Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-06-27
ON A SERIOUS CHARGE.
contractor Morgan Before the Police Court
The Alleged Victims Testimony.

contractor Morgan BEFORE the Police Court
The Alleged Victim. Testimony.
This morning in Judge Miller's court Prose-
cutting Attorney Mullowney called Judge Mil
iers attention to the case Of Frank p. Morgan.
tue stone contractor. charged under the statute
with wronging Nettie Godfree. u ffteen-year-
oia girl lie was defended by Messrs. Cook and
Sutherland, and plea of not guilty was en-
tered.
The girl testified that she first sau the
defendant about four years ago near the corner
OF 9TH and streets. Il was with another
girl. she said, land we were running bare-
footed. He said. You look cool TODAY. and I
said yes. He walked along with US and pulled
out roll of money and asked us il we would
not Ike to have II. and told him yes'
She said that she had seen Mr.. Morgan sew
eral times on the street. and he had talked 90
her about going to school
THE DATE or TIRE oFFESsE.
Some time last winter, about December, she
said, she was on New Jersey avenue with sled.
1t was about dark and Mr.. Morgan called her
over to his Office, and there she said he COM
mitted the offense charged in the warrant
Her mother. she said. first discovered her con-
dition in April
girl named Mary Hagerman, she said. was
usually with her when she met the defendant
me AFFAIR, she said. happened on the sth CAV
OF December ami she was coasting near the de-
,endant ONCE on New Jersey avenue between
\ and O streets.
Witness said that after her mother made the
diseo,ery she called at Mr.. Morgan's Office and
told hlm OF her condition. He promised 10
meet her at 9Th and o streets the following
Monday and he kept his promise. She said he
also promised TO get some medicine She told
Oh her mother going with her near the de-
iendant oitce. and after~ard when she wac
10 meet MN her father accompanied her.
on CROSS EXAMINATION.
on cross-eNaminaiion witness said she knew
the affair happened on the sth of December be-
cause 1t was the first snow and her mother
learned the date. She had frequently visited
tne nying horse and ridden with other girls
Hhe also roae with a boy named Herbert and
soldier, but she paid her own fare.
THE SOLDIER AND THE FLYING HORSE.
Mr.. Sutherland questioned her about meet
ing a soldier. and she said she met him one
evening. She had seen the soldiers wife near
the hylng horses one night when she (xitness)
hmm after his wife left.
She last saw him at the arsenal Easter Mon
das, where she had been several times and seen
INN. A girl named Sadie Sweetrsan first told
her Mr.. Morgan name When she rode on the
horses with the soldier he paid her fare and
,hey would sometimes take a walk he leaving
her at the corner from her house.
the judge.
because my mother would not let me have
COMPANY"
Did he ever treat your
''lcs sir
10 WHAT,
soda
Did he ever treat you to ice creamy"
NO, SIR
TIE WIFE oUARRELED ABOUT HER.
when further questioned she said that she
hao heard the soldier wire quarreled with him
ABOUT her On one occasion she took her hus-
band away and he afterward returned and met
her. He told her that mas wife HAD told him
that he must not go with her
Did you ever drink beerI'
'les, sir.
In u saloon?''
No, SIR L drank some in a neiebbor's
house. but never with the soldier"
=, nHeh the soldier would leave YOU, " said
the Judge. would he tell you when lac was
gong to come again.
Not always. Sometimes he would"
After his wife had pointed her out she saw
the soldier three times
lhe Judge here inquired whether the soldier
was hied a9 an exhibit or not, and the able
pouied member OF Uncle Sans army walked
forth. amid laughter
Judge Miller. An continuing the examination.
asked whether the soldier had said any dining
about leaving the army and he said he Intended
TO leave itlTetty soon.
" hat dbl lac say he was going to do them"
asked the court
EXPECTED TO BE A POLICEMAN
he said he expected to be q policeman"
tLauSnterI
"A Washington policeman like this officer
herel'
Il suppose So"
She uId not see the soldier for four or five
months prior TO Easter Monday She denied
That she was criminally intimate with the
The court here took a recess for one hour.
THEY WANTED $500.
After recess the examination of the girl WAS
resumed. She said she had no idea what her
mother and father wanted except that they
wanted $500 to pay expenses, such as doctors
piiis ana Tor sending her away. but she did not
know where they were going to send her. The
money was spoken of the first day that her
mother went to see Mr. Morgan in NAV.