The Detroit times., 1914-04-09

The 6rSt two am0avuS Suomittoo
are those Of Carl b. Wood and Charles
b.. Chambers. detectives. They swear
that they have visited the place every
night for weeks, and that nearly every
night Barnett and the Oppenhefms
were In attendance. Wood declares
that slthough he has visited many
dives In many cities that the Dresden
has mo equal for vulgarity, debauch'
nv and lack Of regard for morals, lives
or health OF its patrons" He swears
that he has witnessed many lights IN
which blood was shed and that they
were Of 60 common occurrence that
the patrons were not even slightly In.
terested, that walters openly solicited
drinks for young girls, that scores OF
girls OF the underworld made the cafe
their hunting ground, and that the
great majority Of the walters were In
league with the girls and acted -
prucureru and that IN organization
existed between the girls, the walters
and the proprietors whereby the girls
ordered high-priced drinks and secur.
Cd tips that we're later split three
ways" He declares that he talked
with numerous girls who were under
age and that they told him the pro-
prieturs forced them to lie about their
age under threats. that the place was
q clearing house for women Of the I'M
derworld and that drugs were sold.
Nellie winters. the woman who .
mouth ago made m amdavit charging
the prosecutor with : serious OfIense.
has signed IN afndavit In which she
admits inst her charges were .
frame M" and another In which che
swears she il but rs years Of age, but
has been q regular" In the Dresden
for three years, ana that both Bar
nett and the Oppenheimers. have sat
1t the table with her while she drank,
knowing she was but rs years old. She
describes In horrible detail the ''or.
ganixktion" OF women Of the street
and the waiter cadets and swears that
Barnett and the Oppenheims treat
with cruelty and abuse young girls
and force them to tell patrons that
they are of age, though moving that
many OF them are but rs. She swears
thai the walters are instructed 20
pick fights with patrons who do mot
tip high enough or buy enough drinks.
and that It Is . common practice IN
such cases for the walters to drag
the men into the bar room and there
beat them almost to death, after
which they wash the blood from them
aud send them home. She swears
that Barnett and the Oppenheims ~
sumo the attitude Of slave owners to
the unfortunate women. and because
they furnish place whore the girls
terrible trade may Be furthered that
they make all sorts Of demands upon
them and treat them with great cruel.
ty IL they refuse.
Other afidavits tell Of buying Co
came in the place, the selling Of
liquor to little girls, some with their
hair down their back and dresses
above their shoe tops.
Il y reported that as an example of
the power OF the place that Harry
Davidson, bouncer In the place. was
stabbed several times by Babe"
Brown, regular and that although
for a time he was between life and
death that no report was ever made
to the police or any attempt made to
secure q warrant.
Prosecutor Shepherd declared that
as an example Of what lengths the
gang" would go, the husband OF one
Of his witnesses was followed by two
walters from the Dresden cafe, and
lured to lonely spot near the edge
of the city where he was asked To tell
the whereabouts OF his wife and what
she was going TO testify to. The man
refused and the two then beat him
with their fists until he fell uncon.
sciOus and was In bed for several
days. Another man was threatened
lat the point OF a revolver with dealn
liz he did not tell all he knew about
the plans OF the prosecutor the latter
saws.