The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-10-11


wanted everything
what did you say? ,,.,,rn,
81 said no, wouiIn 40 !" ne I Worried
hard for my money, and ] am d poor ng
man. Vail then went away ana not lohs
afterwards ! was transferred
I'D YOU expect thisY'
wan IL did not surprise me"
Reilly said he was sent hrst 10 1 ,6cn
on the East River uptoWh o NY bn
Changed to downtown, and since theh ne
had been shifted all around, but hau
always been assigned to posts IN oPe..
docks. In fact, he made 1t plain th3at
things had been made as uhco'''io''"'''
1o ar nm, yo ns regret your refusal to give
I'M your money to the Captain askeu
N Re,Iiy Tvs shook his head. ....
The next witness was AUGUSTUS n,
Wolf. manager of Mailiard Choup 9.,'S,
factory at ia West Twenty-htth SII 80
He was a friend of Mr.. Forget anu niIII
~ Cant. Schmittberger, whom he salu
he had known ever since ne was pa
trolman on the force .,,,.,.,,,,, ,,o to Won
not long ago ana ask you to use your ~ ~,
fiuence with Mr.. Forget not to 'es"'S
against himT' ,. Go Mr.
"Yes. he, asked me to SPEAK 10 0n6 H'i
promised to find out when he wou'u sd"
for home and meet him..
Had a Premonition.
.what did he say to your,
eye said that there might be some
investigation of his conduct by tne
Jexow Committee, and that MI. rpn
get might be called as witness, am
he asked me as an old friend TO 40
what / could to find out how Mr. FOR
get felt about the matter . ,,,,,,,
Mr.; Wolf said he met sr,y M d nor fa Tour
aine, and spoke 10 him ABOUT ahp pd
Schmittberger's request, and that ne r,tu
also dropped in at the Hotel on mar sa,'
afterwards, and reneWeu 'he
you did not know that these visits S oi
yours to Mr.. Fourget were observer
as mo, N sir; / never suspected it, but l
suave YOU seen Capt. Schmittberger
recently"
"DiHdn't he call at your office yester-
day to see your ,.,,,., sor
Eyes, / heard he was there looking tot
me, but ! was away all day ana a''''
sg Mr. ii Con tried to get the witness
to admit that he had paid money 10 me
police FOR P perm af The factory but he
denied thst he had ever given any money
for this purpose
And Now, Capt. Grant.
Bernard w. Wolff, a liquor dealer, OF
202 Ninth avenue, was the next VINES;
He testified that he had paid blacknali
TO Ward Men Logan anu i'pus"''''' "
"rhey began prosecuting me and inter
fering with my business, so had 70 40
something, or I would have h been rui ibai
i was pretty independent before mat
and had never paid anything
"How much did you pay
Twenty dollars a month. Logan us SEQ
to collect the money. This was In me
bIizzafdT wear once | had some trou-
bic when / wanted to get my TAX re.
duced. / went to see Capt. Grant anoni
10 pay so much. ] had my dues for, the
manfh-s2O-in an envelope which J.
gave to him, but told him that he
would have to make 1t easier Tor me
After talking the matter over. he
said he would do so. and after that time
/ never paid but $40 month. .,,,
yes. / told him It was for Logan
for he. usually did the collecting, ana
he took II There was no address on
the envelope, but that was not heces-
sary; he knew what IT was
Seth b. Robinson, lawyer or ~ LIB
erty street, said he was coming down
on the, Il" road o on the morning 40 o1 OF
yanced stage OF intoNication got IN AT
Twenty-eighth street. lie got out at
Twenty-third street and sixth avenue
and the officer got out at the same sta
tion. and fell down the stairs into the
man helped the officer into a neigh
boring basement store, ana the Wine
man ONeil. who was standing ON tht
corner. He Mt first refused TO 40 any
thing. but afterwards, went into the
basement and arrested the policeman
whose name was Callahan, and be-
longed to the Leonard street station,
Surgeon Cook was summoned to see II
Callahan was drunk, ana tna,lN me 3i
ficer was taken to Jefferson Market 70
lice Court, where he. was discharged,
Richdfd Gerchen, grocer, OF joo ras'
One Hundred and E!ghteenth sire stree,
a recent burglary in his store An OH
Ger found man in his cellar ana re-
ported 1t.
told the policeman to let the man 50
THE next day ] found that $50 worth OF
cigars had been stolen. i reported tn,
matter to CAPT Mest ottcars ,nI Mh'
get my goods back. l refused.
The witness said that since that t!m'
three attempts had been made by
gang in the vicinity TO rob him. an'
that the police there would not arres
any of them.
Hochstim's Chowdcr BIncl>naii.
Leon Buck. of III Canal street. testi
fed that his uncle, Mr.; Rosen, ha
sent back a chowder ticket to Ma
Hochstim because he could not affor
to take II.
Tell US about this chowder ticket
said he was in the Comptrollvr's ofiic
and had secured 1t by political influence
If he testified he said he would lose hi
position and would be afraid to wal
through the streets in the might. Ser
ator LeNow reassured him and told hi
he must tell what ne knew, whereupo
Buck said that Hochstim became yer
angry when he told him that Rose
could not afford to buy the chowdC
ticket. and said that he had better tai
IT II he wanted to keep his place run
ming
What sort OF a place did Rose
keep" asked Senator Lexow.
Z" policy shop, | went back to Rose
and told him what Hochstm had sal
and he seemed much alarmed | don
know whether Rosen bought the tick
or not. They We're s. apiece. He to
Hochstim II n, would wait til busine
was better he would take two tickets
The ticket was for a Chowler par
of the Max Hochstim Association a,
when asked who was the President
me Association the witness reptile
Hon. 7. ID. Sullivan"
Discharged for Revenge.
Buck afterwards said he was no long
employed in the Comptroller Office al
thought he had been discharged beCau
he hac given some information TO II,
fer, detective employed by the comm
tee, about matters In the Essex Mark
nelghbOrhood. He said he had been
formed OF his discharge in a letter wr
ten by Comptroller Fitch, who gave
the reason for his dismissal that he ~
incompetent.
He explained that he had made a
plication for another position under /
city government, and he was afraid