This affiant says she went down that she might settle her dispute with
said Agnes Barrett, alias Madame Barette, and bring back her own stuff
to her own home; that the three, Agnes Barrett, alias Madame Barette,
Mrs. Kenyon and this affiant, reached the Wellington Hotel and went
into the room of said Agnes Barrett, alias Madame Barette, some time in
the neighborhood of half-past nine o'clock, or maybe somewhat later,
having gone down in the street car; and that when they went in Mrs.
Kenyon locked the door to the said Barrett room.
The two women then whispered together in a low tone and Agnes Barrett,
alias Madame Barette, asked this affiant to take off her clothes, and
she refused.
Agnes Barrett, alias Madame Barette, then said to affiant, "You might
have something that belongs to me," to which affiant replied that she
did not, whereupon said Agnes Barrett, alias Madame Barette, said, "I
will take them off for you," and she and Mrs. Kenyon then took off
affiant's clothes, stripping her with the exception of her shoes.
Affiant says that in taking off the waist a safety pin in affiant's
back hurt her and she screamed, whereupon said Agnes Barrett, alias
Madame Barette, seized this affiant by the throat and told her she
would choke her to death if affiant made any outcry.
After stripping affiant, Agnes Barrett, alias Madame Barette, said to
Mrs. Kenyon, "If only ----"--and another man whose name affiant does
not remember--"were here now to see this," and Mrs. Kenyon said, "Who
are they," to which she replied, "They are the men that I told you
about."
The affiant says Agnes Barrett, alias Madame Barette, said to her, "I
know a nice gentleman that wants to get you to live with him," to which
affiant replied that she did not want to get married, upon which the
two women laughed and said, "Nobody is asking you to get married; you
would only have to live with someone a little while and you would get
plenty of money for it."
Affiant further says that said Agnes Barrett, alias Madame Barette,
then told Mrs. Kenyon to hold this affiant, and Mrs. Kenyon grabbed her
from behind, putting her arms through affiant's arms from behind.
The affiant also says that Agnes Barrett then said, "She will do."
Miss Barrett went to the telephone and called up Miss Donohue's room.
Miss Donohue was not in her room.
(The affidavit follows for four pages of revolting details.)
Miss Barrett and Mrs. Kenyon, she says, were unclothed, a short time
later when a man came to the room. When he knocked, affiant says, the
two women put on night gowns and left her entirely uncovered. She says
Miss Barrett asked him what kept him when he was allowed to enter the
room and he replied he could not get there any sooner.
She says his face was covered with a black mask.
Affiant says he attacked her and was assisted in this by Mrs. Kenyon.
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