The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-02-04
WHY DID SHE PAY
MONEY TO COHEN?
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twenty-five or thirty other keepers of
disreputabe houses. The defense asked
that the jury be excused while it could
present an argument against this line OF
testimony, and the jurors were accord
ingly excused until o'clock this after
noon.
Mr.. Boardman Opens.
County Attorney Boardman opened the
case for the state this morning. He
explained to the jury that accord
ing to the statutes, number OF
charges could not be punched in in
dictment. The state was required to
make a specific charge and the specific
charge against Cohen was that on March
IS, 1902, he collected SIS from. Augusta
Hayden, 241 Third avenue N, keeper Of a
house of ll-fame. In return for this
money. Cohen promised Miss Hayden i'm
munity from prosecution. The state would
show that some time before March Is,
Colonel Fred Ames, then superintendent
of police, made a tour among all the
houses of ill-fame whichswere not paying
a monthly fine to the city, and ordered the
inmates to- pay no more money to the
police without orders from himself. Later
Detective Wirtensohn, took Cohen on a
tour Of these houses, and in accordance
with the orders from headquarters, Or
dered the graft paid to Cohen. In &C
cOrdance with these orders, money was
paid to Cohen, not only on the occasion
stated in the indictment, but many other
times.
Mr.. Boardman then reviewed the in
dctments of the grand jury against city
officials in the summer of 1902, Cohen s
flight from the city, his capture in Mon
tana, and return to Minneapolis.
q AZ - afE MIR. Hall Objects.
At this point A. II. Hall, attorney fo
the defense, objected to Mr. Boardman
illusions to other alleged offenses of Co
hen, as calculated to prejudice the jury
and not a proper opening for the case.
Mr.. Boardman replied by recalling thu
fact that Cohen, after pleading guilty t.
one specific Indictment, had withdraw
his plea and that the principal witnes
in this case had disappeared, making i
necessary for the state to try the defend
ant upon a parallel Indictment. He as
serted that there was a scheme on tn
part Of the defense, which he proposed t.
show up.
Judge Harrison ruled that the stat
might bring out such testimony as Il
thought relevant to the case, and sail
that the court would pass upon the ques
ton Of the propriety of such evdenc
when the point was raised Exception wa
taken by Mr.. Hall.
First Witness Called.
Mr.. Boardman then called the attention
of the jury to the difficulty of the state
securing evidence and the urwillingness o
witnesses to appear and give testimony
He concluded by reading in full the indict
ment against Cohen and Detective OFT
Wirtensohn was called as the first witnes
for the state.
Attorney Hall here objected to the in
PRODUCTION Of evidence under the indict
ment, ON the ground that the testirnon
was not directly connected with tn
offense charged.
IN tn he Nf Va
ty attorney, Detective Wirtensohn state
that in January, 1902, he accompanie
Superintendent Ames on a tour of the dis
orderly houses Of the city.
Wirtensohn stated that they visited tn
houses of Grace Elliott, May Mcintosh
Bessie Lee and Augusta Hayden. MI
Hall filed exceptions to the testimony re
lating to any Of the houses named, ex
cept that of Miss Hayden, and also aske
that all answers relating to this tour b