New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-06-30
VENDORS WERE POWERLESS
HOW THEY SUBMITTED MEEKLY TO
POLICE MENACES.
sArIMAKERs ALSO THE vICTIMs-MoRR1s TE-
KuIsKY HAS 4 GRIEVANCE - 500 FOR
CAPTAIN Observation-Disclosures RYAN
c.,rr 1Sc1N ADMITS Ills EAISEIiOOD.


sMrrlNGLY ADMITS HIS TAIsEHooD.
,,orr,s Tekulsky was conspicuous among the law
yers witnesses spectators. committeeman ana
newspaper mer who thronged Part OF the Su-
perior Court yesterday. where the Lexow COM
r,,,tee held IT'S final session prior TO adjournment
,,r .he summer Mr. Tekulsky not there VOL
unfairly for 'vindicntlon." lie had a subpoena
tucked in his inside coat pocket. Mr.. Tekulsky. II
will be remembered. gave the public pat express
sion when he was the wi;ness-stand last April.
When he wanted TO be made delegate 20 the
Constitutional Convention. he testified he went to
see Mr. Croker. why: Because there was no
where else 10 60" That summed up the SITUATION
81 neatly that the phrase was taken up ana was
on everybody's lips. Perhaps !, fastened MT.
Crokcrs retirement 1t certainly described his posi-
ton apty.
AR Tekulsky at his examination before the COM
mittee last April made some statements about
the Wine Liquor and Beer Dealers Association
OF which he Is the State president. that the COM
mittee thought they would like to have corrooo-
rated by the minute books Mr.. Tekulsky, win
genial smile said that he did not have the custody
q, the local minute books but that Henry Kelly.
the recording secretary In whose custody they
were was q friend of his, and he would use his
influence have the books produced in court.
rEKULsKY's CRAFTY DISCRETION.
Mr. Kelly was on the witness-stand on Thurs
day and he told about Mr. Tekulsky's peculiar
way Of using his influence" On the Sunday night
after Mr. Tekuskys examination he went TO MI
Kelltys house and suggested that. as the minute
books Of the association were likely TO be called
FOR bv the Lexow Committee 1t would be desirable
~ look them over to see what they contained SO
Mr. Kelly and Mr. Tekulsky went through the
books and. in the language OF Mr. Kelly they
decided that Mr.. Tekulsky's testimony was all
right but the questions had not been asked right
recalling the case of the bog and the trousers
which didn't fit. The trousers were all right but
the boy was too small SO 1t was with Mr.
Tekulsky's answers They were all right Out the
questions were wrong. Indeed. the questions were
so palpably wrong that II was decided by some
body-the deponent saith not as yet. but the pub
lie may infer-that discretion demanded the
"surreptitious taking OF the books. Accordingly
al the books which might have made Mr..
Tekulsky's testimony appear in an unfavoraoie
ught-to use a mild expression-were mysterously
stolen"
DRAWN FROM MODEST RETIREMENT
, This stealing Of the books was considerable OF
shock to good Mr.. Tekulsky. He made russ
about II at a special meeting called for the purpose
but finally. in kind. generous and magnanm9us
spirit he allowed the matter TO drop All this hap
uened last April Since then Mr.. Tekuisky has been
nursung the even tenor Of his way. managing his
Mauor-store In Park Row. delivering lectures at re-
form meetings on model salqons. their high moral
mission and the lofty ethical principles on which they
should be giving interviews on the Wlcheuiess
Of horse racing and gambling: revising the funda-
mental law of the State" and helping his fellow
Nquor-store keepers "out Of troub.e when they vio
lated the Excise law-whch IS one Of the objects OF
the association of which Mr.. Tekuisky is president
II was while busly engaged In these philanthropic
labors that Mr.. Tekulsky called upon TO pause
and explain who stole those books and why they
were stolen. Mr. Con- had many witnesses, how
ever that he decided Mr.. Tekulsky for the
present Mr. Tekulsky didn't seem DESTROYS OF hav-
ing a vndication He went away smiling.
Senator'S Lexow, Bradley. OConnor and Cantor
were present John w Con. tired but confident, af-
ter his seven weeks Of brilliant work in the court
room; William Travers Jerome and Frank Moss.
Mr. COTS able assistants. were on hand bright ana
early So was De Lancey Nico, who was attended
nv O. s Campbell the former tennis champion. who
IS a student in Mr. Nicoli's law office Mr.. Ransom
was not present. Father Ducey OF ST. Leo's
Church. and William A Sutherland, Of counsel Tor
the committee were interested spectators.
GREEK vENDER THE VICTIM.
George Velmachus a Greek. the first witness
called B. Vard a fe.low-countryman. acted as In
terpreter Velmachus said that he came TO this
country three years ago. He secured pushcart and
began TO sell fruit and notions. He was repeatedly
arrested Then he heard that he could fix things
So last July he went TO Wilson. the ward man con-
nec,ed with the Church-st police station. He saw