The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-10-03
SEEMS THAT LONG
Husband Said on Stand He Was
Married 20 Years.
Then Wife Testified That 1t
Was Only Nine Years.
CALLED ON MARY CHESNEY
Took His Wife Along Frequent
~ to Get Evidence.
Tells Story of Frameup with
the Topeka Police.

The two imported spotters-a man,
ssWul Tipp," and a woman, Iva Tipp'
who gathered the evidence upon
which the state is seeking to convict
Mary Chesney of operating disor-
DERBY house at 129 Kansas avenue, got
their wires crossed while testifying in
the first division of the district court
TODAY. They agreed perfectly that
thew were married but Mr.. Tipp said
they had been married twenty years
while Mrs. Tipp was positive 1t was
only nine years.
Then" said Attorney Mclaughlin
representing Miss Chesney, when
your husband said you had been mar
rfed twenty years he was mistaken,
was he?"
-fsHe certainly was" said Mrs. Tipp.
I'VE have been married only nine
years"
Hump" grunted the attorney.
'snaybe it just seems that long to
him"
-The man and woman who were on
the CITY payroll for four or five months
are not Mr.. and Mrs. Tipp by name
But the mayor, the city attorney, the
chief of police, the county attorney,
the assistant county attorney and hal1
q dozen other interested and dlslnter-
ested persons have requested on nu-
nerous occasions that their real names
be withheld. Their business is doing
Just such work as has been done in
Topeka in the Chesney and other
cases.
Mr.. Tipp is the man who was ar
restd with two girls, Irma Wilson and
Boone Brown at Burt's restaurant last
May He told today how it happened.
Took His Wife There.
According to his testimony Tipp has
been a frequent caller at the Chesney
place and frequently took his wife
there-coIlecting evidence. He went
TO Kansas City, met the two girls and
invited them to come to Topeka to
visit him. They came. He telephoned
the city hall they were on their way,
then met them and took them to the
restaurant for lunch. OF course there
was a plainclothes man shadowing
the party from the time the train ar
rived. The girls were invited to go to
the office of the city attorney and
there they told the stories they after
wards told on the witness stand at
Mary Chesney's preliminary hearing.
At the preliminary the girls stated
they had made regular trips to Topeka
for months, alternating a week about
with Mary Chesney. They told all
about her alleged methods of opera
ton and it was upon their testimony
that Miss Chesney was bound over to
the district court. The girls were al
lowed to return to Kansas City. Now
they are outside the jurisdiction of the
court and have disappeared. How
ever. Judge A. W. Dana, today admit
ted as evidence the testimony they
gave at the preliminary.
Heard Long Distance Call.
Mrs. Tipp testified that once while
she was at Mary Chesney's there was a
long distance call and that after Miss
Chesney had answered it she stated
that "Goldie" had called up from Kan
sas City, and wanted to change places
with "Addie" who was then at the
Chesney place.
Miss Chesney told me-" said Mrs.
Tipp, that her place was the only one
in town where the girls were examined
every week by a physician"
why asked an attorney, did she
say they were examiner"
-"Because," replied Mrs. Tfpp, zone
Of the girls, Irma, I believe she said,
had almost ruined her business"
Mrs Tipp told of some mysterious
heavyweight named Mike" who
visited the Chesney place several
times while she was there.
ION one OCCASION she said. 81
heard him talking with Miss Chesney,
and he handed her a twenty-dollar
bill. A few minutes later she re-
turned to the room and told Addie
Mike wanted her. Addie went out
AMI was gone some time When she
returned she handed Miss Chesney