Show THE LIBERAL POLICE FORCE the elsie st omer rose miller and bod oldie to shears same took a de deol cidely dely son BOB sj lional turn before justice kesler keeler june after the NEWS went to press it was full of startling statements which huoh are of so BO bertous a nature as to require the most moat complete investigation possible following is the testimony JOE JOB 0 I 1 the alleged city detective was the first witness he testified that he had arrested the defendant he said further 1 I know that her place of residence is reputed to be a house of prostitution I 1 have seen men enter and come from the house during the day and at night I 1 visited the place in portion person on the night that miss elsie moved there I 1 know that beer was sold there for I 1 bought it paid for it and drank it laughter harry duke city treasurer told ma me that the house was disorderly and he be believed resorted to for purposes of lewdness A young man named mcerlain told me that miss elsie elate was running a house on vie fie quiet he to is a roomer there and ought to know attorney here held a consultation sul tation with his client and then asked that a subpoena be issued for mcerlain the request was granted and MARION FIELDS a gaudily attired self confessed sport ing character took the stand and in response to questions nervously said 1 I do not know that the general reputation of the house bouse la is bad I 1 know that miss elsie kept furnished furn labed rooms and that a placard to that effect was tacked on to the front of the house attorney coad Is not that a usual ruse for women of the defendants defendant 1 a stripe jd witness I 1 cannot say sir air how iglow long did you remain there only one week what cihat did you do 1 11 I followed dressmaking at the expiration of that week where did you go 1 IT I entered a house did you pay for your board and lodging at miss egeler El eler 1111 A portion of lt it miss elsie holds my trunk and some of my wearing apparel for the remainder Y 13 SERGEANT ERGEANT GEORGE A SHEETS said I 1 have known the defendant for about one year she la Is a keeper of a house of prostitution I 1 have kept close watch of her place for the most of sixty days last past part attorney coad state why the defendant was not arrested arrea ted when the lost last regular raid was made I 1 witness because the officer who had charge of that branch of the busi nebs refused to swear to the complaint who was that officer huge li glenn chhy why did he refu refuse seVY I 1 because he said there was no evidence that she was breaking the law have chave you seen hacks backs drive up to the defendants house 1 I have both day and night cross examined by mr how do you know that the defendants ant Is house bouse to is ot the character set met forth in the complaint cc because I 1 have watched it for sixty days until one and two in the morning 21 2 1 and it has taken you all that time to catch these women well no that la is not exactly 9 stand aside call the next witness ay no OFFICER THOMAS MATTHEWS theo then took the stand and te testified stilled that he be had heard mr duke complain about the character oter of the defendants house H he e liva lived in that vicinity and could corroborate mr dukes statement he ee too had bad watched the place and saw men going in inand and out from his hie own knowledge he could not say bay what they went there for but believed that it was waa for immoral purposes POLICEMAN 0 MIKE SULLIVAN SULLIVA Nl a good natured six toot fot pound officer who one time posed before the public for hobb rs as a pugilist but who gave up the manly art to accept a position on the police force took the stand and said mid 1 I have visited mitts miss elsie eldies Is establishment on eighth south street I 1 believe it is ia a house bouse of ill fame attorney goad coad what did you go there for A trunk f whose trunk miss mies 1 attorney who is miss marion fields she is the lady who testified a few minutes ago at whose instance did you go 1 I went at the request of miss fields 11 and why did she select you for that purpose she eaid aid that Miss elsie was holding her trunk and some things for her board and she wanted me to see about it and so I 1 went there SANITARY INSPECTOR SHOWELL testified that the reputation of the house bouse was bad he knew no more than that attorney your business mr showell is to look after the health of the city to is it not yes yea sir but not in such oases as this replied tue the witness with emphasis as he left the stand the audience roared with laughter at the witness response and he left the court room and sought the fresh air as the bailiff threatened to lev the auditorium unless silence was maintained OFFICER WILSON said he assisted in placing the defendant rose bose miller and goldae shears under arrest it was about 11 on the night eight of the met saw several men jump out at the window and over the fence attorney why didget you arrest them witness had no BO warrants for them attorney dont donn you know mr wilson that there are wire screens over all the windows and that jumping through them would be impossible witness there may be now but there was not at that time attorney again I 1 say why dio did not you arrest these men of whom you speak witness that would have been impossible because they moved with a