Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-01-08
MADEAP0OR SHOW
In the Defense of Margaret
c. Cook Yesterday.
EXCITING SCENES IN COURT
Relatives Of the Accused Woman Appear
70 Help Hsr-Supt- Eastman Re-
f1sss % hsk- Complaint.

The first witness IN the Margaret
Cook es.e yesterday Was Mrs Lizzie
Flynn, who resides At No. i0l Worden
street and has been managing the no
torious dances IN Travis hall on East
street. she swore that Emma Hehan
Was staying AZ her house on december
= and thai che took ner TO dance IN
TravIs hall. On The way TO the dance
they met Lille Pail and Anna Nelson.
A policeman was taking To them and
asked her to watch the glrls- They
went 10 the dance and Anna Nelson
and Lille Pail were very drunk and
danced ana talked so loud" that she
mad 10 .scall them down." Mas Nellie
Montague swore that she attended the
dances IN Travis hall and saw the two
girls there drunk.
Nellie Angel, who WAS acquitted OF
keeping = house Of Iil-fame, then swore
that the two girls asked Mrs. Cook To
let them 20 north wish her and that
Mrs. Cook reluctantly consented.
Mrs. Ella A. Wilson sworo that Anna
Nelson worked for her one week ana
MAS OUT All night on several OCCASIONS,
and that when she left she stole dress
rIom her.
he Wa Her Nephew.
The next witness Was rough-looking
specimen, with shaggy beard and
piercing eyes Get somewhat crookecly
I'm MS fronuspiece and very close to-
gether. lie gave the name OF John
Brady and said ne hailed from Robin
son. Ottawa county. tie had known
Mrs. Cook as long IS he could remem-
Ter. He was we'll acquainted with ner
farm near Woodvllle. 10 had two
houses and q saloon. One of the houses
was = new boarding house. when
Mr.. Cook proposed To board the lum-
bermen who were 10 Gu. the timber on
her farm. lie called on Mrs. Cook
often IN Wooiyille, and knew sne did
not keep house OF ill-fame. he had
been all through the house and did not
see a dance hall, but did see room
that might be used for that purpose.
On cross-examinlnatlon he became
nervous and answered reluctantly. He
admitted having been IN the court
room all the previous Gay, although
witnesses had bsen excluded from tue
room. He explained that ms had ar
rived in the city Thursday night and
came into the room to hear the trial.
he met Mrs. Cook on the street Friday
evening and she asked him to appear
"a a witness. He admitted with some
nesltancy that he WAS nephew OF
Mrs. Cook, aud that he was III Grand
Rapids the day Mrs. Cook IS charged
with having attempted TO induce the
girls u go away.
Retta nbbetts was called and posi-
lively Identified HIM as the man whom
Mrs. Cook Introdu ced TO her So Mr..
Cook, her husband. He called al No.
> Ellsworth avenue and asked her to
90 to No. IL Island street to see Mrs.
Cook.
Would Not sign the Paper
warrant and complaint was I'M
mediately issued for the arrest of
Brady on a charge of soliciting females,
but when IL reached Superinte ndent
Eastman te refused to sign the com
plant. lie SAM ne had one experience
and GId not propose to have another.
lie sali a. long IS the common council
would not paw the costs N the Bur
rou-ns ease they would not In this case,
X mistake were made. lie did not
think the evidence strong enough
against Brady TO warrant him in tax
Ing ~uca a risk.
Mrs Cook went on the stand and de-
MED all. She claimed she hired the
clrls 10 work for her IN y boarding
tnil-s while the timber on her farm
w. cut Sne ma le "A poor appearance
ou Use stand and evidently did not aid
her cs.e.
Knocked the Whole story.
Tks closed the defense. but Prcscru-
tOr Sclcott had surprl-c. He p-o-
si4red Jerry Poland, the maui Who sold
Wnliam Cook bis farm. He swore
tnera vas not more than 80 900 feet 4
timber on the whole farm. lie al-o
swore that or far timnered laud there
woud tie $1,000 or 1000 feet to the
acre. Tie solid the farm for 500, and
tuought he got good price. The land
wa worth about - ter acre and the
timber about 500 per acre. Inc case
viii &c argued tomorrow.