SIGNOR CARUSO'S CONVICTION.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 13381, 9 January 1907, Page 10

SIGNOR CARUSO'S CONVICTION.

<> STKOXt: fiPEF.C'H FOR THE PROSECU'J HON. ii '. | THE c;reat tenor IX tears. , '< Not the ir-a-r strancre feature of Sijjnor e j Can;-,'- rial (say, the Daily Mail's New I York correspondent on November 23) is the r s j manner in winch r. ended. After the dingy ] little Court room, with the barf washed - i wall-; and the ugly yellow woodwork, had been ringing; all the morning with the ex- ' ' citement and sensations. ' provided by wit ' lie-is and advocator, the ease came to an v ' j end. when the magistrate reserved his deci- " • siori. • j In the afternoon, when the Court sas i practically empty. he rendered his judg- : ment, pronouncing Siffnor Caruso guilty ou i i the charge of annoying women in the nion--1 I key-house at the •'Zoo" last Friday aft-er-s ' noon, and condemning him to a fine of £2. . ; Signer Caruso and his counsel and friends ''■' ; did nor return for the judgment, and the - I tenor received the news at the Savoy Hotel. , j where he is stopping. Hi- counsel declared 1 i his intention of proceeding by means of a ' writ, of certiorari to the Supreme Court for ; an over-ruling of the judgment, i . . ... ~ ... I "It was a conspiracy of lies, lies, all lies," ! Signor Caruso exclaimed, when he was told .' j the new-. " but what matter? The judge ' ! has said 1 must pay ten dollar?. What is | ten dollars': It is proof that the sentence ' i was only the opinion of one man, one magi.--i j trate. I: is the opinion of tie.* great world i jof art ami music which matters. Those wis . - i know me wdl never believe that i. Caru.-o, . j would do tins thing. -! "1 appeal to other Courts, hut it does , j not matter what the other Courts Say. It ] j is to the great world of art. that knows me, ' j Caruso, the artiste, that 1 appeal for ju-- • j tice." He directly accused the police of a plot, 1 I and declared that the Graham woman whom ■ j .Mr. _ Mat hot explained had left the juris- [ I diction of the Court in order to escape . | ignominous notoriety, was a myth and did I not exist, unless as the policeman's confeder- . j ate. It only needed an unscrupulous police- [ man like Kane, with a confederate woman, : to rum any _ man's reputation, however '.inj lument. Die police were unable to proj duee any cvidou, e that was not tainted. I Eur it Mr. Dittetihoefer was virulent m i attacking the policeman. Kane. Assistantj Comnnssicnei Mathot. who lashed him- ■ •' I into a -tare of fury during counsel'.- lorn; a i- | drc.ss, more than repaid it when Ik- leap-;J : forward to sum no against Si<>nor Caru-o \ Like Mr. Dittenhoefer, Mr.''Mather stood . against tne rail of the magistrate's desk. j ami within three feet of the inatri-trate .s ■ ear Ihe latter had moved his chair back c warn- as far as possible, knowing what (ri-ds ! were coming for hi- eardrums, but- the ! prosecuting official, like the defending j counsel, was talking as much to the pfoph' I m the back of the Court as to the judee. j and raised his voice to a high pitch, speakj inn with ex; iter! gestures, enforced by a i .singularly earnest manner. He said: ' ; I have ii-ten. d vainlv for nearlv an ho-ir j tor tee theory of :h'- defence, and 1 have j oniy near,! rank ab,:s,n Mr. Dittenhoefer , u:<! not say a word as to the merits of the I t-a.se. he has chewed and chewed m.i ! chewed ,ike a cow chewing the cud. but he j nas confined his aih-cd