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much embarrassed. He said he hadn't
brought the return voucher, but said
he would get II this afternoon.
Yaid Ward Mnn Kelly $50.

wei. l suppose It must have been
something, on the same principle as
Here it is" sud Mir. Gof., "Check
No; SS. j ,sdy 90 1893 to Mr. Kelly police
"ua! ha! hal" cackled the witness,
throwing back his head 80 1t Is. to be
sure"
Chairman Lexow raped vigorously.
This Is no laughing matter, MIR. Wit |
ness You have stated here under oath |
that you never paid anything to police
officer, and this is not joke by any
moons"
Mr. Ryan drew himself together at
down to cloak anything.
-, II haven't paid anything to the po-
''Weii, You knew Mr. Kelly pretty
well, didn't your" asked Mr.. Con:
Yes. sir; for eight or ten years.
Yes, sir"
You used. to send around refuse
kindling wood, didn't you'"
by the way, you've had fire. too,
at one of your places"
Yes. sir, | was burned out"
We'll. We'll look into that later" said
Mr.. Goff. and recess was taken.
Mr.. Ryan went uptown In company
with a deputy Sergeant alarms OF the
Committed and promised to reappear AT
the afternoon session with all his
vouchers.
When proceedings were resumed In
the afternoon. Box Manufacturer Ryan
did not take the witness stand at once.
Policy sIip-writer Called.
Morry oswitz was the first witness.
agent sAs a, y Il Broome street 1Ss H He hsd
also ben a policy writer during the
past year at three different places.
The first was run by Sam Fledbery. at
| loo Ludlow street: the second at 1873
Delaney street. by a man named Dia
mond and the third at $50 Stanton
ker, Oswitz said. backed the Ludlow and
Delaney street policy shops.
II sometimes took In $50 day at the
sons Would come in during the day In
the last place ] was In there was
candy store and cigar counter in front
and pnlie y, room 20 In the b. sk
would not let him in, but II it was
anyone I TX, knew: WI, ! would you'd pull string
Did any policemen play in your
Yves. patrolman named Beck used
himself to whatever he wanted in the
nothing"
These were taken, out of my salary,
cent and tan-cent gigs"
"supposing he won?"
n,
What gigs did he play?"
which is 2S-35-67. but his favor!tc gig
was lO-2o-sO, which is called the sick
Oswitz said his boss complained that
Beck was getting gigs for nothing. so
afterwards he put &C o; d.: rr on al gig Gigs
and he made threats.
one day Beck and two friends came
to the doors, and Oswitz would not let
l.t,x ,1r fha Il
made a row, and demanded n gig. He
wanted the Irish gig" but finally
OswitE said nc sat down wrote out the
beer gil" for him
What is the beer Eg?" asked Senator
Bradley. with interest
1T Is 4-16-2l." replied the witness.
BECK Smashed Things.
Beck then got scrappy, the witness
, said, AMI began to smash things gen
"He kicked and threw me around
and upper-cut ME every which ay, and
sung i've bulldog over my head three
: or four times. and said he would fix me.
Then he went behind the counter
and lickel a coupe of men there, and
arrested one of them and took him to
the station on the charge OF policy writ
. "Beck threw a monkey wrench at me.
!, 1t just missed my head, and made n
,. deep dent in the wall. The hole is
, there now
did anything come OF this arrest?''
NO; II was all fixed up some way"
Some dayh afterwards Oswitz says he
to e GS linn %p anG put h
e away" the first chance he got, and
, oswitz, becoming friEhtened. said h,
S 20 S%p the posy shop ana and G 6s
encounter with Beck. He said 1t would
be all right.
Knocked Down in the street.
After that met Beck in the street
and he knocked me down and dubbed
!, me. Since then have never seen either
Capt. Cortright or Beck.
, Oswitz told Mr.. Nicoll he was an Aus
q trian by birth and came to this country
In 1851, when fifteen, years old. He first
went into stained glass factory HI
=. got into the business by playing policy.
i, Mr.. Nicoll wanted to know how many
gigs there were. and the witness sal.
writer gave a name to every new com
bination that a player might dream.
"If anybody comes IN with dream
, same time. There is also regular
! dream book. with gig for ever!
: dream
; The only gigs that the witness could
remember were the beer gig. the nisSe,
sig. the sick gig. the monthly gig, IN.
" tdnesday gig. the police gig. the 1risl
= gig and the working gig.
. Plenty OF Policy shops.
There were three other policy shop
running in Ludlow street at the sam,
!. time. the witness said. and there wer'
nbout no other shops In the city.
John Keresey was the next witness, {
wholesale liquor dealer. at 81 Pearl am
90 Stone streets. He said he was ar
officer Of the Wholesale Liquor Dealers
Association in 1883 and 1889.
r The witnesses aid that the organization
Il of the society was due to the discovery
!. that the police OF the city were takinf
e customers away from them. by mak'nf
them purchase brand OF whskeS
called the hollywood Whisky"
1.-The police did not make these sale,
directly but brought pressure upon on
!, customers" said MIR. keresey.
Tekulsky Excused.
:. Mr. Tekulsky, who had been In attend
ance all day. and was getting somewha
q impatient. was told by Mr.. Con that h
c WAS excused for the day. Before h
e went he told the Committee hc was anx
ious to vindicate himself from Che insln
h uation that he had not told the trut
about the books OF the Wine and liquo
IS Dealers Association when he test!fle
before the Committee last April.
Mr.. Keresey, continuing his testimony
said that the reports Of his sales agent
Re showed the police were working for Hol
lyy-Ipd Whiskey, and that this was dc
int In lna 10 hn tral