The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-06-22
OPIUM IN MRS. MASON'S FLAT.
THAT DIDN'T MAKE 1T A JOINT.
MAGISTRATE RULES.
Lawyer Says Man She Is Suing for Non.Sup-
port Caused Her Arrest-fonns Man
SAYS He started to "Give Her Away"
but Grew Sorry-POints on Costume.


Mrs Dorothy Mason, who was arrested
at 4:3O o'clock last Monday morning by
Detectives Waitzfelder and Brehme at her
home, 253 West Forty-third street, charged
with conducting an opium joint and vlo-
lating the tenement house law, was brought
up for examination before Magistrate Stein
ert in the West Side Court yesterday after
noon She had been locked up since Monday
in default OF bail in the West Side Jail. With
her was also arragned Arthur O'Sullivan,
who was arrested at the same time.
Lawyer William p. Schoen, who appeared
for Mrs. Mason; denounced the woman's
arrest as an outrage. He declared that It
had been brought about by E. T. Mason, to
whom the woman claims she was married
year ago
At tho close Of the hearing Magistrate
Steinert dismissed the charges against the
woman.
Detective Brehme OF the West Forty
seventh street station house testified that
he had been introduced to Mrs. Mason and
O'Sullivan by man named Guy Edwards.
He went to her apartments, he testified,
early last Monday morning and was shown
into rear room, whose only furniture con-
pillows. He was there several hours, he said.
and smoked couple OF pipes. previously
having paid Mrs Mason 81, Mrs. Mason, he
said dressed In long white garments
smoked with the rest
Lawyer Schoen then took the witness
IN hand.
Don't you know that this whole Job
was 'plant'f' he asked.
4 do not
Detective Wartzfelder was next "a lied.
He declared that be had gone to Mrs,
Mason's apartments on Monday morning
and at a concerted signal had been ad-
mitted by Detective Brehmer. He said
he had found Mrs. Mason In the rear room
scantly clothed and had placed her under
arrest.
When Sylvester F. Cosgrove. the pri vate
detective. was called Lawyer Schoen
demanded that his testimony be excluded
and that he be placed under arrest because
he could show no license, but Magistrate
Steinert waved the request aside
Cosgrove testified that he had gone to
Mrs. Mason's apartments on several occa-
he said, he had given her marked IS bill.
which bill he identified as the only one
In the pocketbook which was taken from
the woman at the West Forty-seventh
street station.
For whom are you acting'" asked the
defendants lawyer,
4 am private detective employed by
the Drummond Detective Agency
He said that he guessed he was working
for Montague Lesslcr. who L. r.. /. Nason's
counsel.
Ciuy Edwards said that he was an unwill-
ing witness His testimony was to the
effect that the S. paid by Cosgrove had
covered a number OF things in addition to
the opium smoked. Mrs Mason had told
them that she was enGeavorlng TO obtain
$25 a week alimony from her husband and
until she got it she would be broke.
Detective Cosgrove has testified that he
first met YOU in Mr.. LesSler's office. How
did that happen7" the witness was asked
Edwards hesitated.
Well" he said at last, Sullivan and
I went there with the intention of giving
Mrs. Mason away and then We changed our
minds"
Mrs. Mason denied that the opium layout
which was introduced in evidence had be
longed to her or that she had ever seen it
before. She denied that the costume which
she had on when arrested was in any way
improper.
the opium layout was Identified az his
property by O'Sulivan.
Il purchased it," he said. "in order to use
It to counternCt the morphine habit, which
had contracted. The rear room of Mrs.
M6son's apartments | sublet from her !
maintain there racing information bureau
Il don't believe" here announced Magis-
trate Stenert, that Mrs. Mason or Arthur
OSullivan kept a regular opium joint or
anything like It. The charges have not been
established. The case is dismissed"