Morning journal and courier., 1894-02-14
CASE AcAINsr DELADsoN.


 The Keeper of the Restaurant on orange Street on Trial for Keeping . Dls0rderly H0use-The Police Give the Place . Had Reputation Detective mcCully's Spicy Testi. mony-The Trial to Be Resumed To-Day. The oity court room was yesterday after noon crowded to suffocation and much in- tsrest manifested in the csse on hand. In fact 1t was really such s crowd as was in attendance every day of the Lss-Whitten trial. Yesterday number of the promi- nent lawyers and business men of the city were in attendance, but the major portion of tho spectators were Yale students, many of whom were more or less directly ints.sstsd In the trial in progress.
 The case In question was that of the state against Edward s. DeLsdson, who keeps restaurant at 55 Orange street, and who is charged with keeping Q disor- derly place. Incidentally Alice M. Jacobs and Jennie L. Bodge were on trial, charged with frequenting the place. This is the case in which tho Law and Order league complained to Assistant City Attorney Matthewman that DeLadson was running kdisorderly house. DeLsdson was ar rssted last Thursday night, and ct the same time Jennie L. Bodge and Alice M. Jacobs, two young women who were eat ing in the place at the time. There were a number of other people in the place when the arrests were made, but the two women whose names are given above were known k1au InH in."
 Judge Cable sat upon the bench, and among those present were Rev. Dr. Now man Smyth, Samuel H. Thrasher, secre- tary of the Law and Order league, and e number of others equally prominent. DsLsdson pleaded not guilty, and the Bodge and Jacobs women refused to plead, as they had been instructed not to do 50 by Attorney Goodhart, who wished to try the to this and called as its witnesses Robert E.. McCully, John LuQe, Officer Daly, 8. P. Thrssher, and Officer Wiser. The first two are said to be the league detectives. Sergeant Crocker, who made the restau- rant raid. was the first witness called by the state. He testified that on the night of February he visited DeLsdson's place at 53 Orange street and found six women and five men in the stalls. He testified further that by reputation the place was one frequented by lewd and absolute persons. In one stall the night he visited the place Sergeant Crooker said he found the two women whom he had ar- rested. He said he had often seen them on the streets and did not consider their behavior as within the meaning of the term lsdylike. He had never received complaints from citizsns about the place, but had heard from police officers that 1t was frequented by prostitutes, drunken young men and eueh classes.
 On cross examination the witness testi- fled that MeCully was in the restaurant al l the time of the raid and that he had seen him sn Chapel street e short time before the raid. It was also brought out that the place at night was frequented by drunken students and young women whose repu tations are not considered of the best. Attorney Moulton was the next witness l for the prosecution. He testified to the effect that he knew the place by reputa ton and on three separate occasions had sesn people coming from the place who were more or less disorderly. Finally however, on cross-exsmination the witness l testified that he practically knew nothing about the case.
 Officer B. Daley was the next witness | He testified that he had often seen ths Jacobs and Bod9e girls entering and leav l ing the restaurant and recogniz sd them at frequenters of the placs. He had never been in the place himself, except upon tb, night of the raid, but had seen women girls and students, sll more or less uude the influence of liquor, leave the place a all hours of the night.
 Officer Wiser testified as to the reputa ton of the Jacobs and Bodgs girls H' testified that he had often seen them 8 night after midnight, under the influence of liquor and accompanied by drunkel students, and they had all got into hack and driven of, he knew not whither. Tn
 testimony of this witness practically es
 tsblished beyond controversy the reputs
 ton of the girls.
 Robert B. McCully of New York was tn
 next witness for the prosecution. He tes
 ti6ed that he was detective in the emplo,
 of the Law and Order league and had beel
 in the restaurant on several occasions, Jan
 uary 16 and F. bruary and '. On som
 of these occasions he had ordered whiskey
 which had been served him, and had seel
 actions there by men and women Whicl
 were certainly of disorderly nature. Fl
 had essn the Jacobs and Bodge girls there
 acting in an improper manner with drunk
 en students. He had also seen anoths
 girl, who answered to the name of Belle
 and had seen drunken students throw thei
 arms around her neck and kiss and hu
 her.
 This practically closed the case for tn
 prosecution, and as it was o'clock cour
 adjourned until this morning at II o'clock
 when Attorney Goodhart will commenc ! hia or0aa examination