Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-19
[CARUSO WILL FIGHT
POLICE CAN'T FIND THE GIRL
WHO ACCUSED SINGER.
Manager Conried Says He Will Prove
That It Was Put-Up
Job.

A dispatch from New York says: Herr
| Direktor Won Conried, who has taken up
the interests of Enrico Caruso, his tenor
singer, in the charge made against the
Italian that he annoyed Mrs. Hannah K.
Graham in the Central Park zoo last Friday
afternoon, declared yesterday that he be-
lieved the whole case was put-up JOB
and that at the hearing next Wednesday the
Caruso forces would do their best to prove
this.
Speaking also for signor Caruso, Richard
Bartelemy, his instructor and friend, de-
clared yesterday at the Hotel Savoy that
the tenor also believed that he was the
victim of some sort of game. M. Bartelemy
said, however, that no offers to withdraw
the case had reached the singer or his
counsel, Frederick w. Sperling.
Caruso had so much recovered yesterday
from the attack of scatca which kept him
from going to court on Saturday that he
was able shortly after noon to leave the
Hotel Savoy, where he stays with Bartel-
envy. He took luncheon with Herr Con-
ried and at the meal they discussed the
whole affair. He did not return to the MOTEL
until late. He commissioned M. Bartelemy
to speak for him, the instructor said.
Difference of Opinion.
There was a trifling difference of opinion
between NJ. Bartelemy and DR.. Ludwig
w elSS OF a w est S1St Slfeet, WIN ID Var
uso's physician. M. Bartelerny said that
Caruso was not at all subject to sciatica,
but the doctor said that he suffered from
it frequently. Eat times he is unable to
walk" said DR.. Weiss yesterday, land that
is what affected him yesterday. l have
heard that he was so much better today
that ] did not go to see him at the Hotel
Savoy" M. Bartelemy said that Caruso
was never stopped from theater engage
ment by sciatic pains, from which he suf-
fered tires, tres rarement."
Herr Conried said yesterday that Caruso
had been at his house. He said that the
singer would be In court on Wednesday to
answer to the charge brought against him.
lit is put-up job and nothing but that, !"
declared Herr Conried. The idea that
Caruso would bother any woman in the
park is preposterous. 1t is ridiculous
Why, Caruso every day gets that many
love letters Indicating fat bundle about
six inches in height, and to think that he
would wander around the park annoying
women is absurd
"Caruso is man who Is very correct
in his habits, anyway. l know that be-
cause / know him. 1 asked him privately
about this thing because / wanted to know
where 1 stood. He told me then that all
he had done was to- stand there moment
looking at the monkeys. He stood next
to this woman. He had his hands in his
overcoat pocket and his cane pushed down
in one pocket so that 1t lay along his
shoulder. He said that he did not touch
her. He was surprised Wnen the pOllce-
man placed him under arrest
1--WE have been looking for Mrs. Graham,
but she has disappeared SO absolutely that
we have been unable to find her"
Looking for Mrs. Graham.
Capt John T. Stephenson. who Is In COM.
mand of the Arsenal station, said yester-
day that Cain had been detailed to look up
Mrs. Graham. Capt. Stephenson said that
in such cases 1t was rather hard to get the
women into court because Of the notoriety,
and for that reason in many cases the po-
lice officer had to appear in court to SUBJ
stantiate the charges. He declared that
Cain was capable and conscientious Off
Ger. Capt. Stephenson has been in charge
of the precinct since the wholesale SHIFT in
captains not more than three weeks ago.
Before that he was in the Mercer street
station.
The police are anxious to get hold OF Mrs.
Graham, and to that end they have been
making careful Investigations in the Bronx.
They have failed to get trace Of her at
1879 Bathgate avenue, the address she gave
vestigation has been a source Of great an
noyance to persons named Graham living
in the Bronx. A reporter was told
up there yesterday of a Mrs. Graham
whose husband has a business place In the
Bronx and relatives in Bathgate avenue
but who now lives downtown close to Cen
trail Park. This Mrs. Graham's husband
said last night that she was not the &C.
cuser.
NJ Bartelemy said yesterday that Signor