Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-28
Appeal 70 Follow :
JeIke' S Sentencinq,
His Counsel Reveal
By the Associated Press

ITO VVU1uSVn NVVVUu
By the Associated Press
NEW YORK, Feb. 28.-Counsel
for Minot Mickey Jelke say
they will appeal the conviction
Of the young margarine heir on
two counts of compulsory pros
titution.
An all-male jury last night
found the 23-year-old Jelke
guilty on two of three counts,
but recommended mercy.
Chief Defense Counsel Samuel
Segal said Immediately:
1.-THE case will be appealed
after thesentence-definitely."
The blue ribbon panel deliber-
ated less than five hours after
a 25-day trial featuring closed
door prosecution testimony by
admitted call girls of cafe society.
Sentencing March 20.
General Sessions Judge Francis
L. Valente scheduled sentencing
for March 20. Jelke, pale and
shaken. was remanded to city
prison pending possible release
next week on bail.
He faces a maximum Of 40
years in Jail, 20 years on each
count The minimum term for
compulsory prostitution is two
years. but the court has the
power to suspend execution of
sentence. The jury's mercy plea
in no way binds Judge Valente
Jelke was convicted of induc-
ing Pat Ward. 10, into prostitu-
ton and attempting to do like
wise with Marguerite Cordova,
Is. The Jury acquitted Jelke of
trying to force Pat Thompson,
%. into prostitution.
The jury, II married men and
a bachelor got the case at 2:47
pm and brought in its verdict
at ITO pm.
After Jelke was led away to his
cell. MI Segal was asked how
the verdict affected his client.
I'VE didn't ask him." Mr..
Segal replied, Hes just a kid
and so ! didn't ask him."
Call to His Mother.
Preparing to put in a call to
Jelke's socialite mother, Mrs.
Elizabeth Clarke Teal, Mr.. Segal
added:
ITS going to be hard, very
hard, After all, she is a mother"
Although not in court yester-
day Mrs Teal sat by her son
throughout his trial and was his
chief witness. She endeavored
to show in her testimony that
money and gifts she gave her
son made it unnecessary for him
to seek other sources of income.
She remarked after divorcing
John Jelke eight years ago.
Young Jelke did not take the
stand during the trial.
The proSecution's star witness
was Miss Ward. whose real name
is Sandra Wisotsky. Miss Ward,
mother of an illegitimate child at
II, testified she gave Jelke some
$4,000 of her call girl earnings
over a 20-Week period late in
1851 and early in 1852. .. ..
After thanking the jury, Judge
Valente said odds were being
laid that the case would end in
miStrial. Without celebrating,
Judge Valente added:
This the verdict) was not
complimentary to the people who
were endeavoring to procure a
miStrial here"
Closed Door Appeal.
The barring OF press and pub
lie from hearing prosecution
testimony still is being appealed
to the Appellate Division of the
State Supreme Court by five
New York newspapers and two
news associations. Judge Va
lente banned open state testi-
mony on grounds of debasing
public morals. The news media
charge his order constituted sup
preston of freedom of the press.
There were no restrictions on
defense testimony.
Another unusual aspect of the
case was the introduction of a
final defense witness yesterday,
Just before Judge Valente de-
livered his charge to the jury.
Both sides had completed their
summationS and rebuttalsI
Thursday.
The witness. Grace Appel, %,
had been sought by the defense
for several days. In her brief
testimony, she told about WAL
dorf-Astoria party she attended
two years ago with Miss Ward,
childhood chum.
At the party, Miss Appel said,
she found herself alone with Miss
Ward and nightclub entertainer
joey Adams. Asked if anything
unusual" happened between
Miss Ward and Mr.. Adams, the
witness-on advice of her own
attorney-refused to answer on
grounds If "YniUhf tond to 10