Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-11-24
CARUSO CONDEMNED Found Guilty of Annoying I Women In New York. ACCUSED OFNEWORFGNSE BYMA1HOT Opera Singer Will Appeal to Higher Court For vindication-In Nervous
 Collapse After verdict-Mrs.
 Graham Ahnont

Court For vindicatlon-InN Nervous
 Collapse After verdict-AIrs.
 Graham Absent
 NEW YORK, Nov. 24.-Enrico Ca. russo, the famous grand opera tenor. was found guilty of having pinched and annoyed women and girls in the monkey house in the Central park zoo. He was fined $1O by Magistrate Baker.
 Caruso's counsel declared that they would appeal from the decision to the | court of general sessions. K The magistrate handed down his de. cision after carefully weighing the evidence several hours after the crowd had left the Yorkville police court.
 He then ordered that Frederick W. Sperling of the counsel for Caruso and the son-in-law of Heinrich Con. ried be informed of tho decision sc that he might go to the court and pay the fine.
 The fine of s10 must be paid whether an appeal is taken or not. Director Conried declared that the SOhFiNtAVh WOuiu AOL lAtCl1c40 WILL l Carusos appearance with the opera company in La Boheme' on Wednes- day night next.
 Sung to the quick, his feelings out. ragged by the scathing accusations made by Deputy Police Commissioner Mathot in his closing address, Slgnor Caruso went to his Hotel Savoy apart. ments to await the decision.
 Before the summing up began Ca. ruso was recalled to the stand. Al Central park mounted policeman push. ed his way to the bridge" and stood there as MT. Mathot asked the wit. ness:
 Do you recall attending reception in the vicinity of Thirty-sixth street and Fifth avenue on the Sunday even- ing after last Thanksgiving day" "No," was Caruso's reply.
 You are not prepared to say you were thereY
 "No."
 Didn't you leave that reception and accept the kind invitation of lady to accompany her in her automobile on her way past your hotel? And when you were in front of the Union League in Fifth avenue didn't you insult the lady and was not mounted policeman called, though your companion refused to make complaintY'
 Caruso was shaking his head, but before he could answer MT. Dittenhoe- fer objected on the ground that the question was irrelevant to the case on trial. He accused Mir. Mathot of know Ing that the question would not be al- | lowed and of having brought up the matter simply to get into the newspa. pers.
 Magistrate Baker sustained the ob- 3ection.
 Mir. Mathot announced that he had | every reason to believe that Mrs. Ora. ham would be in court, but he had | learned that she had left the jurisdic- tion of the court on account of the mo- toriety and that she could not be reached. Do you want to know why Mrs. Graham was unwilling to come here and tell what she knew?" he asked. Then he turned and waved his hand toward the eagerly listening crowd that filled the benches.
 There's the reason!" he cried, and he proceeded to stigmatize the audi ence as a lot of "prurient minded de- generates who have come to gloat over a nasty scandal"
 One of the principals In the case last night said:
 T know what I should do if I were Caruso. should pack up and get out of the country by the next steamer"