The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-12-11
Mary Turner Promised To ~Be
Good" II Turned Loose.
But She Was Found Guilty of
Immoral Conduct.
JOY RIDING But DIDN'T DRINK
HWhite Slave" Character Told
of Her FrOlics in Topeka.
~YOu Can't Put Anything Past
q Man." She Said.


Following an all day hearing In the
Juvenile court Thursday, Mary Iur-
ner, complaining witness in the Grover
Cleveland white slave" case recently
was found guilty. OF associating with
immoral persons. by Hugh McF'ar-
land, juvenile Judge. and sentenced to
the Beloit Industrial school.
Immediately after Mcfarland an
nounced his decision shortly after Z
O'Clock Thursday evening, Ed NC
Keever and Tom DOran, attorneys
for the defense, brought habeaS corpus
proceedings in the district court be-
fore Judge Whitcomb, who will hear
the application for release next Mon
Following the proceedings the Gus
tody of Mary Turner was transferred
from the juvenile court into the keep
ing of L. l.. Kiene, sheriff of Shawnee
county. The girl will remain beyond
the jurisdiction Of the juvenile court
pending Mondays hearing.
The Turner girl was taken to the
Fifth Avenue hotel. where she is being
kept by Mrs. Abbott, matron OF the
county Jail Since December 4 she has
been quartered at the Throop hotel
This was done in the absence of a de-
tention home in Topeka. The law
does not permit bail in such cases.
Florence Coon, one of the witnesses
taken to Beloit today.
Mary Turner, in the witness chair
late Thursday afternoon. denied testl-
mony given during that day, to the
easions used vulgar language in the
presence of young men, but admitted
that she had at certain times carried
brass knucks.
Can't Trust These Men.
."Why did you carry them?" asked
b. CT MT AT
For protection" answered Mary
Turner II wouldn't put anything
past any man.
The Turner girl also admitted that
she had, IN different times used fic-
titious names. During a short time
she stayed in ST. Joseph, Mo-. the girl
said she was known to certain persons
as Beatrice Wood and at another time
she received letters from a man by
the name Of Ray Pierce addressed to
Bernice Willard. She testified that
she met Pierce in Topeka about a year
and a half ago.
When cross examined by Rad Lee.
the Turner girl said she gave the fic-
titious names as a joke and did not
mean to do wrong in doing so. 81 s.s
But She Didn't Drink.
The witness said that she went auto
riding only four or five times since
her return from Texas where she went
with Grover CleVeIdnO, recently SELL
fenced to the penitentiary on a white
slave"s charge. She also admitted be-
ing a member Of auto parties when
other members of the party drank
beer but denied that she drank any
of the beer herself.
When questioned by attorneys for
the defense Mary Turner denied that
former witnesses. She also denied
that she had ever been guilty Of wrong
or immoral conduct and said that she
intended no wrong when she went to
Texas.
She'll Go to Church.
In answer to Tom DOran's question
ing as to what would be her conduct
in the future IL acquitted. Miss Tur-
ner promised to "be good" and go to
church with her mother.
Several witnesses testified late Thurs
day afternoon. among them several
young men summoned by the defense
None OF the young men admitted hav-
ing improper relations with the girl.
and many of them said that they had
been with her more than one time.
Henry Scott. young man living in
the Quinton Heights neighborhood.
two or three years and that her Ian
guage and conduct in his presence had
always been proper.
On the witness stand the girls father
ana mOtner DOtn teStlneu tnat the girl
had not caused them more trouble than
the average girl. Both said that they
believed they could control her should
she be placed in their care.
Not . Gentleman"
After several men had testified favor
ably Of Mary Turner's character Thurs
day evening another young man was
placed on the stand and gave the same
testimony as those preceding him.
would you admit the fact II you did
have any improper relations with Mary
Turner?' asked w. e. Atchison.
'T would answered the witness.
Then" snapped Atchison. you have
not yet learned the first ethics Of a
gentleman"
An effort is being made by Sheriff
L. l. Kiene to find a suitable home for
the girl until the proceedings Monday.
Those summoned as witnesses in the
Turner case Thursday included the
following: Florence Coon. Mrs. Eliza
beth Matney. W. F. Harris, Miss Eve
Corning. Ed Rooney. Mrs. Abbott, A.
n. Hoffset. Albert Gates. Chas Hogue,
Henry Scott. ]. p. Slaughter, Wyatt
Roush. L. M. Turner. Mrs. Estella Tur-
ner, Peter Turner and Mary Turner
testified in her own behalf.
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