Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-09-12
MARTHA CAIN IN TROUBLE,

Charged With Keeping DisOrderly House
and Uniawfuiiy Selling Liquor.
Martha Cain, the colored woman whose testi
mony in behalf of Howard Schneider resulted
in her indictment for alleged perjury, was
prisoner in The Police Court this morning.
The charge against her was keeping q dis
orderly house. Martha is the proprietor of al
ice cream garden on 10Th street northwest be-
tween and n streets. She has kept the place
there about two years. and feature
of her establishment is the giving of gar.
den parties on the lawn. Music, of course
is employed there to enliven the occasion. The
affairs are so lively that the neighbors are I'm.
able to stand them, and the numerous conn.,
plants made to the police resulted in bringing
the case to court.
An application made for liquor license
brought forth protest from the neighbors
and the sale of liquor thereby prevented.
In her own defense Martha said that she
sells ice cream, soda water, watermeioas ard
sandwiches.
She denied that she had any beer or other
intoxicants.
On one occasion defendant said she had a
watermelon party and she said that her place is
ciosed every night at - clock
One witness against her said that persons
were seen coming out of the place Us late as
or O'Clock in the morning
There was beer at her place Saturday she
SAID. that she got because she said she thought
she had obtained her license. but the paper
was only receipt for the deposit
On crcss-exaIuina!ioD she said the application
was for Wholesale license and she got two
quarts OF whisky with the beer, intending to
commence business with that stock.
Lawyer Duhamcl in his argument attributed
nsr prosecution to the preetudices against her
growing ont Of her connection with the Schnei-
der case. He argued that 70 case had been
made out against the woman and that it was m
evident attempt on the part of the neighbors to
force the woman out of the ncighborhood
Mr.. Clagett argued the case, referring to the
by eleven dozen bottles OF beer, bottle of
whisky and drunken men coming out Of the
place.
Judge Miller said that there was one peculiar
feature OF all these cases. When neighbors
complain and policemen go to the places they
always find beer and whisky in the back room.
Ii pigs feet, soda and such articles were oil
that we're found there it would not have been
30 bad. 1t is true, the judge added, that there
was watermelon there. That is not conducive
to disorder. but it might be to cholera.
The liquor, the judge said, was the drawing
card, and she had better get rid Of it. The
idea OF getting SO many persons in such small
yard is not to get them ont in the fresh air, but
to get them where they can purchase gin.
When questioned by the Judge Martha said
that her arrest in the Schneider case was the
first time she was locked up.
Her husband, she said, left her about year
ago and does not even support his children.
There is no law here to compel him to sup
port Them" she said, for hive made in
quiries about it."
Judge Miller told her that she would have to
support them in some way other than by ceiling
whisky. This time, he said, he would not send
her to Jail. but would impose fine Of s25.
Tho next time, the judge said. be would impose
q jail sentence. A charge against her of selling
liquor without license was continued until
tomorrow.