Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1911-08-09
.DEsCENDENT OF KINGS
RESTS UNDER ACCUSATION
OF CONDUCTING A DISORDERLY
HOUSE IN THE CITY
OF PHOENIX.
Conflicting Testimony Leaves Balance
Inclined in Favor of
Prosecution.

1lCke, accused OF conducting Il GlSoI
derby house was heard. Certain pc
culiarities of the defendant, such as a
well known limbeness of the tongue
in using words not found either i'm
the Bible or abridged dictionaries,
caused the entire case To be sur
rounded with an atmosphere Of pc
culiar interest
Unlike some persons who wilt be
fore the enOrmity of such a charge,
Mrs. Hicke stoutly maintained that
she had no knowledge whatever Of the
use to which her rooms were being
put by certain guests. Instead of
blanching with terror before the aw-
full image of the law, she bristled mp
i'm good Irish style to insist that
there had been mistake i'm her case.
and she said it so positively that
even the court himself smiled a little.
In the opening of the defendants
case, she was put on the witness
stand to tell what she knew of the
raid made on her hotel, the st. Elmo.
last Saturday night at about 1870
O'Clock.
4 mistake was made by the city
attorney in pronouncing her name
Excuse me, sir" she said, but I'm
not ashamed Of my name It's Hicke
and it cost me $4,000 To wear it.
married a man who did me out Of
every dollar. and | want at least to
have the honor of being called by my
own name"
Her attorney proceeded to question
II
get out, for when Mrs. Hicke began
to tell about it she kept right on.
never minding his little attempts to
break her flow of language.
IN her testimony it developed that
she had lived more than twenty wears
in New York. where she married
into the police force" Her descrip-
ton of her husband was not To his
advantage. Not only that, but royal
blood had been transmitted to her
through her ancestors. and she want
ed To know if it would be possible
for a person with royal blood in his
veins to stoop to such a low thing as
she had been accused of. The infer
ence was that such a person would
not stoOp. He might fall. but he
would never stoop.
Proceeding farther, she wished To
inquire if anyone present thought she
ana not know a thing or two about
the world. She wished to ask if il
would be possible for anyone to mar
ry n policeman and live in New York
Tor more than twenty years without
being thoroughly sophisticated. She
then asked a poser Of a question
when she wished to have somebody
present tell her why she. who knew
So thoroughly all the penaI-
ties attached to any infringe
ment Of the law, if she want
ed to conduct a house of i'll fame
should not open and run n good one
without cOndescending to manage
such a half baked affair as the st
Elmo was said to be.
After concluding with this portion
Of her remarks, Mrs. Hicke delivered
n few well chosen words on the sinh
Ject Of city police departments" She
was sorry to admit that the reputa-
ton Of policemen in general was not
very good. They were too v7iIlin,, IN
make arrests and too careless about
picking out their game Their Ian
guage was not always choice. and
their methods not always irreproach-
able
Finally, referring to the question at
issue. she declared, vowed, swore. af
firmed. and Indignantly protested that
she was not guilty of the charge
against her. Her house had always
been conducted on principles of high
morality, and she brought an unim-
peachable witness to testify to this
However. as it later developed that
the witness slept in such a part of
the house that she would have been
unable to hear anything if anything
had gone on, and further. that the
witness had slept undisturbed through
the din of the raid last Saturday
night, her testimony carried little
weight with the spectators This
part of the defense was made much
of by the attorneys for the defendant.
however, who attempted to draw
tears from the eyes of an Unconditional
audience by referring to the sanctity
of a house which could harbor such
a landlady, and such a guest. AS the
other witnesses for the defense were
of a different sort entirely, not above
suspicion, and already slightly faint
ed. in one case. by the stigma of for
mer arrests and fines, this attempt
at emotiOnalism failed so sadly that
a coyote outdoors wept at the humil-
iation of the attorney for the de
Tense
The police presented a strong case
through the city attorney, Mr.. T. J.
Prescott. who called all the officers
of the force to the stand with the
exception of Egley, to testify as to
the reputation of the place. The tes-
timony was unfavorable, although it
was all refuted later by the witnesses
for the defense, not all of whom. as
has been said, were unimpeachable.
The case was tried before Judge
Parker. who will hand down de-
cision this afternoon at o'clock.
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INK SPOTS.
These troublesome stains may be re-