The morning times., 1896-03-21

anything in the house that is suppo:ed to
occur in such places.
Mullowney asked her point blank il she
was not Il courtesan.
The woman S face reddened deeply. and
she looked appealmgly at The Judge.
OBJECTION WAS SUSTAINED.
The attorneys objected on the ground
il would make her amenabIe tot the vagrancy
law. Judge Mullin sustained the objection.
and after eliciting from her the information
that she retired at midnight and break
tasted "a noon, let her step back.
Ihe next witness was Iorence Brown.
tall stately blonde glittering in Jet and
silk. She was obtuse in her testimony and
| got In trouble with the court Immediately.
She was asked where she lived. Biting
her scarlet lips she refused TO tell.
ANSWER that question: said Judge
! Miller. losing his patience.
Il don't chose TO tell" she said lowly,
/ glaring defiance at the court.
His honor swung around in his chair until
he faced her.
You won't, eh," he answered curtly.
You answer that question or III send
| you to Jail. Raise your veil and reply to
| that question
The woman lifted her heavily-spotted
veil and said She resided on Fourteenth
| street
what do you do for living?" Florence
answered that she was cared for by a
| friend. She told with considerable sui
lenness that she only visited the Gilmore
house occasionally. and the last visit ended
in her arrest. When Mr.. mullowney in
sisted on the witness telling or the customs
| and habits OF the place ana why she came
| there, she said coldly that there was nc
| strings on her, and the only business III
| the world she looked after was her own.
"Do you know Lillian Chasc?"
Il was introduced TO her, and KIN ow her
no more than i do YOU" replied Florence
| looking very hard al Mullowney, who was
| busy rubbing bis thick, yellow hair. The
| girl said she had never given Gilmore any
money except in payment formoney loaned
| TO pay the storage On some furniture and
hospital bill.
FRESH FROM STOCKHOLM.
The last witness was Eta Nelson, q
| Swede, who pretended to understand very
| little English, although she spoke IL
| fairly well. she arrived AT the house on
| Monday night, few hours before IT was
raided, and was in the parior with man
! friend when the police arrived.
She was dressmaker IN New York, at
| No 237 west Forty-ihird street, she sad.
and came here 10 visit Mees Geelmour
You left there on account of DR.. Park
hurst" said Mullowney.
All / do not know the man, / have
nothing TO do with the doctaire." y"
| Judge Miller asked her If she did not
| know what house of ill-fame was, and
she replied with profound ignorance, She
did not.
"You know / speak bad Anglaise.''
"Well. what do you call it in German?
asked Mullowncy.
She shook her head negatively, and, al
| though Judge Miller made lucid analysis
| OF the elements constituting dlSreputab Ole
! house she feigned not TO understand, and
said they had no such places in Sweden.
CLOSE OF THE TESTIMONY.
This closed the testimony. and Mr.. Forest
arose and SAID as there was no testimony
to hoIG his client he moved she be dismissed
This case. - said he. was made entirely
on the suspicious of the Officers"
''Oh, no." replied Judge Miller, CONSIDER
the neighborhoUd and the circumstances
You don't mean to say that everybody
living in the neighborhood conducts vicious
house" retorted Mr.. Forest.
! Judge Miller charged the jury briefly
and explained the de finition of a ba wdl
house. He said all disorderly houses wer'
not ba wdy ones. but all bawdy places were
disorderly.
"that Illicit relations were maintained j
this woman's house between the sexes
your verdict could only be an adverse on
to the defendant
Judge Johnson. for the defense, argue
that such houses were a safeguard 10 tn
community, and quoted precedents fror
ancient history. He scored the peop!
who are trying TO break up the Division
| and said they were not actuated by an
sympathy for the unfortunate women II
duced to prostitution.
Mr.. Mullowney made short but forcibl
speech for the government, in which h
said that lC was n question IN great man
peoples minds whether il was the prope
thing TO break up the Division.
THE ISSUE SQUARELY STATED.
But / think" continued the prosecutn
"that. such a congregation of infam,
! should not exist within sight of the mos
beautiful avenue in America. / am nc
responsible for this woman being herr
| This city is controlled by three Commi
siouers, who have directed the police
war on the women trafricking south or I'll
Avenue in the Illegal sale of liquors, an
this woman's presence here is directly co
result OF her own crimes
MIR. Mullo wney ridiculed the testimony
the women, espe cally the girl who elaine
to have paid weekly board Dill or Sl
with the labor of her needle.
However" he added, ''if you think Il
evidence is Insufficient to convict, yC
know your duty. think it is ample
hold this woman"
The jury thought so, too, for in a ha
hour they rendered a verdict of guilty.
The Christian women in the audlcn
looked triumphant, while the defenda'
wiped her eyeglasses nervouSly and Ii
tened to her lawyers move for stay {
Judgment and new trial.
TEE e Emancipation Da y committee, Wasl
COURTS WIDE LATITUDE.
Judge Miller deferred consideration an
accepted bonds in the sum of $500 IL
the defendants appearance.
The old English common law goVernln
such cases affords the court a wide lat
tude. He can impose a years fmpriso
ment and assess fine, a discretion.
The sentence win without question il
clude stay in Jail. The imposition OF Il
penalty means a long goodbye TO II
CypTian quarter, which has flourished 5
long near Washiugton's greatest Thorough
fare. The news OF the conviction sprea
rapidly through that sinful settlement la
, night and has determined the majority
! the women TO vacate at once. Many
them have already done so.