Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-05-03
COULD NOT BUY HER
Attempts to Bnbs the Complain
ant to Keep Silent
TESTIFIED TO IN M'kEE's CASE
TIE MAssou ~ shs WoAAa's 0nma
Sesfss~r<1 Asssy ~ lsssas oas1iaa.
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Niss Jennie Pstsoa. matsos a ths
woaans home ADD hospital. gave sDass
straightforward testimooy % the Mckee
examination yesterday regarding ths 4
eorts MAIDS Ia hush up tho scandAl by
thu respondent and others Interested
Very slo~ progress vss made On account
of the objections and long talks u Mr..
Clay. respondent's sstosney. Where ths
nrss warrant vent IN 10 still . mystery.
MiD Patton testified % hsvins moved
Lottir Bapdan AZ her request froa The
block where she had been living 10 the
home tho first tins shc sas cared fur
there. Little came there again Noven-
her u. ls3 ). II. Clay came % ssse
her.
Mr.. Clay at this point strenuously Oh
I.ct~d and claimed that no vxs there ~
her attorney. Asked IA what case. he
said that IL Was ca behalf % persons
whom Mrs. Starring. detective Gilsou
and others we.re seklng "a blackmail.
Prosecutor Burns insisted that Mr..
Clay appeared there in TIN matter and
No other. The question icing allowed
Miss Patton said = ID. Clay came frsf.
alters afds Frank Mcknight They
Came Zoe q settlement. Mr.. Clay sail
Mckees friends had teen taking sub
scripthons Ia srttle and made her Offers
81 $50 to 600. She replied that Miss
Handlin would settl. for $1,000 and no
iess. Miss Handiin showed her tho
handkerchief with j. j. Mckee's nAms
worked on 70 the first time she ever sac
Der. That sAs At Mira SAwteli's house
-. ~ sa>-~Le.~ 49,
Cross examined. shc said she first
vent 10 s-e Lottis at Mrs. Sawtell's
houss.. her attention having been drawn
- her by an article IN raE HERALp Lot
ti- aft~rxs rds came Ia advia~ with her
Prosecuting Attorney Mcknight told
her that complaint hal been male
against Mckee. She afterwards tried 70
get Mcknight % get Iottis's affidavit ~
she was afraid Lottie could not live, bu;
tins sss not done. Witness szid in re-
ply 90 MIR Clays questions that he hal
said the parties might be shielded from
about &DO. She had asked him IL he'
thought that amount the price oe q
~omans virtue. She would have nc
e-p,ed tlo.UO to have settled. Mr..
Clay had remarked that il Was better u
AVOID . s,anial. hut Miss Patton had
replied that Grand Rapids vas fonai Of
s-andais She ask ii Mr.. Clay who y a.
on Nckee's subscription Hat and he
mentioned CsssIus Sweet drst. and sew
era! others
ES Assistant Prosecuting Attorney I.
Frank Mcknight vas sworn and testi-
ted that he called On the girl In block
on Csuai street. and afterwards at the
Woman's home. Thought be made the
latter visit to make a change IN the
complaint. as had heard that she was
then IN a delicate condition. lie lad
heard that they were trying "a settle the
matter.
Mckntghs's Testimony.
Ex Prosecuting Attorney Mcknight
sSOrs ~ a similar state at facts. He
testified tina. a warrant had been issued
frorn his Office for Mckee and had gone
o. the -hsrif'- Office. but further than
that he could not tell the reason why II
had not been served. Mcknight said
that Charles W McGiii the restond-
sut and Joseph Mckee his brother.
hsh called on him. Mct;Ill came 20 in
vestgate the matter. and Joseph Nc
kee came after the story came on. in
THE HFEALp. They wanted sett.e-
ment. bat q warrant was issued and
placed IA the hands n the sheriff or
under sheriff. he didn't know which.
Mr. Burns told the court that he had
niste diiigent search Tor the warrant
everywhere but u hadn't been found.
The defense rested al this point. and
Ms clay moved the court to rrquir. the
strendapcr - Detective ellison and
wife. Frank Donslslson and Proprietor
Tubs - the Sunnyss,lr. AMI wife. The
curt ssrc.insd o. interfere in the mat
ter and SAID that IL it were true. ~ Mr.
clay hsd argued. that Tnbts knew all
that was gong on in hi- house. that.
surprising tho crime hal been som.
mittsd there. including tho drugging -
the wine. h. could scarcely 10 regarded
As an tn4raFfial SitpesS