The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-12-06
BREAKFASTS MAN TRAPPED.
,,rp uoNEr EROM A BROTHEL
KEEPER ~ ms POCKET

,a.r, I;,rnes says TINT "superin.
e',,. .nrdu-r Of Crime Society Has
- ,,,cpmniliug Right and l.eft-Dr.
,,.,r., ,.,.r-.-S that This Also is An.
.,. Instance of Police Corruption.
os W. Gardner. known to tho police
the superintendent OF DIR. Park
e'u', soci,ty for the Prevention OF Crime.
NUS ,vh, arranged the details for the no.
'1 s,xcursons which tho reverend detec-
pr''u .,, anon. the houses OF i'll fame last
W.. i've ara ACCOMPANIED him and his youth
au ~, .ar,rnniop, Ewing. on their rounds.
"" srres,el Oh sunday on suspicion OF
,,ssrnol The complainant was Lille Cliff
."S hotscper OF a hrothel ut 1876 West Fifty
W. W., s,ra,, She told the police that Gardner
~ mailing her. and the result was the
'a.,,c, n trapinto which the SUPERINTENDENT
In, poYlhursts society walked Oh Sunday.
r.,,,s taken OIL tbr street with racIaGe
.np,aipipc 800 Of marked bills in his bosses
.i,,, and about sl.'tO OF unmarked bills.
Iynsr marked hills were found in his house.
Gardner was kcrt all night in Police Head
quarters and yesterday morning lie was taken
o,hs T'oml anu rcmunded by Police Justice
woNabor. It was desired to keep the arrest
,n,,, aud Detectives Mcknight and Hickey did
u,tffpat nl,li Is " iSNuSi III 'ouht AshNoA III
,ssd,y Superintendent Byrnes assembled the
,.,or,ey, at Police Headquarters and told tho
storr Of the trap and the capture. What fol-
folovs is Superintendent Byrncs's narrative:
Early last October II young man who said
that he was Il. Chauncey Grant. ind that he
vas an agent for DR.. Pnrkhurst's society.
called on Lille Clifton at her homo and asked
u,bs Police Captain had been to see her. She
said he had not Then Grant advised her to
nav no attention to the Captain when he
tal,ed. hut to trust to Dir. Parkhurst's society.
I'VE can be as good friends to you us the
police he said.
He made an engagement for her to meet
Gardner. She did not keep l.. and the next
day alter she received this note:
pylk MApia,; ain very much surprised A. not see.
YOU / will hold that party until 10 o'clock this
hltn street u. CnAuAchf GRANT.
Gardner lives at 78 Lexington avenue. As
soon rs the Clifton woman got this letter sho
ven: TO the West For.y.seventh street police
station 10 see the Captain. No was not In and
she went away, At the doSr sae met -. :.
says he is well known in the Tenderloin.
on the street this, friend introduced her. to
outsde the lest Station house.. The two men had
evidently followed her thero in u cab, which
stood little way un tho block. They all
went to saloon and drank wine. Then Gard
New. Mrs. Clifton. II .his man Grant. gets
mency il has nothing to do with me: II YOU
dS yS nH @aS an al rE Es
you are welcome At my hou.e any time.
occasion to pull your house alter our first in
ferv,ew 1t will be made very comfortable Tor
Lille Clifton called at Gardners house on
sunday. Oct. III. tic said to her:
You know you arc In the lot to be indicted.
HOW much SnS MN she asked
Only $50 a month" said Gardner. Then
H., ,Sa F 81 my s hundred school teachers
He then brought out some red wine and
the next time they met 1t was on tho strc OF.
Adays later He said
nay, LII. let's have 4 small bottle"
Ihewent to saloon and drank several bot
and hired another: In this they drove to ls3th
They then went back to the woma4's house.
where Gardner remained until o'clock the
While at her house Gardner had seen o gold
would I!ke to have one like 1t for his vile. SO
her projection money for the next month she
brought tho necklace She had had it made at
aievsler,s. Mrs. Gardner was much pleased
I've brough your wife a little present. She
tknow whether you'll let her receive It.
Gardner took the necklace and said he
E would attend to it later. To Mrs Gardner the
lie. II hone hone, dear Mrs. Gardner. that you will
i've iong to wear it,
some Ice water. and while she was gone the
woman handed him tho $50. He told her to
60 to a saloon Ut, Twenty fourth street and
t roy avenue and wait for him. She did so.
and they drank wine together. which tho
. WOMAN paid for. Then Gardner said. impros-
-. Ia. there's going to lie n terrible rumpus.
s9d I'm sorry. Lii. hut you are on the list.'
ray 81 are are surely not going to treat me that
We'll, it isn't my fault" no said. but to
nrove to You that am q friend Of yours |
wan want you to come over to the society's office
~. SO they got in the cab again. leaving the sa-
drova Nv y, t No. sue 400: tor It was sunday and
~ bToaiWay and Twenty-lrst street, where
" ahrkhursta society has its rooms on the
hop moor was hen about O'Clock at night.
dark. When they got on tie ton la niinr Gard
n"r struck match and called to man who
was in the rooms to open the door. lie then
Puiinu some money from his pocket.
~, Here he said to the man. " go out and
!. The wine was brought. and the throe drank
~; tdHTuher byzantine. was making out bills
v. his uerK Mh!ie 80 doing he said:
w, now LII. I'm going ~ tell you something
what do you think OF these psaIm Sinra,r,:.
mere. amy Way Last week paid out $40 for
expenses and SO on. and this week Si50 vi
tell YOU though. they've got to pay ii. IN get
She asked why their companion climbed nm
a'adder to- the roof with tho bottle AT the close
Of he DIR ing. Gardner laughed and said.
That's all right. It's on account Of these
psalm. singers II they or Dr. Parkhurs,
s sbhoG ,o Zee these bottles and glasses here
Then Gardner held up a package of IS or oc
These are all ready for the District Atror,
Fl sSa, ~ TIA, l. Ne - LII. that's yours
.l Sh A., are YOU treating me in this way for p
Tor p 0 "''n ""a' I'LL p"y'h. you
.HMsaat help it. Lii"
WY can't youY' said tho woman. you're
cou.s go On whIeh ,he whole society turns Oi
GarIream. la, m try and do 1t for YOU" said
iii n' saa n,esently Itll cost $3.50. For $50
saInn,ag agreed 10 this. ani they went back to the
hun Drank more wine
Dsyerr" o,h then reported the affair to Capt.
lea stpy ~ The West Forty seventh street no.
jauchati!ioh. lie conferred W tn Inspector Me-
trnih and Superintendent Byrnrs and the
t,Ird wa" ~, arranged. ON Dee. | she called at
LanIEEt huus". and gave his wifi. twelve
TnnuauAelrhIcts. She also left u box of tirnrs
nmn, Ner" marked. She made AN anpIi,It