| Show YANK ANK WITNESS I SLAPS LAWYERS LAWYER'S FACE AT TRIAL I I I Russell G. G DeI Defending De De- I fending Hotel Calls Cans Him Hinl Stoolpigeon Following a hard-fought hard ca case c which 1 readied reached Its most exciting personal pass passin In a federal building corr corridor dor during a aI I recess when Sergt W W. Yo J J. J Gro Groghan han u n tho face government gO witness slapped of or Attorney Russell Q O. fo for to Applying the term him three of four toUl defendants were vero found guilty In fri United States District Judge Tillman Tiliman D. D Johnson's Johnsons court yesterday yes yes- house of ill ill- of maintaining a fame within a 3 proscribed area of a military post JOSt Those found round guilty b by th the Jur Jury wore wore- oro Geor George Brown former proprietor of the tho nO Hoy hotel and Mrs Mabel Tracy and Mrs Irs Esther Lopez former inmates of ot tho the hot l. l Mrs Irs Brown who one of or the tho government witnesses testified I had told him sho she did not approve of or orI 1 I the wa way In which th the hotel was operated operated oper oper- was found not guilty guilt i Sentence upon the three thre will bo be Imposed Im- Im 1 posed b by Judge Johnson later Numerous Unaccepted Tho rho clash l between Sergeant han Grog I and attorney for fOl the tho look place after atter the Jury had retired The Tho witness ss took e exception to tho term applied to him in the attorneys attorney's summing summing sum sum- ming minI up tl to the Jury jun He lie punctuated Ms his frankly expressed disapproval with witha a resounding smack Before regul regular t fisticuffs could develop the two were separated Tho The attitude taken h by hy r n friends of tho tim attorney led Jed George Birdcall all an operative operative opera opera- livo tive of tho the department of Justice to challenge e present to call c ll him hima the a n on Nobody accepted offer Quiet was then restored The caso case went to lo tho the Jury at C G p. p mand m m. and the tho verdict was reported shortly after ater 9 p. p m. m Ted Followed Orders Order The arrest of If the proprietor and others others oth oth- ers of ot the RJ Ri hotel was brought about after Jeter Sergeant an Groghan was vas assigned b by military orders to Investigate the hotel whose proprietor and Inmates Were vere believed to lo be violating the gov- gov order promulgated promulgate to protect ho the moral welfare of or soldiers lag ng to his testimony he and another investigator ator went to the place August 24 4 1918 and secured rooms By prearranged prearranged pre pro arranged plan the place was then raIded laded by b- federal operatives ope and girls w were vere re found In the rooms with the tho two m men en Testimony by n. n government gov gov- investigator In disclosed that a acard acard acard card index system sl rn was l kept ept b by the by bv means of ot which the tho names of girls wore Ire kept for or ready reference Dave Gershon testified he had been told b by Mrs MrA Tracy and Mrs Lopez Loper that a charge chargo of 60 cents was levied upon a girl every time she entered a room Sar Sergeant Groghan Is said to have havo ac acted ed at one time as sparring partner to Stanley Stanle Ketchell former middle middle- weight champion middle middle-I |
