New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-08-18
on the platform or not; n. i. was about where am

O Where the girl sitting or standing r II the
occupied that POSITION Was she IN any paw "
room A. think she was. o,osent at the
@ Were there not two or three officers prese"'"
timet A detective was present. .., A. Yes
civ h,hor ,bev ,re,e Officers OF not do not know
@ Did Won hear the girl ask II she como n". 10 the
Of 'ner friends before she made any
ban y MO hear S the girl ask for COUNSEL A. No.
u w.s NJ, whs, she said in answer TO inquiries pro
W"s ~ SycKson occupying the place OF tne
ppesent i1dcei A. Answers were n'ade 10 ques'i0h'
put " 9ln she not told by the officers that she must
WIZ tsos s1 Gentleman what she knew about the mat
s soaSo a w No sir; heard no such statement.
rhon mere was nothing said TO her about tne act
~ NJ ueKeon was not q magistratef A. Nothing.
'nS' W.. what she said written down' A. No, sir;
no McKeon hero stated that there never any
,,omorapdum made OF the girls statement There was
an affidavit afterwsrd made; but nothing had been
rten down ct the time, though he wished that there
had been 49, , -
The remainder Of the testimony OF this witness was
unilr portani except NEGATIVE answer to qnestlo'
by Mr.. Stuart as to whether or not ne had oeeh ihn
en- ced 10 make case against the man and woman, with
The idea that by doing, jenkins might be saved;
lodge Stuart concluding his examination with the re-
mark that he intended 10 prove that the woman had
been coerced or forced, in moral sense into making
Objective JOHN II. M'cARTHY
was the witness He stated his name ana ms po
sittoD as special officer of the twenty nnth DISTRICT
HOW TIE ARREST OF WE'VE WAS APFBCTED.
| saw the girl week ago tonight Ihuisday)i
called at her house Bleecker.st, No iog thhK;
week ago Yesterday night, between u aud IL o'clock
went To Mr. Jenknss house. No. l9 Unionplace where
arrested him and took him 10 The siatior.house after
arresng him. went to the grs hopsei she reiasea 70
60 with me at first wanted TO know what right had
there. told her was an officer ana wanted 10 get
into the house; she said had no business there ana
tried 10 the door; but put my foot under H. and
getting inside toll her / must arrest hers she only
laughed at mel showed her my shield; she made
noise and wanted me 10 wait for her friend whom she
1 Il az hat firnp
when che told story about my taking hoi OF her. hut
explained to the officer. who then advised her TO 90
4 along with me.
| JENKINS IDENTIFIES WE'VE.
took her TO the Slaton.house and brought up Jen-
kins identify her lie said tina. she was the very
person. That is the person" SAID he she ms had
between seven and eight thousand dollars from me-
The sergeant asked her how much money she had from
him, and hat she had done with IT, She replied that
she had spent il tho most of nj the different water
ing places The sergeant asked her what amounts she
mad received. end che replied from 500 to sIVV
jenkins then SAID; YES, you have seven or eight
thousand At one time was choking you" She said:
You never didr lie said: Yes did; 1t is great
wonder did not take your life !" jenkins further told
her that be bad met her Broadway, corner II Wall
st. forget the exact time, when she had asked him
why he had not been up to see her He made some ex
cuse in order to get rid of her. when she said yon
don't 10 me- will come 10 see yon. The Rirl
(at the Station house) replied that she was ony IN nun
when she made the remark. But jenkins replied that
she not in fun. Inc girl was then put down
stairs.
Two or three hours after q called bringing
cloak and vail for Jennie Brown" as he termed her
The then lef. but another officer pohn MeGowan)
and myself went out and effected his arrest HE prs
oner Brown, Was the man. 1 brought jenkins mp TO
identity him. He said that was tho man. at the same
time pointing to Brown but calling him Davis Brown
! said TO him: 81 never gaye you the neme Of DAVIS.
jenkins said he had understood that TO be his name
de further said that he lad given Brown different
anounts at time high 600; but did not say
that Brown had threatened him directly. He (Prown)
only used to smile in meaning way. though ne had
never directly threatened him lie SAID that Brown
had taken between eight and nine thousand dollars
from him Iasked IL he had given jenkins any
receipts Brown replied that he had fret met jenkins
in broadway saloon where he had obtained five dol
lars from him. Eight hundred dollars the largest
NJ MoKoon, You rccoect when he was brought In
here What did he (Brown) say about his going down
| on Wall-st. :
THE MONEYS RECEIVED BY FRowy.
| A. He was asked how much he had received from
Jenkins and replied that he had got between two or
three thousand dollars. Then jenkins was called in.
and said in the presence of three -four parties that
he had given Brown between eight and nine Thousand
dollars. Brown said that he had never given any re-
turn for the money received he supposed that the
money had been loaned TO him. He said he had met
Jenkins at different times in Broadway lager bier
cert. saloons Mr. Jenkins charged Brown with having
come TO his place OF business Ia Wallst, and at bis
house, to procure money. Brown said he had known
jenkins four years.
Cross Examined Brown asked me II be should send
.or counsel; told him 10 wait till be should get down
10 court when he could his friends and they would
get him counsel lie brought before a maj istI ate
the next morning after his arrest brought him here
Mr.. McKeon and others being present; / do not re-
member to have refused him the privilege Of seeing
any OF his friends the station house present
when the admissions were made TO Mr.. McKeon;
sergeant was present also M Devoe.
| INTIMIDATION OF WE'VE AND TIER MAN.
O. Did you tell him at that time had you at any
time pre- Sous told him, that 1t would be better for him
TO state all he knew about the matteri A. advised
him 10 tell the truth about the matter; Mr.. McKeon
asked him the question about getting money from
O Did you ten him that he could not humbug Mr.
McKeon about the ma,erf A. No sir; an officer told
| him that.
Q. Did Mr.. McKeon say: "No, sir; You cant hum.
bug mer' A. He laughed, and said he was not easily
| Mr.. Stuart-True he Is not easily humbugged but
nv poor client has been bumbugged to his cost Well.
did Mr.. McKeon take down on paper what he SAID
A. No, sir; Brown said that he had $1,000 or $4,000
from Jenkins lie said It bad been given him for the
purpose Of going into business; at time. jenkins
had given him eco for that purpose; did not tell
Brown at the stationhouse that be good for the
State Prison; some one else said something OF that
kind told him l thought the examination was TO
come off on that day-tae day following his arrest.
JENKINS FEELS SORRY FOR THE GIRL.
After the admissions made before Mr.. McKeon
at that time jenkins said that he felt sorry for the
girl He did not say that he was sorry the admissions
Q. Did he not say that she knew nothing abont his
getting the money wrop gullJ A Yes sir he said he
very sorry for her and also said that she had
threatened him.
Q. When jenkins taken away to the Tombs, did
he not say: ." Poor girl am sorry for YOU i have
done you great wrong" A. He said he was very
sorry.
Q. Didn't he say: II have done you q great wrong:
you entirely innocent and knew nothing of what |
was doing to obtain my money" "A. Yes, sir some.
O. Did be not say there were others implicated In |
this matter, though without mentioning them A. No.
Q. Did he not say that he was told he couloscrccn
himself by duplicating othersf A. No. sir.
z, Did he not tell you and these prisoners that he