The Detroit times., 1908-05-23

the other stone put In a ring for
Favor
For Christmas, last year, | gave
Capt. Newberry cut-glass lamp that
cost S3S. About New Years he came
around and wanted me TO give him a
cut-glass whisky set OF mine that he
took fancy To. AS * had been a
present TO me. | didn't want TO give II
TO him. but | told him | would buy
him one like It and | did. paid $40
for it,"
Ii was partly on Hibbler's sugges-
ton, Annie said, that she gave Capt.
Newberry her own 1915 diamond ring
last fall, the alleged transaction on
which the separate charge OF com.
pounding a felony against Newberry
Is based. This was about the time
Julian 10th. Annie's rival. was being
put out of business.
| "Hibbler said we had to fix New
berry up, too" testified Annie, so |
took the ring off my finger and gave 1t
to the captain then and there.
bought the ring from Mr.. Rooster for
1915"
Relative to the prosecutions claim
/ thot VIC PVbNt 5oubht w piOlCNl fNnhit
against Coulsons attacks, Annie said
that at the time Coulson began to Sc
cure affidavits concerning her resort,
Capt. Newberry told her he had re-
ceived several complaints about her
| and advised her to let his officers
take the names OF the persons whom
Coulson was questioning and the po-
lice would get affidavits. too. This
was done. she said, and she named
| several persons. mostly foreigners
whose affidavits. she asserted, had
been taken In police headquarters.
Bessie King Incident
She told OF being present In a house
on Beaubien-st. when Coulson inter
| day, she said, Capt. Newberry told
her to meet Precinct Detectives Walsh
and Kane and Commissioner Smiths
stenographer at place on FOREST
| She met them at the appointed time
and place and the party went to the
house on Beaubien-st., where Bessie
King, who was an intimate friend OF
Annie, had arranged to meet Coulson.
walsh and Kane and the stenog-
rapher and myself were concealed In
al lOOul, Sdlu Auult, anu
could hear what was being said The
stenographer. Leo-I don't know his
last name-sat at table near the
door at first. taking II all down. But
he couldn't hear very well there SO
he lay on his stomach right In front
OF the door. which was closed. OF
| course, and took the rest of 1t In that
position.
Attorney Frazer protested vigorous
| ly against the admission OF this evil
dence on the ground that 1t was IRE.
| levant
I'VE charge that the defendants
| promised to give this woman protec-
ton for. $500 and that's what they
were doing" insisted Mr. Yerkes.
Justice Stein held that II was com
petent for the prosecution to show
subsequent acts OF the defendants as
bearing on the alleged conspiracy and
| allowed the testimony To stand.
| Annie testified that she was on the
point OF moving out of her present
location when she learned that Julian
| 10th was planning competition, but
that, on the assurance OF Capt New
berry that she had nothing TO fear
she decided to remain, she said
The captain told me would be
protected" was her statement.
CrossExaminatio Begins.
Attorney Allan II. Frazer began tho
cross-examination OF Annie Smith
shortly before IL O'Clock.
Are you disorderly woman was
his first question.
No. sir" replied the witness
promptly.
Are you the keeper OF house OF
ill-fame?"
II am"
How long have you lived in De-
troit?"
-Four years"
"And you have been engaged In the
same business all that timer"
Yes, sir"
Where did you live before you
came to Detroit?'
Toledo"
Same business?"
Yes. sir. I was there only three
or four months"
why did you leave?"
IL felt like IT,"
Before going TO Toledo she kept a
rooming house at No. 3s4 Euclid-ave..
Cleveland. and had five OF six room
ers.
In answer 10 Mr.. Frazers questions
Annie said that she was born in Hun
gary and emigrated 10 this country
from Misca. small town near Buda-
pest. the capital OF Hungary. when she
was Fl years old and she Is now %.
What was your fathers name?"
IL have forgotten" was the reply.
Your maiden name"
IL can't tell you that either"
Hesltates TO Tell Name.
Annie afterwards explained that she
hesitated because she did not want
her countrymen to know who she had
been in the homeland. on account OF
the business In which she Is engaged
When pressed by the cross-examiner
she finally gave her maiden name a.
Anna Simon. Her father was Joseph
| Simon
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