Evening star., 1944-04-27
Witness Tells
Vice Trial. Of
Keeping Fees

DS"'SS s"S'ts SuyS
She Earned More
Than Salary
A former manager of the Hopkins
Institute. Mildred Powell Carter,
told aDistrict Court jury today how
she increased her weekly salary of
$50 by pilfering certain fees in
tended for her employer.
Miss Carter, who was on the stand
all day yesterday in the trial OF
seven women charged with con-
spiracy to violate the Mann Act, said
she kept some Of the money because
she felt her responsibilities were too
great TO be covered by q weekly SAL
ary Of $50.
She said she had asked the pro-
prietor, George Francis Whitehead.
for legitimate raise and that it had
been refused. Whitehead is serving
q one-to-four-year sentence for con-
splracy and violating the Mann Act.
The witness admitted the pecula-
tions under cross-examination by
Defense Attorney Sol Lichtenberg,
Planned to Keep Checks.
Miss Carter also admitted she
nad intended to keep three checks
totaling $225 which she testified
yesterday had been given her by a
Cleveland man for whom she had
dates" at the Hotel
washington in October, 1912. Un-
fortunately, the checks were re-
turned with a notation that the
mans bank account had been at
tached.
The man was identified by the
woman yesterday as Justin w.
Macklin.
Miss Carter insisted that her
practice Of Withholding some of the
fees paid to her by the girls for
parties she arranged was not steal
Ing"
why wasn't it stealing?" Mr..
Lichtenberg asked.
Because my responsibilities were
too much for $50 a week." the wit
ness replied.
At another point in the cross
examination Miss Carter estimated
her income ranged between SIS and
$lO0 a week. She said in some
weeks she collected only her salary
because business was poor"
Little Black Book"
The little black book" of the
Hopkins Institute came into the
open for the first time yesterday.
Actually "the little black book"
turned out to be three books-one
red and black and the other two
dark blue. And they aren't very lit
tie. The books, purported to COM
prise a record Of the Hopkins Insti-
tute's transactions, were not intro
duced in evidence by Assistant
United States Attorney John w.
Finely, who refused to say whether
or not they would be.
The books are reported to contain
the names Of many prominent men
who. at one time or another, en-
gagged the services of the institute.
Whose names. are In the books did
not come out yesterday.
They were opened Just long
enough by Defense Attorney M.
Edward Buckley, jr., to give the Car
ter woman, the Governments first
chance to find. entries sub
stantiating her accounts of dealings
with Mr.. Macklin and a Boston man.
She identified the Boston man as
Edward M. Ravreby.
It was Macklin who, according to
the witness, wrote three checks
for 500, $50 and $75-which later
were returned by his Cleveland bank
because his account had been at
tached. fRavreby, Miss Carter said,
had date" with one Of her girls In
the Statler Hotel and wrote q check
for $20-which was good.
Code System Explained.
No entries concerning these two
men were found in the books, and
Miss Carter, who earlier identified
herself as manager OF the institute,
said none was made. She did, how
ever, explain to the jury of nine men
and three women how the code sys-
tenn In the book worked.
Miss Carter told the jury, earlier
In the session, that about once a
month or six weeks a patron would
come to the establishment, known
as a massage parlor," and actually
request massage. She said the
place was equipped with a massage
table, steam bath, an infrared
ray lamp and other devices.
IF any one wanted such treat
ment," the witness said, wed be
glad to give it to them"
A subpoena was issued yesterday
for the Cleveland attorney whom
Miss Carter had testified earlier had
contracted with her to furnish
dates" on three successive nights
In October, 1912. Defense counsel
also indicated the Boston man woulc
be subpoenaed. Both men, II
brought into court, will be asked b,
the defense whether meetings with
Miss Carter and the girls furnished
by her actually took place.
""Has No Recollection"
Mr.. Macklin told The Star BY
telephone from Cleveland that he
"has no recollection" of the Incl
dents described by Mrs. Carter. He
said he had been brought to the
hotel by friends after suffering 9
broken back in the wreck OF two
trains at Dickerson, Md, In Sep.
tember, 1912.
Il don't recall very much OF my
stay at the hotel because I was al.
most constantly under opiates giver
me to relieve the terrible pains ir
my back" Mr.. Macklin said. Durins
this period, he said, he was unabI.
to move from his bed. Mr.. Mackli1
said he was visited by friends ane
the hotels doctor and a registered
nurse, but couldn't identify hi!
visitors most of the time "beinc iy