New-York tribune., 1919-06-24
Woman LAWYER
To Try Accused
Cirls.Hereafter
District Attorney Swami An
nouaces That He Will APP
point New Assistant to
Work in Women's Court

ySoteIudy tHdL ne would SnOrtly ap-
point woman assistant to try all
cases of disorderly conduct brought
up in the new Women's Day Court
Until the new aid is chosen, ASS slant
District Attorney Lynch will attend
sessions Of the court.
He will interview witnesses in ad-
vance of the trial and see thai the
evidence presented is legal. H. will
help the magistrate get additional wit
nesses whenever they are availahl,, and
also will make sure that the pris oners
have every opportunity to present their
defence.
The District Attorney is investieat-
ing the testimony given by Detective
Gunson in the case of Misses Sally CO.
bin and Lillian Cohen, who were found
guilty of disorderly conduct by Magis
t1ate Mancuso and later exonerated by
Judge Rosalsky. He may present his
be impanneled by Judge Mcintyre of
General Sessions on July 2.
Says Police are "Fixed"
An anonymous letter, charging that
the police of the Thirtieth Street
station were being "fxed" by law
yers of women arrested for disorderly
conduct, at cost to the prisoner Of
from $100 to $500, was received yes
terday by Judge Mcintyre.
Il understand from the press" this
read, that you are to charge the
grand jury on Monday next with ref
erence to the vice squads doings.
DO you know that within a few
minutes after unfortunate women are
taken to the Thirtieth Street police
station lawyers appear with bonds
me men! A deal is very often made
from them or their friends for a a
guaranteed discharge in the female
court.
"Why do those with monev oct
out? Does the detectives memorv
lapse after talking with the LAWYER?
and II the money had not been produced
and II the money is not produced a
term IN the workhouse would have fol-
lowed. Records of the court would
snow detective and lawyer in cases.
Ilopang you VIII give this matter your
Friend of the Victim"
=, The letter, which will be submitted to
the District Attorney, was written m
the IN stationery of a hotel in Miami.
ria. 1t was dated June 81 and an,
parently was mailed in New York
PRESSURE on Policemen
Pressure brought upon detectives bv
the present police administration was
said yesterday by one familiar with az
falrs Of the department to be respon-
slcle Tor many of the irregularities and
disorderly'women.
The detective who makes the arrest
is expected to obtain conviction
otherwise he gets. into trouble. If his
prisoner is discharged despite his ef
forts he must obtain a copy of the affi-
davlt he made in court, together with
copy OF the charge he made at the
police station. He is then brought "up
on the carpet" before his superior and
fer.
When Honest Dan" Costigan was
in charge of the vice SQUAD it was
pointed out. he visited no displeasure
on his men if they were unable to CON
Wet every woman they arrested. He
also WAS careful, The Tribune's in
formant said, to see that no inexperi-
enced men were put on this delicate
work. "
Gunson, who arrested Miss Goblin
and Miss Cohen, had been on the. vice
with him at the time of the arrest
was still less experienced.
Records show that since the first
Of this year nine women who have
been convicted by city magistra tes
have been released by judges in Cen
eral Sessions. Six other cases are
pending. Last year twelve such cases
Magistrate McGeehan Talks
"1 hope the police will not be fright
ened out of their duty in the matter
of arresting women of the streets be-
cause of the Cohen-Cobin case" said
Magistrate John E. McGeehan in the
Women's Court yesterday.
II have yet to meet the innocent
woman in the Women's Court" he
added. II believe this court is ad
ministered honestly and fairly and
that no innocent woman suffers. We
have had $4,000 cases in the ten years
since the court was established. In
that time the city Of New York has
been cleaned up and now is acknowl-
edged to be the most orderly city in
the world. If these attacks continue
and the police are stampeded out of
doing their duty we shall 70 back to
the conditions Of ten years ago"
Magistrate Mcclellan said il was
impossible, under the law, to bring into
court man who was accosted On the
street by woman. The question came
up in a case which was being tried
yesterday afternoon. and the judge re-
buked the lawyer for the defence for
mentioning the unknown man.
Counsel, I'm tired of this talk about
the unknown man." he said. "You
know as we'll as Il do, that a man can
not be held guilty of a crime ;nst