Evening star., 1953-02-12
; Named by PAT Ward
Issue Quick DeniaIs;
Trial Is in Recess
by the Associotsd Press

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By the Assoeiotsd Press
NEW YORK. Feb. 12.-The
trial Of Minot (Mickey) Jelke
was in recess today as three men
named as acquaintance of Pat
Ward. star witness against him.
hurriedly denied knowing her
except through casual introduce
tions or while in a crowd.
The trial will resume tomor-
row. Cross-examination Of Miss
Ward. 10. is expected to con-
tinue.
Names seeping out Of the
closed-door trial included Film
Star Mickey Rooney. Disc Jockey
Jack Eigen and Comedian Joe
Adams. All three denied know
ing her. except casually.
Jelke, heir to an oleomargarine
fortune, has been accused Of
inducing Miss Ward and two
other young women to become
high-priced prostitutes and of
living OF the earnings of Miss
Ward.
Press and Public Barred.
With the press and public
barred from hearing prosecution
testimony by order Of General
Sessions Judge Francis L. Va
lente, newsmen must rely on
questioning attorneys In the
corridors.
Jelke's chief counsel, Samuel
Segal, quoted Miss Ward as say
ing yesterday that she had been
raped by a man he declined to
name. She became a mother
at the age Of II as q result, the
lawyer added.
Mr.. Segal said Miss Ward
acknowledged receiving money
from an unidentified publicity
man after the baby was born in
1850.
MIR. Segal also said Miss Ward
admits receiving money from
another man before she met
Mickey Jelke-while she was
pregnant"
Miss Ward repeatedly reeled
of to the all-male jury another
list Of men who paid for her
love, giving the dates and her
fees-$50 to 500 a night.
She testified she knew q mum.
Der of theatrical and newspaper
people not as clients but as
friends.
Tried to Get in Movies.
Mr.. Segal said the witness
"knew Rooney more than seven
months before she met Jelke,"
and added:
THE last meeting with Rooney
apparently was in August, 1851,
when she went to Mickey's suite
in the Sherry -Netherland and
had lunch and dinner with him.
She said she went to see Rooney
to ask if he would open the way
for her to get into the movies"
Mr.. Rooney, 80, when asked
about Miss Ward yesterday at
Los Angeles, said:
II met her once five years ago.
We had dinner with a crowd Of
people in New York. She may
have come up Ito his apartment)
with a crowd of people but we
were never alone.
You know how it is when you
are with a crowd in New York.
You meet all sorts of people,"
Both Mr.. Segal and j. Roland
Sala, Miss Wards attorney, de.
MED published reports that Mr..
Rooney and Miss Ward once
were engaged. Mr.. Rooney.
thrice divorced, married model
Elaine Mahnken last November.
Mr. Eigen, one-time disc
jockey at the Copacabana night
club here, said in Chicago:
Miss Ward has never been to
a night club with me-"
Might Have Mentioned Name.
Mr.. Eigen added that he might
have mentioned Miss Wards
name over the air some time
while broadcasting from the
Copacabana.
The Copacabana was named
by Miss Ward as one of the many
plush night spots she frequented
in her role as cafe society play.
girl.
Mr.. Adams, a night club per-
former, said in Los Angeles:
Il never had date with her
in my life. I met her once or
twice a few years ago when she
went out with a friend Of mine
(not IDENTIFIED"
The New York Daily News to-
day quoted Mr.. Segal as saying
yesterday that Miss Wards Gus
toners would be called to the
witness stand when the defense
takes over at the trial.
The News quoted Mr.. Segal as
saying, concerning the call girls
paying clients. I'VE feel that
we've showed that she knew
some Of the people involved
long before she met Mickey
Jelke."
Judge Valente's order, barring
the public and press from prose-
cution testimony on, grounds
that public decency compels
it," apparently does not apply
once the defense starts.
The trial was recessed until
tomorrow because Of the Lin
coins Birthday holiday today.
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