The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-04-02
FORGETFUL OF DATES
GRACE PATTON SUBJECTED TO A
SEVERE CRoss-ExAMINATIo
Claimed the Police, Out of Spite, Ar
rested INSTRUMENTATION OF
Dispositions.

The attorneys for the prosecution in the
Spades damage suit closed their case yes
terday afternoon. The first move upon the
part Of the defendants attorneys was in
tended to attack the moral character of the
plaintiff, Grace Frances Patton. The girl
was on the STAND nearly all day. Cross
examination was continued by Mr.. Spaan
until noon, and after dinner the plaintiff
was recalled by her counsel. A number of
sensational points were brought out dur
ing the day, and much of the evidence was
of a character unfit for publication. Attorney
Spaan, with view to showing that the
plaintiff was not the unsullied young wom-
an claimed by her attorneys, referred to
her arrest last summer at the disreputable
resort of Clara Morris and her subsequent
trial in the Police Court on the charge of
immoral conduct. 1t was at the house of
the Morris woman that the girl claimed to
have been sent by Spades after he had
wronged her. She said that her arrest was
"a case OF spite work" She was living
with her sister, Edna, over Peter Conveys
saloon, on East Washington street, when
the arrest was made. Policemen James
Pope and William Sheigert, she said came
into ner room one night and Pope quar-
relied with her about story Clara Morris
had told her ana with which Pope was con-
nected. She denied the charge made by the
policeman, and Pope Informed her that she
would have to accompany him to the home
of the Morris woman and clear her skirts
there. She did so, and while in the Morris
house Pope arrested her with the other in
mates. In speaking of the two patrolmen
the witness referred to them as Jim" and
Billie"
You seem pretty familiar with the po-
lice, remarked attorney Spaan land L un-
QerStan1 arr fad
you for spite
Yes, he did; because I told Kim that /
DO understand that you are going to
expose the whole police Department.
Il don't know what you understand. /
am answering your questions
1oa didn't let your mother know about
the 800 you got from Spades, did your
NO; 1 didn't want to bring the disgrace
on my mother by letting her know that Il
had done wrong
In connection with the money, which the
plaintiff admitted she received from Spades
through attorney Rocker Mr.. Spaan pro-
received that amount at the attorneys
office June 80, 1884, The receipt bore the
. plaintiffs signature, but she denied having
signed the book and charged that the sig
nature wa; a forgery. She said that Rock
er's Photographed had paid her the money,
She signed After securing the '~ money She She
carried II to Teter Conway, who placed Il
serted that she ID did not know conway init I'll,
mately but had a speaking acquaintance
with him. After ward she admitted that
she had gone riding with him to Broad
Ripple.
DO you mean to say that young lady
could with propriety go riding with a man
with whom, she had but a speaking
quaintance?' asked Mr.. Span.
WHY Why, Of course" replied the witness
On redirect examination the girls attor-
neys attempted to bring out the contents of
letters received by her while employed in the
Windsor Flock. The witness said she re-
ceiyed three letters while in Spades's en-
ploy. They were addressed to Miss Grace
the letters to Spades and he read them in
her presence. She thought they were still
in his possession. Judge Harvey declined
to permit the witEess to speak of the con-
tents. 1t was understood that the plain
tiff'S attorneys desired to prove the letters
were written Ly the girls employer. The
examination tc the exact date of her all
legged wrongs at the hands of Spades She
refused to fix the time accurately, but de-
clared THAI 1t was. about the time DIR. Abb
bett shot the burglar William Howard. She
was also positive that it was either before
or after st. Patriek's day.
'Wel admit that" said Mr.. Spaan. Dr.
f. NJ. Albeit was called and testified that
the tragic ARRAY in which he actor
happened on the night of Feb. q, 1894.
The first evidence. of the defense was the
The deponent lived in the Windsor Block
during the entire year of 1894. His testi-
mony was calculated to impeach the char
acter of the plaintiff. Attorney Cox OBJ
because it incompetent and attempted
to prove alleged specific acts affecting the
character of the plaintiff prior to the al
legged seduction. Judge Harvey dismissed
the jury Temporarily and heard the deposit
ton read He decided that the evidence
was competent, barring few minor points.
The evidence OF butcher related to the Ian
Moved as hal girl in the Windsor Block.