The evening world., 1890-05-26
. CHAPTER ON Dives.
The RasSett Committee Finding Out
About BoVery Resorts.
Inspector Byrres Says They All
Bear Hard Characters.
Yet, Somehow or Other, They All
Get Licenses.

Chief Inspector Tom Byrnes and William
\. Andrews. Excise Commissioner during
the administrations OF Mayors Grace and
Hewitt, were the star witnesses before tho
Fas4ett Investigating Committee to-day.
Fx-Commissioner Andrews. in q full dress
SHIRT. white tie and black. broadcloth. and
inspector Byrnes in subdued dress and
severe expression Of countenance.
Fx- Assemblyman Jimmy Oliver was there.
too. In q beneicent smile aud sumptuous
manner. --~s-G.
Inspector Byrnss was called TO the stand
first. He knew Detective Curry
''Well. CHIEF. Officer Curry has testified
that during three years service on the
Bowery he has never reen but two crooks on
the Bowery. What 10 your opinion OF an
officer who has seen only two crooks on the
Bowery :" asked Chief Inquisitor WINS,
- Hhould not have much OF an opinion
of snch an officer. There are many places
on the Bowery which are known a' the
lyon know Gombossy's placer Isn't 1t
one OF the worst on the B~owery7"
mo. sir; many women and others VISIT
that place, but there are worse places. Gen
orally. with the exception OF the Atlantic
Garden, the resorts on the Bowery are the
resorts Of q more or less rongh class OF PEG,
that class ont. but 1t is difficult"
What places have you visited frequently
in the BoTeryl ,...o,..,o,
now. / viii later On. il 1t is asses.ary.
Exception was taken, bra morning paper
s to .hs si1 Is,n md 81 H.. T Rsins c seRasa 70 Sh ZEN
the latter oscupisd the viz .ess chair Friday.
ON being asked ahout 1t Mr. Wins said;
"Oncs a General. always General. l sup
NJ WINS was 4 General on Gov. Hills
staff during the Governors nrst term,
When Gen, lyip. blnssomsd A. an opponent
he was dropped from the. stan. but the adj
hiring CostIgan still sticks to the military
designation OF his friend,
To Lawyer L~eventritt, Inspector ByInes
said he supposed that LICENSES were, granted.
predicated ON . report from tho Police De-
parIment as TO the character OF the appli-
Henry HirSch., neSt-door nsighbor to the
PeopIe's Assembly Room, o BoweY. tes-
tilted that the Assembly Rooms was . resort
of both men and women. lie had been In
''"?pont You know that Il Is the resort for
absolute women ?" asked Mr.. Wins.
But the witness replied in the NEGATIVE
and AveTred that he had never seen anything
"isidor istel. = cigar dealer next door 70
Stager's concert saloon, 25b BoWeEy, sAid
WAS Tho resort OF men and women who went
there TO drink; that the music and, gu9ats
were usually pretty lively ~ midnight, but
Franz Hohm' a butcher At i4I East Thir-
teenth street, WAS called To lmpea III Jake
blanks concert eaTden. But he had never
seen the, stage; perIorming women come
drink with them. .
What e ths reputation of Blanks'
N'H NJ. psir; its pretty good" replied the
witness, and everybody laughed except Mr.,
Mr.. Lsventritt asked; '.Isnt it : fact
that Blanks Ia = reputable place. con 1uetsd
in an orderly manner and visited by re-
spectacle Germans with their wives anu
daughters?"
that everybody behaved in an orderly man
Mr.. Twins wanted to know IL il WAS orderly
for women e drink Thi.key or brandy or
moral standard for Others.
He said, however. that nobody drank
brandy or Whiskey there only lager beer
and he could see no harm IN that
Albert Wilson, q c~lotlIier IN Blocker
street, didn't knoW much about the chaTac-
ter al Hickey's saloon At n I. 203.
fonrth street, knew Roster 4 Balls odGsf.
man tavern in the basement at the corner OF
Sixth avenue to be place where men and
woman ask a man to buy 4 drink for her, nor
any other act that WAS not pfoDeT.
John SchaefieT. another barber, VAS not
Thomas Hughes. a florist in One Hundred
AMI IWenty-htth street. was called to tell
what kind Of a place ex-CApl. FOLEY kept 81
One Hundred aud T"snIy-hfth street aud
lie said! "CapL Folsys 1. anies. respect
able place IL il : concert ball. and ls con-
Quoted IN an orderly HAy. There IL singing
and dancing till midnight.
Anthony Comstoek held > Whispered con
suitation with Gen" Wins, and saying
that he would be back IN half az hour de,
parted with IN oSsTcoat full OF sensational
information.
Samuel Hustled. . eAr-dnVsr Of o East
One Hundred and THebty-ninth street. had
= familiarity Nith sehWgbs and capL Foley.
aAIlsm resorts. rs a. married aAd sould