Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-01-13
Bench Warrant Issues tor Wo-
man Subject 10 Convenient
lndisposItiOn.
WHERE LOU MARTIN STANDS
Nitncssc, IN Court say OgIcn's NUior-
iou- Woman Profcsssd 10 Have
Tho Coumcilnans support.


sumption Of the injunction case against
the red light district as the Citizens
Investment company. viii have a rude
| awakening this afternoon from the evil
dent belief that she is immune from
! paying any attention 70 a subpoena.
was made certain when Judge Morse
this morning ordered the issuance OF q
bench warrant for her
The plaintiffs 200 the case placed nu-
merous witnesses on the stand and IN
/ troduced documentary evidence COINS
| TO prove that the intent of the so-callec
! Citizens Investment company was
| nothing less infamous than the STARE
| ing Of "a wholesale red light district or
| the west side. Then the woman was
| called, who il was announced. woul@
be Che last witness for the plainuic
When the name OF Dora y. Tophaw
was called, there was silence for moo
| ment; then Attorney j.. A. Walton, fOr
the defense. read TO the court a COM
| municatiOn from DIT. CunrOy, of OgdoE
/ which stated that Dora b Topham was
! 'indisposed" and unable to attcnu
court.
WILL BRING HER.
The plaintiffs then introduced in eve
dcnce the articles Of Incorporation OF
| the Citizens Investment company go
I iug 60 show chat the missing witness
I was really the company, hidden behind
| the articles, as none of the other per-
/ sons named in the articles were down
for more than nominal number Of
/ the shares.
George Clutch. clerk OF the city po-
lice court, was sworn, and produced the
| complaints against the women arrest
| ed during the raid Of the stockade
house last Saturday night, together
| with their respective bail bonds. signed
( by II. S. Noglesang. bookkeeper for
the Citizens Investment company. who
was later placed on the stand and testi-
fled TO his relationship 10 the company,
also 90 tho fact that he had signed tile
bonds.
a number Of women We're placed on
the stand, and after admitting their
calling, testilcd - ihe tact that they
knew Dora Z. Topham, or Belle Lon
don, and that they had talked with her
relative to renting houses from her Ia
che stockade
with the close OF this evidence the
plaintiffs attorneys announced that
Dora y Topham would be the last wit
ness called for their side, and that they
were unable to proceed further with
out her presence. whereupon the cOurl
after calling for the sherffs return Oh
the service OF subpoena, ordered 4
bench warrant issued for the reluctant
witness.
That the hearing OF testimony IN the
case win be short after that OF the
Topham woman has been heard, was
indicated by the defense this morning,
| when Attorney Walton stated that IL
would take but a few minutes 10 pre-
sent his case after the plaintiff had rest
ed, and il is likely that the whole mat
ter win be ready for the consideration
OF the court by noon tomorrow.
YESTERDAYS SESSION.
When the afternoon session Of the
district court under Judge Morse COM
menced yesterday afternoon Deputy
Sheriff Schettler took the stand and re-
lated the history OF the FIRST raid made
in the new vedlight district last SAT-
urday night when one Of the new
houses OF the Citizens Investment COM
pany was raided and several women.
a japanese waiter and a Hungarian
piano player landed in the county jail
Certainly the evidence was picturesque
| AT one time during the testimony OF
the last named witness, a. look
ed as II the large aud. enca
might be deprived OF hearing
the select story OF the district. be-
cause several OF those present found
il impossible 90 keep from laughing.
and this led 10 the order 20 the baliff
from the court 20 clear the room n
there was "a repetition Of the demon
| stration
Deputy sheriff Butler corroborated
the statement Of the FIRST witness. re-.
gardlng the scene IN the house at the
time of the arrests, ana then came "A
most unwilling witness.
A PERFECT Lazy.
Edna Prescott. Who owns 10 reside
ing az 20 Victoria alley, was called 20
the stand and in answer 10 the ques-
ton by the plaintiffs attorney, as 10
what her business or occupation d.. size
found much of interest Ia the ceiling.
and then ln the close examination OF
one of her gloves, before she said the
question Was leading, and that size
preferred not 10 answer 10 because she
| might incrlminato herself She den ci
the acquaintance OF Belle London. but
admitted that she had visited the house
where the arrests were made by deputy
I sherlffs on the same night, and also
that she had seen there woman
named Madeline.
! "What Us Madonue's businoss9" was
, asked to which the witness replied
| that an examination OF the old police
]
answer, and ordered by the court to
give a. she finally stated that Made
line was woman Of the half world.
which was cOuobomtiYe OF the state-
monts of the deputy sherIns whose tos-
umony the defense had attempted 10
| discrodit ou the ground that they had
| gone to tho place 400 am attempt to
| make "a case against the persons ar
rested there.
BAD FOR MARTIN
the testimony of J. ID. Pratt, "a real
! estate man. went 90 show that ths
rrnueriv owned at this tlmo by INC
Cnizenr Investment company and
tpon which is built the Objectionable
mousse. was purchased by Belle Loa-
don from various former owners.
through the firm Of H. Blrreil a co..
before tho formation of the investment
company. and that az one time while
An tho onieo of Biror a Co.. whna
] discussinT the matter Of the proposed
| district. the woman had stated chat
ND had the support of A. D. Martin bal
the mattel of the building.
Atty. MafloncauN who with ATTY.
Aahton. represents the pla'ntns. called
ION both Belle London 0r Dora B Tou-
nam. aud Ada Wilson. who had boon
subpoenaodI but neither OF whom we're