The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-11-07

"DO you know Sam Landretto!
II met him about year ago.
what we're the circumstances OF
your meeting?
any husband introduced US. /
Ibid you know Sam IN lslA anu
1sl5T. I
s'NO."
40 you know Lizzie Landretto?.
II never seen the woman until
last Friday"
.Did Lizzie come with Sam to
your place in 1914 or 1857"
NO"
Ibid he leave her there"
"No."
.Did YOU ever tell Lizzie Lam
.dretto that she could make some
easy money and it was all right
with SAM"
mo"
herr
II never met the woman"
aid you ever conduct Lizzie into
groom above the 1894 bar and
f%2utTUuuC6 uCA w ASA'
"No, SIR"
"Did you ever suggest TO her
when she came to the LISA bar to
take of her dress and put on a
kimopa!"
~ mo, l never did"
Cross-Examinatieu.
"Did you ever live with your hus-
Inland at the 1884 barr?
Eyes. sir"
did you ever conduct a house
Of prostitution, legal or illegal"
II should say not"
"Did you ever conduct any place
where you had girl roomers!
Objection sustained by court.
"As a matter of fact, Mrs. Orteil,
you don't know anything about the
general subject in this case-pros-
fitution in Rock Islandr
Again objection to the question
was sustained.
what is your business nowF
II am q housewife"
"Do you ever assist your husband
In his so-calied soft drink bust
ness!'' .
Il don't know as you could call
at a business. Only Just q, little bit
OF q place that sells soda water
and soft drinks. When I get my
heusework done. II l want to see
MIN, l most certainly do 80 down. =
'.Is your husband in the real es-
tate business now!
EYES"
what business does he have?
what he can get"
"Are you the lady who told the
ofhcArs Who raided your place that
yer. controlled 1 thousand votes in
Rock island and would get their
jcbs?
Objection was sustained.
t.Have you ever kept liquor for
ale In isolation Of the Law in the
past two months?
Objection was sustained.
Louis Il Called.
Louis Ortell was next called to
the stand. Louie said he sells
soft drinks, knows Sam by sight
for a year or year and b half was
proprietor Of the 1894 bar at va
rious times before the advent of
prohibition, served time as q tiller
Of the soil, doesn't know LisEie Lam
dretto and she was nsver In his
Mace Of business. On er0ss-exam-
ination, Ortell sid the first floor OF
the bar WINS . saloon and the Sec
ond floor had seven rooms. He said
1t was never known ~ . house OF
i'll fame, never had any girls har-
bored upstairs, and he never saw
lAxxie Landrett0 there.
Marie Grant, living ct 23eh Sew
enteenth street, was next ON the
stand. Marie sAid she Vas diyorc-
Cd on Oct. 10. 1872, from her hus-
hand. She met Sam LendrsttO
about six years. ago. and Lizzie
about the same She met them
while riding In Sans 1itney bus.
6hA gave Lizxie q home with her
n Moline whon Sam vas In Jail
Tar shooting lawrence Pedigo. She
DECLARED Lixsia AlienAted the affec-
t1bns of her husband. She observ-
q Developments with her own
eyeS. "They always framed to get
- out OF the house." she explaied.
Il got suspicious and returned
suddenly one evening. I sneaked
III ana peeksd through the curtains
end then tiptoed out again. The
noxt day asked the police to make
her leave my house. / was afraid
10 tell what I saw for fear my hus-
hand would knock my head on"
on cruss-examination Mira Grant
AGpied any connection with houses
i a. ll-fame In ROCK Island and de-
niea that she ana Lissies had eves
a6Etht the acquaintance Of men on
the streets.
C1enn Hiett. living ut IA TWEEN
tt-second street, said he had init
nakt1 relations With Lizzie LAndret.
vi about two years ago. having
ooa4ted her aeQuaintance one day
W1ile driving . tAxioab in Dav.