The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-11-22
CARUSO CHEERED AND JEERED


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Graham woman"
Magistrate Baker declared that the
original charge concerned the defendants
conduct toward women" and the police
nan was instructed 10 tell his story in full.
Policeman Cain said that he saw Caruso
in the monkey house on November 10 first
at about 3:45 o'clock. When he first noticed
Caruso he was trailing along behind two
women and a gentleman, and he thought
all four were in the same party. but soon
changed his mind. He said he noticed that
Caruso was standing suspiciously close TO
the smaller of the two women, but she
quickly moved away and left him standing
behind thes second.
The defendant. said Cain. had both hands
In his overcoat pockets and was carrying
his cane upright from his right pocket.
Both women left the monkey house and
Caruso, according to the policeman. took a
short stroll and came back to the snake
cage.
There, the policeman testified, Caruso
stopped near two girls. probably between
~ and Is years old, in short dresses.
Cain declared that the defendant slid his
foot over toward one OF the girls, pressed
her with his knee and rubbed his hand
over her hip. Cain said the girl moved
away and the defendant tried to repeat the
performance with the other girl.
Cain charged that Caruso then approached
two white women who were standing with a
colored woman before one of the monkey
cages, squeezed in between the two white
women and began to annoy them. They
left and the tenor, according 10 tam, then
rubbed against the negro woman IN an
improper way. Later. the policeman testi-
fled, ne returned 20 the two young girls
and then attempted to annoy Mrs. Graham.
The policeman said he watched Caruso's
actions toward Mrs. raj from a dis
lance through the bars of a monkey Gag
The tenor, he asserted, took notice OF her
as soon rs she entered and after standing
in back of her for a while moved around
and eyed her up" Then he got in back
of her again and moved up close, said Caln.
When Caruso glanced toward the police
nan he, the policeman. said he tried to
look as II he were studying the monkeys IN
tently.
Cain testified that he saw Caruso push his
knee against Mrs. Graham and then rub
his hand over her hip. The policeman
said that the tips Of Canlso's fingers were
visible from under his coat when he did
this. II was then, Cain testified, that ne
came round the cage and started toward
the singer. Before he got TO him, said Cam.
the woman had caught Carlso by the shout
ders. Cain thought that the woman tried
to hit Carlso in the face, but failed. The
blow. according to Cain, threw CarnSo on
his balance. The policeman testified further
that the woman called CaTuso a brute and
a BEAST"
-Caruso." said the policemen, did not
reply to the woman. but turning To me. SAID:
L do nothing; you can do nothing 10 me.
Cain declared that he asked the woman
then whether she would be a omrlainant
against the man and she readily consented.
There were, in his OF inion, about ttieen
other persons in the monkey house while
Caruso had been carrying on his alleged
improprieties.
At the station house Cain made the com
plant and the woman sustained 1t az a
witness. Caruso, according TO Cain, pleaded
with the woman, almost kneeling, and
assuring her that he was a gentleman
and that a mistake had been. made.
Policeman Cain, when he was describing
how Caruso annoyed Mrs. Graham with
his knee, of cred TO illustrate with Judge
Dittenhoefer. Caruso's counsel, but the
Judge declined
Under croes-examination Policeman Cain
admitted that he hadn't been able 10 find
Mrs.. Graham at the address which she had
given, although he had searched diligently
forNher since last Friday. He had never
seen Mrs. Graham before her appearance in
the monkey house, he said, and he never
had known anybody who was acquainted
with her.
so you know no such person as Hannah
Graham?" said Caruso's lawyer.
Il will have to admit that" replied the
policeman.
We'll, tell me, now, why a woman who
was so indignant az TO thrust her HANDS
against Caruso would give a fictitious name?
Wouldn't an honest woman have given
her name?"
An objection was taken to these ques-
tons, and il was sustained by the Magis-
trate.
Cain described Mrs. Graham as a woman
about s feet q inches tall, weighing 40 to
100 pounds, with a perfect figure" She had
brown hair and wore a dark brown dress.
Judge Dit,enhoefer wan;ed TO know whether
the policeman, with his lynxlke eyes,
wouldn't tell what sort Of 4 dress the woman
wore?'
Cain couldn't do that, and he couldn't
describe her hat except 10 say that 1T was
wide brimmed, came up a way and then
went on the side"
aYou might as well have asked me how
many buttons on her shoes" said the po-
liceman.
Il think You would he able TO tell that"
was the retOrt.
Judge Dittenhoefer made the policeman
admit that Mrs. Graham probably didn't
have any child with her, as had been pub
lished in the newspapers at first. Judge
Dittenhoefer called Gains attention to the
fact that he had, according TO his story, let
Carlso approach at least four women before
he arrested him. Cain said he had done that
because he wanted 10 get him good
He had spoken To two oil the omen and
to the Young girls after he had seen Caruso
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names or addresses. He didn't know the
names Of any who were annoyed except
Mrs. Graham. Judge Dittenhoeier ridi-
culed the idea that a twelve-year-Old girl
would refuse. az Cain declared, To give her
name because she was fearful of being called
as a witness.
Cain admitted hat there had been no
complaint on the part of any of the women
except Mrs. Graham, and he didn't even
see the women who were with a man CON-
plain to him. When asked to describe the
dresses and appearance of the two girls,
the policeman said that they wore ladies
wearing apparel"
-Tha il more truthful than anything you
have said remarked D~ittenhoefer.
Caruso's counsel wanted to know why. I
after Cain supposed he had Caruso good"
with two cases. ne had held of.
Because" said the policeman. there
were more women in The room z
Mccarthy, the employee at the American
League grounds who says he was in the
monkey house while CarusO was there,
testified Ina he didn't notice anything
until Cain called his attention TO Caruso's
actions. He said that the case OF the little
girls was among the three he saw. He
did not see the alleged annoying Of the
Graham woman. although he met Cain
as he was Leading CaTuso to the station
room in the Arsenal.
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