Salt Lake Telegram | 1917-12-19 | Page 5 | Woman Proprietor of Saloon on Trial Here

1 WOMAN PROPRIETOR R RI I I I OF SALOON ON TRIAL HERE HER Unique White Slave Case Expected to Go to Jury This Evening Different from Crom any other white slave case casc that has ever been tried In courts court was wai that t brought up today before Judge Tillman D D. D Johnson of the United States court It was the case cue of ot the United States against Mrs Lorenzo charged with having transported Hosa Rosa an Austrian girl 16 15 years old from Utah her home to Diamondville Wyo yo where It Is ia alleged she was placed in Immoral surroundings surroundIng The case is different from any other In that It does not attempt to prove that th the girl suffered any loss of ol honor but that in having been placed in a saloon such as it is charged toe Borino woman was part proprietor of ot a subsequent downfall on the part of oC th the girl was Inevitable W. W W V Ray nay United States State attorney conducted the case for tor the United States Among the witnesses summoned were the postmaster of ot DIamondville Mary an Austrian girl and Vic Vie Ross HOSH a a. bartender Through a laborious maze of testimony testimony testimony mony drawn out by the counsel forthe for tor forthe the defense It was attempted to discount discount dis dis- I count the allegation of the government government government govern govern- ment prosecutors that Mrs l Borino bought the ticket for Cor the girl who itIs ItIs It Itis is alleged was taken to Diamondville for Immoral purposes Rosa Kosa who is now 17 years old but who It is said was 16 15 when taken from to Wyoming testified to the effect that while Inthe in inthe inthe the employ of ot the Borino household she was forced to dance every night in the saloon with men sober and drunk The case was expected to go to the jury late today i I