Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-10-16


continuance is that Mrs. Lockwood has an
important matter in the Equity Court to-
day"
And" added Mrs. Lockwood, IT have
a sick person in my house,
Mr. Mullowny, for the prosecution, said
he would object to a further continuance.
The case had been in court last week and
was set. for today. 1t Is a case for a pre-
fminary hearing, he said and certainly he
thought the case should be heard today.
Mrs. Lockwood said that she had not
summoned any of her witnesses, and there
fore she was not prepared for trial.
only called for a preliminary hearing he
thought it had better go ahead.
Mr.. Whites Testimony.
Mr.. White, the prosecuting witness, was
first called and he gave evidence concern
ing the posters found on his office door,
which is on the front street. He told the
event Of the trouble he had with Mrs.
Lockwood about the rent of the rooms and
said that one Sunday morning he found on
the door this poster:
This firm suspended
Couldn't pay rent.
Rats!
Later he found this one:
4 prity moril men,
Formily ocopied this den;
Beet there Landlady,
Out of hur rent
Then got up, skipt and went.
Reel estate.
Witness said he knew of no one other
than Mrs. Lockwood who had any spite
against him.
He employed w. L. johnson and Andrew
L. Conway to watch the place, and they
brought to him the poster. which contained: ::
You beet won woman outen hur rent, and
now tryin to beet the Loan an truss Com
pany."
What Conway and johnson Saw.
The witnesses Conway and Johnson were
called and they told the court that they
watched the place for Mp. White. and they
saw Mrs. Lockwood put up the poster
charged in the warrant. She wore a dark
dress, and they said she afterward went to
the mail box and posted letter. Mr..
White paid them 81 a night and s. when
they detected Mrs. Lockwood in the act of
putting up the poster.
Mr.. Muliowny called the courts atten-
tion to the discoloration of the mucilage
Used on the poster. and Russell Brown tes-
titled that mucilage in a bottle on Mrs.
way.
This closed the case for the prosecution,
and counsel argued that the government
had failed to make out case.
Denial of the Defense.
whats the line Of the defense?" Judge
Miller asked. Il would like to know in or
der to tell whether or not shall entertain
the defendants side of the case"
"A full and complete denial" answered
counsel. Mrs. Lockwood denies that she
is guilty of such dirty and contemplate
trick as this"
I'm glad to hear that" said the court
GAS a matter of fact" said the defend
ant, when she had been sworn, Il did not
write this sign, nor did 1 post it on the
door,
She said that there are about eighteen or
twenty persons in her house, among them
about eleven women Defendant said she
had asked all Of them about the signs, and
none of them knew anything of the sign.
THE first thing knew Of this sign," she
said, was when it was sprung on me at
Justice Striders, when l had a suit for
$500 rent against bim.'
Mrs. Lockwood said 1t was her usual Gus
tom to sweep the front steps and pavement
when the servant failed to do it, and the
servant usually failed
Mrs. Lockwood Saw No Poster.
On the Sunday morning that Mr.. White
says he found one of the posters, she swept
the steps and pavement, and she was posi-
tive that there was no poster on the door.
If there was poster on the door, she said,
it was taken from there before o'clock in
the morning, or after nocn.
She told the, court more about the trou-
Bile, involving the suit against Mr.. White
for rent, and repeated the denial.
What about the mucilage being discol-
ored?" asked Mr.. Mullowny.
1.-The nlucilage in my Office Is not dis
colored, So far as Know Mrs. Lockwood
answered.
On the evening charged, she said, she did
not post any letters after dark, although
she sometimes does post them after dark.
Witness denied that she wore a dark dress
about that time, as the witnesses stated.
ard said she wore a light waist.
The witnesses Conway and johnson
we're recalled and questioned, and Mr..
White said that Mrs. Lockwood had made
the statement that she would fix him. "
'I never made such a statement" said
the defendant,
Held for the Grand Jury.
Counsel argued the case, and Judge Mil
Ter finally held Mrs. Lockwood for the ac-
ton of the grand jury.
MIS-. Lockwood Gives Bond.
This afternoon Mrs. Lockwood gave Sc
curity in the sum of $500 fer her appear
ance to answer charge, should the grand
jury see fit to return an 1ndictment. Ex-
Detective Sigmund ]. Block qualified as
her bondsman.