The Washington herald., 1906-11-22
CARUSO TELLS Why
Says Mrs. Graham
Smiled at Him.
ACG0STED FIVE, SAY POLICE
Tenor Enters General Denial, Al
though BlueoOat Is CorrObOrated I'm
fendaDt Is Greeted EnthusinSticaI-
~ by Women at the Hearing.

New York, Nov. 21.-Five cases Of i'm
proper conduct toward women were
charged by Policeman James J. Cain, of
the Central Park squad, against Earico
Caruso, the Metropolitan opera tenor.
when the latter was arratgned for
hearing this afternoon before Magistrate
Baker in the Yorkviile Police Court. All
Of these. It was alleged. occurred before
the eyes Of the policeman in the monkey
house OF the Central Park menagerie on
November 16, the day on which Carus0
was arrested on a charge OF annoying
Mrs. Hannah X. Graham"
Mrs. Graham failed to appear at to-
days hearing. and Policeman Cain was
obliged to admit that so far as he knows
now there may not be any woman Of
that name in existence. The complain
ant policeman, however. did produce a
witness in the person OF jeremiah Nc
Carthy, an employe at the American
League baseball grounds. who corrobor-
ated the police testimony in regard to
three Of the incidents which occurred in
the monkey house on November Is.
This was the most important develop
ment in the complainant's case. although
another surprise was sprung on Caruso s
lawyers when It was sought 20 have the
Mrs. Graham incident only as one Of the
several on which the charge against him
was based. The defense had expected
to go into court to answer only the Gra-
ham charge. In this they were disap-
pointed. and the Cain testimony in regard
to the other four cases was admitted.
Must Depend on Dispositions.
Ex-Judge A. J. Dittenhoefer and z. ".
/ Srerling. counsel for the defense, said:
/ MANY witnesses are not residents of this
STATE and we viii have to take their tes-
timony in the form % dispositions We
WI: probably rot be able TO get those
/ deposftioas until the special panel is
/ drawn"
/ They sought 10 discredit the Mccarthy
/ testimony by showing that the witness
was an acquaintance Of the complainant
! policeman, and that ne had not been in
/ troduced into the case until after st was
/ known that Mrs. Graham" would not
/ appear. CarusO's counsel declared again
and again that Mrs Graham was a
myth. and that the whole thing was a
/ pOlice-nade case. CarusO's lawyers didn' {
attempt 10 suggest what the object Of the
/ conspiracy must be.
CarusO Tells of Smile.
! Carusc himself was on the witness
stand for three-qUarJeTs Of an hour. He
was questioned through an Interpreter.
Land. aside from being little nervous. he
made a good impression. He declared
/ that he wasn't IN the monkey house more
/ than FIVE or SIX minutes; that the woman
who called herself Mrs Graham, had
/ smiled at HIM In q way that made her in
/ tention plain. but that he had ignored her
and did not see her again until after he
/ had been arrested by Cain and led before
I the sergeant in the Arsenal.
/ He declared that the policeman took
/ him in custody outside the money house.
and that lie did not know what he had
( beer arrested for The policeman swore
I that ne arrested Caruso inside the mon
/ key house. after Mrs. Graham had struck
/ him with both hands.
/ These charges are al false" said the
( singer. through an Interpreter. 4 have
! never seen any woman i'm the monkey
/ house 10 annoy her 1 have never brush
! ed against one, or attempted to touch
any one" Then. drawing himself up TO
his full stature. and swelling his chest,
4 ne beloved oUt: What is said here is
not true. Il is lies"
Never Saw Accuser Before.
So far as Mccarthy, one Of those who
testified against him, was concerned. he
! declared he had never seen him before.
and ne averred that it was his custom 10
walk all the time with his hands in his
! pockets.
never been arrested on the complaint OF
any one, and insisted on this throughout.
/ Asked what he was doing in the park, he
said he was trying to kill an hour or so
: before going to a friends house 10 dine.
! When asked II it was not a fact that he
could talk perfectly good English. and
/ after having had pointed out to him two
reporters, whom Attorney Mathol, for
/ the prosecution. declared he had con-
veTsed with in English many times,
/ Caruso said:
/ 4 can't explain anything in English"
Asked to describe the woman who made
4 the complaint against him. he said:
she was about thirty years old Her
cheeks were painted.
How did you know she was trying TO
firt with you?"
she smiled at me in that way-you
know-as women do when they want TO
/ f1irt-"
Singer May Testify Again.
It was at this point that court ad-