Evening journal., 1911-04-01

upon the payment Of 800, and that
Mrs. Connahan had paid Chief Black /
S25 on account.
The witness said that he was read /
ing newspaper in the Chiefs outer
Office when the women came into the
office.
The elder woman said "Chief. how
are you" and then asked him II she
could open a house. The Chief, War
die said, told her she could not as
there were enough Of such houses in
the city. The younger woman, who is
Stella Jordan, then remarked. We'll
let's go around and see the girls"
Wardle said the couple left the Of
flee together. and had not been there
1ve minutes He said he did not know
the woman at the time, and asked
Chief Black who they we're when they
went out He said Chief Black had
just come into the Office when the wo-
men came in and he did not remove
his coat, and that there was very lit
tie conversation. He said that when
he went out of the office the women
We're down stairs talking to an officer
and In the meantime the Chief had
gone home. He said the Connahan
woman had been drinking.
In cross examination Wardle said
It was In January two years ago that
the women came into the Chiefs Of
fee. They had testified that It was
either In May or June OF last year.
Chief Explains Difference In Time.
Mr.. Ball then called Chief Black TO
explain this difference in time. He
said the time the women saw him
/ about a house was in last January a
/ year ago. and that was the only time
/ he saw them. He said he was on his
way home when he met the women on
/ the corner and the Connahan woman
said she had important business with
! him. He noticed that she had been
/ drinking, but he returned to his Of
| fee with them. The rest Of his ev-
dence was similar TO that of War
! dies. He said he never saw either
woman again until today, and that
Mrs Conuahan had not been in his
/ Office since.
His evidence along this line was
| positive, and cross examination fail
ed to shake II.
Edna Allen, who conducts a house
Of questionable repute in this city,
was the next witness called. She
said she lives at No. 226 Orange
street.
The witness was asked by Judge
Ball II James p. Ratledge had not
called at her house and requested her
to make affidavit that she paid Chief
OF Police Black protection money.
Mr.. Satterthwaite objected to the
question.
Mr.. Ball. however, insisted on the
question. He said he wanted to show
that this proceeding was not move
ment Of the citizens but of two men
for revenge for some little thing
Chief Black may have done to them
and he contended that they stopped
at nothing to get evidence either
false or otherwise.
The Board decided to allow the
question, and the witness replied that
Ratledgef had made such a request.
Never Paid Protection Money.
She said she sent for Ratledge on
another matter and the minute he en-
tered the house and she had an OPP
portunity to tell him why she sent
for him, he said he understood that
she had paid Chief Black 500. She
told him that she had never given
Chief Black any money and he in
sisted that she had and told her he
had affdavits from other women in
the same business as she Is.
The witness said Ratledge further
wanted her 10 sign a blank paper
which he said was to get something
belonging TO her from another person.
J She refused to sign the paper until
! II was filed out and read to her. He
then left the house. she said
In cross examination the witness
was asked by Mr.. Satterthwaite
whether the paper Ratledge had asked
her 20 sign was not TO get some
knowledge of her husband from whom
she was applying for a divorce in
Philadelphia. She said Ratledge had
told her so but she insisted the paper
was blank, and she refused to sign
It. She said she had employed Rat
ledge I'm connection with this divorce
The witness asserted that Ratledge
told her he had noticed a check for
S1OO which she gave to Chief Black
and he would prove it when the time
came She said she told him to prove
It,
The witness said in her direct evil
dence that Ratledge had told her he
had the same authority TO close her
house as Chief Black had.
i Mable Carson, an inmate of the AL
len house corroborated Edna AneRs
/, evidence. She said she heard Rat
ledge ask Mrs. Allen If she had not
given a check for 500 to Chief Black
The witness said Mrs. Allen replied
that she had never given Chief Black
any money, but Ratledge insisted thai
she had.
Attack HeiIer's Reputation.
Harry c. Taylor a patrolman, wa'
next called. When asked by Mr.. Bal
he said he knew Baron Heller, one o
the witnesses who testified against
Chief Black. He said Heller came L
him last Tuesday morning about
o'clock, and insisted on telling hin
about Chief Blacks case, and said hl
was working for Ratledge and Gilli'
against Chief Black He said Heile
also told him Chief Black had pu
him out Of the house No. 229 Orang'
street. and had refused him permis
sion to hold boxing exhibitions.
The witness said Heller told hin
about going to Reading with Ratledg'
and getting affidavits from Edit
Grant and another woman, formerly
Of this city, but the women would no
sign the papers when a notary wa
called in saying they we're false.
In cross examination the question
of Heiler's reputation came up ant
Oficer Taylor said il was bad.
III Michael McGillion, a policeman, tes
tlfied that Heller In the latter part o
last August in his presence referrel
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