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| of5 the SWlles8 81 Sa sslren.llkes negfessI
over .senlle lSold man. soEthat shel
@aas able 10 obtain from him almost
13$'5 aS$ialllio dollars, vas told In Justice
2BE'llsehoif's court to;day$when the gsnltI
81 John \. Plat, ( u millioaire oeloges
narian2 70 Irecoye s6S5,oO08 from Han.
li;}I nah Elias, negress which SPlattSals
.ltegess the woman obtained from him
on on threats l,e xpos9re, Swas; begun ~
Hannah Elias, was represented In
court bya former Governor Black and
A,bea Griber while Platt,s Sinterests}
were /, Y, i as. represented sbys y Lyman 4 War.
Ten. s;3 " s3;;3
lohnI!sRi y y P'lattsWa In court and sat
beside his counsel with $bowedSheads
and mn ! II listened sintentIy oSthez proceed
Iinss:a Hannah Elias was not iirs court
when tlleScases opened. tHss3
i Mr. Mr. y Warren, ain opening the ease.
told sSof8t the citing ofg swithSthe
Elias illi woman over twenty years ago
while showing some volunteer ffe:
men from on California lthe sight sof$tte
tenderloins s5s i! 4 vi VI iaI Il
recital aof the demand ndsgmadeSby;
The Elias woman and lawyers, physis
clans and others, who knew stbe& &clrs
4 eyllInstan neesS on thes splalntiff; followed
Former Governor Black moved to
dismiss $the comp plaintS ons the ground
\ that failed 10 sltilclentlysstate the
cause g! q action! Governor Black
allsc; asked Sior5a q Jury Strlal; BothSmo;
lions We're denied, James i. Nat:
tIhleews; ii an advance agent 'EWasithe first
witness. He denied that he ever; loan;
cd any money to Hannah Elias Sor
ever knew the woman. The purpose
Of his examination wastnots apparent.
was excused. ssE:5 1si5 s5!Ig
I call John =. \ Plat e crleWS MI.
Warren, 4, \ 4 |iS5 f;si
The old man feebly took the stand
and tod the story OF hls$relations II n
with the Elias woman He said that
I|hes had met her. while showing some
volunteer $fremen the town ! he said
| he saw ertwoS Sortthree times at the
same place aaftersit that.
when YOU first met her at Pop
4 Mlller's, did Hannah Elias and a the
other !e Inmates dance d Scan.can? ?'g'si,
n ), (. # RI "
Were they dressed n N slsE'
I think they were, replied Splatts$
The old entleman said that: he saw
an an L advertisement I'M the newspapers
for massage treatment on Third aye;
nuc@ and fas he was suffering from
rheumatism he called and again met
the Elias woman. 5SG T i5ss3s
I When you visited her on Third
ayenuesdid you on any occasion give
her two thousand dollars M v
70. isi SlIy
Did 1,l1 she say anyt thing about want
Ing TO open a boarding hollse?, 3ss;S
Yes there was something said
about it.s,it sSl X gt;s tis:
did YOU give hcrs any money2's 8
Il think 4 did, "a iSs3s 4
l'latt said that Hannah Elias moy:
ed from Third avenue to- a house On
| West Fifty.third street. He called
on t1ll b her once q Reek, he said, at her
Invitation. AZ
At 4 this point Hannah Elias came
Into court. She wore d black dress
with a dark cloth Jacket which GOV:
G cred ID white waist. A large black
picture hat from which fell veil,
was worn. s,iss & &
?, Plat A said that he always paid Mrs
Elias In cash. The old man was
handed "a ledger and asked to point
out the dates and sums Sof money lie lie
had iI'aid out last year, The book
showed that last May the plaintifi
had paid over s2o, 900 to the Elias
woman All ~ through the book. !. we're
records ofs many large sums, amount
Ing Into thousands paid over to Han.
nah Elias. y l5s tSs'