
MAGGIE MoRRIsS STORY.
,o,Msr SERGEANT CROWLEY

THE CASE AGAINST sEkGEASi
,>s nv AND AROUND THE coUKI-ho0"
'" TINE WITNESSES APPEARANCE AND nAH 0r,,nhers
nwa Of curiosity-seekers' similar IN nINuatched
and to that Of the srPpesnt Crowley at the
brownstone building yesterday t D on charge OF
conrtroom where he was TO DC VI at Standard Hall,
having d Rsoadway Many women were aRS%Sers
mos, Ca GER of the spectators NM nthered in Cen
s Almost *, gree y Hall Park the e5reG has
ire, anu as;ng the complaining witness, at the
been kept since Sergeant bas of the building
nouso or w and in spite of the Efforts VI Wv
Gers tho courtroom was packed; Edward Patter-
Ex-Cty Judge sutheriEs rnUtb Sn for part of the
son sH1 General Daniel E. Sckies' Esnectsfors
Gerry and Henry Bergh were among b The railing
Maggie Morris comPlsanantt ~ the Jury was begun
Fnrcman Behning and ten other aeS in the Jury
seected Monday ana ocea ~ ca the members of
fhe extra panel of fifty jurors nersons had
t bren summoned After seyera, P pD;SioSs or
been refused as to ONE side OF the other. William
Nj onnert. of No. $50 Church-st, was +be twelfth
but Just he was about to De Msed him from serv
,u,V' j"bn Steffern had an opinion ana wmen #
Recorder asked: Nothing wouu hotica1v and
supPose he ,r snp Sa sire Joseph H. Baker OF No
129 West Eleventh -st was swoiin ,a o. INT Colonel
Juror The jury was then eohpH,oSS a conference
Sneneer the pr1soner's counsel. had H. s,xth
Pti n,str,ct Attorney MARITIME and inc
;nror Beniamip F. Wood, was excused , oS nod been
Twenty members Of the tS Ss, siSR Juror was filled
Ia Charles J. OppenSem. ir, young d nsuii in
bnddinc whiskers, who IS engage4 'n
ladies' elothns a. Fitzgerald made tne
anIng address to the jury for the pIoSte Vnortiv
lie said that the case had eNciueo eant of police.
nd also because the complaining witness M%o
rirl of seventeen years, the dsughtehh snnort of
and was with younger brother, tne of the
81. familv He related the circumstances VI WV
alleged assault and SAID: 49,, .oor,a of
Tho honor of the police force is dear to the ~ have
tn, the s oTse r dae snc ms
that such should remain CroW,ey hail and is in
troduceG to young lady He takes GeT pn D could have
lighted barroom alone No honoIanc The evidence
that will be introduced is Of such nS sty
conclusivey proven that this man Is s"''' .ord
Maggie Morris was called to the witness Sc S5e
She Is Slight of stature and has pleasing lsST ad
wore a handsome dark gown ana Ieu na ,l frends
with yellow flowers. Half dozen si, rore hats
who are subneuaed rs witnesses anu ~ %oeD sent
nj about Tie same color and material hao 10 TIDe
ont of the court room at the request VI tootifv
Spencer before the girl tn Ssg"n was elected
h. co,stani questions by -Dstflct-AtITUI
new Deancey NcOll, aud the answers Were usS
o. L,,ef as pOssible. She showed niue enoeiou'
She smoke IN so low tone that her words WERE IT,
heated by the stenographer for the oeneaU u oors
Jury she SAID that she was Just
Old aud lived with her mother at No "A o sae
On the light of Saturday April 20 she Wen' ~ in
her friends Cecilia Joyce ana Nellie Baker, anu III
their company went Hs1 70 s 60 Hall in East
Broadway, near Rutgers-st she reacHttIIu ohnnt
place about 9:15 and remained there ere % niyen as
$50 Sunday morning. The pau wac si''A 80
benefit to young man named Lemarei nor,;sos
Mr. Nicoll introduced plan OF Ine pieS; aryer
which was drawn, by Chief SnGPtsdpa "a sat
;pplpnterr nv Colonel Spencer Inc
Sif fSeSs pointed out on the diagram the room gr5
in which She met Crowley and the stars ifed that
Jack Burns, and that at first he proposed Io 70
tamrant and have some lunch. She refused the IN
ytation and he then led her down stsI IT, ~ h .no
bar room in the basement The door Oh 'h nnensd
room was locked, but 1t c was oPe sent
by Blint, the barkeeper. , Crowley or der.
Biint up stairs for drinks, -. Or Ulur 20.
ing whiskey for himself and for Maggie az neG
but the witness thought there a. wnisey mn6 Of
with the sarsaparllla and refused 10 aIeeed that
Crowley assaulted her. she sald lnaI sno nr and
outcry because Crowley exhibited TeVeixeT aud
thrsaiened 10 fix" her If she called out one neal
some of her friends coming down STATS "a ou 90
Blipt entered the room and allowed CroHlo3 70 ~
ont of the basement by door to East broau oo
She went to the police station soon aIsoid ccnn
naned by twenty OF her friends. She maze q r conl
piaint against Blint but said nothing ABOUT SloTs
ley She spent the night Win t6 one Whole story to
Police Justice Duffy at Essex Market; drou
On cioss-examination Colonel spencer ur eer
out that she had been surrounded Oy ne5
friends when in the police statlon amu
had not spoken OF Crowley. She made no con-
niaint that night and none the next morning unnn
Sine was before Justice Duffy. She met two young
men on Sunday moruIng, and went WITH them 10
The Police Court. She was not closely eXa11iinea
as 10 the story size had told on giving her direct
testimony. ,... a,od 1voa made
boarse by his efforts TO keep quiet the people VIZ
were In tie hall and could not get into tle , GuuIt
room while the case was gong on. Nno1
The court adjourned for the day the crowd 9locket
the stairs and DISTRACTED traffic III ChamDers.st,
a great crowd of men and boys stood near inc
soufh entrance of the building, hoping to see Mag
Ole Morris emerge. Several OF the young women ~
who are 10 testify for the prosecution came OUT on
the building with hashIly dressed escorts, ana INC
crowd supposiug that Maggie was among the glIis,
rushed over the wire fences and grass Plots OF Ihe
Park and nearly knocked down hall dozen IaIk
noicemen who endeavored to stop them. Maggle
Morris i'm the meantime departed III carriage;
The crowd was the largest that has gatheIeo
around the General Sessions building at any
criminal trial recently
LAWYERS AND THEIR CLIENTS DIFFER
The Police Commissioners recently voted "a
strike from the pension roll of the department tne
nomes of several persons who had brought suits