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the Magistrate heard the policemfn's testi-
mony.
The witness said her house was watched
by policemen every hour or the day ana
night rain or shine. and that they chased
the girls out Of her house eight or ten times
Some times she hid the girls In closets
Besides living in her house nearly every
girl had a room elsewhere
Rosa Greenberg was the next witness
She Is "A Hungarian and has been in the
country Ave years. She has known Lena
Schmidt since last September. She SAID
she was one of the girls in the house from
October. 1900, until the house was closed
last June
..Did YOU know George Bissert''
Yes. sir. -
Did you know any of the other offiCersl'
"Yes, some special officers IN citizen
clothes and she enumerated hair dozen
plain clothes men who We're watching
the house.
houseY'
Sometimes they came in and chased
the girls around. Sometimes they sent
customers in. They began chasing the
girls into the street about Christmas time,
On cross-examination Rosa said that she
had not discussed the case with Lena
schmidt, though they had been living
together since last June.
Nette Drexler, the housekeeper for Lena
Schmidt, the next witness, gave evidence
tending TO show that the house was one OF
ill-fame, that she was respectable married
woman with four children, ana that she
lived with her husband. She received ~
a week for her work and was not one OF the
girls IA the house.
Sergt. Schulum was recalled by Mr.
Osborne. He said that st. MaTks's Church
was three-quarters of block from the
Schmidt house. a public school was about
three blocks away and technical school
a few blocks away
Here Mr. Osborne put in a communication
dated Feb. 27, from District Attorney Phil
bin to Police Commissioner Murphy, asking
for a report on the Schmidt house as COM
plant had been made to the District Attor-
ney that IL WAS a dsorderly house. In
response, on March Ia, communication
from Capt Diamond to Inspector Cross
was read in which Capt. Diamond said he
had detailed two men, who had visited the
house several times, reporting IL 70 be a
furnished room house and that he would
have his men keep an eye on II. Mr.. Os-
borne said this was the report made by
Capt. Diamond. when In fact he had officers
stationed before the house as a disorderly
one for months before, and as early as
Nov. 20.
Letters were also put In from Devery.
dated Dec. 4, calling Diamonds attention,
through Inspector Cross, to the Schmidt
house and Diamonds reply that the
Schmidt house could not be found TO be a
disOrderly one.
Sergt. Schulum was on the stand mean
while In answer TO questions from Mr..
Osborne he said he had no knowledge that
any woman had been arrested for soliciting
from the windows of the Schmidt house
or that it had ever been raided before May
? last.
Tomorrow Mr.. Osborne will call the
stenographer in tho Bissert trial 10 give
certain portions OF Cept. Diamonds tesu-
mony on that occasion
Col. Murphy says he will 60 TO Albany
II he is wanted TO testify In the Diamond
trial about the police rules, Meanwhile,
after a conference with acting District
Attorney SchurmAn yesterday he sent
Stenographer Roger Walsh of Police Head
quarters up last night as an expert on the
rules District Attorney Philbin sent for
Assistant District Attorney Cans last night
TO Join him at Albany.