New Britain herald., 1915-02-16
BESSIE TELLS ABOUT
 USING MARKED CARDS
Says Mansfield Made $325,O0O
 in Three Years.

Miss Elizabeth M. Ryan, the form CT New Britain girl plain the l $50 900 breach of promise s,l.4~ against 1 Harry K. Mansfield, proprietor of the Ferncroft Inn near Boston, testified in the superior court there yesterday fded to her that during the three previous years he had made S325, 900 at cards, roulette and the top With out hesitation the girl, looking pale and tired, identified a pack of marked cards which were used at the Fern croft Inn. She pointed out the marks on the backs of the cards and said Mansfield had taught her how.
 How to Cheat at Roulette.
 After this unusual scene, for court room, Miss Ryan enlightened the jury in regard to how a roulette wheel is manipulated so that a person playing it cannot win. A little wire, called ''bouncer," was used at Ferncroft, she said, and by it's use the small ball used in playing the wheel, could be made to bounce out of a red hole into a black one provided whole lot of money had been bet upon the red, and vice versa.
 One of these tiny wires or "boun- cers,' was identified by the plaintiff as the kind used at Ferncroft, and then it was shown the jurymen. At torney CoalIey intended to have real roulette wheel in the court room and have Miss Ryan demonstrate how sine used to work the "bouncer,' but Judge Fessenden thought this was going little too far, so he barred it out
 Hall Denies Kissing Her.
 MT. Mansfield testified briefly in the morning and was present during part of the afternoon session.
 A deposition was. read from Frank G. Hall of the Adams House in which he denied ever having kissed Miss Ryan and never having seen eX-Mayor Fitzgerald at Ferncroft but once, and then Mr. Fitzgerald was with mem bers of his family and he had no talk with him.
 Made Hundreds of Thousands.
 "1 will show, your honor. that she made hundreds of thousands of dol- lars for Mansfield in three years. It has been said ne was lavish in his OK. pcnditures of money on Miss Ryan. This question has bearing on the amount of money he has. Can I tell about the amount of money she was personally present and saw Mansfield win?" said Lawyer Coakley.
 Judge Fessenden: T don't think I'll go into. that
 How many hours per night did you spend in the gambling room at Ferncroft Inn doing there what Mansfield asked you to do?", asked MT. Coakley.
 Some Times Every Night.
 Some times I was there until 2 o'clock in the morning.. and some times until, o'clock-some times every night in the week and some times, three or four nights
 What were you doing?''
 "Playing the roulette wheel"
 Objection was made by Attorney Sullivan, but Judge Fessenden said: T think it is pertinent in showing she did some times work for him.
 Attorney Coakley: He has testi- fled that she didn't do anything at Ferncroft except play and have a good time"
 Spun Ball at Wheel
 Then, turning again to the plaintiff, MT. Coakley asked: @When you were not playing the wheel what were you doing in the room?''
 "Oh, playing cards,'' she said.
 What did you do at the wheel?'
 ''Spin the ball.
 Before proceeding Attorney Coak- ley brought the witness a little red box from which he took a tiny. almost invisible wire. He said: 'I now offer the little wire marked B for identifi- ca tion.'
 Attorney Sullivan: 'I object to it."
 Wire Is the ''Bouncer."
 Was this thing-a-ma gig, as it was referred to in the previous testimony, but which is called 'bouncer,' I un- derstand, in the wheel when Mansfield asked you to go there and play?" asked Mr. Coakley.
 Yes, he had it out in front"
 What is that?" holding out the wire.
 "A bouncer''
 Valued Ferncroft at $2OO,OO0
 Did MT. Mansfield make any esti- mate of the value of Ferncroft ?''
 "In 1913 it was valued at s2OO,OOO
 "What did he say to you in refer ence to coming to see you in New York after his trip around the world %
 He said the custom authorities were after him.
 Mr. Mansfield, recalled to the stand by MT. Coakley, told of his medical education.
 Did you say to MT. Allen (presi- dent of the corporation owning the F'erncroft Inn) that, as far as you knew Miss Ryan was a good girl o',