Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-11-30
CALLS CARUSO LIAR
Mysterious Mrs. Hannah Gra-
 ham Found In New York.
TENOR GETS OVATION IN OPERA.
Alleged Victim of Insult Makes state- ment to Police Onieials Justifying Her Charge Against the
 Opera Singer.

NEW YORK, Nov. 29.-"Mrs. Han nah Graham" whose real name is Mrs. Hannah Stanhope, has been found by the police.
 She has made statement to police officials in which she corroborates ev- cry word of Policeman Gaines testi- mony in the trial of Enrico Caruso, who was arrested and convicted on the charge of insulting Mrs. Graham" !"
 Confirmation of the assertion that Mrs. Graham" and Mrs. Stanhope are one and the same person was obtained from Leonard Bronner. a lawyer, whose residence is on Seventieth street, near the park.
 When asked how he knew that Han nah Stanhope was the woman Bronner replied:
 Because her husband, Adam Stan hope, semiprofessional baseball play CT, telephoned to. me and confirmed my belief that 1t was she"
 "In all the time that Mrs. Stanhope was member of my household I nev- CT saw the slightest thing out of tho way with the girl. She was respecta- ble and thoroughly reliable" declared Bronner.
 In the statement made by Mrs. Stan hope she said
 Tt was in the monkey house that first saw CaruSo, l did not know that 1t was Caruso at the time.
 When he says that I dirted with him he lies. He first attracted my at tention by pressing his elbow on my right shoulder, and as I attributed it to accident paid no attention to it and walked away.
 But the man followed me, and while 1 was looking into a cage that con- tained but a single monkey l felt the knuckles of hand press against me. I turned sharply and saw it was the same man standing close to me. There was no possibility of the insult not be- ing intentional, and I screamed. A po- liceman came up and. displaying his shield. said to me:
 "'Will you make complaint?
 "'No,' l said, but if my husband were here he would fix that fellow
 'The policeman persisted in his re quest that l make complaint, and when said did not want the notori ety attached to the affair he said:
 "Well. come over to the station house anyway. This man has insulteG other women here today, and l want to lock him up.'
 "I protested against being taken to the station. but had to go. I felt sure that the foreign looking man who had insulted me was some one of promi hence and that lot of unpleasant no toriety would follow"
 At the Metropolitan Opera House last night Enrico Caruso, the Italian tenor, made his first public appearance since his recent conviction in police court on the charge of annoying wo- men in Central park. The opera was La Boheme," and Caruso sang Ro- dolfo to Mime. Sembrich's Mimi
 The audience, which was brilliant one. gave the tenor cordial reception, which was accepted by his friends as a public vindication. There had been much speculation as to how the singer would be received and some little fear of hostile demonstration. To fore stall any attempt to interrupt the per formance the house had been picketed with police, the interference of which, however. was not required. From the lower as well as the upper sections of the house arose cries of "Whats the matter with CarusoT and the response Hes all right"
 At the end of the first act Caruso was recalled five times and then would no longer respond Mime. Sembrich shared in these recalls.