Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-11-23
He Looked and Then SoIemnIy
Declared He Had Never
Seen Her Before.
HIS MANNERlSMS DESCRIBED.
Conreid Was Asked II tie Tenor Was
Not Pompous--Dlrcctor More
Kind Than That.

ham, the woman who caused tho az
rest of Enrlco Caruso ON charge OF
annoying and mstreatng her In the
monkey house In Central park last Fri
day, may appear In police court tomor-
row to press tho charge against him.
Just before court adjourned tonight at
the end Of tho second days hearing OF
the charge against tho singer, Deputy
Police Commissioner Mathot, who is
conducting the prosecution, said that
he had little more evidence to offer
There was only one witness for the
prosecution yet TO be heard, he said,
and when that witness appeared he
would require less than 10 minutes to
complete his case.
Despite the efforts OF the police, It
had been found impossible to present
the witnesses today but he felt safe in
assuring the court that the person to
whom he referred would be IN court to-
morrow. A report that the witness
referred to was the missing Hannah
Graham spread.
= Hannah Graham dropped out of sight
when she left tho police station five
minutes after she had preferred the
charge against Caruso last Friday
afternoon, and witnesses for the prose-
cution testified that the utmost en-
deavors had been made to find her but
without avail. Should she appear she
would furnish sensation far greater
than any which have marked the two
40 haa ftg.tr n Ia. NANlyxflf.
court.
Today was not without sensations.
When court adjourned last night Caru-
so was on the stand, ana his examina-
ton was resumed when the case was
taken up today Deputy Police Com
missioner Mathot questioned the de-
PENDANT closely concerning the four
years when he has appeared in this
country under the direction OF Heinrich
Conreid. Caruso acknowledged that he
was in New York in 1904, and that on
Feb. OF that year he sang In 'Parsl-
fal" at the Metropolitan Opera House.
1t was at this point that the real sensa-
ton OF the day came. The wide doors
directly behind the magistrates bench
swung open, and woman In white ana
with a white veil drawn closely over
her face stepped into the room.
"Caruso, look upon this woman" said
the deputy police commissioner, as tho
woman raised the veil and revealed her
features. Did YOU ever see her be-
fore?'
The defendant moved uneaslly, hesi-
lated and then replied'
mo, have never seen her"
did you not. on the afternoon Of
Feb. 4. 1904. during the second act Of
'Parsifal,' stand behind this woman IN
the Metropolitan Opera House and sub
jeot her to exactly the same indignities
to which 1t Is charged Hannah Ora
ham was subjected at the Central park
monkey houseg"
II aid not replied the witness hotly.
II never saw the woman before, so far
as ] can remember
rs It not true that on that afternoon
not only this woman but other women
were the victims OF much indecent ac-
ton upon your part?" persisted Mr..
Mathot.
Carusos counsel broke in with q Wig
orous objection which was sustained.
II was reported in the courtroom
that the woman IN white was member
of the chorus Of the Metropolitan Opera
company.
one Of the dlverting features OF tho
day was the appearance for the de-
Tense OF Dr.. Adolph Denslger, former
American consul at Madrid, DR., Dem
slger testified that he was in the NOM
key house at Central park dalrlng
caruso's visit there Friday, and that
he observed no improper action on the
singers part. He declared that ne had
voluntarily come forward TO testify ID
the singers behalf because he knew
him personally, knew him to be gen.
tieman. the greatest tenor or TINS or
any other time Being benefaetor OF
humanity, he desired 70 protect Caruso,
not for himself alone, but for MIS- great
career. IL volunteered TO assist Mr..
Caruso IN exactly the same way that |
volunteered To assist Theodore Roose-
welt 10 become president OF the United
states" said DR.. Densiger
He swore that from his observation
Il would have been a physical impossl.-
bility for Caruso to have acted toward
any woman in the monkey house in the
manner described by Detective cam
Yesterday. lie stood Within 10 feet of
Carilso at the tins he was in the build
Ing.
Metropolitan Opera House, described
C'aruso's manner!sms much as ola pr'
Dcnsiger
"ro be brief, he Is pompous, Is he
not?" asked MIR. Mathot.
on would be more Kind TO speak OF
II as a habit" replied Mr.. Conred.
Several other witnesses testified as "a
Caruso's inability to speak English ana
the hearing was then adjourned untll
Monday
The police courtroom again housed q
great crowd today, and hundreds were
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