The evening times., 1896-04-02
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Out Several Hours.
THIRD Of DIVISION CASES
Testimony Was Mostly Tt,nt Of Police
Officers Several OF tile Inmates
Testified, hut Were Afraid of In
criminntinX What
Was Said and Done at the Trial.

at No 212 Eleventh street northwest
was called for trial i'll Judge Mller's po-
Ace court at 1885 O'Clock ihis forenoon.
Attorney Edwin Forrest appeared for the
| defendant, VINO Is "A tall, cOnsutnptive-look-
ing woman about ,hirty-r years of age
Unlike most women OF her class, Lo,tis
| Tilford wore II severely plain costume OF
black, and large diamond flashed aud
| sparkled at her tnroat. Lawyer Forrest
| challenged for the defense Jurymen Eeli,
Harper. Ruth aud Hodges. Prosecutor
| Muiiowny stated luat under recent .egisla-
| ton. applicable to the District, tire de
f,'nse was only entitled TO three challenges.
Mr.. Forrest thercupOn Withdrew The cnal-
lenge against Juryman Hodges.
Police scrgt. Moore was the first wit
| ness. He tcsufie'i 10 the raid on March l6.
Five girls ANA the defendant were found on
| the premises. The raid was mace on In
formation received by the police that the
place was being conducted as u bawdy
! bousc, aud liquor was being sold in viola.
| Ton OF law amt the Commissio Or
| der.
IN A REAR ROOM
| In room, Just IN rear oil that occupied
| by Madame 1IlfOrd, the sergeant found
| Iua wells, Que OF The Inma les, ana a strange
man. occupying the Wells girls room.
| Incy were partially disrobcd an. Sergt.
! Moore saw the man pass Il grcenb3ck bill TO
| the woInan Before the officer could gain
| adnittauce to this room lie had To threaten
| TO break opcu the door.
| Ida Wells has been drunk ever since the
| raid, and 1t was with difficulty she could
De kept sober To appear III court. Only Il
few years ago Ida Wells was i little school
girl, the daughter OF most reputable people.
IN East Washington Her downfall was
rapid aud now ste is recognized rs a COM
mon street walker.
Sergeant Moore also testified that Po-
liceman billy Williams found Mamie
Warren ana a man in another room. When
the Warren girl was released on oHa cral
she iInmct.iatei left the city to keep from
having to'appear as witness in iIIs csc.
While Sergeant Moore was talking TO
Madame Tilford Oh the night OF The raid,
young man accompanied by IL street
walker came luto the Tiiford house. They
were surprised anil alarmed tn ind the
sqIE,d Of iue-coatcd raiders ihr:r. When
the sergeant first entered the Tilfo-6I wo-
man met him wifi the remark:
Il am not sell,n9 liquor
This statement was made before the
nature OF the police visit was made 90 her.
The common reputation OF the place
of Lottie Tilford," said Sergt. Moore,
lis that 1t u u house or prostitution
T.
Policeman Ri.iy4WIlIiams, a veteran on
The Division beat. fwas the next witness.
He told how I've fognd ,he missing witness
Mamie Warrrn. in a room With a youth.
They We're uGiIeSss=!. and the Young man
pleaded hard with The policeman not to
expose him and his visit 10 the scarlet
quarter. A quantity OF liquor was found
ell the premises. hui there was no evidence
that any OF IL had been sold to patrons
OF the place. -.
When Policeman Williams met the madam
he told her he was looking for a girl
under Sxtecn rr;trs or age. who lie was
informed, had beef iureu from her home
and taken 10 an Immoral resort. The
reputation of the house il that OF u place
Of prostitution. Williams testified en-
phaticaiiy that tire girls found in the
Tiiford house were "enSBown prostitutes.
Attorney Forrest tried to raise the point
that the first nam. Of the dcfen:ian5 was not
'Lnttic,' as II appears on the informant ION.
but "Lotta.'- The poiut did not hold. no w
ever.
Carrie Wilson, u decided blonde. clad in
au airy spring costume, tc.tfficd that she
was boarder n the Tilfori house and paid
So per week for the same. She was Sitting
in the parior on the night OF the raid This
witness, like the other females III the former
cases, was as evasive as she could be 10
aus wering Prosecutor MulIo why's questions
her gentleman friend Witness said
she was twenty years of age, aud acknowi-
edged that other .'gentlemeu friends
called to see iter.
After kesitating and refusing TO answer.
the witness finally admitted that she had
received money from the other gentle
men friends.''
When Mr. Mullowny put a direct ques-
ton about the reccipt OF money from males.
TO the witness. she hcsftated a moment and
then said:
Il decliue to answer
"Why?'' asked the prosecutor.
Because it would iBcrirninatc me-
AN INNATE TEsTIFIES.
Mauie Jackson, the next witness, said
she had a generous grandpapa who sent
her money with which to pay her board.
Mr.. Mullowny caused II general laugh
by asking If any of MaHIe's 'gcntictneu
friends helped her to spend her grand
pas remittances.
lis Lpttie Tiirord's place a house OF
prostiuution?' blunt1y asked Mr.. Mui-
lowny.
IT decline To answer said the witness
blushing crimson, and looking appeaiingIy
at Law yer Forrest.
Ida Wells, defiant and red from the ex
cessve strong drink, was then called.
She admitted being in loom with man
She met the man accidentally, she said,
in the ladies' apartment at EdeI's restau
rant, and went with him TO Lottie Ti,ford's.
She had not been in tie loom long be fore |
Policeman Williams came 10 the door.
Witness said she was disrobing whcn the |
policeman came. When she came to the |
door of the Tilford house with her male |
Companion a woman met them at the |
door and without more ado direct ted them |
to proceed upstairs to a third story back |
room. She did not see any money pass. |
Being asked if she had legitimate oc- |
cupation the witness replied:
''Yes, sir; am a Gressmaker."
Policeman Kilmartin gave accumulative |
evidence against the defendant.
Maize Harrison, another 'boarder" at |
the Tilford house, testified that she paid |
Sc per week for her accommodations there, |
but declined to state how she made her |
money.
"Do you know any other men in Washing |
ton hesidc this friend of yours" asked |
Mr.. Mu.lowny. |
"0h, yes; l know others to speak to-"
replied the witness carefully.
Where did you speak to them?'. ' Il
I'm the parlor."
How did you get acquainted with them; |
who introduced YOU 10 these gentlemen?- |
HOW SHE MET THEM.
/. The witness said she met them in the |
house. and could not explain exactly their |
presence there.
Il thought. not" said Mr.. MuIlowny. |
While Mr.. Forest remarked that the witness |
might. If the prosecuting attorney kept |
on smiling SO irresistihly.
, '.Ycu bear what Mr.. Forrest says. Now |
will you explain?'' continued Mr.. Mul- |
luwny.
She would not.
Precinct Detective Sutton said the rep |
utation Of the house was that of a place OF |
prostitution.