New-York tribune., 1880-03-09
LOCAL MISCELLANY.
WITNESSES PAID TO LEAVE THE CITY.


DxIAY IN TIE TRIAL OF DETECTIVE NU"f"A
ExPLASATION BY MIR. vooRhis'
The adiourned trial OF Captain Mcdonnell TOT per
,u,ittinQ disordery houses TO exist uudlstui"o "ou Al
'Greone Wooster and Ihompson-sts.' was caileu yes
x.rdav bcfore Commissioners French. Nichols ana
Voorhis. but as the defence had no testimony U"
add il was declared closed As all the Commission
ers had not read the testimony the Board was no'
prepared 10 entertain the motion made By Johh ~
Townsend. the Captains counsel. that the case oc
d;snissed Two letters from Stephen OBrien'
who Captain Mcdonnell says. came 10
him as messenger from Mr.. MacLeau'
with the mission Of getting things
0xedv for election. were put in evidence. MI
ORrjen wrote that he wond not testify, and de-
s,red 10 be "kopt ont of the newspapers" Mr'
MacI.ean used no threats about you" he wrote,
leaving IL to be inferred that the Captain nao a
formed the subject Of conversation Oet"ee" -"i'
NacLean and himself, 800. % T.tactiva
Mnrnhv. who is charged with collecting money
from Mrs sheridan, who kept disorderly mouse III
the Eighth Precinct. Athdavts by Mrs oheIludt
snd John Ryud q roofer in HOuston-st. are DrOught
IN suppOrt of the charge. They aLege thaI from
Aprii 1879 when Mrs. Sheridan was at la !" oosI I
fcr-st Murphy came every Sunday night ana
received S5 as q bribe to permit her hOuse 10 re-
main unInoesed that when the payments ceaset q
he drove her from the precinct hynd atgGS V
he has witnessed the payments of money TO pctec-
tive Murphy, and paid him himself IN DehaI OF MIS-
John D. Townsend appeared for Detee. tee
tive Murphy, but as the witnesses for tne
nrosecutlon were not present the case was sdourhe
until their presence can be secured MI MacLean'
who is also q witness, was absent. Inc pOSecu-
tion and the defence claim to be equally eager IoI
The presence of these witnesses. Drs Sherldan thu
Rvnd left the city together at an early stage OF the
trial and have not since returned commissioner
-Voorhis claims to be informed tbat person haheu
Miner offered bribe OF $3.50 to zach to disappear,
and mt them on a train himself. Ihey were ItSV
bear from in Ohio. The man who furnished tne
money to get them away" Mr. Foorn@s @ na'u
to-day with one of the Comm ssloneIs. VINO ~
was or what was his interest ia the case ne Wo"Iu
not or could not say. c-..a;.,. voortio
smoke freely OF the alleged conspiracy to oust
Captain Mcdonnell. aud OF his share IN II.
1.-The StaSs. facts are sro S4R fRe pir l Ktty Daily
came here on December IL and told the
story of this wholesale corruption. NOW ! DelleVe
that if these houses to exist they shouu hot DC
blackmaed--tEey must not eAst III Ietu.n ci loi /"
rent maid TO the polce-and ] called the Supern-
PENDENT and made the women repeat the story; we
both agreed that ii was our duty TO 90 s9inelhlie
esnecjally as this mau Rynd was offered ~ Wit,
ness. ! was acquainted with the man. ana 1eieV9u
fhe story to be true. So we found the man Drlscol
nj Mrs SheridanS own suggestion TO go ana see rne
money paid to give indiSputahie evidence Inc
Dlan wns arranged at meeting OF the SupeTlntehu-
ent. myself and Mrs Sheridan ~ SlXteenth-St'' ana
DriscDll went to Mrs. SherIdnns house on the next
SUNDAY night. What he saw We VIII show at D'
tective Murphy's trial. However, II was aIIanecH
thar he should come more, as the first eNpeIl-
rnent had not been quite satisfactory as antlc!
pated. aud second meeting was held ~ SIXTEENTH
St. on Christmas Eve at which NJ Macleau ,; 'Hn WAS
nres.nt. Drscoll went to Mrs. Sherldans house.
kut Nurphv had been warned and did not come
KITTY Daily had turned upon Mrs Sh8iluah
whose story she had previously supported. mat Is
MI Now If YOU call this c0nSpracV-thaJ WAS
merely an effort to obtain evidence Of gross corrup
tlOl,-l 90 not"