El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-01-03
VAGRANCY CASE IN
THE POLICE COURT
Effort to Convict M. Morris
Fails, but the Trial
Is Reset.


Efforts on the part Of the city 70
convict NJ Morris, alias TereskeWs
of vagrancy in connection Win dA a.
legged white slave case, ProF S ~
tile in the corporation court 4hH Us
day afternoon, the jury stanQin8 LleS
to one for. conviction the jury 80
out about As minutes Wnsh IHoS2
ever, the case was set Ior se00ii0
# was charged that the defendant
a carpenter- was a vagrant because he
frequented the reservation ana 4LEe4
with his wife at an Overland stree
hotel, it being admitted Lhst sIS 5vbe@S
a habitue Of the demi MONDE "heA-
she occupied a public room -. a.
She did not take the stand put IlS
defendant testifying for himself selo
maj he had tried to take her away
from that life but his efforts 50 70 UO
had proved of no avail H.
Joseph ROthman, speclaI polttSS;
man who has been investigating 11 Is
first knew the man in Alexandra
Egypt, later at Dallas ana lou ~ ~
Texas and at the latter places lnS
woman. known as Jennis ADAMS; hau
been Morris's companion 70 llll L.
was the principal witness IoI ~
prosecution and had many nouSs
the movements Of the detenoanG 49,
Evidence was also introduced snv ~
ing that the Moose lodge, OF Whlcn t ny
5afendanf Is a member, has instituted
an investigation relative 10 ms ooH
duct. n.,,,..
The testimony Of witnesses 1oIIOWsii
q T. smith a policeman for seNeTa1
months, testified: NJ MOTIFS a-sY 49, go
bv the name Of Terischa1sky ana HaIiI
Norris 1 arrested him at the IurhLsH
bath house on North oregon ~ ~ -
Jennie Davis, who occupies rouih Vii
Broadway was with him. -
I have known this man Tor a IIioil.-l
and have been watching MN Tor ~
months to find out about MIN dn9 80 ~,
ME Davis The time aIIesI 80 - -
was the first time ] ever saw them " "
Zethcr He has an oftlce across -
Street and claimed to be contractor;
I saw trunks of men we ran Out u
town later taken TO his ot1ice- -,
He roomed at the Menger nOle1,
where Jennie Davis stays sometimes.
never saw him work 90 noI AnOM
that he and Jennie Davis were mar
ried in this town four years age
S. o. J. CIausager, who coniqucLs ..t ne
Turkish bath house on North oregon
street testified. Il saw Norris ana
Jennie Davis several times az inc pau
house The only time ever saw theIh
together was the time they were d.
rested
Joseph ROthman, Specla1 ponce -. ~
ficer here 10 months. tesuned: LlrsI
saw Norris in Alexandria Egypt
was with the criminal lnfeslIsdtrt.o-L
department. That was one year aLte5
the standardization war. he arrived
in FL Paso July Il last he stayed N
room 8 at the Gresntree- me 49, sAt
6sv thew moved to a room on Nortn
5 Ell Paso street, where they stayed IN
til July IS. He stayed with tnis woman
as his wife and they had little girl,
Then he went 70 the MehseI n lga 1. as
paid SIS rent every week. Jennie laws
had room 10 and he had room =
Jennie Davis was in Dallas and Nor
ris was there when I was employed on
was going to change MS name 10 N
Judge Norris Tesfifies.
Frank G. Morris was here put On
the stand and testified; knew this
man between July 18th and zSth They
had two rooms on the second floor al
three times and could not 1denIlIy tne
woman. The name they gave was
between Z and 10 years old They be
haved themselves as decent people
while I knew them"
Rothman was recalled and contin-
ued: Jennie Adams has been on the
reservation since July %. Morris has
q store where he does a little work;
it is 2115s Overland street He has
been there two months.
He went to Chicago and took the
little girl there He came back Christ
on cross-examination he testified:
q an a naturalized American citizen
and served in company D, LIST CaliIor-
mia volunteers. in the Spanish-Amerl-
can war. / was born in Roumania.
] saw this man in Alexandria Egypt,
der chief Ryan in Dallas and on the
detective force in Houston
He did not pay my. bill at an FL
Paso restaurant. do not owe him
anything. I saw MIN in Jennie Adamss
room on Broadway once.
Morris is a mechanic and a good
one. He worked in Dallas, too, and in
when she was here he said she was
making money and deposited SIS a day
with the Union Bank and Trust COM
pany-
zone day they told me to go out Of
town and they would give me a. ticket
I'm Houston Morris and Jennie Ad-
ans lived together. I was in the en-
Dloy of the department of justice in
Panama after white slavers, and en-
ploved in the same line of work for
special agents in Texas.
Morris can't read or write and 1
read his letters for him"
The Defenee's Testimony.
The state here closed its case and