Evening journal., 1906-07-28

hold and Chris Foraine, from No. 3l9
West Front street. The reason had not
discovered the additional subpOenas be-
fore was that when witnesses are sum-
moned after a case is continued the House
Sergeant calls my attention to the addi-
tional subpoenas and II being a House
Sergeant that morning who was act ng n
the absence Of the regular one. he did not
call my attention to the fact Of the ad-
diuonal witnesses. neither did Horace G.
Knowles nor any member Of the NigroI
family The subpoena containing the adj
ditional names was returned the morning
of the nth Of July by sewell d. Scott
and one Of the witnesses was marked
mon est" / have submitted the above
statement to the following persons who
state that in so far as they are concerned
and connected with the statement it is
a correct history of the case.
Edwin r. Cochran. City Judge.
George Black Chief Of Police.
Sydney Winchester.
James V. Tucker. House Sergeant.
Sewel d. Scott
Joseph Wigglesworth.
Having written the above which, to the
best Of my knowledge is an alb iolute!y
correct history of the case being attested
by the gentlemen whose names appear
above in so far as they are concerned.
request additional space in your paper to
make the following remarks:
In the article published in your rarer
on the 2Srd inst. and in the second column
on page l. you have the following para
graph:
In reply to this petition the Police
Commissioners declared they are help
less in the matter other than 10 serve
warrants when they are sworn ou, and
TO take the alleged violators Of the law
before the Municipal Court. 1t is
known that the Commissioners and
Chief Of Police Black have been
anxious and ready to clean out the
red-light district, but. they calm t Is
useless to do SO If when the offenders
are brought into court the cases are
esther dismissed or settled "
have shown the paragraph to Chief
Black and Police Commissioners james B.
Clarkson and Thomas n. Stayton, who
state that they never made any such
statement with which the paragraph con-
cludes, or any statement hat coald be
construed as such a statement. 10 you or
TO any other person. AS for the petition
which you state was presented TO the
Police Commissioners have never before
heard of Il until l saw it published in 20 r
paper as was away at the time It was
presented to the Commissioners. After
learning OF the existence Of such petit
ticn il seemed 0ll the more remarkab e
to me that the Nigro family persisted in
swearing out warrants asa nst Edith
Grant and never Offering the names OF
any Of the sgners of that pet .tion living
outside of the Nigro house. as witnesses
against Edith Grant.
AS for the statement sworn to by Vito
Nigro l believe l have already explaint d
and answered the part first appearing in
italics. The next part Of his statement ap-
pearlng in italics is a deliberate juggling
Of the facts by the person arranging tn
statement for Mr.. Nigro presumably
Horace C. KRowles). evidently for the
purpose of deceiving the public and maxi
ing sensational story for his newspaper
The witnesses, appearing en- the warran;
and the only subpoena issued on or before
July 18th in the last case against Edith
Grant. contained the names Of Lillian
Nigro and Sophia Nigro. and / did cx-
anime both OF them as to the evidence "
this case against Edith Grant. l eN-
amined the little girl and she acted as in
terpreter when 1 examined Mrs. Niyro
There were not nine Witnesses in that
cour. at that time and never we're, AM
Horace G. Knowles knows that to be tbs
fact, If he consulted the witnesses thai
iLoining. The e,her subpoena containing
/ the additional anes was given to IT,,
licrse Sergean, on duty the light OF tn,
10th Of July and was not returned mt.
] the morning % ..,1 17th-the final day ,a
! fer trial, and bs 1 cave before stated, !
OF these witnesses We're from Mr.. Nigroi
house or it so appears on the subpoena
! with one exception and he lived on Las
front street. two squares away from IL,
house of Edith Grant. The latter part o.
the statement / believe / have alread,
fully answered in the first part of thi
article, there being a decided differenc
between Mr.. Nigro's recollection and m,
] oNAl. We t1SA eiS NhlibiSu ~ out oWl
recollection Of the events.
l fully endorse the view that Mr. Mgr
should be protected from having a hous
/ Of ill-fame next door to him and so sh)ul,
everyone else be protected from havin,
place of nl-fame in their locality. an,
/ am. and always have been willing Z
assist Mr.. Ngro in getting rid of sucl
a nuisance. but do insist that If he ha,
not sufficient evidence 90 warrant tn
! presentation Of his case in court he Shout
have endeavored TO get the necessary ev.
dence after he had been advised to do So
50 often. and not persist in bringing tn
same case in on the same evidence, an
i will further say that / will co-operat
in any way with Horace G. Knowles D
any member Of the Nigro family or any
one else to secure evidence against Edit
Grant for running a house Of prostitution
and will use any powers invested in me (
such an end. and / will do more-I wi
contribute one-half of the money neces
sary 90 investigate reports cf it be n
such a place. and II. after such investiga
tions the evidence is sufficient in tn
mind OF Horace G. Knowles 10 present N
case to court. will myself swear out
warrant against her. will take any rel
sonable and proper action that he. OF an
other person. will suggest for the clos n
Of any house OF ili-fame in this city.
know that the judge Of the Mun.c D.
Court. the Chief Of Police. and everyo n
connected with the department. vii q
all things uossiDle 20 the same end