New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-02-02

the Gerry society," saw Gardner and him there to-
cether Moore was the first witness yesterday. lie
said he had been In the service OF the society LOT NV
years 1t was In October that he saw me TWO neh
In the barroom. lie believed 1t was on Iuesu1s
evening lie went to the house to attend meeting
Of the l. d. X. Club or l Don't Know Club. winch
met In a room the barro0El lie mefeiy saiu
good evening" To Gardner and Grant.
Mr. Golf asked the witness number oil quesuo"s
10 test mis- memory" he explained. Moore sald tha'
for five months he had kept bar for his fatherAhaw
A. Lexineton.ave. and Thirty fOurth'st. lie dioh'
know that Police Captain Devery had 1ormefN Oee"
a sergeant In the precinct In which that barrCom was
,,a had never met Captain Devery, and in fact had
never seen him Assistant Dsirict-lNttorhey Well
man and the Recorder cbafed little at the minute
ness Of the crOss.examlnaton
Finally Kate Amos was called 70 'ne "i'"oS'
stand. she is the Lille Clifton who Is the com
plainant in the case. She Is welldpssed womah'
near middle age She made q COOL sefp ssessed
witness To Mr.. Welman she said that Kate Amos
was her name but she generally known as Lille
Clifton. She admitted that she had Kept several
disordery houses in this city, but declared tha' se
was no longer In that business
.where do You live now -" Mr.. welman wanted
to know.
AT the Bryant Park HOTEL
allow long have you been out Of pusiness'"
"Since November l, last
"where did you 1--we then -
AT No. 1856 West Ffty-tldrdst'
DO YOU know Gardner
"Yes"
.TeIl the Jury about your first meeting with him.
ait was ON October 49, last. He was leaning
AGAINST the railing at the West Forty seventh ST.
station, talking with Louis Allen"
"wbere had you BEEN
~ had been in the station talking with the ser
geant. l drove there in cab"
George Clancy called into the courtroom.
The witness said that she rode In his cab that
evening.
"When / saw Gardner" the witness said. al told
him that knew him. Gardner said didn't know
him. Louis Allen introduced Gardner told me
that he had been TO five police stations TO nave "A
man named Grant arrested lie said we could walk
away from there and talk. We walked TO where
his cab was standing and got into It, Gardner 'oil
the driver TO take us TO sixtha ana fory-h"h
ST. Tue woman identified Hugh Leonard as the
cab driver. She continued her story Gardner tod
Allen to get into my cab and meet us at that place.
All three met In the barroom on that corner. "ao-
Nor asked us wha. we would have 10 drink lie
wanted 10 know II couldn't stand pint, but
said that glass would be enough for me
a0ardner told me that he was looking out for
himself and didn't bother about what Grant got told
him hnd received a note from Grant, asking me 70
can At Gardeners house. l said that understood
that he was married, and In my position DIDN'T
feel that could we'll call on his wife. lie rephel
TINT II would be all hight. Ills wife would receive
me at any time and treat me kindly. gave linn
the note and asked him not TO make II pltllc, be-
CAUSE Grant had daughter OF good age. Gardner
told me that when he and his men palled my house
II would be In silk hats. l said 1 rather llkei that
style
1.-THE next time / Gardner on October
ls at his home. No. 20 Lexingtonaye. He intro
duced me 10 his wife Mrs. Smith. She left the
rnom and told him he had a young and pretty WIFE
said that unders that all the houses In West
rtftv. thirds were To be raided or Indicted, and
was very much worried. / asked him II he couldn't
helm me- lie said hc didn't know. i pleaded with
him and he wanted 10 know II could stand $50
month said OF course could. laid down two
500 bills und one $40 bill the table. He didn't
touch the money then. but showed me scrap
hook Of pictures which he was getting up for the
society. ] told him l would call on him the 10Th
OF the next month and give him another so. Then
Z drove home. I next saw Gardner October 26.
I met him at slxhavc. and Thirty-second-st. We
vent up the avenue 10 Forty -,iXth-st., to a bar
room, where we had bottle OF wine. Aftcrward We
drove away In carriage which Gardner had pro-
cured. We drove uptown, stopping several times for
food and drink Gardner told me he hoped TO De
Q police justice and would then pitch Into Supcrn-
~ called at his house again on November 90. hut
he wasn't there. ] gave his wife some gold beads.
He came soon and him $50. lie TOOK me o
the headquarters OF the society. No 013 Broadway.
and showed me all envelope marked lille Clifton
which he said contained complaint against
which an Indictment would BE- found. | promised
him $50 on December 49, ! went 10 see Captain
Deyery, and he gave me $50 In bills.
copied the numbers on them. On December