The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-07-23
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ises' ana told me Iaat they would 'Get
them Tor me In forty-eight hours: ~ they always
said In lorIy-elRht hours; wnen l found could
get no satisfaction from McElwain | went to
before tue Board Of Com missioners, and went to
headquarters with hve or SIX friends. and some
body 10 me building TOLD me that the case had
down Tor, aud he charges against McElwain had
been dismissed before G MD appear 70 testify.
MATsELL's BASKET or EELS"
/ then got friend OF mlne to Call on Matsen
again and 10 ask MIN II nothing could be done.
ana ne di1 SO Matsell lifted his spectacles on his
forehe ad and looked up at nim ana said, "Why,
isn't that case settled yetY IL seems 70 be ike
basket OF eels"-laaghtep; then ne
the case. out It didn't amount to any
thing; DAY aner day the witness watched
anything, ana that they did not intend TO get me
any mon y; at last, in utter despair, the witness
called upon superintendent Walhng and gave
him a complete MS DRY OF the case and ne seemed
to take very nvely interest In the matter. and
SAID that 1t was , only question Of time;
talk about the masked burglars at the
time that the detectives did not seem
SAID that soon as mat was attended 10 his case
would be taken in nand the witness often since
met with the girl who had 70 bed MIN. put tould
never see policeman near at hand 10 arrest her;
Superlnt endent waning told me that the girl
was in Philadelphia, aud he senl TO the chief Of
woman wnom they had IN surveillance.
but IL ala not answer 90 that OF Eyeleen
meantime he met The girl again In Sixth avenue
car and ne reported IL o Superlute ndent Walling.
VINO agaln wrote 10 PhllaO epnla. out the second
description did not answer 10 that OF the woman
VINO had robbed him; DICK Fields and KING were
then put IN the Case, and, WITH THESE two men, ne
went TO the Woman's headquarters, III Canal
street.
LAUGHING IN HIS FACE;
when they got to within DOCK OF the house
Fields aud King stopped snort and came to a malt,
and Fields SAID To me, "We'L get you your ST, 200
ana the expenses, too. but see here, / t0ink you
~ %
time oil the Gay; suppose you meet us IN the morn
lug ana Wen get you our $1,000" went IN me
morning, said the witness, DuL, OF course, the
woman Was not there and couion't be found, and
did not get my none. uaushter)
Mr.. Townsend olfered let erS In evidence, being
the corres9onden, wnlcn passed between
Pennoyer anu commissioner Gardner, January
from walling TO Pennoyer Novembel 8, 1874; from
Pennoyer TO WalIlnz, December, 1874; this cor
res Jondcnce vas demand from Mr.. Pennoyer 10
have the guilty parties arrested, and In return. Sa
perintendent Wang informed complainant oil
what progress had Oeen made; had private par
ties that day the woman; one was officer
Burns OF the Nintn preclnct, aud another man !;
the other man knew her, Out Burns ala not; did
not speak TO any OF the Com mlssloners but Mat
sell and Gardiner; the people around Eeadquar-
tiers told me II. no use Ia speaking to Voornis,
Disoecker or Duryee: that they were ono &C
cuuutn or emo goodn QaugnteD Intend TO prose.
cute this woman continually until nave her con-
vleted; / DON'T care so mucn ABOUT my $1,000
now; Gardiner Old her tnae he could order the
money to be returned TO me, ana mad done so IN
other cases, but he would not do IL now as It
would be compromising ieiony; saw Judge
Kasmire and Gardiner, and Kasmlre said 81 sup
posed tnat you were going to put 1t IN the papers ~
and l said that | mad tried mat game but had
failed, and Gardiner, understood had said that
he naa made arrangements TO keep 1t out OF the
papers.
Here man stood uD and said TO Mr.. Campbell,
the chairman. "Won't you ask the witness wnat
papers he refers tori
Chairman Campbell-l don't think tnat would be
a proper question TO ask him.
Wltness-Mr. Dunn, detective, was also after
the case, bat he dropped IL like q hot potato;"
some detectives SAID taat knew TOO mucn; saw
the woman often and she always got away rom
me- saw her on IhTT G street, and iol
seventh street, and she ran away; L went
to Captain McElwan's station mouse, In the
twentieth precinct having received despatch
from MIN that he had made an arrest; when got
there, McElwaln said, "Look-a-nere, Pennoyer
Jehorne arrested your woman and on have got
me in a devil OF q scrape," ana ne took me down
to the cell and asked me to look at her, and did
SO; ner face was fuller and 1t was not the same
woman at all; sue did not look IKE her aoout the
RIDICULOUS FARCE.
think the woman quite wiling 70 say that
she was the same who had robbed me, but she
was not; she was taken to court before XII
breth and they asked her her name and she said
il was L0tte Hays; the Judge asked her VINO
were her friends, and she would not TELL and the
Judge said he would hold her until sac told who
her friends we're; q German woman examined
her IN the cell and she did not answer the de-
scription oil the woman VINO ROBBED me; Captain
McElwain seemed determined 10 force me'to say
that ths woman, Lottie Hays, was the one
who had robbed me, and he caught mold OF her
and saIu, ''Here, LOOK at her and see II II isn't
the same and KIlbretn asked me IL knew her.
and said. Il don't know who The devil she Is. "
(Laughter)
A swINDLING SHERIFF.
was arrested at the lnstigation OF woman
for false imprisonment, who, / supposed, mad
panelled me Der LAWYER was fellow at Jefferson
Market, named Mcclellan, and he said:-"YOu are
a friend Of Judge Kasmlre and 1 don't want
70 press this case against you; l have got
her $25, and don't care anything about it, and
III lie IL drop right or; you ought to be able to
get her any days" 1 was arrested by deputy
sheriff named Corners. ana he told me
that l would have TO pay S25 or sleep
In Ludlow street jail, and / didn'5 want
that; 80 / gave MIN the $25, and tDen he SAID
that ne wanted 81 so Tor Sherins fees, ana gave
him $l2 cut OF my pocket and said TO him had
been ROBBED so much, 'Ior Gods sake, don't give
me back the 11fty cents change" (Laughter.)
This concluded the evidence OF MI. Penn0yer,
and superintendent, WallIng was next cllled and
testified in brief and rather indignant manner
that Pennoyer had called on MIN and asked
that woman answering to a certain descrip ton
should be arrested and he mad procured that
woman Tor him, and then he declared that she
was not the woman that he wantedj and that in
fact tue witness could not tell who Mr.. Pennoyer
wanted
TIE committee then adjourned until this mora
ing at the same hour.
An attachment Is to be issued for Captain
Cinchy, to make him attend TO-DAY, ana Cap
tains LevrY, Irving, Lowery, Killalen and Kennedy
Will be examined In regular succession.