rapidity that could rot not easily be equalled equal led SERGEANT SHEETS was recalled and further testified I 1 saw four men and one woman en ell deavor to escape the former had no lao intention of going through the gate gati but jumped clear over the fence ROW and scattered in all directions I 1 did not see the men come out of the buildt building ng but savi saw them on the porch and as they ran through the yard and leaped the fence why you as an officer in ila search of violators of the law make an attempt to catch the men as well as all the women if the place is a house or of prostitution the men were certainly equally guilty were they not it required all our time to take care 1 of the female so said mr glit it required I 1 the strength and diplomacy of thre ebig ebl j policemen to arrest three little wor women nerl did it at this there was another burst of merriment and again the bailiff ws was called upon to restore order the last question rather confused the witness and attorney did not press hir him further but inquired Is it not a matter of fact that these theme men you saw were merely roomers well awell they acted rather strangely fo for r regular inmates of the house I 1 witness was again asked it if he did not think it was his duty to have placed these men under arrest he replied in the affirmative buteaud but said that it would have taken at least eight policemen Doli cemen to have done the work 1 he finally reduced the number to six and once more muttered audio ly three policemen three women jj and the witness was dismissed this ended the testimony for or the I 1 tion and THE DEFENSE j opened apenes by calling M W palmer lie hg s testified I 1 live at atno 0 east fourth south next door to where the defend J ant resides I 1 run a livery stable know miss st omer she occasion occasionally sll y i hires a I 1 livery rig from me her house I 1 has a v very ery good reputation sa as far as morals and chastity are concerned 1 have heard no one say aught against lf it MRS M W PALMER wife of the preceding witness was wag I 1 I 1 called and gave similar evidence she bile had frequently been in the house aul ing the time covered in I 1 out but hail had never seen g that thai I 1 would excite her suspicion as to the place being a bad one it certainly was very quiet all hours of the day and night attorney coad asked if it was wab not possible to conduct a house of tion tien in a quiet manner to this the witness indignantly re plied that she did not know as she had made no such experiment GEORGE HENRY HEMBY testified that he be lived at south state street within two hundred feet of miss st ornery omers residence he was a grocery and provision dealer and had often delivered goods there he understood that the defendant was keeping roomers the defendant had bad owed him for goods and on inquiring as to her reliability he was informed that she onue maintained a sporting house but that she had reformed and was going to got get married said sporting house was not the one in question mr brizen brixen bad told him that miss st omer was good pay so good in fact that he proposed to liquidate his bill for him if necessary lie he had taken pigs feet and other canned goods at night J W norrell testified similarly MORRIS livingston LIVINGS TON a corpulent german saloon keeper who runs rune a liquor store near the anderson house said so far as he knew the per rons bolas and house in question were neither good nor bad the defendants some bolus times bought beer of him but very little DEPUTY V U S MARSHALL GLENN I 1 live half a block east of defendant have heard nothing on the same street of the defendant keeping a fast fasl house al since 10 ce some ti time me before I 1 left th the e police lice force until this arrest was made wi hare ve beard the defendant repeatedly my ay that she was leading a private life attorney goad oad have you ever visit visited edthe the place witness I 1 have I 1 WRO was recently wied called upon to go there and arrest policeman albright but refused to take him into custody as I 1 had no warrant attorney goad cond any other occasion witness bitne 9 A few evenings ago attorney goad coad with certain coun oilmen witness YOO yes si sir r and newspaper men attorney coad state who they were and for what purpose they were there the witness bitne here enumerated the Id aldermen dermen aar and newspaper representatives and added that they were out for the purpose of investigating the doings doing of the police department attorney C load goad hd had you not been instructed to arrest these women before leaving the police force witness I 1 had never been instruct instruct ed but had heard an something said about it I 1 stated to my superior and associate officers at that time that I 1 bould not get any ally against the defendants but bot if they would swear to the complaints I 1 would arrest them but this they would not dot do attorney goad have you ever talked with anyone about this thin place that ie any of the city offic officers ersI mean witness I 1 have spoken to mr duke about it attorney goad coad when were you there last witness A few minutes ago attorney C goad what did you go there for witness to sub subpoena acena a witness attorney goad coad when were you there before witness last night attorney goad coad at what time witness