New Britain herald., 1918-02-21

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 cupied by the S84sm I.Il wear or so and duri1ls hc DS1st few months many omplainv Is have been received concerning thd nature of the establishment On Sunday evening Detective Sergeants Andrew J. Rich ardson and A. c. Malone and Police man Rival raided the place frorn without, meeting their fellow police officer John Leibler, within. The stool pigeon, sent there by the po- lice, was also found inside with the woman but three other alleged ire quenters who were seen there by Po- hceman Leibler made their escape through a hidden side door.
 Place Has Bad Reputation.
 In testifying to the raid, Detective Sergeant Richardson told of finding Mrs. Strand and a man ill a bed room and said the man admitted his guilt but the woman tried to tell him that the man was a boarder who had hired a room from her a week be- fore. The police officer also testified to receiving numerous complaints about the house and said that one complainant had counted 45 men visiting the house on one day. Cross examining the detective, Lawyer Mangan asked where the man caught in the raid was. The policeman said he didn't know, but when pressed for further details, admitted that he haG sent him to the house as a prepara- tory move to making the raid. The court upheld an objection against disclosing the "stool pigeons'' name. Hmm ediately Lawyer Mangan up braided the police for their "stool pigeon" methods and said that this system of getting information through a "stool' is worse than the crime itself. He said that the police will send one of those stool pigeons to @ place to get evidence and that same man will swear his soul away in order to stand in with the police" The method is nothing less than a "frame-up," he insisted, and said that so long as this system is prac- ticed nobody's character or reputa- ton is safe from the attacks of such unprincipled men as "stool pigeons are.
 Patrick Ringrose, a resident of Wooster street said that the old An drews place has had a bad name for several months and he has seen nu- merous foreigners visit the house. He has see these suspicious male visit ors as early as 7:30 o'clock in the morning and has even seen some waiting outside until, at a given sig nal, they entered and others came out William Walker, another Woos- ter street man, was just as positive about the reputation of the house, and said that a week ago Sunday he personally counted 33 men visitors there, nest of whom were foreigners. He also said that these men loiter to T while waiting for the car at the An- Grews Crossing station drink from bottles and annoy women
 Are you a prohibitionst }" queried Lawyer Mangan.
 No, sir, I am not. I had a drink before I came down here. But I know what I have seen in this neigh borhOOd,' the witness replied He also added that he had talked with some of the frequenters of the house and had obtained intimate informa- tion from them. Gordon J. Ely, the third Wooster street resident said it is common knowledge in the ncigh- horhood about the house. and said that trolley crews and others having occasion to pass frequently have been wise as to the nature of the establish ment.
 D6lEcINC oCISttillN WIG 'tollO' " ''S was in the raidinc party, told of nu merous complaints about the place and corroborated the testimony of his brother detective concerning the raid.
 Wanted Policeman to Kiss Her.
 Policeman Leibler said that on sun day he was detailed to go to the Strand homo as as the advance guard of the raiding party. On the car he said he met the man who proved to be the stool pigeon" although he did not know him, and they both en- tered the house together. He then gave 8 description of the interior of the house and tho methods of Mrs. Strand. He told of seeing other men on the premises and said that Mrs Strand spoke to him in a very inti- mate manner and, as she entered one room, looked back at him and said "kiss me- honey" Before the police arrived, Policeman Leibler said, he saw the "stol' in a compromising ro- sition, and Lawyer Mangan made much of this, declaring that it proved concusively that the "stool pigeon" was intent upon framing up'' his prey for the police.
 When, she was-called- to the stand,