The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1898-06-27
THE UGH1N HEARING.
Testimony Put In by the Applicant
Saturday Evening.

THE V1UGH1N HEARING.
Testimony Put In by the Applicant
Saturday Evening.
The board of health Saturday night
held the sixth of it's sessions for the
public hearing on the application of
Gertrude A. Vaughan for license to
conduct maternity hospital on Pros
pect place. The session was held in
the common pleas court, which was
well filled with witnesses and specta-
tors. At the opening of the session
John w. Alling. one of the attorneys
for the remonstrants, read from the
record of the registrar of vital statis-
tics reports of the birth OF two children
at Mrs. Vaughan's house on Prospect
place, who were given the name of a
prominent and highly respected citizen
of this city. Mr.. Alling also offered as
evidence an advertisement of Mrs.
Vaughan's place, which appeared in
the Waterbury Herald. Mr.. Alling then
said that the attorneys for the remon-
strants represented all the residents on
Mansfield street, between Sachem and
Compton streets, the owners Of proper
ty in that locality, Judge Hanson,
Judge Hall, Prof Fisher, Prof. Sey-
mour, Prof. Ladd, Rev. DIR. Munger,
Charles e. Curtiss, Mr.. Ward, Mr. Bar
nett Mr.. Deming, Mr.. Parmelee, Mr..
Kerchner, Mr.. Bennett and Mr.. Peck,
all of whom are strongly opposed to
| the granting of license to Mrs.
| Vaughan.
| President Fleischner of the board of
| health then announced that the board
| was ready to hear the applicant and
| her attorney. Mr.. Goodhart stated
that he proposed to show that the evil
dence given by Rev. DR.. Smyth at the
| previous session was inaccurate and
| untrue and that all the evidence
against Mrs. Vaughan came from Po-
liceman Phelps after he had talked
with Mr.. and Mrs Norman Loud, who
lived in the house next to Mrs.
| Vaughan on Stevens street.
Policemen F. s. Cook, Simon STREET,
Cooney. McGrath, NJ. Connolly, Klaiber,
Bellman and Rice were then put OH the
stand by Mr.. Goodhart. Policeman
Cook said that he had never seen an
| indecent or immoral action at Mrs.
| Vaughans house. Policeman STREET.
said that he had little personal knowl-
| edge of Mrs. Vaughan's place but said
| that Mr. Penny, while living at Mrs.
| Vaughan's, complained that children
| across the street called him papa
STREET said that he found that these
| children We're Penney's. Policeman
Cooney stated that he did not know
| Mrs. Vaughan and so consequently had
seen no improper conduct by her Nc
| Grath and Connolly said that they
didn't know much about the place and
/ had never seen anything immoral or In
| decent done by inmates of Mrs
Vaughan's home.
Patrolman Adolph Klaiber said that in
| 1894 Mr.. Loud told him that the value
of his property had been reduced be-
cause Of the proximity of Mrs
Vaughan's place, where young girls
We're brought to be relieved" Police
man Bellman spoke of the applicant as
Mrs. Hobbs. Mr.. Goodhart objected
when in the cross examination Judge
| Stoddard also referred to her as Mrs
Hobbs. Dr. Fleischner said that the
woman had secured a legal right
| to be called Mrs. Vaughan and must
| be called by that name. Judge
| Stoddard wanted to know how the
! president of the board of health OBJ.
tanned that information. Dr. Fleisch-
ner refused to state how he received
that information. Policeman Rice said
| that he had never seen anything wrong
about the house.
The next witness called by Mr.
| Goodhart was Clarence Deming of 224
Prospect street. Mr.. Deming testified
that he saw an advertisement of Mrs
Vaughan's place in October last anG
that was the first he knew that she
was on Prospect place. He said that
he had while waiting for a car seer
women of the town flippant and with
the stained yellow hair which charac.
| terizes them go into Mrs. Vaughan
home and also that women of this char.
acter had several times called at his
| house and asked If it was Mrs
| Vaughan's place. In the course of thu
cross examination Mr.. Deming stated
that last March while riding on a cal
he saw a. crane looking woman get or
the car with Mrs. Vaughan, the former
| carrying a small bundle which i'm.
pressed the witness as being extreme
ly small and extremely STILL
The hearing will be continued at 4:3l
this afternoon