Evening journal., 1892-05-19

House-E. X. Cochran Jr., Admitted.
Court reconvened at 9 80 o'clock yes.
terdAy afternoon.
Charles Smith, the barber who sent
letters to saloon. keepers for blaekmail,
was sentenced to pay fine Of $50. BE
broke down at convenient time aud
went while several Of his children sat
outside the dock gazing ct the court with
astonished eyes He WAS represented by
George A. Elliott.
MARTHA DAVIS ARRAIGNED.
The Hrst Jury drawn was In the case
OF the state vs.. Martha <. Blizzard, alias
Davis, for using q minor female child for
immoral purposes. The state was repre-
sented by Attorney. General Nicholson.
Frank D Carpenter conducted the de-
fence. Among.those challenged by Mr.
Carpenter was Rev. Ezekiel Smith, the
negro juror.
Mrs. Blizzard, a middle-aged woman.
with double-barreled squint OF lthe eye,
sat near her counsel. She was dressed in
black and wore lavender tie, Upon her
lap she held baby.
In opening the case, the Atnorney-
general told the jury that the prisoner
kept a house Of ill-fsme aud used the
girl, Clara Barber, for immoral purposes.
The first witness called was Clara
She is pretty, dsrk-haired girl. we'll
dressed and intelligent. She said:
81 was born In August IL, 1873. l
came to this city on the Monday after
the court set in Dover In April went
to Mrs. Davls's house on Monday night,
aud was used for immoral purposes, Mrs.
Davis giving me half of the money. l
left there on the Tuesday Of the week
following after l had told Mr.. McVey
how old / was. There we're other girls
there"
WAS It house Of i'll faDe3"
Mr.. Carpenter objected, stating that
such a question was not material under
the indictment and the state had no
right to degrade the defendant.
The court overruled the objection.
Witness-"There were other girls
there. and as many as eight or nine men
at one time. Mr.. McYey took me to
Dover. was there a week and two
days.
Csruenter-"who took you down
there2 my aunt, Hannah Greenley.
She left me there to board. She paid her
f1.50 l slept with Ida and the little
girl Bella every night was there"
''Do you know q man named John
Conleyf' II know Jack Conley.
''Stsnd up, Jack"
A miserable specimen Of seafAring
humanity stood up, amid laughter.
'Clara, did You go out with that manT
''No, sir, Indignantly.
Had you ever been unduly intimate
with a man before you went to Mrs
Davlss house2" yes, once"
''Who Is your mother3" 'LizziI
Barber"
"Who is your fatherP"
The state objected and the objection
was sustained.
"Did you not tell Mrs Davis aud Jacl
that you were not chippey. you wer'
II years old2' "No. sir, did not. ."
DR.. Marshall testified that he attended
Lizzie Grsenley, when Clara Barber, hei
child, was born. II was In Milford OF
August Is, 1879, and was her 6rst child
Carpenter-"W Who was her fRther2'
"William Belts"
"How often has she been married9'
''Once."
"who did she marryR" "Msrlow'
Barber"
How old was she when her child wa
bornG" Eighteen years old"
Mrs. Lizzie Barber, mother of Clara,
buxom woman, about 30 years old, ,drssse,
in black, with yellow rose Of Texas il
her black straw hat, walked up to tn
stand smiling. Under direct exAmina
tion she said that Clara was her child.--
Carpentsr-"Tbe doctor has said tha
William Belts was the child's father"
She sheok her head In the affirmative
Then why do you call her Car
BarberY' Because she took my husband
name when married him
"Did you say at the City Hall tina
Clara was 10 years oldT' No, sir. "
"Dld you not say at the same time an,
place that il 1t went hard with Mrs
Davis it would 60 hard with you as 20
were under ball for keeping house Q
ill-fame In MilfOrdT mo, sir +"
"Did you not say that Barney McVe
took Clara into a room and told her
she did not testify as he told her to b
would lock her up?" mo, sir"
THE VILLAIN STILL PURSUED HER.
Detective McVey testified to indin
the girl there, advising Mrs Davis to q
rid Of her, or she would get into trouble
She failed 60 do 80 he took the gil
away and arrested Mrs. Davis
His evidence was corroborated b
Detective Witsil.
Mrs. Ella Bailey WAS sworn, BE
testimony WAS as follows;
II lived at No 421 East Second stree
It is opposite Mrs. Davis's house.
always heard she kept house Of ill-fAm
ReVer saw Clara Barber there. I hay
lived In the neighborhood about eigl
years. have seen things too disgracefl
to tell here.
Pending the further examination
witnesses to prove the character Of u
house, court adjourned until 10 o'cloS
this morning.
THE CHARACTER OF THE HOUSE.
tr This morning the state called Mr.
Elizabeth hudson. MrI MAJ
Quinn. Julia Tubbs, Maggie Graz
ford, Maggie Smith. Mary N
Laughlin, James Sweston al
Charles L Simmons, who testified tn
Mrs. Davis kept 9 house Of ill-repu
, by common report
e Y wAHTED-A VERDICT OF NOT GUILT
In opening for the defence Mr.. Carpe
ter asked the court to instruct the jul
TO render q verdict Of not guilty on d
ground that Mrs. Davis
not take" her to the house
immoral purposes, and did not ''us
her, her sex rendering It impossibl
Both charges were made In the indie
ment. "She is not, be said, accused
harboring her, and Il Is too late
remedy the defect In the Indictment.
William S. Hilles was placed on {
stand by the defence to impesch Cls
Barbar's Testimony In the Court