| Show BOYS IN BLUE TO FEEL THE EFF EFFECTS OP OF THE ED BD 1 MUNDS TUCKER LAW the first arrest in this district for the crime of fornication punishable under the edmunds tucker law was made this morning by deputy pratt tile the victim was sergeant james jamee P kelly of company C located opposite the continental hotel 1 aed abad rumor has it that several of his f fellow ellow soldiers are a re to be b e taken in for similar conduct an examination into icae i he case was commenced belore before commissioner Commiss ionea pierce today to day the complaint against kelly was waa sworn to by thomas K pearson the girls father and alleges that the offense was committed on march 10 at coffee johns premises where the girl had been worker working g as hired help mr pearson first became aware of his daughters condition on the irth instant and an effort was made to have the couple married kelly refused to do this however no wever and wanted it put off till the first wees in IB july the result was that the prose prosecution ution was commenced the girl theresa M pearson testified that hat t she lived in the tenth alward ward and was 20 years of age she was I 1 introduced to the defendant by mr eggleston of the eleventh ward about a year ago she bad hadIl jived ved boutas out as servant girl and nurse at several places in this city aad fort do douglas 11 ad she claims that the dependant delen dant daut and herself talked ot of getting married and that illicit relations between them continued from last december until about three weeks ago now that she expects to become a mother she wanted I 1 kelly to marry her but as he refused sue sile wants va ants hain punished the defendant defenda ui admits the relationship but denies that he be committed the offense on the day named when he took the girl to tae owl clubs cluba ball bail in the ope kopea a housa the whole case is a most unsavory one the examination is to be continued at 4 p in |
