The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-23
.CARU|SO's A.C'C|USER
FAILS Il. { TO !. APPEAR
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at the door Of the cab, and did he not
fail to arrest you on the refusal Of the
woman to make complaint?1
II object to all this, said Judge
Dittenhoefer.
s.This is simply done to huri1iliate
things into print : Caruso did not
have to answer the question, .,.%. 4
! stoolpigeon, He Says.
When the brief REORGANIZATION Of
Carnso. had been concluded, former
Judge Dittenhoefer informed The court
that he had. no more. witnesses to pro
!, Judge Dittenhoefer, in his argument
for the defense, declared that it was
was W.. 8, entirely police made case. The
Of Hannah Graham, and they had.
failed. to produce her, in the court to,
give that W ord. They. had sufficient
time and nearly 10000 men at their
beck and call for ten full days, yet
the woman had not been produced. He,
sscoffed at the idea that it would have
Pc been impossible for the police to- find
II T. - - 4 & '-L 50
"They could have had her here, had
they tried" said he, stbut they dared
not permit her to face cross examina-
ton lest it be seen that she. is a stool.
pigeon in the employ Of the police. -, =
-. g. Mathot Is Kissed. ~ -, ). >, .
He declared that the defense had
made every effort to find the woman.
They employed men Of great detective
agencies and had searched the city. IF
the woman were real she would have
been found. " 60 80: ~ -
Judge Dittenhoefer said that carnso
Central Park monkey house. =, 7'
'WsThat place is adroitly arraannged:,'
said be. CIT might have been de-:
signed as: a place. to blast regulations
of innocent men. All that is needed
Is q Cane and woman to aid him. :
Deputy Police Commissioner. Mathot,.
IN his argument against Caruso, de-
clared that Caruso was moral per
vert who should be kept out Of decent.
society. Mr.. Mathot said that the rea-,
son why Hannah Graham had not ap-.
peared In court was that she feared to
race crowd of perverts such as coma
a crowd as was then present. The spec
tators in the courtroom Missed Mathot
at this remark So ..,..,> >,
Woman Faces caruso.
Two women were produced in court
yesterday to testify that Caruso had
:lnsu]ted them--one in the Metropolitan
opera house in February, 1904, the
other at last years horse show,
Only twice in court were there dem
onstratlons. Once when Caruso 8
n11rphf h 10 & q
Judge Dittenhoefer,. had scored a point,
they applauded.: Kisses, greeted Garuso
when he said, he never had seen the
women who confronted him in court. u
Caruso was recalled when the hear.
lag was resumed and Deputy Police
Commissioner Mathol, crosssexamining,
asked concerning details of his life.
The tenor said he was 80 years old and
nag been married ten years, but was
united BY d religious, not a civil, cere-
nony. To these questions Caruso 8
counsel objected in vain. 80
Here the curtain was rung llp on
the most dramatic scene of the two
days. hearing Mathol nodded to an
attendant and the door was thrown
open. Out stepped, q woman, white
bench!ts.j, ;sG .;Ef:tF. ~ W is5,t
{ HDo you remember this womans'
demanded Mr. Mathol, turning to Ca
russo.
Caruso replied thru the Interpreter:
! mo; l never saw her BEFORE
..; -. Kisses for Tenor. u @:..~2
!: Many persons Kissed. The woman
stamped her foot ard started to raise
her veil when .Caruso, denied he :. re-
1membered her, but -. Mathol waved to
'her not to change her position. Turn
ing TO meet Caruso's eye, he asked
IT'S it not true that at the end Of the
second act Of NParsifal'' on Feb. 4.
1904, you approached this woman
standing behind the seats in the Metro
polltan opera house and inflicted upon
her indignities similar to those com
Idana ,j Of by the woman in : this
Before the Interpreter .eould reneat
the question Nj. Dittenhoefer a 1ugifs
interposed that Caruso was not BENZ
tried for offenses committed elsewhere.
Inc objection was sustained.
Mathol then asked: "Did YOU not
attend the horse show in NeW York
last year,"
Caruso s counsel flared up. 49, -,
=, Mr.. Mathol said he would show that
Caruso was guilty at the horse show
or just such conduct as that of which
ne was accused by Mrs. Graham, and
that: ne had a woman witness in court.
but Magistrate Baker shut out the tes-
timony. =. -; ~ ..~>-',
Friend Helps caruso.. .;...- :! ..
Adolph Danziger, an author, lawyer
and formerly vice consul at Madrid
and at Aberdeen for the United States.
volunteered on Tuesday to testify for
Caruso. He said he saw Caruso in TIE
no. monkey house Friday afternoon, knew
him because he thought the singer was
one of the party with which he was
standing at cage. He saw NO arrest,
no attack by q woman, no crowding
among girls by Caruso and heard no
cutlery. It was physical impossibility,
ne said, for Caruso to have done tie
things he was accused of. : - -.
Cross-examining Danziger, Mathol
discovered that The former vice consul