Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-10-23
CLERIC A WITNESS
UNAWARE TRIAL
CONTINUED from First Pnge.)

tor Hood, on cross examination,
asked Mr.. O'Rourke If his architec-
tural firm had any connection with
the city departments. and was told
that the firm was building the new
almshouse for the city.
Prosecutor Hood then developed
that Mr. Harrington was member
of the building committee of the
council and as such was thrown in
touch with Mr.. Q'Rourke. Outside
Of establishing the connection, Mr..
Hood made no effort to cross-examine
further along that line.
The morning session of the fourth
day of the trial resulted in practi-
the previous days being given.
cally a replica of the testimony of
! It had to do with appointments
made in the hotel by detectives of
the Cosgrove agency. who, working
under orders from Prosecutor Louis
Hood. spent from the middle of Feb
ruary to April &c, when the hotel was
raided in gathering evidence against
the hotel.
Michael L. Dioro, one of the opera
when court adjourned yesterday aft
ernoon. finished his testimony today,
but added nothing to the mass of sor-
did details of happenings in the hotel
that had not been told by other
witnesses.
Henry Grifinger, resident of "Es-
sex county," one of the men arrested
at the time of the raid in company
with a woman whom he had REGISTERED
as his wife, gave testimony showing
that he had experienced no trouble In
obtaining room, despite the fact
that they had no baggage with them
when they went to the hotel.
Prosecutor Hood, shielding the wit
nesses for the State from publicity as
much as possible by asking them only
If they live in Essex county, making
no effort to bring out their home ad-
! dresses. Witnesses Harry H. Morton
and Charles j. Cosgrove, detectives,
gave testimony along the same line
as that given by the operators who
! had preceded them on the witness
| stand.
Rev. Edwin I. Stearns, former su.
perintendent of the Anti-Saloor
League, but since last week a mem.
! Der of the national staff of that or.
ganization. was then called as a wit.
ness and told of scenes of revelry in
the Hotel Navarro on last New
Years morning. Mr.. Stearns testified
| that, in the company of others, he
was in the restaurant of the hote
at about $3.50 on the morning of Jan
uary l last and that at that time the
big room was filled with Grove
which, he said, contained many per
sons under the influence of liquor
10 he
! there and spoke particularly of 8
| young girl, u child in short dresses
who was there with some persons, ap
parently members of her family. He
/ told of seeing a man, a stranger L
| the party with the child, walk pas
| the child and fondle her, while thu
parents made no objection.
At one point in Mr.. Stearns's testi
mony he told of seeing "a little fat
| fellow, who seemed to know every
body" come into the dining-room
This man was accompanied by lady
said the witness, and took a table II
the annex of the main dining-room.
After they had been seated 6
while" said Mr.. Stearns, 1.-The mar
: beckoned to a waiter and said let Us
have a drink
AS the witness paused here, Judge
Osborne smilingly remarked, "rhere Il
nothing disorderly or criminal II
that" The witness continued, 90,
think the man was intoxicated"
Later in his testimony Mr.. StearnI
told of hearing the little fat fellow
that everybody knew introduce tn
lady with his as MRS. Day"
On cross-examination by Fredericl
r. Lehlbach, Mr.. Stearns admitte
that he had seen nothing disorderl
as far as the child was concerned
and stated that the act of the ma
was simply that of anyone who like
young children. In response to ques
lions he repeated there had been moth
ing Objectionable in the incident an
said he had only brought 1t out o
his direct examination. because h
did not believe hotel dining roor
at that time of night was any plac
for a child of tender years.