The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-07-08


they ordered her 10 dress RE ehnd. as they were
going 10 take her away; she said she would not
dress her and tney then said Iney would iaKe ne T
away undressed; ali oleas were uuavanlng aud
they TOOK her awav; sue knew one Of the Two
men Was Commissioners Gardner, ior ne showed
MS shield and raped MS ca e on the noor, say,
Ing Violently, 81 am Commissioner GArdner'l
they would not let her accompany Inc enid and
drove away IN a carriage; suosequ nily she Was
VIVA /, she DIDN'T know; SIZE was discharged IN the
ID strict Attorneys r ON without being to4d what
she had been arrested for; detective from
Police headquarters arrested her.
lOng list OF uisre pn table places where the wilt
ness was alleged 10 nave lyed wa" read 10 ner by
MI. Townsend, and she admitted having lived at
considerable portion OF them.
CAPTAIN A'ouLLouuH's THREAT.
She denied having been notorious panel woman
In Philadelphia or prostitute IN Baltimore; sue
was only arrested once IN New York but was dis
charged next morning, As 1t was simply mistaken
lCenliiy;r she knew panel houses IN Captain
| Cllncny's district; he gave her 10 understand
mat he wanted her 20 come down 10 ms
precinct "to work panel;n week ago Cap
taln Mccullough called on her aud asked
ii rwoney, VINO mad preerred charges against him,
door ostensby to see II lwohey was there. and
tnen Des al conversation Win her, Telling ner
tRat this investigation was fraud, Lnat she mad
pet ter not come down here to TESTIFY, lor tnat II
she uId mo oOiice captain would allow her To live
In New York; ne also wanted her 70 lnVelRle
TWoney 10 her place so thar he might arrest him.
but she told him she wOuld not do It; there we're
panel houses IN zap aims Williams Cnurch's and
THE POLICE BRIBEs
The protection OF panel houses was generally
secured by paying 500 10 police captains; II was q
straight business ne oIiAtlJ n, just as any other
legitimate nusiness-S50 ana mar the sQueas."
she was asked whether she mad ever seen the
money PAID. she sa d MOP but It was evident
that w1en people VINO we're robbed went 10 the
station houses and complained aud the womsn
were not arrested the captains were In the pay OF
the paQeI nOuse Keepers.
General busted pressed the witness very hard
as 10 ner personal knowledge OF these Iacs, and
she said sue mad never PAID any money herself;
had Aeyer seen It paid, but she knew IL was Tue
The witness let sure that Captain Williams
broke open the lock OF her door on tue niRnt
ABOVE re erred to; sne saw Captain williams az
terW1rd, and only met him recently In the street,
wnen ne bowed to her; she had been in the pan
business but was now only keeping 'oed
house.h
TERESA cLIFroN's STORY
Teresa clifton, little, slim faced, thin blonde
haired GIRL poorly clad, SAID she had been living
Tor the last ear IN tie House Of Mercy she reuem-
bered the evening when captain Williams burst
the door open; the men knocked and Knocked,
put Mrs. smAl would not open tue door and told
her 10 shrek murder; the men came in, however,
uy force and shut the door behind them; they
wanted me and would not 20, for was AFRAID;
tney SAID If dId not come ny mother would De
arrested too; Mrs. Small would not let me 90, out
theJ nnally took me away aud brought me TO the
Police Headquarters; they brought me into
little room Mnere Mr.. Gardner, Captain Williams
and captalu Mount we're; they asked me If the
house was bed house: said no; after day or
two Detec i've McDougall Drought me GOWN TO q
station house; Captain Mount heightened me by
threatening 70 put Inc lnto a cell or senu me TO
the House Of the Good shepherd; had TO sign my
name TO the anidavtt. but did not know whether
IL was read TO me before l signed 1t; Captain
Walsh never took any improper liberties with me;
they eli old me that II aid not Sign the paper
they would send me o. once to the House OF the
Good Shepherd; they s2iu they had judges and
everything there to do 1t; ! Was l0ckea up in
Police headquarters or SIX weeks; she never saw
had told the same story 10 the doctors VINO mad
examined ner; the oIf1cers took her from Police
headquarters 30 several police stations, but at
one they refused TO take her.
GARDNER ASA CHESTERFIELD.
MIR, Joseph Cliton, small weazen-faced man,
residing AZ NO 3l2 Eighth street, tue latner OF tue
girl, Sad he called upon commissioner Gardner
In the morning 10 inquire what was the cause OF
me- arrest: Gardner told htn that he would not
be allowed TO see heT aud that he should never
have er; Mr.. Gardner shook his fist IN the w.t.
nes,' race ana he SAID that ne would send the wit
ness TO State Prison If he could that was all me
satIsiact lion Mr.. Gardner gave hln.
Onicer Thomas Waro, OF the Twenty-nrst pre-
cinct, detailed ar the House of the Good Shepherd
ana who brought the girl down, said nobody had
approached her.
Louisa Turner, VINO keeps a house OF Ill fame,
was brought on an attachment and asked IN re-
gard 70 certain testimony, tue truth oil which she
CONFIRMED. the testimony recltes that Ohicer
MalOneg, or Captain McOullough's precinct came
to her, asked AeT how mucn she would 1--WE the
captain Tor keeping a aouse OF bad repute, saying
that most OF the keepers paid all the way rom
So 10 500; ne SAID she would be expected 10
pay So a week, and sue aRreed TO IT. but he never
came for the money.
CONFLICTING TESTIMONY.
Fritz Kasselang. who Keeps q park at sixty
second street ana Tenth avenue, said ne never
paiu captain kiea mas ward detective auy
money; he did not know thar Sergeant Miller was
Iald $50 by MS vile, Miller being Klulea's ennis
saTy.
August Urban. an Excise Inspector and very
respect&bls looking man, swore tnat kasse lang
told him. IN presence vi a person named
Van der Bil0eck, OF No. 1875 West twenty
SIKH street. that he had paid money to
Captain KIlLea Kassefang said times were
very dull ana yet he had 60 pay 81 800 70 800 to
the Captain during the previous year; the CONVEX
s4fion TOOK place in 1874 ana the payments
lerred 10 The year 1873; kasseiang was not tpsy,
neither was ne; ne mad no Misunderstanding with
kasse ang or captain kulllea, and his abatement
was prompted ~ the truth only.
The committee notified Mr.. Kassefang that he
must BRING down his vile TO testify at the next
session OF the committee, At walch tnat worthy
oppressed HIS Indignation, saying that this was
''Dad cOncernn AsSembyman Cooper told him
politely to disappear and then adjourned the COM
mitIee till Friday afternoon at three O'Clock.