shortly after dark attorney goad who went with you if anybody witness mr attorney coad ohi when were you there before witness three or four nights ago attorney goad coad with whom witness mr Fmc eichnor buor former counsel for the defendants who went there on professional business attorney goad coad you seem to be b watching the progress of this prosecution with a good deal of interest vo not the prosecution but the persecution attorney goad coad you have made it your special business to injure the police offic officers erts have you not to this question the witness made no definite reply and mr goad coad insisted upon an answer mr glenn said he did not fully understand the question and asked that it be repeated repeat eds when attorney coad again asked Is it not true that you have made it your special business to injure the officers of the force witness it is true that I 1 have made it my special business to expose their unlawful deeds attorney coad did not you make the remark in the baby saloon some time ago that you would have the heads of janney and some of his men witness I 1 would like to know what that has got to do with this ease case attorney here took the floor and objected to the putting of such questions saying that mr janney did not figure in the 1 case in any manner whatever attorney coad thought the question entirely proper as an it would tend to show the animus of the wit fiess to the officers of the force the court took the same view and decided that the witness might answer the question witness if I 1 had made any such statement it would be criminal and ana I 1 am not here for the purpose of crimi dating mys elfand cannot be compelled compiled to answer the question j SHERIFF stone cutter and foreman on the joint nt city C ity an a county building testified that he wi was as a roomer at miss andersons had never heard anything against the reputation of the house bouse until this case oama up if revelry or immoral practices were carried on there he would certainly know it JENNIS JOSEPH 01 MAHONEY a blacksmith black timith in the vicinity knew nothing of the house either good or bad JOSEPH testified that he was also a roomer there and that the place was a respectable ore lie he denied having told obrien or anyone else that business was beius being done there on the quiet MISS GOLDIE golbie SHEARS SHEAR testified 1 I live with miss anderson am employed employ edby by her as housekeeper and for such work get 4 per week rho house bouse is a re one in every way I 1 came here from boux falls dakota attorney Att Atto oraey ruey then drew the following story from the witness which if true to is ata y horrible my mother died when I 1 was 18 years of age rw father I 1 had never seena seen as he deserted my mother before I 1 was born immediately after my mothers death my troubles commenced I 1 fell in with strangers and bad ones too when I 1 warf wad 14 1 was taken to omaha by a procuress on the pretext that I 1 going to be brought up as her own child in her house alouse but she put me in a house of ill III fame and compelled me to remain there when I 1 found that I 1 could not i escape I 1 remained there caring little what became of me after that the witness here dashed the tours tears from her eyes and continued I 1 got acquainted with miss anderson andersen io in dakota she was kind to me and when the opportunity of making a livelihood in tier her house by leading a respectable life woo was offered to me I 1 availed myself of it I 1 most emphatically deny that there was any men la in the house bouse the night we were arrested outside of the regu lar lair lodgers I 1 had got as far as an the gate in my way up town to change 5 when sergeant 4 beets heets grasped me by the arm and threw me backward and told me not to be so fresh I 1 had not been drinking and no living man or of woman ever saw me do so as I 1 do not drink liquor of any kind ELISE or st omer testified that she once maintained a houe of illjes ort but that she had long since the business her house was now a thoroughly respectable one she had reformed and was expecting her mother sister and brother from the east to live with her she maintained herself in the past by keeping a lodging house she also had money n ey attorney coad ta has g any dy men visited your present residence for immoral purposes witness no one but police officers who sometimes came in squads of three and four attorney sarcastically ly oh ob officers are fine gentlemen they did not go for any such purpose you must be mistaken attorney fload have carriages and hacks backs ever ban n driven up to your door during the night witness yes but only when sent by policeman allbright after miss miller who he wanted driven to his room attorney coad dij did she oe ever go witness never attorney coad Is it not true that officer obrien bought and drank beer in your house witness W atness he may have dru uk it but if he did he brought it with him laughter attorney coad did not the councilmen who visited your place call for beer witness 1 I believe one of them did but I 1 informed him that I 1 had none in the house which statement was true attorney coad what was the object of their visit v jolt to your house witness they said they were out inspecting the doings of some of the policemen poll remen attorney goad did |