The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-06-28
TESTIMONY FOR APPLICANT
WITNESSES CALLED BY ATTORNEY
 GOODHART YESTERDAY.

pIication-SeveraI Policemen Put on the Street With Revolver In Her Hand-Hearing to be Continued To- morrow Night.
 The Vaughan hearing was continued yesterday afternoon at 4:30 o'clock in the common pleas court room and at o'clock adjourned until 8 o'clock to- morrow evening. All the witnesses put on yesterday afternoon were those for the applicant. The first one called was Policeman McGovern, who testified that he was on the beat of which Ste vens street is part for six months and never saw anything wrong about Mrs. Vaughan or her house.
 Policeman M. M. Powers was next called. He said that he had patrolled the beat on which Mrs. Vaughans Ste vens street house was located and that he knew persons living at 45 Stevens street.
 MI. COOQildl Iild yOu CNCl DIV eeiiJ immoral or unchaste act in Mrs. Waughan's house?"
 "No, sir.''
 "Ever have occasion to see Mrs. Vaughan?"
 "Yes; between 12:30 and 1:30 one night I was coming through Stevens street and met Mrs. Vaughan with a revolver in her hand. She said that people had been bothering her, and asked her who they were. She said that some one had been there before annoying her, and she had them arrest ed"
 Ibid you see her after that?"
 'sYes; I was sent there by the office. Mrs. Vaughan's front door. had been broken in by a brick being thrown through it, and I was sent to investi gate"
 Judge Stoddard-"Tell all she said when you met her carrying revolv- er."
 "She said that she was going to pro- tect herself and that some one had been ringing her doorbell, knocking at her door and disturbing her"
 MT. Goodhart-"Ever see any one go in or come out of the place?'
 'No, sir"
 "Ever hear her reputation called into question"
 "A party next door said that he heard one time some one screaming there.'
 "Did you ever ask about the placer"
 "Yes; after the man told me about the screaming I asked the neighbors, and they said that they had never seen anything wrong there.''
 Judge Stoddard-"What neighbors did you inquire of?'
 'I don't remember their names"
 "Ever see any one go in or come out of the house?"
 NO, sir.'' 'Take pains not to see them?"
 "Not any more than about any other house.
 Captain Woodruff of police station No. was then called. He stated that he had been stationed at station 3, in which precinct Stevens street is locat- ed, while Mrs. Vaughan lived there. He said that he was not acquainted with Mrs. Vaughan. For a few moments previous to this MT. filling, one of the attorneys for the remonstrants, had been talking with Policeman Phelps, who sat near him. MT. Goodhart stop ped in the midst of his examination of Captain Woodruff to protest against this. He said: MT. Phelps, you were summoned here as my witness and I do not think that it is proper for you to talk with MT. filling.
 At this MT. filling demanded that the chairman of the board rebuke MT. ,,+ fox Io o;es; ;,o+o Tr Fleischner called MT. Goodhart's atten- tion to the fact that he was losing time.
 MT. Goodhart then continued the ex- animation of the witness, asking: ssHave you personal knowledge of per sons being seen going into or coming out of the house of Mrs. Vaughan, or of any indecent or improper behavior be- ing seen on the part of Mrs. Vaughan or any one at No. 45 Stevens street?"
 'sNo, sir"
 sThen you have no knowledge of her character except what you have heard from others?"
 s.No, sir
 Have you received such information from others?"
 Mot outside of police officers"
 Judge Stoddard-"Are you prepared to say that no officers other than Po- liceman Phelps ever told you about the placer
 "No, sir.'
 'sWhy did Phelps report about ?"
 Because a party stopping at Mrs Vaughan's had complained that his children across the street were calling him names. He complained that they called him papa
 .sAnd he complained of that?"
 1Yes''
 'What else?"
 sIf I remember right, the complaint was made to Policeman Phelps, and received a letter from MT. Penny about it. Phelps was detailed by the superin, tendent to look the matter up. Thai was in the spring of 1894"
 Eugene Flesche was next called. A few days ago a witness named Klebbe was put on the stand and testified thai a man had told him about going with another man, his friend or his brother to see Mrs. Vaughan and another wo' man at the Stevens streetihouse. The witness wrote the names of the two men on piece of paper, and wher FYesche was called yesterday MT. Good hart explained to the board that he was one of the two men whose names had been written out and handed in FIesche said that he was a bartender r1 Trpioy, ctraat and that ho Lnau