New-York tribune., 1875-07-24
DETECTIVES METHODS.
TESTIMONY BEFORE TEE ASSEMBLY COW
MTTTEE ON CRIaE.

,,cv,,.U IN susPTcrot-s CIRcUMsTANcEs-rfE
RAID ON THE GAMBLING-HoUsE IN fHikfhNNi"
sr-DEIAY IN MAKING THE srrAok-D~lh'i-
IVES wARLow RILEY, L0UGIiLIN' AND ADAMS
A. wITNEssES--CArr. MCULLA"hS N
KNOWLEDGE OF CANNING.
Andrew l.. Pennoyer was again suhlho"'"
-, n,o,,,ng before the Special Coniniteeoi the
xsser,hlv ON the Investigation OF Crime IA IotN "
-, s. additional ts stimony the matters whicA ne
ed ON Thursday The other witnesses o' the DAY
VT, Detectives warow, Riley. Iough'in and Ad'S u,
IN, Central Police once and Ehza Wiilanis' '"oIr"
woman in the employ cf Mrs. Annie rina A. COON ie
D., novoe witness asserted that Capt McCuiagh saw
gambling going on in q house next TO MIA sH'ni T. '
,h a. made no attempt to stop t. Iaere was no @''
nosn session. -, .
rbe first witness was Andrew l. Pen7oyer WHO VIZ
recalled He testified thai one occasion Ae Was az
cesfed by woman, and went with heF ." i"N "
West Twenty dfth-st where he was robbed OF 70 WIZ"
be entered nc had $25 this occurred ABOUT Il "'n'n
,or,,,s IA his oss Of ~ 200 in panehoise ne came
- ., the house and walked % the opposite side OF the
s,~eet. u, few minutes police officer IN Uniform came
e of he house by the very door through whch nc '".
ness hal GENE; The oscer across ihe Steel anu
-, ,oe witness started and ran; witness followed
the officer 10 OF Twenty Sxt'-'1 all" '"ei0 "
LOST him witness had made no complaint
rot.et - Jaeob g. Warlcw the next witness lie
as in command of the detective force with tn" rank OF
rounds,nan ne lad IN charge since January !s'
nc remembered receiving the following written oiuer
from Superintendent Waliing last Tuesday night;
A.. w,RrO,v Leave the officers NJ some point "ifre
Won can get them 90 NOS take then WITH yen Z" Sh@
plice wnerc you t0 sec the amens GO an sec ~
descent. G. W W'rAiSe' superia',ndsh''
The witness had received verbal orders on tnai par
ncusar evening" although ne rght have stated me co'i
tr,gv =, luspee,or N.Dermott and &r Townsend. He
aldn: do ANYTHING last Tuesday evening except 7et a
view Of the room where he presumed g'rnh'ms Vas
going on Tie went TO the house in company with Mr.
AMI. witness then gave the following narrative;
T.,w where he entered the house. entered and found
nun nun d" s5r ,.' va -.lo,gnr hm " mere window the
vs. vas diun't see anything. VIII -"e'f oi'.t ne
sadnt me 90 stoop Gown and zoos III n,'a l o"e
eli ips rttillug voices "a the rcouL tHtt mouse
was IN the seventeenth Precinct-Capt Motuiilgl =.
I di!n'r know the means 0f egfess tNiu ihsff'r
"a the hnuse asked Mr. Aub where me door "as n'D /
do not oiiccf that was tod ny nm. va III 'io ny
ne.rnhnrnood about houi Tue men were N me
neaAiorhOOd of Nnth-st and Broadway; WehI loN a
after time and oroushJ sone OK ', up, & ly' m ~
tempt t. ~ III; und door. but we d'' not Know :
,,,"r nuess va clothed with the pr''per auheriiy
did l,ifle NOSE night cured a man WIN innt
81 900 money On his person. We seetlee % %il"l' p
xyue was ON the table. We found about 800 cnis on 5hc
fable W. game, entrance last nslt by nnuhS o"t
Win iinInv No charges have Act been preferred
against Ine fos doing | was appointed Dy 1uperlh-
"9rT Se1ve Pap Riley was next called and testified
MAJ L, ul- on rd on Tuesday nlEAt IL F" t' lhi
orders and ud aii ue was commas ''.A =" "; W .
rho nos, of the chips. He stayed III tle WW""" lnhS
~ N
gamblers wo1id nave seen nm NJ i' - a. 49,
c.u-l llou AMI Thought u ncst 10 ldl', " i"'' 80
place neSt day ana make sdceeSsiu fiH upon ~ ~,
Mariaw said iIa' tleFo vas a : ii. i4"u -, VIZ" & ~; h
upstairs and TIA him the way To Esl HD put
the Sul.erintandent. lie said tAt there Was an
entrance Tlrteentl--, pit ne dld net Ai!o~ nov LOW
fee,Ve sev. We Hnder he Shade ~ tue tfees.
