The evening world., 1894-03-12
mrs. LENNOx WINS.
Cannot Dispossess Her from an
Alleged Disorderly House.
Parkhurst Men Unable to Show She
Is Of Bad Character.
she Wouldn't Move and Fought the
Case In Court.

The first in the series OF disposses,
proceedings brought by the wealthy
Korn brothers, who are under indict'
meat for leasing property for immora
purposes. was called for trial before
Justice Stiner, in the Eighth District
Civil Court, at Twenty-second street and
Seventh avenue this morning.
The defendant was Mrs. Agnes Len.
nox, y pretty brunette, twenty-eigh,
years old, who occupies the third floor
of 256 West Thirty-ninth street. which
is owned by David Korn.
The house Is in Capt. Prices precinct,
and is one of numerous others reported
by DIR. Parkhurst as disorlerly. The
Captain, however, declared that he was
unable to secure any evidence tending
TO show that any of them was of the
character represented by DR.. P%arkhurst,
n he refused to make any. raids. DR..
parkhurst submitted the evidence that
mad been obtained by his detectives to
Supt. Byrnes, and consulted the District
Attorney, who laid the matter before
the Grand Jury. During the tendency OF
the proceedings, dispossess warrants were
served on five of Lauterbach Bros ten
ants in West Th%irty-ninth street.
All the tenants moved out excepting
Mrs. Lennox and Mary Burns, of 2S West
T~hirty-ninth street.
Mrs. Lennox was notified by the agent
that complaints had reached the Messrs.
Korn that she was not a suitable tenant.
He refused to state any particulars. Mrs.
Lennox having paid her rent promptly
refused to move. and appeared in court
this morning to contest the action.
She was represented by Louis Lowen-
stein. Edward Lauterbach appeared for
the compliments.
who had appeared before the Grand Jury
and upon whose evidence the indictment
was found. -.
d. j. Osgood, who owns the house at
go West T~hirty-ninth street, was the
first witness. He acknowledged that he
had testified before the Grand Jury. and
that he knew indictments had been re-
turned against the Korn brothers.
II know nothing. of my own knowl-
edge, concerning the character OF Mrs.
Lennox,' the witness said, but from
common report should say the house
What is the reputation of the house
occupied by Mrs. Lennox p asked Law
yer L~owenstein.
why ?" asked the lawyer with con-
siderable asperity.
because / have been subpoenaed to
testify in the case against the owners Of
Justice Stiner was %astounded at the
answer, lectured the witness severely
and threatened to commit him for con-
tempt unless he answered.
Mr.. Osgood reconsidered his declina-
ton to answer and said:
II don't know anything about it,
Alfred F. Howard, a private detective,
Of 308 West Thirty-second street, testi-
fed that he had been solicited by Mrs.
Lennox on Feb. 10. He was at that
time employed by DR.. Parkhurst to Sc
cure evidence against her and numerous
other tenants.
Regarding the reputation of the place
he sa,d 1t was bad. but he based his
opinion upon hearsay.
Gabriel Van Colt. a liveryman. OF ia
Clinton place; Robert NJ. Summerville, a
minister, of 227 West Thirty-ninth street,
and Edward Beck, "a piano dealer, Of 349
West Forty-fourth street, were the other
witnesses. They all said that although
they had testified against the character
OF the house before the Grand Jury they
derogatory to the character of Mrs. Len
nox.
Mr.. Lowenstein moved that the petit
ton to dispossess be dismissed.
Judge Stiner granted the notion, stat
ing hat he could not do otherwise, as
timony of Detective Howard to show
that she was a person Of bad character.
M case against the Burns woman
was also dismissed.
In the Burns case David Korn, the
complainant and owner of the property
in which the alleged Observation-Disclosures
are kept. was called to the stand.
IT never had any knowledge that the
property was leased for any but proper
that any OF my tenants were people
OF IMMORAL character, else l would have
mad them dispossessed at once. The first
knowledge I had of any, suspicion that
persons was when l heard 1 was to be
indicted"