The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-12-20

r61en Van Dale, once the queen
g Rock 1slAnd underworld. now
relsd and forlorn, was led back
- Scott county Jail In Daven-
- after the hearing before Unit
II etates Commissioner A. @. Bush
s2l11reday afternoon. there to await
sitting Of the federal grand
~. April ~. She was bound over
- bonds Of $4,000. charged
V7A violation Of the Mann white
elye act, the interstate transpor-
- Of women for immoral pur-
DDDes. /.
The decision Of the commissions
Y followed one Of the hardest
jbaght legal battles ever staged 10
~ commissioner court. The
spman was defended by J. A. Ham
~ Of Davenport and William c..
Allen Of Rock Island. The federal
fpvernment was represented by
United States District Attorney Will
liam p. Gregory and Louis Loebl.
The department Of justice operator
Who unearthed the overwhelming
amount Of evidence against the
woman. 4
Mrs. Van Dale. with her sister.
known in the underworld as Dim
pleS', United States Marshal Ter
renee F.. Kinney and her attorneys
entered the little court room ct 2:15
o'clock yesterday afternoon. She
still carried herself as though she
was the power she had been. But
after the first glance around the
room, her spirits seemed to fall.
In that glance she saw the nine
witnesses called to appear against
her. They were surprise witnesses
10 the defense. They were girls
Mrs. Van Dale had ordered trans
ported. They were taxi drivers to
whom she had paid money for the
Carrying of girls from cne side Of
the river to the other. And there
wsre police officials and depart
ment OF justice men who had work.
q under cover and who until yes,
tsrday had been in her confidence
4s Young Wife In Resort.
1t was not until 2:35 o'clock
however. that. the hearing wa!
started. 1t WINS delayed on accoun
Of tie pr, longe1 conference be
tween NJ Gregory and Mr.. Loebl
II w ff ing this conference tina
.fct exec in the case was re
iyeEei, and the government out
Hue i J course.
After fse CT the picked witnesse.
ye.e sworn. Glenn Hiett was call
sl to lake tie stand. These five
were all Of the witnesses USED
against the woman. The defense
failed to produce a witness. De
spite the fact that no witnesses
were produced by the defense
every statement made by any wit
ness was questioned by the defense
counsel and every witness was Sc
verely cross examined. acts
Hiett was called upon simply tt
review his activities while in thu
employ of the Van Dale woman. H,
was at one time employed as he1
chauffeur. He told of the man!
times that he. acting with her AM
under her orders, brought girl
from Rock Island to Davenport, o
from Davenport to Rock Island
The two cases on which the Unite'
States attorney dwelt were those 0
Ethel Hiett and Buelah Marx. I'm
der ross-examination he admitte
that Ethel Hiett was his wife. II
said that she was held subject t
the call Of the Van Dale woman
She was next called to the stan
and, corroborated his story. Sh
said that she had been an inmat
Of her places on both the Iowa an
the Illinois sides Of the river.
The story Of Buelah Marx is tn
aory of q Galesburg girl who cam
% Rock Island at the call of tn
Van Dale woman. Mrs. Van Dale
according to Hiett, ordered him I
drive to the Burlington station i
Rock Island. She accompanie
him. The two Of them met Buela
1t the train as she alighted an
drove her to the East Fifth stree
resort In Davenport.
After the Buelah, Marx story ha
been told, Harry Manwarring, fol
merly q taxi driver, was called I
The stand. He said that Mrs. Va
Dale tol dhim that she was openin
, new place and that she wanted
couple Of. girls to work for her. H
says he told Carrie Swanson an
Florence Ntzsimmons. both of Roc
Island. and that Mrs. Van Dale late
ordered him to bring them to BIZ
place at 1927 East Fifth street. Da,
export. He does not remember VIII
paid the taxi bill.
The Swanson woman YVES ne,
called. She was followed by til
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