"It serves you," was the prosecutor's quick retort. "Oh, indict me, why don't you?" rejoined Mr. O'Donnell. "I will if I get anything on you." "Yes, and you probably will whether you get anything on me or not," said Mr. O'Donnell, angrily. "Yes--oh, no, I won't," and Mr. Short corrected himself quickly. Belle Carson, 32 Goethe street, was then called and swore that Ella Gingles had gone to her room on the night of January 4 and that the girl had asked her about getting a policeman. "I told her the names of two judges I knew." Miss Carson told how Ella Gingles had brought some lace to her room and told her how Irish lace was made. Miss Carson at that time had a room at 474 La Salle avenue. "I went to Miss Gingles' room and saw the laces which she was making." "Were they large or small?" "Small." Tom Taggart, the Indiana politician, and former Democratic national committeeman, appeared as a voluntary witness to clear his name of charges made in the defense of Ella Gingles. Mr. Taggart was treated with the utmost deference. Other witnesses may have been "ragged" by counsel for both sides, but Taggart was immune from even being asked to repeat his testimony or to give any explanations. Mr. Taggart told a straightforward story and it consisted mainly in denying that he knew Ella Gingles or that he had ever known Agnes Barrett except in a business way through her lace business at French Lick Springs, Indiana. The rest of his testimony was given over to proving that he is an utterly unsophisticated Indianian, and when asked about the alleged "white slave" traffic he innocently asked: "What is a 'white slave'?" Mr. Short gave the definition, without even cracking a smile. When Mr. Taggart had been enlightened he declared that there were no "white slaves" in his hotel in French Lick. "We don't let any bad characters stay in the hotel if we know them. My hotel is perfectly respectable; it is patronized by the best people in the United States, from Maine to California," he declared. Mr. O'Donnell was equally careful not to ruffle the temper or feelings of the witness. He asked a few perfunctory questions and said, "That is all, Mr. Taggart." Mr. Taggart, however, wanted to talk some more. Turning to the court, he said: "Your Honor, I came here as a voluntary witness." "Of course you did," put in Mr. Short. "And I wanted to vindicate my name. There was so much said in the papers when Miss Gingles made her statement--I just wanted to come and put things right," was the gist of the explanation volubly made by Mr. Taggart. It developed that Mr. Taggart has kept two detectives employed since the opening of the trial to report to him the developments, especially as they related to the use of his name in the testimony. Dr. H. A. Watson, 4358 Lake avenue, and house physician at the Wellington hotel, followed Mr. Taggart on the witness stand. "On February 17, were you called to attend Ella Gingles?"