defence to an ati tack on i. ie pom-,, department. D-> peon!." j Jii this community, who know the Commisi s.oner or I'ohee and his deputies, suppose j that thoy would for a moment countenance | the supporting oi a policeman who was not j ennued to support;' This Curt carefullv j inepar-u a pro-ecutiou, wine!, met with a ! sm.iing, squirming, sneakins defence I'll ' ;r H ,- v " u wl,v we did tor have Hannah I l.rai.aiji her- S |,,. kl „.. v if 5 ,, ( , camp ff>r I ward die would i.e surrounded 1-v a -arc of ■ I moral pervert-." ' ' " : , Her,, rh- crowd at the back of ,],,. Court j | «mo had apniautied Mr. Dittenho-fer's con' j ! of U Mr''MM| , .' i V- l " S ;i ".! , " > '; ! i a ! application j I >. Mr. Math- t - remarks, wind, he pointed ! j >.v a contemptuous giance in their dii-ction I ! ixgan -roanm- and lussiu- ' | -rerverss. male and female " Mr. Ma- \ 'ho, repeated, H, the aco-mpammmn of nt-se--. -a lot of doirs." (Stonn -n hl-cs.) -Why. ,J K . so p ,., p j,; c , )nu , hcre oles to satisfy then- lastly impulses. uoo would any respectable woman consent "' ,aie. a court filled with such a lot o, e.n-s as tnc-e hi.,sin« me j : .,■.•., .some •■[ t.0.„ tne scum of Sxiiy and of the lazalet to ot .Vip'e- .' .i,!"' ; ': ,,ir ' : >••-■''• > i! '-;'.*>'ai>ing his voice so ! .■■L r ' < < remoter listener., c-mld hear. i wiv ,*- :f - ""I ( ! ''-»-'i'd , slldl " pass that our ! wi.e, uaughter-. and sisters cannot pass i ter.i ti,e streets of ~ hi - uty without *"*>- I acting them-elves to the attacks and insults c such cms as these. I beg you not to pernot inc cseaoeof a wretch such as this man. 1 >' o . l ' ~>. the fact will he considered bv in- kind as a lKen " e I to i-omiime to insult Aim. Kan women. Policeman Kane is .-„- >it.ecl I" : -"" admiration and gratitude of every hone.t j American man. "\Miat poiictman would ho fool enough to arrest, a man with rich and powerful friend, unless he was impelled bv a hi-»li •sense of duty with a clearly-grounded ci-'- 1 ' tsignor Caruso him-df did not dare to -~/ gest- that any attempt was made to extort money from him Then how now can he •-i.gj;cst blae-lcmail? "The evidence shows that s ; or Carus,-, = (me of tne scum of the Ktrth. What if he is the greatest tenor singer in the world" ion" th ( v "" tU! ' l h,ni to «- -Dillon. On he contrary, it is „„i v another , reason why he should lx- .severely punished i do not repres-ent m.-r.dv the ro'ice do ; partment and Officer Kane! I re.oreent the mothers, the daughters, the wives and the sister, of the citizen.- of tin- c itv I anneal to you not to allow this pan'derer this pervert, to continue to prowl the . t and m,bhe place, of New York fon-ine h s despicable> attentions on our women/' ° «hcn Mr. Mathot finished there was -~ outbreak of cheers. r llnSJ, ' d With hi -- fthe back of the 1°""' Si, " lor Car »-«. ('"ring counsel's addresses, was felted with Mr. ConnVs-I and his friend- on a ben ho _iae the ha,. He had alternate v m d" d and wept as Mr. _ Dittenhoefo,- deWtmeo Jhe P-;-min, wnnesses and referred to Hm Perils of hona»t men accused bv blackmailers. - u,aeK - I( He listenrd intently to Mr. Ma.hot'- hithe Tea'r -" dinfr w,o,, *^ h to mak ° Mr I,";'" l< \ 11-, Hnmeciiatelv -Mi. M, thot eon-iiKKsJ, r.hr magis.rato a.inoi,ne.d that he reserved his decision unl tit afternoon. Dunn- the afternoon -,7 the memenr when the Court was Sic T -■ .pu'etlv :har ,1,.. |,' "* -cord ome rime before anvon^ L-,, C " ,° !1 if had boon rendered r - )J '' know that ; !