Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-06-10
HOOD PUTS HIS
GIRL WITNESSES
ON STAND TODAY
Prosecutor Produces Two New
ark Young Women to Sub
stantiate Detective.
ONE SHOWS BITTERNESS
AGAINST THE LATTER
But Testifies as to Visits Made
to the Hotel Broad
With SIeuth.

Having laid the foundation for
alleged proof that the Hotel Broad
was conducted in a disorderly man.
ner by George e. Mausert by the
testimony of Henry D. Plate,
detective who spent over two months
In gaining evidence against the place,
Prosecutor Louis Hood today started
to prove the alleged fact by pro-
ducing in rapid succession a NUMBER
of women, mostly young girls, that
had been met by Plate at the Hotel
Broad on different dates between
February 10 when he started his In
vestigation work and April 20 when
he finished it.
Plate had testified yesterday that
he had always been able to obtain a
room for himself and companions at
the hotel by registering his COM
panion as his wife, and the testimony
adduced today was from the girls
who had been his companions on the
different dates named by him.
Newark Girl First Witness.
Miss Eva Kasner, of 444 Washing
ton street, was the first witness
called. She testified that March u
she had been in the Little Hungary
rathskeller, the proprietors OF whicn
are also under indictment for the
same alleged offense as Mausert, ana
that she had received teiephole
message asking her to come 10 'ne
Hotel Broad. She said she Went 70
the hotel and there met Plate. Wnon'
she did not know, but who sne was
informed was the man VINO hao
called her on the phone. Tney nad
occupied room together, she tesu-
fed
Asked how she fixed the date as
March q, Miss Kasner replied sne
knew that was the right date because
she had attended a ball that night.
Whose ball was it?" asked Prose-
cutor Hood.
"pstsy Kline's," responded the Wit
ness. and a murmur of laughter went
through the room.
The next witness gave her name as
Mrs. Eva Feltmeyer and sald sne hVeu
at las Peshine avenue. Feltmeyer' II
Is understood, is her maiden name.
Dressed in black silk gown anu
wearing a big black picture nat
trimmed with vivid yellow r1opons'
she made a positive witness Tor tne
State. but at the same time showed
preat bitterness toward Detective
plate. who. posing as her friend, had
rot her to accompany him to the
Hotel Broad on a number of different
occasions.
She opened her testimony by stat
ing she had been in the Hotel Broad
restaurant with her husband and
other friends on number of different
occasions. On April ! last, she testi-
fed she had an engagement with her
sister to meet two gentlemen at the
Central railroad depot, in Broad
street. One of the gentlemen failed
to appear and the two girls with the
gentleman, whose name was said to
be Ferrati, who did show up, went to
the Hotel Broad restaurant
Plate. the detective, was seated in
the restaurant when the Feltmeyer
sisters and Ferrati entered, and, ac-
cording to the testimony given by
Eva Feltmeyer, at once tried to strike
up a Irritation with her She paid no
attention to him. she testified, until
Ferrati spoke of him and said Plate
seemed lonely. Ferrati, who Is
thought to be another Cosgrove oper-
ator, suggested asking Plate to join
the party and he was called to their
table.
After the party had several drinks,
Miss Feltmeyer testified, Plate had
asked her to visit room in the hotel
with him, and she had consented
After that date. she testified, she had
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