Evening star., 1944-04-27
Witness Lists
Businessmen as
Patrons
Names Read From
Little Black Book
Not Made Public
BY NORMAN KAHI,.

ness in the trial of seven youn,
women charged with conspiracy t,
violate the Mann Act, Mildre,
Powell Carter described the Gus
toners but did not identify then
by name.
M. Edward Buckley, jr., defens
attorney, handed one of the. recor,
books to the witness and aske,
whether some of the persons liste,
had not called to obtain girls TO
dining and dancing only.
"Oh, they all said that" Miss Car
ter smirked.
Mr.. Buckley pointed to a name il
the book.
Hes in business here, is he not?'
Entertained Associates.
The witness said he was and tina
he would call occasionally for girl
to entertain out-of- town buyers ans
other business associates.
Mr.. Buckley showed Miss Garter
another name.
when visiting ball teams were ir
town, did he call you up for girls fo1
the visiting players and managers?
Mr.. Buckley asked.
Eyes, but not to dine and dance"
The attorney tipped several page
and pointed to another name.
This is newspaper publisher il
the city, is he not?"
"Yes."
did he call you frequently?"
EYES,"
"He would call and ask for girl,
for himself and his associates?"
Eyes"
"To dine and dancer"
mo"
Patrons Didn't Care"
Miss Carter said the names of tn,
men in the little black book wer,
there because they didn't care"
Many of the people whose name.
are in this book are prominent
aren't they?" Mr.. Buckley asked.
The witness said they were.
"And they didn't care whether
their names were on record?"
They didn't ask me not to. They
didn't care"
"You think United States Sena.
tor wouldn't care?"
Assistant United States Attorne,
John D. Fihelly leaped to his fee
to object and Justice Arthur Lederls
instantly sustained the objection.
Miss Carter explained that wher
patrons asked specifically that theil
names be left out of the book sh,
complied with their wishes. Tn.
former Onanager of the institut,
frankly told the jury that tn.
massage was just a 'front.'"
did you ever send girls ou
merely to give massage?" Mr.
Buckley asked.
when some one called who wa.
a new patient" the witness testified
I'D tell the girl to take somethins
along just in case they did want 6
massage"
Called for Messages.
Mr.. Buckley asked whether Mis-.
Carter didn't recall having severa
times received telephone request,
from woman on Connecticut ave
nue. who wanted girl to come ou
and massage either her son-in-lav
or her husband.
I'VE did have such a CALL" Mis-
Carter said. when the girl wen
out she didn't know she was goin,
to be asked only to give a massage
She ran into something different
The witness also recalled that F.,
woman on Sixteenth street hat
sent for girl to massage her bed
ridden son. The charge for thi
service, the witness said, was $40
OF which the girl was allowed t,
keep half.
Sunny Pitts, who testified in F:
previous case involving the Hopkin
Institute, was understood, to be il
the city and ready to take the wit
ness stand, when defense attorney,
have finished the cross s-examinatior
of Miss Carter.
Earlier, Miss Carter told how
she increased her weekly salary O
$50 by pilfering certain fees in.
tended for her employer.
Miss Carter said she kept som,
OF the money because she felt he,
responsibilities were too great to b,
covered by a weekly salary of $50.
She said she had asked the pro.
prletor, George Francis Whitehead
for legitimate raise and that it hae
been refused. Whitehead is servins
one-to-four-year sentence for con.
splracy and violating the Mann Act
The witness admitted the pecula
tlons under cross oss-examination b,
Defense Attorney Sol Lichtenberg.
Planned to Keep Checks.
MISS Carter also admitted sh,
had intended to keep three check,
totaling $255, which she testifie,
yesterday had been given her by {
Cleveland man for whom she hac
arranged dates" at the Hote
Washington in October, 1912. Un.
fortunately, the checks were re.
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mans bank account had been at.
tached.
Miss Carter insisted that hel
practice Of withholding some of the
fees paid to her by the girls fo,
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 s75 ane
SlOO q week. She said in some
weeks she collected only her salar,
because business was poor"
Three Books Involved.
The little black book" of tn
Hopkins Institute came into tn
open for the first time yesterday.
Actually "the little black book
turned out to be three books-on
red and black and the other tw
dark blue.
They were opened inst lon