New-York tribune., 1911-11-30
GIRL DENOUNCES JUDGE
Enraged at Hint That She Led
on Man She Accuses.
FATHER ALSO MAKES SCENE
Botello Held for Second Degree
Assault, Instead Of More
Serious Charge.

Vincent H1ra. % stockv contractor
from Scranton. Penn. created scene in
Part ". General Sessions late Yesterday
afternoon ~ denouncinE Judge Swami In
unmis'akable terms fc- allowing the man
who had been accused 81 tetrayiug his
daughter Miss Florence O'Hara. 10 plead
guilty 10 q charge ~ assault lu tho second
degree when he bad been indicted on q
moro serious charge. I-idor Wassrrvogcl,
Assistant District Attorney. agreed 20 tho
form of pleading
'I demand 10 see the Judge. do YOU hear
me-" shouted OTIara from his seat IN the
witnesses row.
once IN the witness chair. he denounced
the prisoner Julio Rotello. a citizen OF
Mexico and civil engineer.
THAT man there f. tho most despicabie
criminal that ever drew the breath Of life"'
he shouted as he rose In his chair and
shook heavy fist iu Botsllo's direction.
lie betrayed my motherless daughter with
the vilest premedtation. lie is guilty of a
crime as black as murder. iIc --.' at this
roiut O'Hard was interrupted by Judge
Swami
Not so fast. Mr. OIlara said Judge
Swami. practically. "1t was AZ my sugges-
tion that the accused man was allowed to
plead To second degree assault There are
always two sides 20 q story. IN cases OF
this Kind Il s. generally found that man
goes about AS far in his treatment of 9
woman as she permits, and no further
The man IS to certain extent led by
the
DO You mean 90 lu~iHuatc that my
daughter is not yirfuous?' Interrupted the
contractor al white heat
Not AT all. Mr. O'Hara. but she was im-
prudent" replied Judge Swami. sh'
PLAYED with ire. She was allowed 10 70
about with this man. and she consented TO
90 with him to certain resorts along the
great White Way at unseemly hours. She
must have realized the gravity Of her con-
duct and that she was no longer in Scran-
Ton You cant touch pitch without being
dedled. You can't walIow iu filth without
getting filthy
At this juncturo Miss OHara jumped up
I rom her chair iu the rear oi the court
room Waving her arms frantically' she
rushed screaming mp the aisle 10 the bar.
Two court attaches brought her back DE
main force She was so hystericai that 1t
was necessary to remove her TO an ante
room
"Io s.vs 1 fr-1uerted the Tonderloin.
don't live in New York. How did ! know
where the Tenderloin was?' she creld.
Mr. O'Uara gripped the arms Of his chair
and got 10 his feet.
THAT scoundrel ruined ms daughter DO
libcrat,Iv. not on tn spur of the moment.
ha shouted as he again shook his INST AT
Boteuo. HE planned his act from the iirst
moment nc met her. lie knew her mother
WAS dead and that she lacked the protec-
tio, of mother Hes guilty ~ crime
worse than murder What is the law for
VIII Won send such d blacksuard 10 re-
for,,atorv and then tirn him loose on So
cl.tv7 What mans homo ie safe If such
creature f. released upon th" community"
81 don't intend to hang this accused. re-
rIed Judge Swami. but do intend 10 pun
ish him. You understand that If TINS case
were to 20 TO a Jury both sides would be-
considered. do yon not
ooteiIo was rcmanded until next Tues
dav. The maximum sentence for assault
in the second degree 10 five years. The
rpaximum for the more serious crime Is
twenty years
RotelIo ana Miss OTTara met three years
ago in Scranton They planned 10 elope
M 1909. but something that Botcllo said 10
the Girl at tho tine caused her TO change
ler mind. IIe was in cuba till last Octo-
her. whom ha came go New York Miss
OHam woe I'm tho city ~ the time em-
poved - II buyer i'm department store.
'rhoy mot ai tho 12I street subway station
early iu October. on tho evening ~ Octo-
her eS Botello, tho evidence showed, took
tho girl'to an Italian table dhotc restau-
ant and persuaded ner to drink cocktail
telling her that n was harmless She said
tho Iasi thing she remembered was being
taken to thc Hotel Astor. When she re-
rainef consciouencss she found herself in
a yoa.n with Boteilo in hotel near sixth
avenue She told her story 10 District At
iornev Whitman. and Botelo WAS indicted.
IIe vas arrested in hiG room at No 800
West attn street several Witnesses were
examined before be pleaded guilty
Mics OHara was historical for half an
hour Then sh. End hcr father went up 10
tho District Attorney office. where they
were loud IN their denuncistions ~ the
courts disposition Of the case Both said
they had been grossly nEulted.