The evening world., 1894-06-04

putTtu nlH u CikhT, Dut lie bdiu Ht biiI '
smoke or. drink. so l slipped a few dol
lars into his hand"
Didn't you say II there was my !
10 the oficer than the italian woman
"Yes. She offered to settle 1t for VI,
Then all you gave the officer was 20,
Every Gent, I n only FAYE tb IL 10 int s,m 10
Of bribing him. 1t was In the Court
THE policeman went on the stand
n testified for your son2'
His Son Was Acquitted.
yes"
Donohue said he got the money to
pay the policeman from his wife 'ha'
why did you give the officer g, to
ret, n drink when he told you he didn't
drink asked Senator Bradley, a,
well. l saw him standing there, and
I'm built that way that l couldn't help
giving him something
he could for your SOM, Mr.; Gcf asked
$50 help me God, he didn't. All he
Z the locket." ,,..
Don6hue protested loudly that he didn't
give the officer the honey to bribe him.
pI Mr. s'% Hfooli p' did i not no. crosslexamine the
4 witness, and then Mrs. Augusta
Thurow was called. Chairman I.exow
tnIOTmeu MIS-. lnuTOW tndl she "pu'u
be protected by the. Committee In any
testimony she might give: ,,a, ,,o
MI. G?n stated. at this point, that ne
reports in the n%swspapers that the WI,
f1esses. who testified before. the Commit
tee might be called to testify e.:ewhere,
was having a very disastrous, effect In
other words. II was intimidating them,
Two important witnesses under sub
poena last Saturday had already left
the State. he said. and another witness
had stated that IT. he went on the stand
he would never know where 1t would
" Well. ! don't see how We are p1lns
TO control the papers," said Senator
ri don't expect that" said Mr.. Gor,
l.sbut ! simply state It as n fact that we
are having great difficulty In securing
the attendance Of Witnesses"
Mr.. Nicoll stated that SuDt. Bytnes
had given his word that witnesses You'd
not Sc harassed and that they would not
BE- threatened with %suhpoenas from any
other court.
Mrs.. Thurow's story.
In answer to questions, Mrs. Thurow
etated that she was II dressmaker and
lived since February last at g East
had lived at % Second venue for nine
WI. what . E a; M the oc character of that
For five ears It was perfectly
straight. but the last four years
could not get respectable people to take
rooms so ] kept It as a house Of Ill
! Hrs. Thurow went on to say tina, a few
weeks after she began to rent rooms to
girls. she received a visi: from the officer
precinct. the Fourteenth.
''The officer told me that he noticed
Romeh coming In my place. and that
! =. %p wa stS sYw "a 0s IN She the T Tona,e ss tsOf Prs.
cinct until after Capt. Cross rnlded me,
and then wal told must go down
I will tell about that later.
well. as 1 was saying continued
the witness, ''the policeman came to me
the matter at once. / asked hin how
send Bissert around TO see me. and I
could S,uis mS 1.. e,nt M.GasioS KIN M Rlmi
HE came to see me about a week
afterwards. He seemed to be well in
fore. When he came in he told me that
II I would pay. something | could let the
girls go on and do as they chose, and
he would see me again In a month.
Couldn't Afford More Than xIO.
He came around the end OF the
month, and l paid him $40. said
q Was d not sS a ssy ha mne mu bn.l %Sfe
after t,,at he called every month, and
] gave him $l2, sl3. SIS n once so.
Only four times in the -four years |
SHe Charged me s. a month for every
girl that lived in the house. He took
the money In bills. Sometimes gave
cause SHEER he didn't R1t Ike TX p te heaT t R'i'S coins Hss
clink. Bissert always came into my
house to get the money. 1t was given
70 him by me and we were always alone.
NV hrnQha nd MN q nnVaf. with ma on any
Of these occasions"
Then Mrs. Thurow went on to tell of
her experience when Capt. Doherty took
"a new ward man came to see me
about a week after the new Captain
came in. l was expecting him. for. |
ton fee. and that they had raised the
price per month.
This ward mans name was Barney
Meehan. When he came to see me ]
and put him of. He did not say any
thing about an initiation fee and went
away.
Raided by the Police.
.About a week afterwurd. on Oct. Is,
In, / vas raided and 1 was arrested
with seven girls. We were taken to the
csSsaon' w ne eo me sa'ooh-keeper on she
morning, in the police court, ! was put
under 800 bail and the girls were hned
wv Apiece.
Then I was tried before three Judges
~ Special Sessions and fined $25."
Did you reopen your house after
thaty'' asked Mr.. Con.
mot at once. ] saw Ward Man Nee
han when / came out OF the court. and
I asked him What / was to do.
"sYou must see the old man. he said
70 m~e-meaning Capt, Doherty.
II said / didn't know him and didn't
wan to. but Barney Meehan said l
must, SO / went to the station twice.
and the second time I saw the Captain
In his private ONCE.
Capt. Doherty Accused.
81 told him what / wanted and he said
he could not attend to the business him
sell. but he would send his ward man TO
see me n i must do as he said. Nee
han came around about a week after
election n we arranged matters. He
said IS q month would be all right, and IL
would pay that neither he nor / would
h.ye ? trouble; ! paid that untii Nee
"Who came to see o then?
big a whom afterwards
learned was John Hook, was the new
ward man. He came In one day and had
q little book with q Isl Of nAmeA. H.
asked me II j was Mrs Thurow.
"When j said / was he said the Cap
tain wanted 10 see me al the station. ]
went there tie next day and took SO
with me, expecting 10 have 70 pay II
over.
from the Central Once 10 close every
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