The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-07-08
Tom Taggart of Democratic
Fame One of the Men
Mentioned
hL|EN|sT WATCHING WITNESS
So As TO FIX his TESTIMONY
Efforts Of the Prosecution to Entrap
the Girl and Secure Damaging Ad.
missions Prove Failures and Attack
on Her Sanity Only Loop Hole

Chicago, July S.-Woman's cunning
was pftted against seasoned law.
yer's shrewdness in the trial today of
Ella Gingles, charged with the theft
OF lace from Agnes Barrett's Yelling
ton hotel store. Assistant States At
torney Benedict j. Short at 1920 a.
m. called the Gingles girl to the wit
ness stant and put her through a
grilling. She, looking sel;-confident
and smiling, parried his questions,
but not for single moment did she
lose her seli-possession. She never
became ratified" and when the state
prosecutor pressed her, now and then
for direct answer, she smiled at his
discomfort, her eyes danced about the
courtroom and she disposed OF the
query with some answer which left
Mr.. Short as much in the dark as
| when he started
Attorneys in a Clash.
Once Mr.. Short caught her looking
in the direction of Attorney Patrick
H. ODonnell, her lawyer, who sat in
front OF her.
Don't look at Mr.. O'Donnell; look
at me-" commanded the prosecutor in
| his sternest tones.
Attorney O'Donnell protested that
he was not looking at his client and
offered to sit beside the state prose-
cutor. and appeared much disturbed
at the imputation that he was exer-
cising mental influence on his client,
But Ella Gingles did not seem to
mind 1t. She looked at Mr.. Short and
smiled, just as schoolgirl would
smile on receiving her diploma.
Her blue eyes changed color when
Mr.. Short was pressing her for an
swers in tight places and their blue
4-became darker, but with little hesi-
tation she managed to wiggle out OF
what seemed to the spectators biz
difficulties.
"TOm" Taggart Mentioned.
The sensation OF the morning ses-
sion was caused by tho dragging into
the case of the name of TON" Tag
gart, former chairman of the Demo-
cratic national committee, as one OF
two men whose names had been men
toned by Miss Barrett in the Gingle
girls presence during tho alleged at
tack in Miss Barrett's room in the
Wellington hotel. The name of the
politician was injected into the case
in the cross-eXamination OF the wit
ness by Assistant States Attorney
Short over the objections OF Attorney
| G'Donnell.
The Barrett.kenyon Visit.
After some perfunctory testimony
at the opening OF the morning ses-
sion the Gingles girl was asked about
the visit OF Miss Barrett and Mrs.
Kenyon to her home.
Q-"Who was at your home when
you got there?" A.-Miss Barrett
and Mrs Kenyon"
Q.-"Where were they? A.-"They
were coming down the stairs"
Q.-"Are you saying that to init.
mate that they had been in YOU,
room?" A.--"Yes, sir. was told
they wereJ
| they had been in my room."
Q.-'"What did you do?" Al
asked them to my room."
Q.-"You had the key then?" A.
"Yes."
Gives Miss Barrett Collar.
Q-"What did you next do?" A.
Il lighted the gas and gave Miss Bar
rett the collar"
Q.--"Where did you have the COL
lar?" Ain the top drawer of my
dresser
Q.-"What did Miss Barrett then
do?" A.-."She asked me for the rest
of her lace. l gave her the pieces
that she gave me to work on and she
said: Give me the rest l told her
that did not have any more and she
then said that she wanted to search
the room.'
Q.-"What did she then do?" A.
"She pulled out all the drawers and
threw their contents on the floor. She
then took my lace"
Q.-"Did you call for Mrs. Linda
man." A.-"No."
Q.-"Then what happened?" A
"She then took my suitcase and dump
ed everything on the floor. Then she
took my purse. money watch and
necklace"
Q.-"Then you showed her your
trunk?" Ayes"
Sprinkle TalIow on Clothing.
Tho witness then testified that
while Miss Barrett and Mrs. Kenyon
were searching the place they tramp
ed on her clothing and sprinkled can
die tallow over the wearing apparel
which they had thrown on the floor.
Sha said:
Mrs. Kenyon held a candle while
Miss Barrett searched the trunk.
They threw all my clothes out and
then walked over them. Mrs. Kenyon
remarked that the candle greese was
dropping on the clothing and Miss
Barrett replied that was all right as
long as Mrs. Kenyon did not burn her
fingers"
Brings in Taggart's Name.
The witness described the incidents