The evening world., 1894-06-19
,vcr observe anything with regard to

Wofutn openly sonciteo from "a .SS 4, tho
scws Sss and steps of the houses anu III tue
.aThey often spoke to me and my as
rdstants. Their operations were con-
IRA vo,, ever speak to Capt Devery
about them9''
Thricc Complained to Devery.
4 .s.sYes, I recollect going to him three
sflrnes. The first time was ABOUT
ts tse Stst,cn. e .souse. I Complained abon,
$ke ho,,ses, near the church, and ne told
ne that he, could not shut up the houses
t%cause II would DO no good. IL Wouiu
os,1v drive the women Into tenement
IBID he ever do anything towards clos
k Not @ that n i saw. The conditions re-
mained about the same as long as
stayed there. had two other cohVersa- f,er
wards, in which I complained not only OF
the disorderly houses. but about the sa-
: looms in the neighborhood which were
kept open on Sunday, and about seNeraI
pool-rooms near the church.
4 Mr.. Hamilton said he saw an ofhcer
going into one of the saloons one SUNDAY
and he asked him why he did not close
the place. The officer said he did not
apidn't Capt. Devery ever do anything
for you after your compiaints! asked
Mr.. Moss.
Got POOI-hOO" ShosSus
a'Yes, he did close up pool-room that
church. complained OF 1t several times,
and he finally shut the place up.
On cross-examination by ex-Jndge
that the houses near his church were
disorderly from his own observation,
and not entirely from hearsay. ..,
He said he had testified on the tria!
Of Cant. Deyery as to the character OF
these houses, and he had no hesitation
whatever in swearing that they were
piates rs said al thew had been in existence
for the entire period of three years OF
his ministry at the Allen Memorial
Ibid any of the saloon-keepers in the b,
neighborhood attend your church!
asked ex-Judge Ransom.
mo, sir: not to my knowledge.
ibid they contribute to the support
.Eot as saloon-keepers. The wife of
saloon-keeper Whose P'aGe an attendant at
services, and she put contributors IN
the basket. l never saw oh,, one oi 'he
4ss nssss sad IL tns. ehuf ON he
closing a saloon, he had counted elgn,
qsor sls shops no%e Dn hs one Sunday
j Mr.. Hamilton added that when he first
intervieWed Capt DeyeTy Snt,v yhe and atoe told
MIN That any one who was looking for
houses of ili-fame could find them. Once
or twice. while making pastoral calls IN
the neighborhood, when he first took
charge Of the church. he got into these
houses by mistake.
Policeman Grove Called.
The next witness was Policeman Pat
cinct Of which Capt. Strauss is the cap
tain. He told MIR. Goff that he l,1sla knew ew
rSSS sSlSoStsePeft saPtt REsps was Paddy 0 who
Saturday that the following Sunday
VI didn't know Pospisil was President
of the Bohemian saloon-Keepers, Asso-
,.ciation," said the witness: never
"Did you tell him that he had better
keep closed up the next dayT'
you had a conversation with him
@Yes. / only told him thought 1T
would be strict the next day."
How did you know 1t would be
II didn't know It any more than any
exe else, but kind of thought so. We
nigh night Z from IN. the the Captain to enforce the
Excise law"
"why should Il have been more strict
than any other Sunday"
81 didn't know 1t was"
to warn these saloon-keepers?"
''Do you mean to say that the Old
Man didn't tell you to give the tip?"
Not Ordered to Warn snloon-Keep-
'I do. Nobody gave me any orders.
iust got talking with Pospisil by
chance. He saw me going by and said
Hello, Paddy and ! said. Hello
"You thought it your duty to warn
the saloon-keeper. didn't your
81 couldn't say exactly why ! warned
him. 1 thought it was all right to tel
him to look out. as 1t would be stric
:What do you mean by strict?" asked
Senator Lexow. Was it different from
any other Sunday?"
mo, II was the same every Sunday
'If you saw burglar about to breal
int house would you think 1t you
duty to warn him that you might arres
him?''
"Oh, no. But / told Pospisil that h
must keep closed, SO 4 came around
r'.That viii do, Mr. Crowe," said Mr.
Goff;. I'VE are very much obliged t
Mr.. Grove retired. Ex-Judge Ransom
did not want to ask him any questions
Joseph Kauvar. a Bohemian, once
saloon keeper In the Twenty,hfth Pre-
cinct. but now from the wilds of Ne1
Jersey, according to Mr.. Con. was the
called
He said that while Schmittbereer wa
Captain of the precinct he opened 81
loon at 1850 First avenue. and Joined tn
Bohemian Saloon-Keepers' Association
The object of the Associa tion as he vi
cerstood It, was to make all saloor
Keepers sell beer for eight cents pir
end get protection from the police to sc
beer on Sunday.
The ward man then was Cannon
At that time there was some talk
one Of the meetings about the none
that was paid to the Captain. A con
mittee, consisting Of President Pospis
and Mr. Sykora, was appointed TO 81
the Tammany Hall leader, Mr.. Delmou
the witness thought his name was.
see IL he could persuade the new Ca
tain to take the same amount they hf
formerly paid to Capt. Gunner.
Says sschmittberger Raised the Prit
The new Captain. he said, was Schmit
berger and ne raised the price on q
saloon-keepers. Kauvar said the Cor
mittee went to Delmour and reported q
terwards that II was all right
The reason why they went to see 4
Tammany leader was because TIL
thought he would have influence wi
the CAPTAIN. The Association was poc
and could not afford to pay the advanc
srof nrOtectiDn.