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TEE HAMILTOW, OHIO. SATURDAY, MAT 18, J907. A He replied, "My being a detective and why I hid been carrying the Xfobrity- Infirmary?" 1 refused to answer a question, and he said if 1 would tell it all to liioi he would treat it and would advise me what I had to do. He tlicir talked to Dr. Uccd, -what he said, '1 do not know, but these men tlicn left the room.

Thomas then wanted me to tell liim a that he would telephone to Avhatcver Age.ncy 1 was employed 1' that I would S-ailiiJ; 1 He in any casivjin'a'i? liiiii," lie Wiilt)' nic. also said, he a Mayor, he should to whatever Agency I had been employed by. 1 told him, "No, I would rather telephone to my parents as Mrs.Joncs had told me they had called up and asked me to call them upon my arrival. I asked permission to do it there, but they refused jit. I stilli asked for an attorney, but he said it was quite unnecessary, and that if I would only tell them and answer what questions they asked, it would all be over soon and there would be no publicity to it.

He left the, room and I thought it over for a minute and as I could get to no one that was friendly to me, I decided to confess that I was a detective. When he came into the room again, he was accompanied by the same men that were in before. He asked me again what Agency cm- ployed me. I told him 1 did not know. Then he wanted to know who it was in Hamilton that wanted a detective at the Butler County Infirmary.

I refused to an- ser th4t. -He then said you are accused of 'taking various articles from the Institution, and at that they brought in my. trunk, suit case and grip, and asked me if I would open those and prove to them that I had nothing in there belonging to the Institution. I of course opened the suit case at once, and proved to them that they contained nothing but my own. I then tried to Open the trunk, which I could not.

do. 'The lock turned readily but clasps would not Work. DnReetf then sat on the and Mayor GAL FOUR WILLIAM TESTIM TJiomas proceeded. with the aid of a paper knife to pry it open." When it was open, I found the' tray of my trunk' contained only my own personal things upon lifting it, I found; articles belonging to the Infirmary, and a black -veil belonging to Mrs. Jones.

The towels and blankets were marked, "Bqtlcr County in indelible ink. These articles had been placed upon the top of my own Mayor Thomas, Dr. Reed, and the' 1 Clerk of 'the Police Court, removed these After they had that these were the only things belonging to the Thoinas took from 1iis pbiket, ome and handed them' to me, asking .1 had ever seen them before. Some of thesiP letters were private "mail and others correspondence I had received from the Detective Agency, directing me just what I was to do. I asked them "where they got these, and he replied, that "they had detectives watching me, and all public and led me to believe that these letters had' been found in either 'ij'hq'fel a I knew that liacT be'cir tajcc.ii the m'- tr'u'ik.

QV Wliat did say'in regard, to having 'found them' in 'a "library or hotel? A. He not leave them In cither, hotel or library?" I replied that.I'liad left them in the tray of my trunk, and that that trunk had been locked. He paid no attention to this remark, but the Chief of Police said, "Who did you entrust them 1 I said, "no one, that I had left- them in the tray of my trunk. Then he asked me, "Have you- been in a hotel in this 1 I said, "I might have been." Then Dr. Reed asked me, "You say you have never been in a Cincinnati hospital but you have been leading us all to believe that you arc a nurse.

Who told you to do this? 1 I gave him no answer. He then said, "you intended to put these articles in- my -Then the Mayor spoke up and said, Williams your instructions to put these things in Dr.Reed's buggy then give the alarm and have him arrested, and the goods found on him." I denied it, as I had never been instructed to do so. Then Mayor Thomas asked me who was working with me. Who was to give this alarm, and who is it that wanted you to do' it? I denied all of this. They then all left the room, and, after about an hour's time, the Mayor returned and told me that he was very sorry that he could not release me, but would have to go deeper into this affair, but if I would give my consent, he would telegraph to the Agency, and he knew it would save me a great deal of worry, and in the" morning I could be released.

He then instructed the Chief of Police and Detective Graf to take me to the Sheriff's house, and instruct them there that I should be given all cour to tell no one whatever that 1 was in the house. He also told me that if any one there at all asked me my name or why I was there, I should refuse to answer.He also instructed the Chief of Police to take me in the front door and let no one know why I was under arrest. I was then taken by Detective Graf to the Sheriff's home where I was shown to a room and given some supper. saw no one until nine o'clock the next morning 'wlich 'the Sheriff's wife brought nie 'A cup of and told me I should get ready that the Chief uf Police '''Vmilrf call for 'inc. In a very few minutes he came, and I was taken by the Chief of in a cab In Mayor's office.