- fr", fine Fire Drnastnlent came and looked AT rs
nud went aWav The eugne-l0use ' nrXt 10 .le stn',
hlina-lous. Il had seen tAeh s1inbIhs 'le n'e' Aai
atsrf f.irr rstrp y
did uof know thcn thaa ErUsc had been pH!hd "a
ie% ' rss .oIi rlr . was Sep 6y Brady and Graaa
The wtRe-- had o,en on tr I9f,e eirVeh years. Hi'o
Det.e.,v. Geor-c Lou-niin lad been n 'e detective
force ABOUT three Tess pr'N.ons 90 @ me ne @ 0'Sn @
pat IA the tliieciAl ficeh' lof ~" y'a.' IIe
haa yer lad any experience m detective "rfH. ne
was ,u..r WITH iare- oi ci.nnas n uhs Fifteenth
Fre, MT Hs was n iie i7'd ~. l-.'i5 - -i, nc, i''
bcad t,arsbald spoken " ny corner .oaies he dd not
Know business. he collo 10" "a in"o lhse p5 10y = on
the cegi1r were lIeFa. r. s.' nv ivy ' r s' - ~. Il.
haG ever LOT Assistant Ald man. me- W,s' .,a.l
thai acluanted with general ponce 'u'y' curry
me a clIn around Dock ~ -
or % OF the surcrutendeat Tuesday n.ent lasr. I
assed II he willing @" place ~ nv dl-i"r@ loi,e
uiSn w. ,r,aT NY cn lie csned lcr Directive Warioy /
would not diso lie position OI tnc mousse I'd I'A AZ
i1,o M ri,s Gvening A iittIe before 10 oclocx
,,as nter al E.eNentj-st. ami Lroaoway DY
this Nr. taIiOW nom htaCN iers' ~ H"id ne "'s
r,alg for business ASKED Iis were and he
sa,d ta.y were e couple OF DocA- Oh tnn 'ld ha 10
follow tO tle Place, -iNlh me h''nl NIT .-i'
start at eOsd nua the -int mere hc 'ouid see me
gau.,ers without any delay AlterwaId Wariow refused
gamblers. He distinctly heard no"
rh,s aud The volce men, but upon tnat tFlGeuce
IA. 1Vond not pull tle house, neither would ne ,-nh
Ia NailluGs atihuagl requested 10
do % 1v me- Nj. AuD described h0w, from. Mr. small =
houze ~ which hey were they cuu6 see ht" tAS room
ana uo.ice al that tne gamblers we're DONG
rIomas Adams o. inc i' my itst Fl,iih'U WIS h'A'
c,l,ed II ssid Jiat he wand detective under Capts
HrEtgaln and AaIge hut now dt the Central ONCE
He was the rand u Iuesc'y night and said; was
instructed by Warlow 10 20 MAO the store and
locate tie gambling room poslDie' went ia iii
III the found duo TAcA Wis !oched' wa, u'.o.
~ -av whether lei the gambling room or not Ihat
Was tne only door lcadipg ouJ Of lhe store Ihe
nexta went there and tJuh OhscrVduons. gained
led INTO "a vaf,i. and tAlc another door 10 was i
ordinary door eatned on tacL -4do Wlth men plih
moving inside" Ile door vas SHE'lly "iehci.. ,
pushed the Jimmy IN 10 keep tic door Iiuh shu--
tng lnd thIs gained an entrance, ,
In, Williams 20 COOK in employment 0t Mrs Small
te=tUesi taat she lived no. 100 Eat TAlfttttii-si
and had lived rhc.c since tc l,t 0f February at; she
r,gnofab4r,G tnaf Cpt 1cfuiiaGh called at the ho''se
one dt. He accompanied ny Ofhoer E'win n Rob
isOi up stars ana dsHcd ief hf- 7ni-i, ANA
W taid t1t in lie asked lI the gamblers
from the adjoining bcliac ever caine INTO hir >nifs
housc. ,;,,u no. there 10 means iJ Which they
roiid s.e ia. Capt. McCl.lgh then looked through
tie window ar the head OF tie staus and
saw AZ the next house rcmcu)c
"A raid which made on TIE gllnb room ;
the next night dftcr N was patied DdJ
IL wa. ri,ung ti,e second night ai.er. Witness
tAou2nf aud she positive 10 wis n operation oh th"
third rigt alter; the captain looked through and
saw gambling lac had nothing 10 jO Dut 10 lOok 0ut
OF tils window.
r, rrsniraous vote Of the Committee. Theodore Auh
was appointed as,ociae counsel and tnc committee uen
adjourued until "Wednesday next al ii d. M
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A UNIVERSITY DIssENslON.