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iniita.[urn-ny«.R4Jf lt;0i No. riea. ge cf xem-workthing i of 1 has thojjeftch ! vlC-Mod-i tea and i Mg r thefOTHE EVENING STANDARD,IMMORALITY AND ROBBERY IN CITYUoniber(IlHCUREP^■SH=S£S=S=i“*Bd Women Employing Cocaine, Liquor and Craft.Much sensational W^tlmouy irnught out during the trUls of Annie wtaf'UI chanted with lewd and losclv Jo»n McOin «h.rj-«d with vagrancy. In police court ore Judge Rocder thl* mc*n.ng. The ■ouple were arrested Sunday n complaint of Hoy Evans, who lieges that. ho was kept prisoner in bflir room at tbe Centrri hrce (IftTB in * drugged condition.5v*tna furlher allege ‘hatJh«Pny tMr1 uiadcd him »o write checks In their avor while in a gemi-conscious codJI-ion The complaining witness, how* •vor was not In court lMs ir,“ni“.JMfa .McGill Plei'ded ° * *•hnrge againa! her, out tlie buabai.dleaded not guilty.According to the Icstimony of On oeilvea Robert Burke Hiid Robert aamber*. the man confeaBcd n. hu ng cocaine and beer for Evans a ir np tbe time he woe in thelr room. ^d hut lie had also received cbecte from ilm for $5 and J3 and had K°ne wlth ilm to the bank to cash another cheek°lt?b'alleged that Evans wa* In a lar.od condition at this time due to the effects of cocaine and even when he omplalned to the police. be was not n fxjll poebeasion of hlB mental facto detectives farther testified that e McGill bnd been In Ogdon lie not worked, but bail been sup-ed by Mb wife. A box o! cocaine found in hi* shirt pocket when rc.hert at the police station. cGill I old a rambling story whenbe look the stand. Ho said ‘.bat JCv-aDB bsd come to nls room with a Mexican and that a quantity of beer wa£ consumed, hut. ho denied evnr confenslng to th© police that he had secured cocaine. The checks given by Evans, ho said, were in payment for food and beer purchased for the parly and he denied that his wife was a prostitute. Ho could not expleln how the box of cocaine came to be in mu pocket nor where Evans haii scoured the drug, nnleiiM. as ho said. it usul been secured in a negro dive which whh vhdted by him and Evans. He confessed that he hnd not worked, but the excuse was that he had blood poison In his hand.Judge Reeder took the case under advisement.According lo the police both ibo prisoners are coke snuffers.” taking cocaine by snuffing it up thuir nostrils. Mm. McGill Is a HUte woman r.nd was inclined to bo hyBtorical. At times she would laugh at the testimony and in a few minutes place her brad ou her husband's shoulder and sob. Several times aim interrupted witnesses with remark* aod McGill had to request her to bo quiet. When Bhe was led away to her cell upstairs she cried loudly for a few minutes and then quitted dowh.Roy Evans should have heen in court today and when he dllt;l uot appear an officer was sent for him but without results. He had left his room telling tbe landlady that he was going to wort, but he did not appcnr on the job.S.buHijtendtireatoriflukibe r.oi licamgoodAlkuo:gag#To11COi’i«glOURucqifamnow'low*tiedlcasoot. II periougWillveyTevei
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Ogden City Evening Standard
Ogden, Utah, US
Wed, Nov 27, 1912
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