The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-06-10

h station. h,ae 20 and seIs. sas'c 'ss %
SoasS and seoH ars MsFtens The police
court prison after her c9mmlttal In tho yard
the st snd thu sns sSpd
| saying that she wanted to send for some nj di-
cine. There was no Offer on his part to settle
the, case for money. and no mention OF money
on. the afternoon OF April 20. Becker. Finn.
and Twenty. fourth street and played several
games OF billiards Then Becker left the
the oSn aao when ei TIME called him bseE On
They had drink and cigar. and then Finn
said tnat he had received letter from Mrs;
avenue SG and Ss I NJ street at oclocs
that evening, FINN had torn ur the letter. but
wancd i"e Becker Ct Vent wi with him. When they
reached tho corner they saw Mrs, Mrs. Martens ,
she ran ur to- to Finn and Pleaded WIN MIN 70 1e
he wished to. he could, settle the prosecution
against her.. She told him that she would pay
he s could DC DC SSaa 40 and %
turned away. At that moment he Decker.
Finn and himself Finn ran. but he lBeskcrl
to0d stu Tna the m Rim what
meant smith said: You know: Where is
the stun that you got from that cid woman !"
got the money. and Becker said that he did
Fin Finn se but ID" did e not wound him When Finn
was brought back smith said to Finn: -.
old Woman h sn rtp pt that st hd from mo-
money Then Smith asked Finn II he had shot
him. and Finn said TINT he had not, and smith
Finn at any time made any admission OF guilt
either to Cart Cross or t9 Detective Smith;
station and searched four separate time even
the sweathands Of their hats being turned In.
side out. They had been searched three times
wheu ms ppptDr Williams entered the station
and he ordered them searched again. He
walkeI UP to them and said;
you fellows You are tho fellows that black.
mail houses Ct prostitution and the police get
Finn stepped up to Inspector Williams and
said: ~. - 49,. ..
DEFY OFT any WI aN ssess' that
did a dishonest thing. and have. been an on
Ger OF the society for eight years"
"Search those fellows"
Frequently. between their arrival In the 20
when they they we're ,e taken in handcuffs to Police
Headquarters. they were called up stairs to
Of
the women identified them. When they were
taken before Superintendent Byrnes, at Police
they were in trouble. especially because their
trouble would reflect upon the society and
upon Mr.. Gerry. whom he said. he knew very
In ross.examination Mr.. Weeks asked
becker ABOUT MS investments IN NllllahS-
bridge. the evident intent being to show that
salnry Of Ss5.a month to have ACQUIRED real
come than his, salary. but that for several
years his wife. Superintendent Jenkins's step
daughter. had acted as matron OF the society's
headQ quarters at salary. Mr.. jenkins was
very Kind. and would not accept any money
from them for board or anything else. and
they saved their earnings He added that he
owns a seven-room house In Williams bridge
liye. and 2 lot. He bought the house i fo5
cash. and securing the rest by mort gage. He
had also bought two lots in Fourth street. Will
liam sbridge. for $500. paying only $500 in
cash. which he borrowed from his father He
gave mortgage and notes. endorsed by his
father, for the remainder OF the purchase
price. On the Goth OF April he bought the two
adjoining lots for $3.50. paying only 500
cash. and giving a mortgage and notes for the
remainder. The house and lot in which he
value. fully $1,000. Before his arrest. he
had Intended to sell them. and build a
house. large enough to contain his fathers
family and mis- own. upon the last two lots that
he bought. But owing to his arrest he had
surrendered the two lots. the seller having |
favored him by returning 5000 Of the $500 |
that he had paid UP to the timo Of his arrest. |
He had kept an account In the Fifth National |
Bank in this city. but closed it on May 4. when |
he had a bal ance Of about $50. He could not
produce either the stubs OF his check book or
either; He made practice OF destroying, his
paid checks when they were returned to him
by the bank.
The trial was adjourned until to-day.