The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1898-06-21

kept at 40 stevens SLreet!
Mr.. Goodhart-"I object"
Judge Stoddard--'I shall offer evi-
dence to show the general reputation
and character Of this woman and her
place as being q house of i'll fame,
house OF crime. This particular wit
ness was a member Of the police force
and as such had his attention called
to this woman and the place she kept.
have several other witnesses who
know the reputation and character of
her and her place, and expect to call
these witnesses. I beg to call the at
tention of the board to couple Of
cases in which opinions were given by
the supreme court of this state in ref
erence to the admissability of testimo-
ny tending to show the character and
reputation of q person who applies for
a license, the opinion being given in
case growing out of an application for
a license to sell liquor, a similar appli-
cation to one now under consideration.
The counsel on the other side has mis-
apprehended the nature, kind and
scope of this inquiry. The inquiry was
set on foot by the state Of Connecticut
| through it's chosen officials. the board
of health of New Haven, for the pur-
pose of determining this question, is
| this applicant suitable person to be
licensed to carry on business, to do
an act which the legislature Of this
state has said must be done by virture
| of license because the circumstances
surrounding it are such that the state
has seen fit to make it a crime to car
ry it on without license.
'"That is the scope of this inquiry.
and we are here to aid the board in it's
duties cast on it by the statutes of this
state, to inquire whether this person is
suitable one or not to have a license
| to carry on this important and delicate
business"
Judge Stoddard then read from pages
143 and 144 of the sixty-f1fth Connecti-
cut in relation to the trial of Hopson's
appeal from county commissioners. In
this case the same objection as to tes-
/ timony was made and overruled by
Judge Wheeler.
| The testimony. as to the reputation
of the applicant was allowed, and, con-
tinuipg, Judge Stoddard said, address,
| ing the witness: you may testify as to
| the reputation Of the house."
Its reputation was that it was a
house Of ill-fame, where young women
went for lying-in."
"How long has that reputation exist
ed?"
"It existed all the while she was there
| on Stevens street"
| Superintendent Smith then said that
he had ordered the policemen on the
| beat to watch the place, and they had
| reported to him suspicious circum-
| stances which they had noticed. They
reported to him, he said, that lewd wo-
men We're going there. He could not
| remember that any names had been
| mentioned.
4 Mr.. Alling then asked about the rep
/ utation of DR.. Bond, and Mr.. Smith
1 said that he had heard that DR.. Bond
had the reputation of being a criminal
| abortionist.
| Mr.. Goodhart objected to testimony
concerning DR.. Bond, and said that he
| didn't know that DR.. Bond and Mrs.
| Vaughan were both on trial.
Judge Stoddard retorted that they
| were Siamese twins.
! Coroner Mix was the next witness
1 CdllGuy anu llC SlcllCu tl1ebe bhC ASPthH
| ton of Mrs. vaughan's place was that
it was a place where abortions were
| taken care of.
Judge Stoddard-"Did you look
| through DR.. Bonds office after his ar
| rest?'
| Eyes"
'sWhat did you find there?"
"Cards of Mrs. Vaughan-a dozen or
a half Dozen
The board has these cards and they
are marked Exhibit c.
The testimony concerning DR.. Bond
was objected to again and DR.. Fleisch-
ner stated that the board did not care
to hear testimony concerning DIR. Bond,
but only that about Mrs. Vaughan.
Judge Stoddard pointed out wherein
Mrs Vaughan had been connected in
business with DR.. Bond, A wordy war
flare ensued between him and Mr.. Good
hart. Judge Stoddard said that each
one of Mrs. Vaughan's cards represent
ed a patient. He said: Wont the
board take into consideration the tes-
timony about her sending patients
from DR.. Gill to DIR. Bond? On what
principle is this board proceeding-or
| the Drl0Clpl6 IfldC tHlS WOHldH is GILL
tied to a license? When we find this
woman dealing with professional abor-
tionists, should evidence be thrown out
that is of the first Importance? From
whom does she take her business:
What is the fountain head of her bust
ness? This woman doesn't come on
the stand. We have had no opportuni-
ty to lay her life before you by an ex-
animation of her. She hides herself be-
hind the voluble elocution Of her coun-
sci and tries to screen herself by un-
warranted attacks of her counsel on the
witnesses before you"
The board adjourned few minutes
after this until o'clock in the even
ing.
When the evening session began at
o'clock Coroner Mix was recalled to the
stand He said that police officers haC
informed him that there was rumoi
that a child had been buried in the
yard back of Mrs. Vaughan's house. He
said that the policemen had told him
that Mrs. Vaughan had been seen one
night about IL o'clock to enter car
riage, carrying a bundle wrapped in q
shawl, and that she had been seen to
come back without the bundle; that or
the night before a child had been heard
crying in the house, but that the crying
was not heard afterwards. The coro.
| nar said that on the next morning after