The evening world., 1894-06-20
THE WORLD: WEDNESDAY EVENING, JUNE 90, 1894.

uuTlUt lHe recess, MT. HUI TcSpOnutu
with a bow and "A wave Of his hand TO
MIR. Schram. who holds this important
position. and walked down into the
crowd OF newspaper men. lawyers and
others, and for the next ten minutes
There were lots OF people there who
knew him and who had not seen him In
"A long time.
Among those who greeted the ex-
~divc-kecper was Father pucey, who is
one OF the regular attendants at the
sessions of, the Lexow Committee; The
Harry nm told ali he knew It would
set 4 cloud Of fur a-lying among some
OF the high police officials,
IT Is well known that the counsel. Tor
the Committee have been making efforts
to secure Harry ms 4 witness for some
time. 1t being a matter OF history that
he was run out OF business nv the police
many yeaH, in consideration, OF course,
OF his prompt and liberal contribution
to the official treasury.
Tho old nan himself. sinco he went
down on Long Island to settle, has fire.
q~uently threatened to make things hot
for his tCrmentors when he got a
chance. and to show up the system ny
which hc was blackmailed sy~stcnntlcal,,
helped to make wealthy.
Mrs. clinton Owns Up.
At the. opening of the afternoon SEES
sun qua SiillNOn went ~ Nv ~
stand again. She started to 20 to Police
Headquarters with Mr.. Jerome to make
n complaint against officer Cash, out
she had changed her mind. and was WILL
disorderlv house.
Mr.. Con, she said. had told her that
the object of The Committee was, to do
away with police tlackmail, and that no
harm would come TO her. .
you said some things that were not
true this morning." asked Mr., Con.
yes, sir"
You were afraid"
Yes sir. | guess | was
~ good many houses have closed up
| since the Committee has been In ses-
sion"..
Mrs. Shaw got out Of town and left
you to face the music?"
Yes. sir. She said she would stay
session." -,
this morning."
YES, sir; / am" replied Mrs. Clinton,
penitcntiy.
Chairman Lexow added that the inves.
tigitiOn was not directed against women
and that nothing she said could be used
against her. and Mr.. Con said the Com
mittee only had a feeling OF pity fol-
such women.
Tells on Mrs. shaw.
Their Mrs. Clinton said that Mrs. Shaw
had kent he house of ill-fame at lo'
West Twenty-fourth street for MIN
tive times since she had lived there
Mrs. Shaw, she said, was very wealthy
and Kept carriages and horses. She hac
always ten girls in the house, but since
only been six girls in the house.
Mrs Clinton had never seen Mrs
Shaw pay any money to the police, bu'
said that 1t vas the general understand.
Ing among the women who kept suct
houses that money was paid for protec'
ton. II she supposed Mrs. Shaw paid
too.
II collected all the money taken II
every night and paid it over to Mrs
Shaw in the morning. She may have
paid the police never asked her."
She was In Albany when ! last heart
from her. That was n week ago. Sh'
said she was going to P~oughkeepsie. ant
might come down to New York Thu
"She asked me how the house wa,
getting on, and told me to be very care
full who I let in"
This morning she said Mrs. Shaw wa
in Europe, and she had not heard from
her in four months.
On cross-examination Mrs. Clinton sal
she only went with Mr.. jerome as far a
Mott street, when she offered to com
back and testify, and Mr.. Jerome advise
her to do so. She said she had no CON
plant TO make against Ward Man Cast
dS llt lib utltslN'l az sooa iDaAsas
In answer to Mr.. Goff's question, tn
witness said Mrs. Shaw had closed he
place about five months & for severa
weeks, but she came in one night an
opened again.
Harry Hill begins His story.
Harry Hill then took the witnes
stand, and after being advised by Sen
ator Lexow. that nothing he said coul
be used against him., testified that h
cn "9ou to ar 1ei1 pf sSqHtT we'll II k 1850; hereq"
S the people say
well, It's a fact isn't it?"
the Yes @or, ! suppose I'm known all owe
Mr.: Gor began asking some question.
but Mr.. Hill wanted to tell his pedigree
so they let him go ahead.
He said he landed here on Woolsey'
sugar dock in Astoria, his passage be
ing paid by Woolsey, on a sailing yes
sci. after a voyage OF six weeks. II
said that before long he had none
enough to sc, back to England and b
refersee at the Heenan-Sayers fight.
II wasn't under police protectio
then" he said, and could afford to pa
my own passage. .
He wanted to tell more about his ped
gree. but Mr.. Goff led him around an
he finally got him started on his stor,
He opened the place at Houston an
Crosby streets in 1874.
You gave a variety show"
on Sunday night. l had a theatres
license, too. the same as any othe
theatre In the city. l Always paid in &C
vance.
Police Used Him Well for n Tim
II always treated the police well, an
they treated me well until after awhIl,
l tried to keep an orderly place. II
man came to my Place looking for figh
ne got thrown downstairs. aud the polio
would take care of him. used TO d
the throwing down myself" said Harry
with some pride.
The first trouble he had with the pc
lice, he said, was when Capt. Murph
came into the precinct. There were lot
Of good captains before then, and h
never had any trouble with them.
There were. killilea, Byrnes, Affair
and Others he said, and to max
worse | got Murphy down there fror
the goat district. ! met him at a la
uptown and he asked me to interCed
for him with the Commissioners. Blu
the story is too long"
q right on. Mr.. Hin, we have lot
of time" said Mr.. Con.
but I didn't have any sleep las
night, and Ia like to come here som
other time. Come down to my plaC
at ROCkaway,' he said. turning to III
Senators, and | will tell you all bot
H."
Murphy OF T~renchery.
r I'M was finally persuaded to so o
ply pretended to be n friend of his, an
. old him that II he would go to III
r Commissioners and get him transferre
fran tho rDni district down Ia the Mn