The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-08-24

after kept that sort OF an establish
ment. which. he said. Is most difficult
Wen. did any of these people open
their houses again after raid and re-
sume business2'' Mr. Hess asked.
Cross raided them again and they had
to close up" said the pigeon.
To another question Goldsmith replied
| When Capt. Cross took command In
| April, 1892, that precinct was alive with
di1orderly houses Of every variety. When
he was transferred the precinct was
clean."
As to Rhoda Sanford and Katie schu-
| bert's cases, Goldsmith described what he
| did for the Captain, and the story did not
differ materially from that tod of the
1t should be remembered that Capt.
Cross Is charged with accepting 500
Initiation tee. and $50 a month bribery
the prosecution, that Capt. Cross did
permit these houses to run and that
OF those women that they paid the
| brides and that all the proof that Capt.
| Cross persistently raided and closed up
the other houses In the precinct, only
ii is also claimed that Cross drove the
others to the wall because they did not
but the defense claims. n 1t can be
shown that Capt. Cross directed his
efforts impartially against all the houses
in his precinct. and that the Sanford
carefully, raided like the others, reduced
to q state Of decency like the others,
that would destroy the Implication Of
MIR Wellman tried to make Gold
smith admit that he received a share Of
the blood" money which he intimated
had been collected by DETECTIVE ,tI Do I,,,;
being stool pigeon when Dokel retired
from the force, and had received no
pay. for his work from! the police, He
Dokel Afterwards he got angry be-
cause the women called him stool pig
Four NIGHTS as kept G pos sete pr TSfans
the necessary money for expenses.
He made his living he said' buying
Nathan. and l think there was stu an.
other. for places Nathan couldn't get
in to. tried and sometimes l couldn't
from some one else and raided the
house." the witness said
Goldsmith said he resided then and
now at 80 Seventh street, and Mr.. Hess
That's a respectable neishborhood.
the Loews, the LEWIS and other we'll
Nhown peopio h'e' siA "
Mr.. Hess read several special orders
issued to Capt. Cross by Supt. Byrnes,
a census Of the suspected houses in the
Eleventh Precinct, a copy Of which he
kept himself This was to- counterfeit
Mr., Wellman's contention that as soon
as he got In the precinct Cross had that
list made to work from In a systematic
| scheme, OF extortion.
Ex-senator McClelland at this point
NlA ~
that when Alice Ryder was asked to
identify one of the men who visited the
| Schubert house In the evening two years
ago. and said that Capt. Cross looked
| more like him than any one else In the
room. Capt. Cross was In full Captain 8
uniform. and the only. man In the room
| who wore the golden shield OF captaincy,
e cap 5a nv was asp on the desk before him
| Henry Wendlg. plumber, at II Delan-
| cey street. was next called to contradict
ma s W.many who vi tes %s' hat he da
plumbing In Mrs. Schuberts house in
the Summer of 1899. and that It was then
open and doing business.
| the owner of the house to do all plumb
Ing there, Mrs. Schubert as lessee pay
ing the bill. He. said the house was
bert put of payment OF the bill. and he
had to call and dun her for the bill sew
eral times, Mrs: Schubert each time
|
on her she could do no business, and she
81 object! said Mr.. Wellman.
Objection sustained" President Mar
This brought Mr.. Hess to his feet. He
ruled with Weilman. although he had not
He said It seemed to be enough for
tie Court" that Mr.. Wellman had OBJ
jected, and, indeed. sometimes the ruling
been uttered. and certainly before the
opinion Of his Fellow Commiss,oiers.
We'll. the ruling has ben made" was
poenaed, first to go TO Mr.. wellman s
oce. but when he was asked to tell what
re.entative. Mr.. weliman strenuousiy
objected.
In the row that followed wellman
said he was honest. whereas Hess re-
'If you are honest In this prosecution
you will move that these defendants be
discharged and the charges dismissed.
Applying the YOU
to all these Witnesses. You have coaxed
threatened and done everything to &c
/ them to say what you want them to
able merchants and business men, WHIT
have been subjected 20 this intimidation
this very week, and SO far as this maj
Is concerned an AFFIDAVIT was offered I,
him for signature. He declined to sigi
! it,
Another was drawn and he refused
to sign that. because i did not accort
with the facts nor with Is statement
. Then he was told that II he didn't sigI
they'd have him down again. and woul,
, keep at It till he did sign"
The witness nodded assent to all this
> He left the stand and Mr. Hess called:
Capt. Adam A. Cross"
Capt. Cross said he had been a police
man sixteen years. and he told OF thu
various promotions he had received
, Then he described the Eleventh Precinct
He said the station was In Eldridg
street, apd he presided from April %
1892, to March 1 1899, a period of tie,
, months and ten days.
1T has u population OF LOT. 900. repre-
senting all the nations. races and relig
/, Ions of the earth" said the Captain.
ut Is a very important precinct. 1t
, people are ignorant, a great majority o
them foreign born and having little sym
patty with our institutions. manner
, and customs. There are Nihilists, An
= archists. Socialists and all other politl
cal creeds represented there.
II had a force OF eighty-six men, ant
: ! think the best and most efficient anC
r faithful men in the Department. | wa
nobly and loyalty sustained by all
A During my ten months in the precinc
I nine different sergeants served unde