Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-01-12
L. D. Martin, Alderman from the
First Ward, Was Hired by
Belle London.
DID NOT KNOW HER PURPOSE
Has Lived IN Omaha and san Fran
cisco and Docs Not Know
What u crib H.

The greater part OF the morning sos-
sion of the district court prcridcd over
by Judge Morse. was consumed Goa the
examination OF witnesses in the red
light injunction suit hv the prosecu-
ton, going 10 establish the fact that the
establishment Of red light district ON
tho west side is detrimental and os-
pocially TO the children, OF whom there
are many. and also 90 establish the
fact BY direct testimony that the pror-
crty values arc very much less than
they were before II was proposed TO cs-
tahlish the red nght district there. and
that tenants are much more difficult TO
procure FOR renting property
The first witness called In this con-
pection As the principal complainant
John LLOYD. executor 81 the Lloyd es-
tate who testified regarding the emit
rance 30 the stockade. and also 20 the
fact that the l5-foot gateway leading
into il, had been boarded up since last
David j. Williams OF the Commercial
Savings Bank company also COM
plalnant testified that his company
was the owner OF "a piece Of property In
the immediate vicinity Of the stOckade.
which was valued at $4,000, but which
was az present earning an income of
only $500 "a year
Tho witness stated that the property
could be made to earn $500 a year II
properly improved. but that the prOX-
unity Of the stockade greatly lossened
the earning capacity of the property.
A HOT REToRT
David r Parry. OF SOC west First
South street. when called 10 the
D. g Ia. H.HHHHH of ID
pieces OF property whore he lived,
aud that on this arc nine dwelling
houses. occupied 10y eight families
besides his own, numbering % souls,
Of whom the greater number are
children.
These children. on their way TO and
from school are compelled by reason
of the fact that west Third South
and South Temple streets are closed
leaving the only thoroughfares open,
First and Second South streets; T.
pass the stockadc daily several times.
Mr. Parry also said that number
OF his tenants had told him that they
would be very sorry 20 leave, nut
that they would De compelled 10 do
30 N the scheme for locating the
redlight district ON the west side were
carried ont
your sole objection to the estab-
llshment of this so called redlight
district there, Is because il Is morally
offensive. is itH" was asked by At
tOrney II. a. Walton for the defense,
under cross examination.
Certainly il Is morally offensive
was 1.-THE quick answer. "and / guess
IL would be TO you. too. II YOU had had
your home there for 40 years and YOU
found il being surrounded by red
light district"
MARTIN SIDESTEPS
L. d. Martin was the last witness
called before adjoU5'nment for the
noon recess, and after answering the
preliminary questions regarding his
kge. occupation, and modestly ad-
hitting the accusation that he Is
member of the city council. he pro-
duced and identihed the plans for
the houses objected TO by the cti-
zens of the west side, as being the
ones he had made at the order
Of Dora r, Topham. otherwise Belle
London, president of the Citizens In
Vestment company
He described one row Of apartments
a. containing 40 rooms nine feet, six
Inches by u feet. provided with "a door
and q window each, but professed en-
tire ignorance of what a crib Is, other
than by hearsay and denied any
knowledge Of the fact that the rooms
he had planned for the president OF
the Citiaen's Investment company, are
commonly known as cribs.
He said iu answer 10 questions, that
he had lived both IN Omaha and san
Francisco, but had never inspected the
red light district OF either city, and did
not know what a crib h.
Al this point the balm announced a
recess till o'clock this afternoon