The evening world., 1894-06-13

Captain WAS very AntTy, ana L
had better go down and see him about
II. I went down to the a~tation, and
when the Captain found out who l vas
he was very nasty. lie called me n
called to him again he would throw me
out OF the house.
II told MIN 1t a not my fault, as !
did not know, ANYTHING about, and |
paid regular all the time.
Then he said to me, Get out OF this,
and don't give me any more gun
81 went away, and nothing was ever
done, only | had to pay $50 a month in
stead of $40. after that.
Hoffman said that Glennon did him
favors occasionally. He was bothered
by a man who came to his house. and
he told Glennon about Il.
IF he bothers you again said Glea-
non, Just bring him around to the sta
ton. and wei send him up for six
~ did 1t, cut 1t cost me $40" said
Hoffman.
The, witness said he had no further
trouble with Capt. Dcvery. who left the
precinct In November last.
Wi.sig - D]ondsmnn.
Whenever the girls were arrested. as
they frequently were. on the street, the
witness said that Phil Wiss.g, the As
seimblyman. would bail them out. He
paid Wissig s2j apiece FOR every girl he
bailed out. The Sirls were always dis
town n o go on their bond
Hoffman said he was accustomed to
pay money TO all the officers on the
Among others he had paid one to
officers Foley. Rosenhcrger, Schneider,
Hahn. Mccarthy and another named
Abramovitch. he thought. The last
named often went to the house with
women.
lie said he gave these officers s. and
$40 each every month. Once he. was
arrested and tried IN the charge of h1v-
ing n girl under sixteen Won a old in his
house. He employed n lawyer named
Levy.
The ward men were Hunt and Levy,
and he paid his lawyer $50 to give to
They said they would do IT," said
Hoffman; "and paid the m,ney. Then
back the papers from the clerk. My law
yer told me It would be necessary. so
that paid s22' in all. ,
Then | was tried and convicted, and
ali
Mr.. Moss then called attention to the
charges made by DIR: Pnrknurst against
cinct last Fall, alleging that they were
disordcrly houses, running in open vio-
lation Of the law. and calling upon the
police to suppress them.
Hoffman cmembere this. and also
the reply that was made by the Super
~intendent, Inspector Williams and Capt.
1'every that there were no such houses
oItl III tnt pIttlI't.
Was your house in the list named by
DIR. P%arkhurst?" asked Mr.. Moss.
Yes" replied the witness.
And were you closed up any of that
Not n single day. ] was open all the
time, and so were lots of other houses all
around me in Stanton. Rlvington and
You remember the riot at Essex Mar
were mohbed?"
.4v,x Dat
wards that they chased those Park
hurst fellows all the way to the Bowery
and kicked the stufing out OF them.
You were In the crowd that day."
well, ] didn't expect you TO admit It,"
Mr., Moss read over the names OF a
number OF keepers OF disorderly houses
In Capt. Devery's old precinct. and the
witness said nc knew them all, ana de-
Ing the time when the police officials re-
ported that every such place In the pre-
cinct was closed.
the time. and the inmates focked on the
front steps or at the windows, while at
other times they would be compelled to
close their front doors: They all paid
money to the police. and were allowed TO
keep open for that reason: Finally, Hon-
man said, he was obliged to close up in
January last, ana he had not been In the
Five Central ONCE detectives, among
them Detective Reap. Hoffman said.
came to his house one night and chased
s SAID ine '!ff .etS ma nail "a" the s''s Boss ~" But IT Reap i"s%
said no. to let him alone f3r the present.
II was toli TO keep the door closed
after that and MT to let in any strangers.
about the houses In the precinct was
printed in the papers. and before Sup.
Byrnes made his report.
HOFFMAN said he knew that a police
officer m Levy had been running a
house of ill-fame at 80 Stanton street,
In partnership with n man named Whit
taker
on cross-cxamination the witness adj
mitted that he had served four years
and ten months In State Prison for bur
glary. -
convicted were you not?" asked ex-
mo, / pleaded guilty because saw
! could not get out Of It, said the wit
n more questions"
The last witness examined was Louise
Miller, now In the Tomtts on the charge
Of keeping a disorderly house at Is
Second street. 81 was arrested the
first time on this charge on March 81
last, tried at Special Sessions and paid
500 fine on conviction.
The second time she was arrested was
on May 10 last, and she is held In s., 500
weeks.
Mrs. Miller, VINO is n Sllgnt, delicate
looking onan says that she Is the vic
tim of police persecution, because she
refused to pay any money for protec-
ton. She denied that her house was n
disreputable one and said she took
none but respectable bonrders. who paid
by the week.
Their were some married women and
some un married men the house.
Policemen Cohen and SCHNEIDER came to
the house and arrested her and Mrs.
Vandevour and two men, Mr.. Schuman
and Mr.. Gilbert, the latter over seventy
years old, who had lived IN the mouse Il
long time.
She had never been asked to pay any
money before that time. They were all
taken to the station. where Mrs. Miller
said she begged the Captain to let them
OFF. He sent old Mr.. Gilbert back, In,
held the other three. The officers made
a charge against the witness OF keeping
a disorderly house.
The next day at Essex Market, Mrs.
Miller said she employed a lawyer named
Levy. who tod her II she wanted to
get of she. must pay the officers,
SCHNEIDER and Cohen, SO apiece In add.
ton to his fee.
Had to Pay in Court.
II paid him money and saw him Civ
what they tod the Judge, but although
denied the charge and as did the others,
was held In 500 bail. and Mrs. Wander.
veer and Mr.. Schumann were discharged
Il paid Levy $5 for getting me a
bonlSmap don't know who ~ wna