Evening star., 1944-04-26
Manager Tells
|0f Making Hotel
Dates for Girls
Describes How Two
Were Introduced to
Cleveland Man

A woman who described herself as
a former manager of the Hopkins
Institute, in the 2700 block of Con-
necticut avenue NV, today told a
District Court jury how she had ar
ranged dates" between patrons of
the establishment and some of the
seven girls being tried for Mann Act
conspiracy.
Mildred Powell Carter, who yes
terday pleaded guilty to the con-
spiracy charge and to another
charge of Mann Act violation, told
Of taking two of the girls to the
Washington Hotel on three success
sive nights in october, 1912, to keep
appointments with Cleveland man.
Three checks, for $1O0, $50 and SIS,
given to the girls by the man, were
later returned because the mans &C
count in Cleveland bank had been
attached, the witness said. The
three checks were offered in evi-
dence by United States Attorney
John w. Fihelly.
Tells Of Other Arrangements.
Miss Carter also detailed arrange
ments she had made for men Gus
toners in other Washington hotels
and at the institute itself, where, she
said, two girls were kept at all times.
The institute would take half of the
girls money, she testified.
The witness said she went with
the girls to the room of the man in
the Washington Hotel because he
was nervous land always liked to
have me introduce him to the girl"
On two occasions, she said, she took
Ann Henley to the mans room and
on the other night she took Mildred
Calls. Both girls are co-defendants
in the conspiracy case.
Attorney M. Edward Buckley, jr.,
defense counsel, said he would insist
that the Cleveland man be sub
poenaed so he could be asked direct
" whether he had dates" with the
girls as described by the Carter
woman. Defense attorneys have
threatened to subpoena all the men
whose names enter the case.
A dramatic interlude came when
Miss Carter was asked by the prose-
cutor to step down from the bench
and identify each of the seven de-
PENDANTS. She walked around the
courtroom, gazing at each Of the
girls, pointing at them and calling
out their names.
Three Women on Jury.
Miss Carter said she would call
|either Wilma Graham or Florence
White, other defendants, when she
wanted girls for her customers. The
girls would then be sent to the
rooms where the patrons were stay
ing, or to the institute. Occasionally
the witness said, calls for four or
i've girls to attend the parties would
come to her and she would have
girls sent by either Wilma Graham
or Florence White.
Also being tried on the conspiracy
charge are Nancy Parr, Kay Fer
reola and Irene Vinson. Wilma
Graham and Florence White are
also named in separate indictments
charging them with transporting
women from New York to Wash
ington.
A jury OF nine men and three
women is hearing the case.
Mr.. Fihelly, in his opening state
ment yesterday, said he intended to
show that the defendants were in
volved in carrying out a general
scheme Of prostitution, immortality
and debauchery." He said he would
show that nearly all the women in
volved were brought into Washing
ton from other places, most of them
from New York.
Opening remarks of the defense
were postponed until today. The
five attorneys representing the de-
PENDANTS are Mr.. Buckley, Sol Lich-
tenberg, Levi David, James Hughes
and T. Emmett Mckenzie.
Mr. Buckley yesterday said he had
issued subpoenas for guest registers
of seven large hotels. They are the
Mayflower, the Statler, the Shore
ham, the Willard, the Roosevelt, the
Washington and the Broadmoor
Wanty Guests as Witnesses.
The attorney said that If the
Government presents evidence that
any of the girls entertained men in
any of these hotels between Sep
tember, 1941, and March, 1943, he
would ask that the name of the
person registered in the particular
room at that time be obtained from
the hotel records and that this per-
son then be brought into court to
testify.
Mr.. Fihelly said II girls who
|allegedly were once connected with
the institute will be called on to
testify for the Government. Be-
sides, the prosecution still has in its
possession the notorious little black
book" said to contain the names of
many prominent Washingtonians
Whether or not this book will be
introduced into evidence was not
Icertain.