Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-08-03
STORIES TOLD
BY YOUNG MEN
Continued from page IL

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a sweetheart Of the girl, that they
we're only acquaintance, that he
thought no more of her than of other
girls. He said that he had been
drinking the day they were at Coney
Island. but that he had not been In
toxicated. When he first met Mae
Maher that day he had no idea of
abandoning his position at 81 Wall
street or of leaving his home He
had gone with her because he
though 1t was his duty to take care
of her.
your business?" demanded Mr..
Stricken.
She wouldn't go home and l
street." he replied.
why did you go to Port Reading
with herr"
"She wanted TO go to Port Reading
and sleep on the boat; she said that
she did not dare go home because
she had been i'll treated"
why didn't you let Slatra take
her. them"
"She wanted all three to go; she
wouldn't go unless all went
after you had gotten to Port
Reading and had cen her safely on
the boat to sleep, why didn't you go
homer"
II thought that the boat would
load and go to New York on Monday
and could get to work on Tuesday"
why didn't you go home Tuesday
when you found the boat was not
going?"
81 thought 1t would go the next
day"
do you think it was proper for
you three men to sleep in that cabin
while the girl was there?"
Il do under the circumstances;
she wanted us to-"
Have you any sisters?"
Yes. three; the oldest is nineteen
years old"
You would not want one of your
sisters to sleep In the cabin of a
canal boat In that manner, would
your"
mo, sir"
eff one of your sisters had told
three young men hat she had been
i'll treated in the manner that you
say Mae Maher said she was i'll treat
ed, would you think 1t proper for the
three men to go to a canal boat and
sleep In the same cabin with her to
protect her?'
Yes, if she had been treated as
this, girl was"
Don't you know that there are in
situations for girls who are III treat
ed; that there are officers to take
care of them?"
Don't you think it would be bet
ter for this girl, or your sister, to
have been turned over to such an in
stitution for protection instead of
taking her to a canal boat at Port
Reading for protection"
eyes"
Mr.. Stricken made the witness ad-
NIT that he had opportunities to run
away from the girl and go home; but
he had preferred to remain with her
to protect her. Pierson had made no
attempt to turn the girl over to an
officer or to seek to place her in an
institution.
Girls Story Weakened.
The state occupied all of Thurs
days session of court. At the close
of the day, when the lawyers had IN
opportunity to study the testimony of
the day as whole, they realized
that some of the states own witness
es had weakened the story which the
girl had persistently told On direct
and croSs-eXaminatton.
For instance, the girl had said that
when the assault was committed by
Pierce he had been alone in the cab
in with her Tuesday and the others
had been upon deck. When Reilly
n ,1toI hnr T,ac1ou nioht tho 9TH
er two young men had been on deck,
according to her story. She was
very positive about it and could not
be shaken.
Her father, Lawrence Maher, and
Joseph Carlin and Daniel Steinhouse,
who had gone with her father on a
search for her when she was missed
from home, testified that they had
stood watching the suspected boat at
Port Reading all Tuesday night.
waiting for the appearance of the
young men and no n had appeared
on deck.
Maher is cashier at the Park Cir
Gle Casino, Flatbush, and Carltn is a
bartender there and S~teinhouse is a
waiter. Their testimony Is in direct
contradiction to that of the girl on
this point.
Thomas Wilson, who took charge
of Sultra's boat, after Sultra's ar
rest, swore to finding some girls
clothing on the boat. He had thrown
it overheard and the state could not
produce 1t.
Mrs. Angil Yule, housekeeper for
Lawrence Maher, testified as to the
girl leaving home.
Officer William Moore testified to
the arrest Of the three young men at
Port Reading.
Justice George J. Bennings, OF
Woodbridge, testified that the girl
had told him that she had had moth
ing to eat from Sunday, July IA, to
the time she was taken to his house,
Wednesday,, July II. His wife had
fed the girl. The girl had explained
to him that she was afraid to eat the
food offered to her by the men, fear
ing that it was drugged.
The girl on the stand had testified
that she realized that she was on the
boat for no good purpose and she re-
fused to eat fearing that she would
lose consciousness. She wanted to be
prepared to fight off her assailants,
she said.
While Steinhouse was on the stand