The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-07-13
ASSflS TALE
IF IRISH GIRL
ST. introduces I'm
lspeaching Witnesses.
TIE WOUNDS sHr-NfLIcTED
Physician Thinks Lace Maker Suf-
fefs Hysteria.
Calcium ruxnsa on MetAeSs Used IN
CAaease to suDsay Demand for
swAits slsvessr-Five Nsee
witaessss.
zE WOUNDS sHr-NfLIcTED

sWhate S1svesS-F1ve Woeo
witnesses.
Chicago. July l12--Ella oingies con.
tinued to bask in the white light Of
publis interest today. Judge Brentano's
court room. where the young Irish lace
maker y on trial for larceny. . charge
which she declares was made only to
cover attempts to lead her into white
slavery" was crowded with women. sew
eral Of whom obtained entrance
through forgery Of passes.
The State. during the day. dealt the
Gingles defense several telling blows.
The story Of the wellington Hotel bath
room incident was impeached In many
important features. Attempts Of coun-
sci for the defendant to bring into the
case the names Of we'll known mon as
being behind the plot against the girl
met with failure.
DIR. Arthur e. Price. one OF the med
ical experts for the State. gave tes-
timony tending to support the theory
that the girl In suffering from q form
Of hysteria.
Or. Price saw the girl Of the hospital
after she was found injured in the bath
room. He thus described what be
found:
"Besides a few scratches on her body.
found o small lump on the back OF
her head. When I pressed the lump.
she screamed. saying lit panied her.
Later. while. she was talking TO Mr..
Short, pressed the lump hut she paid
no attention to 1t"
what is your opinion Of the
II think they were self-infiicted.'
OBJECTS to Half Disrobing.
After q brief cross examination by
Attorney r. H. o,Donneli. Miss Gingfes
was called before DR.. Price and asked
| to bare her knee.
II object to this half disrobins of
this young woman" said PROSECUTORS
Short.
He was sustained
Mr.. o'Donnefi then had the physi-
clan examine scare on the young wO-
mans arm DR. Price said these scars
were from more severe wfounds than
he had found on the girl. =.
w sr III s ere sssss s wopq scsh ar
| DR.. Price was asked.
s"Fhey have been Heightened. The
i scars could be the result OF deeper In
cisions or scratches"
Mrs. Anna williams. house detective
at q department store, testified that on
| January Q she saw ths Gingies girl
take some goods and that later the
gtri signed q confession.
When court adjourned, the prosecutor
declared he had five more witnesses.
The case Is not expected to reach the
| jury before Friday.
| Mrs. Edna Wolf. matron at the La
a. AAIA 90
| two interviews which she had with
Miss Gingles In January subsequent
| to the FIRST alleged attack, and prior
| to the wellington Hotel bathroom mys-
| terry.
On the frst visit to the depot. Mrs.
Wolf found the lace maker in the la
dies waiting room. She complained
| OF feeling faint. Mrs. Wolf had for
gotten the incident when Miss Gin
gles reappeared q week later and re-
introduced herself.
| ~ asked her what ] could do for
her and she said she had been arrest
ed on complaint OF Miss Agnes Bar
| rette. She said she had been bound
and cut in the Wellington Hotel and
her clothes taken away. l asked her
II there was any suggestion OF white
slavery made to her and she said
there was not. She said Miss Bar
| TOtIC aUu6Ou hoN UCCouRS SAo WoaA0 Ach
give up her secret Of lace making.
Again I asked her II there was
| anything I could do for her. and she
| said, Well, IL anybody comes here,
| tell them you found me weak, and
| hungry. haven't eaten for three
days. I told her would say MOTH
ing except about her first visit when
| she appeared sick. About an hour la
| ter she appeared with q stout woman.
v,t. uhzA he
Ella had been at the station and was
suffering from weakness due to lack
of food.
Mr.. o'Donneli then cross-examined
| the witness.
did Ella appear sick and faintr'
eyes,
Told AEat1on Of Attack.
"Did she tell you anything about be-
ing taken from her home by two wo-
men?'
Eyes: she said Miss Barrette and an
other woman had taken all her laces
and had then taken her to the hotel. /"
You mentioned white slavery"
yes, we always ask ell young wo-
men who come TO the depot and seem
to be lost. whether anyone had ap-
preached them"
"Is Is. then. so prevalent that you
question all friendiess girls who seek
your assistance?"
sYes.k
"Did Ella know what white slavery
meant"
Yes"
william H. Luthardt. clerk at the de-
tective bureau testified that he had
inspected the lace in dispute between
Miss Barrette and Miss Gingles.
Nigheg0wn was New
Were you In the once when the
nightgown and rope were brought INF"
Eyes"
"Did the gown appear to have been
launderedT'
mo; it seemed to be new. 1t bore
the name of Al Barrette' In clean ink.
To satisfy myself that the ink had
not been through the laundry with the
gown. I moistened the gown and 1t
was blurred
The testimony Of the gown was in
troduced by the State TO show that
the niRhtgown IN which Miss Gingles
was found In the hotel bathroom did
not belong to Miss Barrette. but had
been purchased by Miss Gingies and
the name, "A. Barrette.' written there
on. Detective Joseph Kinder gave evil
dence damaging 20 Miss Gingles's mar
rative of the attack In the bathroom.
I'VE examined the bathroom tran
som ana Miss Barrett's room. The
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