Arizona republican., 1909-12-09
GOVERNMENTS WITNESS
 WILLING WHITE SLAVE
Beginning of the Trial of Alfredo
 Bernsrdin.

The trial of Alfredo BernardIn charged with violating the immigra- ton laws by bringing an alien woman into the country for immoral purposes ! or using for immoral purposes such alien woman within three years after her coming into the country was be- gun in United States court yesterday afternoon.
 The government was represented by United States Attorney Alexander and his assistant. Capt. George D. Christy. B. M. Marks appeared for the defend ant One question asked all talesmen was whether they were connected with any society formed for the purpose of suppressing the White Slave Traffic" None of them were associated with such society.
 In the beginning Captain Alexander stated what the government intended to prove; that Bernardin in February of this year brought into the country at Fl Paso. one Lux Flores. otherwise Adele Benitez, with whom he had lived | for several years in the City of Mex ico. one child resulting from that alli- ance: that after living for short time
 
 to inquire if a room could be procured for his woman: that she subsequently went to Bisbee and soon after that sent Bernardin by telegraph, S11 and { that he thereupon joined her: that aft CT a few weeks Bernardin telephoned to an Italian keeper of red light dis trict at Douglas asking if room could be made on his reservation for the wo- man who then went to Douglas ac- companied by Bernardin who remained there until the police of Douglas began looking for him: that he then fled to Tucson where he made inquiries in the underworld regarding the prospects and was advised that Phoenix was a more promising field; that he secured letters of recommendation to Phoenix keepers and opened a correspondence resulting in his sending for his wife. instructing her to say to those inter ested in her movements that she was about to return to Fl Paso; that the woman joined Bernardin at Tucson in June and they came $to Phoenix to- gether living for a time a retired life in the southern part of town; that at the end of a week Bernardin arranged for the transplantation of his wife to the red light community and that he himself assisted in the removal of her household goods to the express wagon which carried her to her new abode; that she resided there until the arrest of herself and Bernardin by the pokce at the instigation of the immigration officials.
 The White Slave" was the first witness. Her direct testimony was in the main corroboration of the state ment of the United States attorney though it quickly became evident that she was not unfriendly to the White Slave" owner and was disposed to make things easy for him. That be- came plainer on cross examination during which she stated that in every instance when she entered the houses of evil resort she had done so against the protests of Berpardin and that he had always taken her back on her promise that she would lead better life
 Her testimony regarding the high ideals of Bernardin became so strong that the United States attorney was forced to protest against the defense making such use of the governments witness.
 However the government was by no means solely depending upon the story or the White Slave" She was only 1 to be used for the bringing out of cer- tain facts regarding her entrance into the country. What happened after that VIII be told by other witnesses from Bisbee, Douglas and Phoenix.