New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-12-29
IGNORANCE or C4PrIY ULLl4lS's VEN
CHARITABLE OPINIONS or SOME NOTORIOUS PLACES
TESTIMONY OF DE. CEosDT


TESTIMONY OF DE. CEosDI.
The INVESTIGATION OF the charges preferred by the
Mavor AGAINST the Excise Commissioners was con-
+,pucd Yesterday at the Gllsey lIoUsc before Com
missioner John n. Beckoy. Tomorrow the De enco
Will be opened The evidence presented Nes'ttuIS
was principally designed to snow me TLn WY
mOTnc" " Tom GOulds' and some DINER HiAii''i
places which had been licensed by the present
Board. Tie walls were lneh WIN tnf p. .a,s
forms Of dozen policemen and their bI3-I Dut Gus
had dazzling effect all " 40 entered Inc fooi'
These policemen were all from .he lWertl -hlntu
Precinct and II was supposed by Mr. scott, WHO
ronrpsetts the CORPORATION Counsel IN the pIosth-
tIou that they would be able 10 give some dchhlie
evidence about the character oiseYCral WeIl-hipmh
dance houses and quOr-ShOPs III HNVii..aNc; IN. Olio
b, one they were piled VITA question: Did tncy
know of Tom GOuld's," " The Haymarkei, ana
The CrcmorAe"2 They knew OF all these places
Int rbov knew nothing against them. Were these
places not fr2qucnlcd by dsrepntable women
We'll they dldn know any hing abo1t the charac-
Ter Of the women. fhcy had seen women gong III
and out OF the place, but ior AWNING
they knew to the contrary these women
might be respectable wives aud mothers
Odccr Lore went so far as TO assert thal ne
has often seen ladies'" ladies of his acquaintance
whom he knew to be respectable, GONG mo
= Tom Could'4,7 in West 1hIrty-frst-st. o0hieGer
Price considered John Apples barroom IN ; KIN.
ave- ' first class; rs iihe aS any III inc, cHH.
Officer stuart testified that the place Kept by the
Vail brothers WAS az far as any ON thc ithur',
He said further thar It was coloTed house
and c.Dlaincd in answer to the cOunselS question,
fLat tie adierive referred rather the frequent
eTs than to the house itself r.
Ur. Howard ro.by testified that his work for
the suppicsslon of vice made him familiar with the
character of many of the p aces IN question; ne
paye q spec aliy bad reputation TO " Tom Gouids"
Samuel s Barnard was, however, present TO cham
Mon T. g cause Of Parker in whose name Goulds
place IS licensed. He insisted upon cross-cXamin-
ing DR.. Crosby, and made an eloquent llttle AZ
dress upon the injustice of allowing "rcPutable
citizen" to be mnde the Obj "ct OF SANDER
Gus attacks. Anthony COmstock gave evidence
against the "CrenOrnc' and the hayi1ar-
ketV Other Witnesses, whose testimony lad
The same general purport, were heard; Mr..
Scott called II. &. Taunc' the stenoEaph"r EN-
pioycd by the Senate Investigating COMMITTEE and
attempted by his notes TO put IN evidence some
points IN the testimony given before tAat commit
ice by Commissioners Mitchell and faughton.
Then cnsued a no; battle of words. MesSrs. Deyo.
Cochran and Ncwcombe insisted that this tcSti-
inony had been given under threats and dureSs
and wa. therefore not competent evidence IN inc
nrcscut Investigation. Thc commissioners at last
decided TO hear the evidence IcSrving his decISion
as 10 Its aduissibIty. The testimony proved to
b. nothing particularly startling. Tins closed the
case Tor the prosecution.