Evening star., 1944-04-28
Witness Admits
in .
Vice Testimony
Sheds Tears When
Questioned About
Defendants Identity
BY NORMAN A. KAHL.

Hopkins Institute on charges of con.
spiracy to violate the Mann Act
foundered briefly today when 9
prosecution witness broke down ir
tears on the witness stand and ad.
mitted she was uncertain as to the
identity of one of the defendants
whom she had previously implicated
The break came after Connie Mad.
dox, who said she had once worked
for the Hopkins Institute in 1912
was being cross-examined by De.
fense Attorney James K. Hughes.
Mr.. Hughes asked the witness
whether there wasn't some doubt ir
her mind as to the identity of the
individual she said she saw at ar
apartment when she was looking
for work as q prostitute.
Mrs. Maddox hesitated and became
increasingly nervous. The Judge
finally said she would have to an
swer the question.
eyes, there is" she declared.
Mrs. Maddox, who said she ha6
been married for three years, hac
testified earlier that she had beer
engaged in prostitution for abou,
five years.
|. Had Been at Institute.
"And did you practice prostitution
all this timer" Mr.. Hughes askec..
mo, only for about two months,
the witness said.
She said she had been at the Hop
kins Institute for a while in No.
vember, 1912.
did you entertain men for pleas.
ure or for profit?" she was asked BY
Assistant United States Attorney
John w. Fihelly.
"For profit" the witness said.
She said she met Mrs. Ronnit
Stewart, the Governments first wit.
ness today, while she and Mrs. Stew
art were living at the Cairo Hote
here with their respective husbands
She said she came to Washington
from New York and that her hus-
band was welder. During the two
months they stayed at the Cairo
Hotel, she said, her husband was
unemployed because he needed q
rest.
During that time did you engage
in prostitution to supplement youl
income?" Mr.. Hughes asked.
Il did not" she replied indig.
nantly.
Girl Tells of Career.
Mrs. Stewart, % and blond, earlier
had described three-and- -one-half.
year career of vice during which he,
husband lived off her earnings.
Mrs. Stewart told the jury that or
one occasion her husband beat hel
and gave her a black eye.
did this incapacitate you for your
profession?" she was asked by De.
tense Attorney Saul Lichtenberg.
"Yes," she said. She added thai
she had to remain out of work fol
two weeks.
Mrs. Stewart said she began hel
career as q prostitute when she wa.
10 or 10.
did you meet your husband a!
an ostensibly respectable girl?" Mr.
Lichtenberg asked.
II don't know what you mean," tn.
witness replied.
Husband in Philadelphia.
Mrs. Stewart said her father is ir
business here. Her husband, sht
said, is waiter In a Philadelphia
hotel. They have been separated
for six or seven months, she testi.
fed.
The witness recalled that durins
one week at the institute in 1874.
she not only entertained men in tn,
establishment in the 2700 block O.
Connecticut avenue, but was sen
out to private homes, apartment
and hotels, including the Garlic,
and Washington. On two occasions
she said, she was sent out to keel
dates with men. One such party
she said, was in Georgetown home
Before going to the institute, sh,
said, she had worked for F1orenc,
(Billy) White, one of the defend
ants.
Mr.. Fihelly asked whether an,
money was passed when she filled
dates for the institute and the wit.
ness replied there was. She said sht
would keep half of the proceeds.
This work you were doing at tn
Hopkins Institute, without going int,
details, was it prostitution?" Mr.. Fl
] helly asked.
YES" she replied.
Names May Be Revealed.
Indications that all the names IL
the Hopkins Institutes 'little blacl
book" will be thrown open for pub.
lie inspection appeared, meanwhile
after Government witness, led OF
by Defense Attorney M. Edward
Buckley, jr, yesterday came clos,
to naming names.
| The three-volume set of records
which have come to be known al
the little black book" have not We
actually been introduced into thu
record. They were used, however
by Mr.. Buckley to refresh the mem
ory of Mildred Powell Carter, frs
witness for the Government.
Meanwhile, Mr.. Buckley said tina
a Cleveland man, who was men.
toned by Miss Carter as having
taken advantage of the institute'
service on three successive nights il
October, 1912, would arrive in Wash
ington today or tomorrow. The de
fense counsel said subpoena which
had originally been issued for tn,
mans appearance in court, had beer
withdrawn to permit him to appear
voluntarily.
Reverses Testimony.
Miss Carter yesterday astonishee
the courtroom when she reversed
previous testimony duplicating twt
of the defendants with the Cleve
land man. After a recess, the wit
ness told visiting Justice Arthu
Lederle of Detroit, who is hearinl
the case with a jury of nine mel
and three women, that she wanted
to make a statement.