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Show WOMEN ARE IN POLICE COURT What promises to be one of the most1 unsavory cases aired In the city court for many months began this morning when Mlnnio Lewis and Catherine O'Connor woro arraigned on the charge of Btoaling in the neighborhood neigh-borhood of $1,500 from Samuel Melbourne Mel-bourne Konworthy, on April 5. Both women appeared in court in company with their counsel, who entered en-tered a plea of not guilt'. Miss O'Connor, O'Con-nor, the younger and more comely of the two defendants, was attired in blue from the toes of her (5xford Bllppors to the tip of the large willow pluino which graced a mammoth bluo hat. She Is a brunette with teasing eyes, shaded by long dark lushos. Her companion Miss Lewis la largor in stature and was gowned in a "natty" tailored sultof brown, In keeping with her auburn hair which she wears neatly wreathed. She wore 1 a whlto masculine collar with a four-in-hand tie from which glowed -i frog-shaped brooch of many brilliants but with emerald eyes. A handkor-chlef handkor-chlef protruded Jauntily from her left breast pocket of her coat, and a metal fob dangled below the kerchief. She sat nearest the dofcndlng cpuu sol and offered suggestions during the croBs-oxnmination of every witness. wit-ness. Tho first witness called b- the state was Qeorgo M, Brophy, assistant division superintendent of the Union Pacific. He slated that ho had seen Miss O'Connor and Kenworthy occupying occupy-ing tho same seat In a Pullman car of train No. 4p Union Pacific, on the evening of April 7, while ho was riding rid-ing from 6gden to Bvanaton. He testified that Konworthy was noticeably notice-ably intoxicated. His. companion did not act strangely he stated, under cross-examination, and did not appear to have beon drinking. This was all that ho knew of tho case. George Lewis, Union Pacific detective, de-tective, who was In charge of the caso for tho railroad and who aided In tho capture of the two women, charged with the theft, was next called call-ed to the stand. The detective told of a conversation which he had "with tho defendants immediately after their arrest In Salt Lako City. Ho stated that the women had denied all knowledge know-ledge of tho theft of the money and that Miss O'Connor had given as her reason for leaving the train so mysteriously mys-teriously at Rock Springs, Kenwor-thy's Kenwor-thy's proposal that she open up a house of Immoral character when they arrive at Denver. According to the detective, the women at that time had charged Kenworthy with being n procurer and had stated that Kenworthy had acted as a bawd for a brothel in Fresno, Cal All sorts of similar allegations, the detective claimed, had been made against the supposed victim of the theft by tho wonlen while in the office of-fice of the police, station at Salt Lake City. He told of ttie prisoners stating that they had just-dispoBed of a rooming room-ing house in San, Francisco for $1,-400 $1,-400 and that the money, which they had with them when arrested was this money. Lewis testifled-that Kenworthy had about $600 with him at the time he claimed to have been robbed, and that most of this mone; was In currency. Kenworthy carried tho paper money In a compressed lump rather than in a roll and had It tucked away In one of the front 'pockets of his trousers. trous-ers. What money ho had In gold he carried In a belt. W. F. Nantker, cashier of the Wells-Fargo Wells-Fargo Express company, testified that Miss Lewis, on tho fifth of April, purchased pur-chased six $50 money orders nnd three $20 certificates. On the following follow-ing day sho returned and purchased five money orders, all of $100 denomination de-nomination Paul Dralney, clerk of the Hcaly hotel, was called to the stand by tho state and testlflod that Kenworthy nnd the two women had registered at the Healy house and occupied a suite of rooms there for three days. They had registered as Mr and Mrs. Bruce and Miss Fern, Kenworthy writing these names upon the register According Ac-cording to tho hotel man's testimony, Konworthy had beon under tho Influence In-fluence of liquor during most of the time the trio were stopping there. After the party had left the place he found a number of beer bottles In the rooms they had occupied. Kenworthy next mounted tho witness wit-ness stand. He appeared extremely nervous and moved restlessly about In his chair. He 6ald that he was a rancher by occupation and that he owned a ranch near Fresno, Cal. On the third of April ho left Fresno for Denver. Col. He went first to San Francisco and thore called at tho homo of the two women aud oxplalned to them that ho was going to Denver. He also told thfm thnt he had with him about $2,-COO. $2,-COO. They said they would go with him if ho would wait until that afternoon, after-noon, and he waited. Ho said ho know Miss Lewis in California when she conducted a house of Immoral character. Ho could not tell anything any-thing specifically about the actunl robbory of which he accused tho women. He said at ono time, while he was taking a bath at tho Healy house In tho bath room which od-Joined od-Joined their apartments, Miss Lewls came Into the room and saw his money belt lying upon the floor. She did not take tho money at that tlmo. All that Konworthy knew of tho theft of his money was when he awoke from a "jumpy" sleep on board the Union Pacific train and found that somo time dudug his extended alcoholic alco-holic stupor he had beon "touched" for $1,500. Under cross-examlnntlon, Konworthy Kon-worthy admitted that ho sometimes went by tho namo of Samuel Melbourne, Mel-bourne, He was 'forood to-reveal, a story of having left a wife and two phlldren In Denver about ten years ago, eloping wlthap affinity to Seattle, Wash. This affinity was a woman of the undorworld, who later conducted n house In Fresno. Tho .y.-ltnesa very reluctantly Awq up this lnforniatlbn, but Miss iewls. who continually coached her counsel, produced from her leather hand satchel ji great, rofl of newspaper clippings which told of Kenworthy'p connection with a brothel In Fresno. According to one of these clippings, Kenworthy had sued his affinity who used the name Rose Miller for a half interest In a certain property used for immoral purposes. The court had thrown the case out of court he cause of tho business which it con cerned being Illegal. Brought face " to face with this tangible evldencjfbf ' his paflt, the witness admitted that ho had made such a fight in the. Fresno, courts. The exnminlng attorney charged Kenworthy with having acted as a procurer for tho Fresno brothel but (he' denied that he had over acted in such a capacity He admitted, how-over,' how-over,' that he had secured a woman to work in tho Miller .house but that sho was employed as a "housekeeper." Ho admitted that this woman had nsed the rtanic of Lillian Gulliver and that they had lived as man and wife. The cross examination was but fairly started when tho court was adjourned ad-journed until this afternoon, when the cross-examination was continued. |