The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-11-14
UNDER $500 BOND
Mrs. Warner and Andrew Speel
Held to Answer
To Charges Made by the Wom-
ans Young Daughter.
FIRST STORY FALLS FLAT
Girl SWears There Was No At
tempt at BlackmaiI.
Was Always Treated Properly
by "Old Man" Hester.
FIRST STORY FALLS FLAT

1t may have been merely the whim
of a 14-year-old girl, an infatuation
for a man twice her age, that precipi-
tated Mrs. Lucy Warner and Andrew
Speel into a sea of trouble.
That alone may have been RESPONSE
bic for the sensational charge made
by little Gladys Frisbie, that her
mother, Mrs. Warner, was using her
as lure for men, young and old, with
the object of backmail
The first intimation officers had of
that was when Gladys went on the
stand in the court of Topeka today
and told her story in the preliminary
Speel, the young Greek, who came to
Topeka from the east with Mrs War
ner.
Mrs. Warner and Speel are charged
with living together unlawfully, but
the real issue, said Robert Carver, dur
ing the hearing today, is 1.-The kind of
life these people were trying to force
the little girl into"
When she first told her story to the
county attorney, a week ago, she de-
eIareo that her mother had used her
IN the east to wiring $500 from a
wealthy old man and that she was US
ing her Tor the same purpose here She
mentioned an old gentleman named
Hester whom, she said, her mother in
sisted that she entertain.
ioday she was not permitted to tell
about the incident in the east and her
story about events in Topeka since last
july lacked considerable of substan-
tiating her initial statement
Always Nice to Her.
Has your mother ever mistreated
you? ?" asked Ed Rooney, attorney for
Mrs. Warner and SpeeI.
Never, except that she tried to
| force me to go with that old man Hes
ter, replied the girl
What do you mean by forcing you
to go?''
We'll, she wanted me to go with
him to picture shows
Did you go?" asked the attorney.
Several times"
Didn't he always treat you lust al
an old man would treat a little girl or
his little daughter"
Yes"
Did he ever suggest anything inn
| proper to you?"
| Never
Did your mother ever ask YOU to
get money from him %
No, but she sent notes by me to
MIN asking for money" replied the
girl.
Gladys Frisbie testified that she had
never charged her mother with using
her for biackmai1 purposes; that she
mad never used that word nor thought
of it.
and your mother?" asked Rooney
We'll, she called me up at the Ger
man restaurant where 1 was working,
and told me she was going back east
toio her L wouldn't go; that / was
going to stay and work at the res
taurant She didn't like that, 1 guess
Speei came down to the restaurant
ana told me he would give me Just
two minutes to get out of there
Because of Pasho.
Was it because of Fred Pasho
that you wanted to stay at the res
taurant?" asked Rooney.
Yes"
You wanted to go with him and he
wanted to go with you and your
mother objected; is that true?"
| Yes
| bic, calling up the Kings and getting
| hep
/ He called the Kings, 1 guess" said
| the girl
He wanted you to stay there at the
| hotel and let your mother go east did
hep asked Rooney.
| He said if my mother was any kind
of a mother she would not live with
man to whom she was not married
and l thought SO too replied the girl
notwithstanding the girls testi-
mony Speel and Mrs. Warner were
bound over to the district court, under
| $500 bonds. Mrs. Warner proba bly
will be able to give another bond
| Speel's case is doubtful. After their
/ arrest, when Mrs. Warner was able to
give bond, she offered to stay in Jail
and allow Speel to go free, but Off
Gals would not permit it.
speel is a slender. neatly dressed
/