Mayor then asked me again to allow him to telegraph to (lie Agency. 1 refused, it nd he left me in charpcc of the Chic! IVilirp in his office. While waiting fur the Mayor's return, the Chief ol Police talked to me, mid offered, il 1 would Rive my consent (o telephone to either my father or brother, or any one that I should say, in Springfield, of my plight, and tell them the whole story, providing that I '111011- tioned it to no one whatever. When I refused this, he said, that what I needed, was some body who would take my, part and take care of me, and lie thought the best person for that would be my father, or brother, and that if 1 wished, he would go to Springfield, at his own expense, and ce my brother, and icll him the whole story and have him come to all this was to be done provid- ng 1 told no one that he had gone.I refused that, and then asked for an He laughed, and said, that I lid not need one, but that I did need sonic one to take care of me after I left there, and that, that was his chief motive in wanting to communicate with my people. Earlier in the same interview I had jccn asked by Mayor Thomas who he man was that called me up over the telephone at the Infirmary, and represented himself as Mr.

T. I told lim I knew of no one who had ever called me, or represented themselves as Mr. T. At noon, of December 1, he Chief of Police said he felt sorry or me and hated, to think of taking nc back to a room by myself, that he lad a wife and two daughters, who would -treat me fine.if I would consent go home with him, but the only Toublc was, that he lives over Mr. Tobey's establishment, and that un- ess I could veil myself heavily so hat he could not recognize me, that le could not but if I thought that I could wear a veil so that he would not know me, he was willing to risk it.

I then told him that I knew 10 Mr. Tobey, and that I did not mow of such a man who knew me, and there should be no fear of me. fie asked me, "Have you never seen VIr. I told him I never had. He then said.

"I I can take- you." He then called a cab and took nc to his home where I had my dinner, and at 1:30 I was taken back a cab to the Mayor's office. The Mayor then told me I could either lave a public or private hearing, but that if I had a private hearing, there would be no one present but himself, that everything would be kept from newspapers and not even my parents nced'know that I had ever into this trouble. Then he said if I plead guilty to this, that there would.be a small fine imposed, and the whole matter would be dropped, to which I made no reply, but when he asked if I preferred a private hearing, he proceeded to read a paper to me, the contents of which I could not hear, which he mumbled, and when he had about half completed this, a man came into the room. At the end of it, the Mayor turned to me and said? "Now Miss Williams, thejc is-a nominal fee attached to this and if you arc not prepared--but at this, this man said, 'Mayor, I will stand good for this fine;" I then asked Mayor Thomas, 'Who is this man, and why does he offer to pay my fine?" He then introduced him to me as Mr. Gordon, and lie said Mr.

Gordon felt sorry for me and simply wanted to help me out. Then Mr. Gordon, to me and gave me his hand, and said, that he offered to pay this fine because he felt sorry for me. I asked him, who he was and why did he feel sorry for me, and that I could readily pay my own fine. He then said, I simply want to get at the bottom of this and get' some facts, that there was quite a lengthly article written, ready to be issued in that-night's paper which he wished to cut short, and put in plain facts, and that if I would give him these, he would not quote me.

I then asked him "Who are you?" He told me that he was a reporter, representing a Republican paper.and that this article had already been written and had been issued in some of the that he had to have something of it in his, but he wished to get plain facts from me, aijd if I would tell him who Mr. T. was, that he could set this all right. I told him that I knew of no person as Mr. T.

He asked me if Mr. Tobey had ever held any conversation with me in Hamilton, wiiere our meeting place had been? He asked if Mr. Tobey was not the man who had employed me. I told him that I did not care to answer any of these questions further than Mr.Tobcy had not employed me, and I did not know him. When Mr.

Gordon found that I would not answer his questions he left. Then the Chief of Police came in, and told me if I would put on my wraps, he would take me to the Infirmary to get my remaining clothes. He took me out there, and I was met by Mrs. Joncs.who told me of her affection for me, and helped pack my clothing, and left at the same time as I for the Mayor's office for the purpose of looking through my trunk to sec that there was nothing more there belonging to the institution, and putting a value on the. goods.

Upon arriving at the Mayor's office, which was about 5:30 p. Mr. Jones Mr. Patton a director of the institution, the Chief of Police, Mrs. Jones and the Clerk of Police Court were all there.The Mayor then came in and asked Mrs.

Jones to put a value on the articles. She told him she could not. He then valued them at $7.00. Upon that, Mr. Jones said, "I owe yon a month's salary and will pay it now then you can pay your fine," I asked the Maydr what the i was, and was told $5.85, which I paid.

The chief police asked me what I intended to do, whether I was going to leave the city at once or stay in Hamilton a while. I told him I did not know. Mrs. Jones then asked nic to go back to the infirmary with them Jones said, "Yes, do." You arc not fit to start for any place tonight. Mayor Thomas then said, "I think if you go back to the infirmary and have a good night's rest you will feel more able to go home, and in the morning will have Chief Simms have your and grip sent to the depot, but nothing was said on the way to the infirmary, i Mr.

