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living near the Greer bakery. ll6
Twelfth street northeast for ABOUT
nine years.
Children from the bakery visited
her home on several occasions, she
said. One of them was MISS Saoie
Morris, who was married last lail.
she is now Mrs. Ms8ke.
Mrs. Maske appeared as a witness
FOR the Greers, who are charged with
falling 10 provide suitable home
for destitute children. On cross-eX-
p1,instion she denied having told Mrs.
HeEarty Of conditions in the Greer
home.
Mrs. Hegarty told of the visit OF
Mrs. Maske last spring after Mary
Mcknight had left the bakery.
she said she was severely whipped.
She said Mrs. Greer whipped her
black and blue, and left marks on
her" Mrs. Hegarty said, and added,
she told me voluntarily, too"
Did she or did she not say that
she didn't have enough to eat?" asked
Assistant Corporation Counsel George
P Barse.
Greers Ate First.
she said the meals were cooked
and first placed on the Greer table.
What was left was divided among the
children, and often the poor boys
went short" Mrs. Hegarty answered.
Asked IL Mrs. Maske did not tell her
that she went to bed hungry very
often" Mrs. Hegarty answered:
She certainly did"
On the witness stand Mrs Maske
denied having told Mrs. Hegarty that
only one plate OF peas was furnished
fourteen children. Mrs. Hegarty was
asked If she had said anything abouS
plate OF peas.
She told me that the day before
she was around at my home" Mrs.
plate Of peas for fourteen children,
and that the children sat around the
table and counted them"
Did she say how many they count
ed?" inquired Attorney Levi H. Da-
vid, counsel for the Greers.
Il didn't ask her." Mrs. Hegerty
replied.
What is this you say about the
labor Inspector asked Attorney
David on cross-examination.
she said they were fixed so when
the labor inspector came in every
thing looked lovely" Mrs. HegarIy
said.
says Greer was Fresh" In Dark.
Mrs. Hegarty said Mrs. BIaske told
her that Mr.. Greer was fresh" that
he grabbed her in a dark areaWay as
she went upstairs. but she got away
from him
what did she do after that?" asked
Attorney David.
she said she stopped speaking to
him" Mrs. Hegarty answered.
On direct examination, Mrs. Heg-
- ~ oil 1a-
she hoped the day would come when
she would get chance to testify in
court all she knew about the Greers."
didn't you tell her that the Asso-
ciated Charities had made a very Ia
vorable report on the Greer homer"
asked the Greer counsel.
NO" replied Mrs. Hegarty.
Never heard Of a report on she
Greer homer" he Queried.
"Oh, yes, I've heard several times
that the Greer home had been report
ed, but that nothing ever came Of ii"
Mrs. Hegarty answered.
Worked Until Midnight.
Asked about the story of hardships
she told, Mrs. Hegarty said:
She said she had to get up early
in the morning and work until II
o'clock at night"
Mrs. Hegarty testified further that
Mrs. Maske told her that she got only
three slices Of bread for lunch; that
she was not permitted to stop work
long enough to eat and had to eat
while she worked.
Attorney BaFse asked Mrs. Hegarty
il Mrs. Maske did not tell her that
Mrs. Greer said the girls were no
good, their mothers were no good,
and she called them ThussiesT"
She certainly did" Mrs. Hegarty
said.
Mrs. Hegarty explained the occa-
sion Of Mrs. Maske's visit. She said
the girl came to her home to bring a
bundle of clothes for Mary Mcknight
who. just prior to that time, had left
The Greer bakery after fourteen years
service there.
sadie told me how glad she was
Mary Mcknight had been able TO get
away" Mrs HegaTty said. "She also
told me how she had run away, but
had been taken back by Mrs. Greer,
who threatened to send her to the
House Of the Good Shepherd"
Asked II she did not try to get
Ruth Burns, one Of the girls at the
bakery, away from Mrs. Greer, Mrs.
Hegarty said:
No, il was not Ruth, it was Kath-
leen Lynn. Sadie said she would wait