The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1920-05-21
4 SUNNYSIOE
INMATES FINED;
TO LEAVE CITY
Court Assesses Each $50
and They Agree to
Move Away


The Jury In Justice Of the Peace
Modesto ortiz court yesterday after
noon found A. Goodman. Mari Mnls
ana Ethel Houston guilty under tho
complaints charging them with yag-
rancy az frequenters OF house OF
lll fame. The three were arrested
,ruesday nlght In a raid ON the sunny
side Inn conducted by sheriff Rafael
Garcia and Deputy sherln charles
Banghart together with Mr. and Mrs
Sanford. calming TO be man and wife
and who were charged with conduct
inE a house OF prostitution.
Conviction OF Goodman ana the two
women came on second hearing OF
the ease In the first hearing the
jury hung five Jurymen favoring con-
viction and one fsvoring acquittal. A
new jury panel drawn Thursday
morning resulted In the selection OF
W. W. Mcdonald. David n. Boyd. +.
w. Fee. Sam 7. Vann. u, T.. w. Rhea
and Chester r. French. This jury.
after hearing the evidence and argu-
meni yesterday afternoon returned
verdict Of guilty against all three. AFT.
er having been out for 30 minutes.
Volunteer Prosecutor.
Attorneys Herman r. Grille and
Andrew u. stroup conducted the case
Tor the state. They volunteered to
act ms prosecutors after the district
attorneys onice had drawn the COM
plants but were unable 20 assign n
member OF the district attorneys Of
flee to prosecute. The two volunteer
prosecutors mades a vigorous pre- ,
sentation cf the case not only against
the three defendants but against the
Sunnyside resort as a long standing
scene OF vice In Old Albuquerque and !
their arguments before the jury were /
convincing.
Following the convictions yesterday |
afternoon. Justice Modesto &. Ortiz |
bned Goodman ana the two women
$50 each and costs. The fines were I
paid. and the women agreed to leave ,
the city.
Sanford and his wife entered pleas 7
~ guilty. They were fined $50 each J.
ana costs and paid the fines. agree l
ing az the same time to abandon the |
SunnyHide place, which they sub /
leased from Pedro chavez. and to |
leave Albuauorque. Sanford had been |
here two days The woman took .
NNAAAHf ~ wv f'HAAAfH wv AhNAAAN VIZ j
May 10.
Progress in Clcun-up.
With the closing OF the Gold star
as a place available for gambling aud /
prostitution, which will occur on June
/, and with the cleaning up OF the
bogus hotel side OF the Sunnysidc ,
place. material progress Is thought tu Z
have been made in the cleaning up OF 4
Old Albuquerque There are three
other places In old Town which have
bnrno unsnvory regulations. sheriff
Garcia has Indicated his intention Of .
proceeding vigorously against any /
other law breakers whose Rpprehen-
sion with evidence to convict is found
possible,
The sheriff stnl contends that the
revocation Of hutcl licenses issued to
bogus hotels. In necessary to effective
work In the Old Town. but as hotel
licerses now existing expire ou July
LIST. II In believed that none of them
will be re-lssued. In that event the
sheriff believes he will have little dif-
ficulty In maintaining law and or
dcrly conditions
The sherin's office Indicated today
that the campaign to run down
prostitutes and men working with
them, will be continued vigorously. !
The gambling cvil IN more difficult to
reach because Of the language OF the
state law, particularly with regard to
games that can be- played without !
special equipment and in which
rake on paid to the house or game
proprietor h. difficult to detect The
enort TO check public gambling also
will proceed ana the sherins onicv
has Indicated its intention OF raiding
every house permitting games In
which money changes hands.
New Evidence.
The convictions secuted yesterday
were principally upon evidence
secured and given on the stand by
sheriff Garcia and Deputy Sheriu
Banghart and by the convincing case
made by Attorneys Stroup and Grille
OF the character OF the house ana the
conduct Of Its inmates
New witnesses examined In ycstcr-
days second trial or the case against
Goodman and the two women, in
mates Of the Sunnyside included
County Clerk NeAtor Moutoyn, who
gave straight from he -sh ouldcr tcsti-
mony TO the general bad character Of
the Sunnyside In tho past and In re-
cent months. and former shrrin
Jesus Romero whose evidence
brought forth a subducd ripple OF
laughter from the considerable crowd
IN the court room, The former
sheriff testified that he didn't know
anything about the reputation OF the
Sbnnyside; that some said Il was good
aud some said 1t was bad; that for
his own part he went Co bed early
a.