Jones came home. Then lie asked me, who employed me, a was to find out, what I did find out, how 1 had told them, whether I had audited any of his books, and whether I had taken any of their receipts, and if I had not torn several "pa'ges from his'contiiigent 1 refused to answer as to who had employed me, what 1 was to find out, what I did find out, and how I had reporteil it, and whether I had audited any of his books, but denied that 1 had torn any pages or taken any receipts. Mr. Jones then told me of how much trouble I had caused him by doing this and if I had only confided in liim and told him 1 was employed by thcst people when 1 came there that this never would have happened. Then he asked me, how much was I making, what salary were they paying you.

I told him that jny remuneration was just the same as if 1 had been nursing. He then said he was very very sorry for me, and if my parents turned against me on account of this, that he would give me a home, and do all that he could for me, that they would not always be living at the infirmary and it would be much pleasanter then. He offered to have a friend of his, whom he called Judge out and talk to me and he would advise me as to what I should do in reference to the Detective Agency, as he said they were the ones that had caused and that if they found out about this affair that they would cause me lots of trouble. I refused to sec him. He then offered to deny wlio I was, and where my home was in his paper, the Daily Suti, a said he owned half interest in it, and he could readily do it.

He also said that whatever lid said, went there. He then had a telephone conversation with sonic one supposed to be "at the Sun office, and told them they should not say anything until lie saw them and he would be down to the office in the morning. He told me that it.was a reporter, and that when he saw them in the morning he would deny everything. I saw no one except the Jones fam- ly while at the infirmary as precaution was taken so that I could not sec anvonc. I left there at three p.

m. on Sunday. When the Chief of Police came to the station to sec me off, he said he did not expect the Mayor to GAL, 6 WILLIAM'S TEST-fine me so heavily, he fully expected me to be let go without any fine. Q. 40.

Miss Williams, your statement Jias been quite lengthy, and there are a few points that arc not quite clear, and I wish to ask you if you ever specilicially entered a plea 'of guilty. A. 40. No sir. Q.

41. In your statements you contended to them that you had ncrt placed the articles that belonged to the infirmary in your trunk. Do you now say that you did not? A. 41. Yes sir.

Q. 42. Do you know how they got there? A. 42. sir.

Q. 43. You mentioned a package of letters that Mayor Thomas removed from his inner pocket and handed to you for indcntiiicalion, where had you left those letters? A. In the tray of my trunk. Q.

Was that trunk locked. A. Yes sir. Q. Was it locked when it was brought to the police station? A.

Yes sir. Q. Did you ever have any trouble in opening your trunk before that time? A. Never. Q.

Did the trunk show any signs of having been tampered with? A. Well, now, I cannot really say, but I know it did have a bolt in where one is missing now and 1 never had any trouble before in getting the clasps open. Q. During your employment at the infirmary, did you ever know of the Superintendent or Matron going through any of the employee's baggage fo rthe purpose of examining it? A. Yes, Mrs.

Stcntzcl, an.em- ployee of the infirmary had had some words with Mrs. Jones and was leaving, and left her suit case there in her room. The roum and suit case both were lucked. Mrs. Jones went up unlocked the suit case with a key of her own and searched the suit case to find a pair of spectacles.

Q. Miss Williams 'tis said that you did sewing for Mrs. Junes personally while you were at the infirmary, if you did sewing of that kind, state what you did and how long it took. A. I made her a black silk sliirt waist suit that tuok me about a week.

Q. Did she pay you for this separately, over "and above the wages you received as an employee? A. No sir. Q. The time employed-for making this suit for Mrs.

Jones was paid fur by public A. Yes sir. Q. Do yuu know of any other employees who do work for Mrs. Jones or her a i A.

Mrs. Porter, a nurse, docs sewing for Mrs. Jones' little girl. Q. Mrs.

Porter is an employee the institution and paid public funds? A. Yes sir. Transcript of Docket Entries. Following is a transcript of th docket entries in the case uf The State of Ohio against Gertrude WHliams In Mayor's Court, City of Hamilton, Ohio. Nov.

30, 1906. Affidavit filed by V. V. Jones, charging larceny of infirmary property valued at Dec. 1, 1906.

Warrant issued. Dec. 1. 1906 Warrant returned with body of a Dec. 1, 1906.

Case continued on motion of (no reason given) to 2 P. M. December 1st, 1906. Nov. 30, 1906.

Deft committed in default of bail. Dec. 1, 1906. Deft, entered plea of guilty and was lined One Dollar costs. Dec, 1, 1906.

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