Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-12-28
WILLIAM H. LEE ON TRIAL
The Nan Who Charges Sergeant EcNeely
With Accepting Bride.
Testimony Concerning an Alleged
vania Avenue.

William II. Lee, colored who keeps a
pool room and shooting gallery at No ~
Pennsylvania avenue northwest, was placed
on trial in the Police Court this afternoon
charged with keeping a disreputa5le house.
This is the case growing out of the raid
made on the defendants place by -geant
Samuel A McNeely of the sixth precinct.
who was subsequently suspended from duty
and charged with bribery. as heretofore
published I'm The Star. The defense chal-
lenged three talcsmen and several hers
We're excused at their own request.
The Information alleged that the defend
ant kept a disreputable house from the LIST
of June TO the time of the raid Prose-
cutting Attorney Mullowny made a brief
opening and Attorney Chase for the de-
PENDANT stated that he expected to show
mat the raid was made on his clients place
Tor the purpose of extoiting money from
him. He expected to show that the wit
nesses for The government had had meet
lngs and had been drilled
inlrteen witnesses, including eight COL
ored girls and women. were sworn for the
prosecution. ~
Policeman Mullen of the sixth nreci,ct
was the first witness called
he testified that the night Of the raid he
was instructed by Sergeant McNeely to put
on citizens clothes to assist in the raid.
witness said he found an unmarried man
ana woman in one OF the rooms He denied
mat De knew anything about the drilling
of witnesses.
Testimony of an Inmate.
Dora Gibson, colored, was the woman
who was found in the room She testified
that she met Sergeant McNeely at ID and
E streets before she went 10 Lees Wit
ness said the sergeant called at her house
Friday night and arranged for her 10 10
TO Lees the next night with a man. An
other girl. whose name she said was
Mandy, was also talking to the sergeant
just prior to the raid.
me sergeant, she said, told her that he
would raid the place as soon as she and
her companion got room. Mandy" she
said, was not TO take room. but she was
to tell the sergeant when she (witness) and
Fred Taylor got a room.
Sergeant McNeely, she told the jury gave
her 30 cents Witness said she never in
tended TO do anything wrong In the house
out just went in the room to be caught
there by the sergeant The chambermaid
the witness said, told Taylor that the
charge would be 10 cents an hour
POiiceman's story
Policeman Reh Of the sixth precinct. who
assisted in making the raid, testified to the
condition of affairs as he found them In the
defendants place. Witness placed Lee I'M
der arrest. He refused 10 allow Lee to go
to the front Of the place TO put a man in
charge of the shooting gallery. Witness
called the patrol wagon ard afterward re-
NAMED in charge of the premises. He re-
lated conversations he had with the de-
PENDANT. none of which had any bearing on
the case.
Katie Tyree, colored. testified that she
was in the defendants place the Thursday
night before the raid.
who went there with your" asked the
prosecuting attorney.
"A gentleman"
She said all that was done was TO SIT in
the room and drink beer. Witness said her
unknown companion paid % cents for the
use Of the room. On a previous occasion.
she said. she went to her sisters room in
Lees house for immoral purposes. Mr.. Lee
was in the shooting gallery on the occasion
of her visit She saw other couples there
several times.
On cross-eXamination witness said that
the room in which she went rented
fl ON Lee by her sister. Mary Tyree. She
denied that her sister received money from
people who called.
Policeman O'Day of the second precinct.
she said. got her a witness She denied
that the officer treated her to drinks.
Mary Tyree, sister of the preceding wit
ness. also gave testimony. She contradict
ed part of the evidence given by her sister.
The witness was on the stand when this
report closed.