The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-07-13
GINGLES CASE NOW
ASSUMES NEW PHASE
Girls Story of the Bathroom In
cident lmpeached in Many
Vital Points.

CHICAGO. July 12.-Ella Glngles
continued to be a figure of public IN
terest today. Judge Brentano's court
room. where the young Irish laccmaker
is on trial for larceny, charge which
she declares was made only TO cover
attempts to lead her into white slavery,
was iammed with women.
The state dealt the GlDglcs defense
several blows. The story Of the Well.
ington hotel bathroom incident was I'm,
peached in many features. Attempts or
counsel for tho defendant to bring into
the ease the names of wcllknown men
met with failure. DR.. T., Price gave
testimony tending to support the theory
that the girl is suffering from form
Of hystcria
Miss Gingles was cheered today as
she made her way through the corridors
of the criminal court building. The
crowd extended from the street to the
doors of Judge Brentano $ court room
1t was there merely TO catch n glimpse
OF the defendant, for Judge Brentano
has ordered that none but those directly
interested in the trial be admitted. One
man wcdged in the crowd tainted from
the heat. Several shouldered their way
10 Miss Gingles S side and snoke words
Of encouragement. The girl seemed
much pleased at the reception accorded
her yesterday at the Garfield Boulevard
Presbyterian church. where she was in
trodnced from the pulpit by the pastor
and where $3.50 for her defense was
raised.
Statement Contradicted.
The first witness today was Sigvard
Sorenson, an employee of the Newberry
library He was called for the pur-
pose of rcfuting Miss Gingles s state
ment that she read the papers at the
library on January last. She stated
on the stand that she read the advertise
ments of positions,
"We do not have newspapers for the
use OF the public" &" said Mr.. Sorenson.
:. We get the papers quarterly and then
they arc bound up in big volumes. We
do not get them daily
On cross-examination by Mr.. O'Don.
nell, representing the defendant, Mr.,
SoTenson stated that there were tables
in the reference room where the public
could read newspapers.
Mrs Edna Wolf, matron at the La.
Sale street railway station, told of two
interviews which she had with Miss
Gingles in January subsequent to the
FIRST alleged attack and prior to the
Wellington hotel mystery.
On the first visit TO the depot Mrs.
Wolf found the lacemakcr in the won.
en- s waiting room She complained of
feeling faint. Mrs. Wolf had forgotten
the incident when Miss Gingles reap
pcared a week later and rcintroduced
herself,
Gives New Explanation.
81 asked her what I could do for her
and she said she had been arrested on
complaint Of Miss Agnes Barrettc. She
said she had been bound and cut in the
Wellington hotel and her clothes taken
away, ] asked her if there was any
suggestion of white slavery made to
her, and she said there had not been.
She said Miss Barette abused her be
cause she would not give up her secret
of lacemaiing
"Again | asked her if there was any
thing ! could do for her, and she said
We'll. if anybody comes here tell them
you found me weak and hungry. ]
haven't eaten for three days / told
her I would say nothing except about
her first visit, when she appeared sick.
About an hour later she appeared with
a stout woman. The woman asked me if
it were true that Ella had been at the
station and was suffering from weak
ness due 10 lack Of food. -
Mr., O'Donncll then cross-eXamlned d
the witness.
'Dld Ella tell you anything about
being taken from her homo by two
women !''
''White Slavery Prevalent
eyes, she said Miss Barrettc and an.
other woman had taken all her laces and
had then taken her to the hotel
"Gou mentioned white slavery. ~
eyes; we always ask young women
who come to the depot and seem to be
lost whether any one had approached
them. -
"Is it then so prevalent that you
question all friendlcss girls who seek
your assistauce?'
eyes
odd Ella know what white slavery
meantP'
eyes
Detective Joseph Kinder gave evi-
dence damaging to Miss Gingles IS nara
tive of the attack in the bathroom. He
said:
"Wc examined the bathroom. the
transom and Miss Barrettc s room. The
lock had not been tampered with and
the ledge of the transom was covered
with undisturbcd dust, showing that no.
body had crawled over it as claimed by
Miss Gingles."