Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-06-13
.MAUSERT TAKES STAND
IN HOTEL RAID CASE
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ness. replied. YES, sir, there has"
"What did Won do2"


ness, replied. yes, sir, there has"
what did you do2'
"The persons misbehaving, the
women 1 am referring to, would be
reouestedf to leave the restaurant,
and if fhey did not do so willingly
would be led bodily to the door. 1
have even on occasions had police
officers called TO take people from the
hotel.'
Prosecutor Hood objected to, and
was sustained by the court, a
question asked tending to show that
Mausert had no way of keeping
women of doubtful reputation from
his restaurant as long as they
behaved themselves.
Mr.. Bradner then took up the ques-
ton of last New Years eve. when
the Rev. DR.. Edwin |. Stearns, of the
Anti Saloon League. testified he had
been a witness to vicious dance in
the restaurant given by two young
men about ? o'clock in the morning.
The Rev. DIR. Stearns had testified
that the men had a space of about
eight square feet to dance in.
Gould such a thing as Mr.. Stearns
has described taken placer" asked
Mr.. Bradner.
Leaning forward in the witness
chair and pointing his finger in the
direction of the Rev. DR.. Stearns,
who sat on a front bench in the
courtroom, Mausert replied: II must
say Mr.. Stearns is absolutely mis-
taken. The only way it could have
done trererring TO the eight square
feet of floor space) was to have piled
my tables one on top of the other,
and l guess / would have known if
that had been done The tables were
SO close together that night the wait
ers had trouble in serving persons,
and patrons kicked because they did
not have elbow ROOM
A rather peculiar answer was given
by Mr.. Mausert to this question by
Mr.. Bradner: what took place in
your restaurant at 10 o'clock last
New Years eve, just as the new year
came imp
The reply was: IF l had been at
my own home l guess my wife would
have thought / was neglectful If
didn't throw my arms around her
and kiss her at that time, and didn't
object if others did that in my
restaurant that night. That night I
let my patrons go the limit as long
as they were decent"
Were they all decent that night?''
81 saw nothing indecent the entire
night" was the earnest reply.
Mausert then took the examination
loi lnx c
were rented.
II want to prove to the court and
jury that ] am not guilty. ! want to
prove I only catered to men patrons.
Judge Osborne interrupted the wits
ness with: Don't begin to lecture or
1 will punish you for contempt of
court"
II am not lecturing,' replied
Mausert.
"You answer questions-that is as
far as you can CO." said the judge in
angry tones.
Mausert then wont on to explain
on the same night.
The fifth day of the trial opened
with a continuance of testimony adj
duced by the defense tending to show
that the hotel had always been con-
Quoted in an orderly manner.
Testimony along this line was given
by Fred c. Roever and George f.
Gramann, patrons of the hotel restau-
rant, and Charles Jacobsen, bell
boy at the hotel. Roever and Ora
mann stated that they had frequently
visited the hotel restaurant and had
found nothing out of the ordinary
taking place there. Their testimony
was along the same lines as that
given by dozen similar witnesses
yesterday afternoon.
jacobson, the bell boy, on direct
examination told of how on two oc-
casions he had discovered woman
going to room with a man the wit
ness knew was not her husband, and
that on both these occasions after
Jacobson had reported the incident
to the clerk the couple were refused
o room.
jacobson was very positive in his
statements on direct examination,
but when Prosecutor Hood started to
cross-examine him closely as to the
alleged refusal to rent rooms he be-
came confused and finally was made
to admit that the only thing he was
sure of was that he had reported to
the clerk that the two women in
question were with men not their
husbands. Whether the couples had
been able to get rooms after his re-
port he did not know, he was finally
forced to admit.
T,,l nCh
tomorrow. This means that the case
will be prolonged into next week.