Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-07-08
Scheme tb Furnish Housekespsrs
With Competent Servants.
JUDGE SCggr CALLS IT 4 GREAT ONE
Then He Holds Mrs. Carrie Hayes
for Grand Jury.
TESTIMONY AT TRIAL

Drancn OF the Police Court today, neio MIS-.
Carrie E. Hayes for the investigation OF
the grand jury In the sum of $1,000
Mrs. Hayes was arrested Saturday after
noon by Detective Baur. and charged with
obtaining money under false pretenses
When her case was. called In court this
morning two witnesses testified that they
had paid Mrs. Hayes money, one the sum
of $25, and the other $50 for life member
ship In the Monte Vista Mission Associa-
ton, which carried with it the guarantee
that they should be furnished with COM
petent and well-trained domestic servants
for life, besides title to a quarter-acre lot
near Newport. Va, where the association
was represented to be located.
Detective Baur testified regarding the in
formation the police had as to Mrs.
Hayes. and also her representation to him
that her training school was in operation
at the present time.
Mrs. Hayes was also heard by Judge
Scott and admitted that there was no Sucn
institution as the Monte Vista Mission. but
said she was preparing to establish 1t ana
would be able to keep her contract to FUR
niSh the servants she had agreed to at the
time designated.
Great Scheme, Says Judge Scott.
After listening to all the testimony Judge
Scott said that he had never heard Of
scheme that could be worked so success
fully on the women of the land. There
was no gold mines in the west. or stock
scheme in the east that could compare with
1t for creating interest and causing people
to part with their money as quickly as the
assurance Of having the servant girl prob
lem settled for life, and it was with the
idea of preventing other parties to De
tempted to work it that Judge Scott said
he would place bail at the amount named.
Mrs. Hayes is a middle-aged woman OF
decidedly blonde type. She had been at the
house of detention since Saturday, and was
accompanied to court this morning by her
husband. DR.. c. e. Hayes, and James B.
Gheen, who has been retained as counsel
for her defense. When her case was called
she pleaded mot guilty to the charge OF
false pretenses, when Mr.. Elizabeth Col
vile of 1886 California avenue northwest
was placed on the stand.
Mrs. COIviIIe's Statement.
Mrs Colville testified that Mrs. Hayes
came to her residence during the last week
in April. Mrs. Colville said she was in
need Of servant, and had sent for Mrs
Hayes whom she had heard Of through
several Of her friends.
MRS. Hayes told me she was running an
Industrial school in Montgomery county.
Va" continued Mrs. Colville. land that
in positions in this city this fall, when they
would have finished their course in the
school. She made q long explanation Of
the institution. /, asked her II 1t were not
possible to furnish me with servant i'm
mediately, but she said it was not. for the
reason that she could get reduction In
the railroad fare for the fifty girls she In
tended bringing here in the fall. and 1t
She said she had five teachers and 100
students at the institution. That they had
been in training there two years, and
would be graduated in the fall.
Mrs. Colvflle said that Mrs. Hayes de-
scribed the location Of the school as two
miles from Newport. Va. on the Blacks
burg pike She also made a pencil sketch
for her and indicated a quarter acre lot
which would be the property of Mrs; Col
vile If she should pay the membership fee
to the association of SO. Mrs. Colville
said it was upon this representation that
she paid Mrs. Hayes that amount.
She had not had her suspicious aroused
regarding the validity of the transaction
until she saw the paper issued in June by
Mrs. Hayes, In which the project was men
toned as being In contemplation.
No Such Instftution.
Detective Baur told Judge Scott that the
police had been informed regarding Mrs
Hayes through a letter from W. L. Payne,
assistant postmaster at Newport, Va. who
wrote that he was receiving inquiries re-
garding the Monte Vista Training School
for Domestics, and that there was no such
institution in existence there. The letter Of
Mr.. Payne was not put in evidence, and al
though called for by Attorney Green. the
prosecuting attorney objected to having 1t
read, and Judge Scott sustained the OBJ
lection.
Mr.. Baur said he had first called on Mrs.
Colyille. and had then visited Mrs Hayes
at her Office in the Metzerott building, She
nd hot
school at Newport was In existence with
100 pupils and five teachers. He had q war
rant with him for her arrest, and served It,
This Subscriber Paid $50.
Miss Alice F. Wight of Cleveland Park
was the next witness. She told how Mrs.
Hayes had called on her after she had first
been told Of her servant girl plan by friends
and had left word at Mrs. Hayes office to
have her call. When Mrs. Hayes had ex-
planned to Miss Wight, in practically the
same manner as detailed by Mrs Colville
the witness said she took two memberships
in the association and gave Mrs. Hayes a
check for $50. Miss Wight substantiated the
other witnesses regarding the representa-
tons Of Mrs. Hayes that her school was In
operation and had 100 students and five
teachers.
Mrs. Hayes then took the stand in her
own defense. She said she was making
every effort to establish the school, but
admitted LHdl II 40 YET ulQ not exist.
However, she declared that she was able
and intended to keep her contract to fur
nish the well-trained servants to all who
had joined the association.
Where She Expected to Get Servants
She said she had been teaching hygienic
cooking for the past eighteen years in the
south. and was to draw on some Of the
southern girls she had taught to fill the
places in this city next fall.
She said abe had an option on a certain
tract Of land at the place she had describ-
ed. but thatsin March this option had run
out through.a misunderstanding with the
owner. MI Williams. She now had an.
other optioai nearer the railroad, at a less
cost and more, desirable location, and re.
marked. turning, from the Judge to the
previous WITNESSES, that the present plans
were really better than the first, and would
be worth more to the investors
Attorney Green submitted to the Judge
after Mrs. Hayes had concluded that AS
the servants 'wefes not to be furnished until
fall. and as Mrsy-Hayes declared she could
do this. the case Of false pretenses was NOT
established: Judgs Scott. however. thought
otherwise. 'S9 -