The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-23
CARUSO GUILTY.
Great Tenor lis Convicted Of In
suiting Women and Girls
On the Testimony of a New York
Park Policeman.
FINED TEN DOLLARS.
Complaining Witness Failed to
Appear in Court.
Prosecuting Attorney Kissed By
Crowd at the Trial.


the hearing today was pronounced
guilty and fined $40.
Every seat in the Yorkvil1e police
court was occupied when the court
opened for the hearing of the charge
against Caruso. Out in the street
nearly thousand persons struggled
unsuccessfully to pass the police line
esta blished to hold back a crowd. IN
SIDE there was great boquet of roses
size there was great bouquet of roses
on which was written: '.Take it easy
Whatever you do. From your friends
and the people who know YOU
A subscription for money to buy the
flowers was taken UP in the court
yesterday. When Caruso stepped from
MS cab he was cheered by the crowd.
Inere was no kissing. Within the door
Of the court house a messenger pre-
sented the big bunch of roses to the
tenor, but on the advice of Mr.. Con-
ried he refused to accept them. Han
nan Granam, the complaining witness
! did not appear to press the complaint
against Caruso. Deputy Police Com
missioner Mathot in informing the
court that Mrs. Graham would not be
present said:
II received information as to the
| identity of the woman known as Han
nah Graham and expected to have her
In court, but learned that she has now
| left the jurisdiction of this court and
Former Judge Dittenhoefer Caruso's
counsel, protested. against such an ex-
PLANTATION being made to the court and
declared that he did not believe there
was any such woman as Hannah
Graham unless perhaps it was a wo-
man who in this case is a confeder-
ate of OFFICER Cain.
Deputy Police Commissioner Matthot
in his argument against Caruso declar-
ed that Caruso was a moral pervert
who should be kept out. of decent soci-
ETY.. Mr. Matthot said that the reason
why Hannah Graham had not appeared
In court was that she feared to face
crowd of perverts such as commonly
attended such q hearing and such a
crowd as was then present. The spec
tators in the court room Kissed Matt
hot at this remark
The first witness today was A. Ma
hon, secretary of the New York Ameri-
can league baseball club. He. was called
to testify concerning jeremiah Nc
Carly, the man who corroborated the
evidence, against Caruso. given by Po-
liceman Cain. Mahon testified that
McCarty was discharged by him.
why you discharge fMcCarty?p ask
ed Attorney Dittenhoefer.
For dishonesty replied Afahon.
Caruso was then called and ques-
toned by Deputy Police Commissioner
Matthot.
DO you recall being at reception
In a house in Fifth avenue in the vi
entity of Thirty-sixth street on the
Sunday afternoon proceeding Thanks
giving last year?''
Caruso did not remember but would
not say he had not been there.
DO you not recall you were leav-
ing a guest invited you to step into her
automobile to conduct you to your
hotel, and while on the way being
charged by the lady with having at
tempted to take certain liberties with |
her in the automobile %
An objection by Attorney Often
hoefer was sustai1 ed
b1 to
the Union League club did it not stop
and did you not leave the automobile |
because you were charged by the lady |
with attempting to take liberties with !
her and was not mounted policeman |
at the door of the cab and did he not
fail to arrest you only on the refusal |
Of the woman to make a complaint % |
Caruso did not have to answer the |
question.
When the brief cross examination OF |
Caruso had been concluded Attorney |
Dittenhoefer informed the court that
he had no more witnesses to produce. |
put in evidence q diagram showing |
the entire arrangements of the Cen |
trail park monkey house.
Attorney Dittenhoefer, in his argu-
ment for the defense declared it was
apparent that the case against Caruso /
was entirely a police-m case. The I
whole case depended upon the word |
of Hannah Graham and they had |
that word. Attorney Dittenho |
said Caruso was only one Of many vic |
Tins of the Central park monkey I
house.
THAT place is adroit1y arranged" t
said he ut might have been designed I
as a place to blast regulations of in
nOcent men. All that is needed is a
Cain and a woman to aid him.
Attorney Dittenhoefer reviewed the
testimony and declared that substan-
tiated facts proved that the story was
a wicked, Inscriptions and malicious
"Caruso's own story said Mr.. Dit
tenhoefer, fsif believed must stamp this
policeman not only as unworthy to re-
tain his position on the police force,
but unworthy to associate with decent
men or women. Why did he not arrest
Caruso when he saw him attempt to
defile two little school girls and not
suited every woman in the building?
That was the time to curb such a brute
as any man who would do such thing
must be. But. the time had not come.
The mythical Hannah Graham was not
one Of these girls
There was only one witness to sub
stantiate the testimony OF Policeman
Cain. he said, and that one had been
In closing Attorney Dittenhoefer
said:
If this charge is sustained by the
action Of this court, it will mean more
to this defendant than any of US can
know. He will be ostra cised and that
will mean personal dishonor and pro-
fessional failure This man who has
appeared before kings and queens and
princes and potentates and in the prf-
yata homes Of the best in this and
other lands. must go into seclusion, dis
graced and dishonored with his great
career blasted
Deputy Commissioner Mathot in his
closing argument savagely attacked
CarusO. declaring him to be a man Of
misfit morals, unworthy of being re-
ceived In any home and unfit to aSso-