SLINKY BLINK

NZ Truth, Issue 179, 21 November 1908, Page 5

SLINKY BLINK

IS WORRIED ABOUT HIS

WIFE.

Was the House a Brothel?

Goings-on m George-street.

A compatriot of the Kaiser, named Leo Blink, made a fool of himself m Christchurch recently, but got out of the trouble by great good fortune. He was charged with using obscene language m Georgestreet, a half-chain thoroughfare notorious m the history of the Cathedral City. It appears that he married a girl named Vera Telfer, whose parents reside m George-street, but the two disagreed so badly that Vera sought another home; Subsequently she succeeded m getting a maintenance order . against her German husband, who turned up m George-street on the night mentioned m the information m a state of great excitement, accelerated by ginger beer, and demanded to see his Vera. The grass widow was invisible, and Blink was alleged to have stood ' off and anathematised the occupants of the house, the obscene expression Keing part of the general curse. He accused father-in-law Telfer o£ keeping the girl m the house for the purposes of prostitution. . Also, he remarked to his mottoer-in-law, who took exception to the disturbance, "You are only a blanky < prostir tute." This was m addition to the obscene express ipnj and Teftfer sent for the police. Lawyer Leathern; got these facts from' pa-m-law^wfao had"- to submit to cross-examination: by advocate , Alpers., *■ This brought out the "fact that Vera was really Tdfer's step-daughter, and that she had lived with Blink V '; FOR A FORTNIG-HT (XNLY after marriage. Why they had separated the old map couldn't say, but he Knew that the girl sued her rejected spouse for maintenance afterwards. Has not a man named Evans been .visiting hec" there ?— Not to my knowledge. To Mr . Leathern : She got an order lor iOs a week from 'Mr Bishop, S.M., and', i didn't see her again until Thursday (mght of the row). s : : Mrs Susan Telfer gave corroborative evidence. Blink, whom she hadn't seen for some- months, came to the side door; and asked, "Where's Vera ?" The lady rer plied that the. Germans- missing missus was not on the premises ; an altercation followed ; and Blink put his foot m and pushed the door' open. The woman seized a fire shovel, which the man took from *her and carried into the street, where he made use of the obscene expression. Mr Leathern : What was the obscene expression ?— lt's a bit too rough to speak. Counsel produced a piece of paper containing certain words, but his learned friend objected. "I don't want any haplcy panky," he said- "Let her write it down herself." . The lady did as requested, and the paper was handed to the learned Alpers, Mr Leathern remarking, "There you are ; | that's something worse." x Mr Alpers : Is it not a fact that your house was nothing less than a brothel and ftiat your daughter was kept there for prostitution ?— He said that, right enough, 'Do you know a man named George Evans I— Yes. He has been visiting your house, has he not? — He had a room i from me \ once, but he hasn't been visiting us. He came there frequently m the day-. \ time, did he not ? — No. Do you know that George Evans has been living with your daughter ?— No, 1 ■do not. '-s . ' . The witness, explained that she hadn't saen her daughter for twelve months prior to her -marriage with Blink, and the girl wasn't staying at her place WHEN HER BABY WAS B^RN. The infant entered an unsatisfactory world m dour Dunedin. Do you know who its fattier was 7— No.. William Co'ttnor, employed at Kaiapoi, was m George-street on the evening of the rumpus, and heard Blink yell, "Come out, you blanky prostitute !" Mr Alpers : Do you know a woman named Dolly Williams ?— By sight. Haven't you seen her go into Telfer 's ? — jt have seen her talking to Mrs Teifer. You know she is a prostitute ? — No, 1 can't say that I do. Alt. Storey, wfco rents a room at Teller's, testified to the obscene language, which concluded the case fof the prosecution. • v ■ . ( ■ Mr Alpers, for the defence, explained that the matter was a family quarrel. Blink had married the girl after she left Te Oranga Home and took over with her a child that he hadn't fathered. The trou-t ble was that the brat's father 6ontinued visiting his late paramour, ( and when the woman left Blink after , a fortnight of married bliss and obtained an order of maintenance, he refused to contribute to her support, knowing the life, she was leading. When he visited the house to ask for his wife, Mrs Telfer called him a "Dutch — ," and used the fire shovel on him. Blink admitted saying y to" her, "You are a prostitute," but' didn't say "You are a blanky prostitute." In any case "blanky" might be an abusive but it was not an obscene expression; Leo supported this with: evidence, adding that his wife's maiden name was Vera Parker. • Duriiig part of the time that Blink had been separated from the missus she .lived at the Telfer establishment, I where the hated Evans visited her. When Mrs Telfer said, "Go away, you Dutch ," and HIM WITH THE SHOVEL, .Blink remarked to her, "From what 1 can see of it your hotfse is nothing less than a brothel,' and your ' daughter is carrying on like yourself." He did not use. ■ the obscene words m thti information, and ; didn't, to his recollection, use the last 1 word, which imputed an unnatural offence. Men were continually going m and out of the house, and Dolly Williams was seen to come out at 10 o'clock the other day. . / William Phillip Edp;ar, laborer and bachelor, was washing m his back yard across the street when the. row occurred, but he didn't hear Blink make use of the expression attributed to him. He had frequently seen Evans (or Taft) going into the Telfer residence and had also seen him courting Mrs Blink. A dealer named .Bruton, who also heard the conversation, failed to detect the obscene words. Wm. Forsyth, who keeps a shop at the corner, was. equally certain that the words were not used. Hargrea.ves, chairman of the J.P. Bench, remarked that the evidence was conflicting, and they were not satisfied. The case was dismissed.