Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-03-19
SENT TO GRAND Jury.
Young Alexandrian to Answer Charge
of Pandering Before Corporation
Court.

The case OF Mason Smith, who WAS
arrested Yesterday on the charge OF
placing young woman named Marie
Newman in a resort in the northeast
ern section of tn. city. came up ID the
Police Court this morning. The &C.
cused was held for the action OF the
grand jury. Justice Cation declined to
allow Smith 10 enter Tito bond before
his tribunal, but told him he would be
compelled to make arrangements for
his security before Judge Barley.
4 young woman PANIED May Man
uel OF Baltimore, was placed upon the
stand. According to her testimony,
the complainant in the case CAME to
this city on her own yolitiou, aud that
Smith did not request her to accom-
pany him. She stated that the New.
man girl bought her own ticket, saying
she desired to leave Baltimore, her ma
tive city, for reasons which she gave;
also that Smith did not follow the
couple to the resort after they reached
Alexandria.
The testimony OF the Newman girl
was substantially rs given yesterday.
She said Smith asked her TO come TO
Alexandria, as bad also the Manuel
girl, and had accompanied them to this
city.
4 woman. resident OF the bouse to
which the couple repaired, testified that
Smith did accompany the two girls to
the house, and another woman testi-
fed to the same effect.
Smi,I subsequently took the staud.
He said Christine Morse. one OF the
inmates Of the house in this city, had
requested him to accompany May
Manuel OF the resort, to her home IN
Baltimore. as she had become home
sick, and desired TO see her mother.
He went with the woman to the monu'
mental city. She did not. however,
see her mother, and he and the girl
went to different points in the city and
in their strolls entered cafe where
they procured refreshments. They
met the Newman girl in this place.
She averred that the girl offered to
come to Alexandria, and did so Oh her
own yoli,ion, purchasing her ticket.
Smith said the trio reached Alexan-
dria during the night. He admitted
be went to the house after the girls al
rived there
Justice Cation in summing up the
case said there was but one course for
him to pursue, and that was to hold
the &C used for the grand jury, and
that il he desired to give hond he could
make arrangements with Judge Barley
OF the Corporation Court.
4 large audience had gathered in
the court room to hear the case, but
they we're asked to retire before the
proceedings began. Those composing
the assemblage slowly moved down
stairs by their looks showing their dis
appointment.
Justi, Cation ordered that May Man
uel and Marie Newman be held As
the former was being escorted from
the room she burst into tears, and later
told the officers she had made a false
statement before the Police Court.
She was subsequently taken before the
deputy clerk OF the Corporation Court
where she made an affidavit repudiatiuG
the statement she made before Justice
Cation and arcrring that she had been
intimidated by Smith and Christine
Morse, the latter one OF the Inmates OF
the house in which she had been liv-
ing. She alleged that they told her
she would be sent TO Jail il she recited
the facts in the case-that Smith
urged the Newman girl to come TO
Alexandria. In her affidavit she sub
stantiated the statement made by Marie
Newman.
Judge Barley has fixed Smiths
bail at 81 ,0C0.