The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-10-04
MORE OF POLICE BRIBERY.
DAMAGING TESTIMONY BEFORE
 THE LEXOW COMMITTEE.
One Onicer, So A Witness Testified, Ds- mandod Money From Her and Also Took Her Chiidien From Her-Tho Policeman Was Fully Identified.

manded Money From Her and Also Took
 Her Children From Hor-Tho Policeman
 Was Fully Identified.
 New York, Oct. 3.-Chairman Lexow was not present when the Lexow com mittee was called to order to-day. Sem ator oConnor presided. The case Of the Russian woman, Mrs. Urchittel, who testified before the Lexow com mittee that she was blackmailed by two police detectives, came up to-day. Mrs. Urchittel told a pitiful story of her i'll treatment by the detectives and stated that her children were torn away from her and her home broken up without any cause.
 Policeman Ambrose W. Hussey was called.
 Do you know a man named Joseph Black?" asked MT. Moss. "Yes, sir. !" Did you arrest Mrs. Urchittel at any time?" "Yes, sir."
 MT. Moss then read the extract from the blotter. It stated that Annie Rochetel was arrested on May 10, 1893. on complaint of one Joseph Taketa by Officer Hussey for keeping disorderly house. Rochetel was the name written for Urchittel. The witness then told the story of the arrest of the woman and denied that he had taken any money from her.
 Did you mention the name of any officer as taking money from Mrs. Ur- chittel short time ago?"
 "Yes, sir. I said that MT. Black told me that police officer took the money"
 "Who was the police officer?"
 "TIis name is Charles A. Place of the Eleventh precinct"
 MT. Moss read two affidavits which charged Place with blackmailing two women, Mrs. Urchittel and Mrs. Schmayl He also read letter from Policeman Hussey making an appoint ment with Joseph Black, and offering to pay expenses.
 "How much money did you give him? ?" "I gave him B." replied Hussey.
 Hussey told of conversation he had with Place in regard to Mrs. Urchit- tel.
 Did you not charge MT. Place with taking the money from Mrs Urchittel?' "I did, sir"
 Do you know that Place received the money?" Mot of my knowledge" . The witness then stated that it was on Blacks statement that he had ar rested Mrs. Urchittel.
 Policeman Charles A. Place next took the stand.
 Did you ever see this woman be- fore?" pointing to Mrs. Urchittel. fNo, sir, did not" replied Place
 Did you ever go into No. "A Orchard street and demand $1OO from herr" "No, sir. did not"
 The witness told of a conversation he had with Hussey.
 "Hussey came to me one day." he said, land told me he was keeping me out of a lot of trouble from the report CTS. He said that Black told him that I had taken money from Mrs. Urchittel of No. "A Orchard street You know, Hussey said, that she keeps a disorder ly house. I said that knew nothing of the kind, and said I never saw the woman and knew nothing about her."
 Place then emphatically denied hay ing ever blackmailed anybody.
 Mrs. Urchittel then took the stand She had made an affidavit giving sub- stantially the same story that she told before the Lexow committee. MT. Moss read the affidavit, Mrs. Urchittel weep ing bitterly all the time. -4sy,
 Mrs. Urchittel, are you certain 1t was Officer Hussey who arrested you and kept you out in the streets all night, taking $25 from you?"
 That Is the man," sobbed Mrs. Ur- chittel pointing to Hussey who stood up in court to be identified.
 "Hussey and Hockstein took my money from me-" declared Mrs. Ur- chittel
 "Did you see Hussey since?"
 "Yes, sir. met him in the street and accused him of taking my money and children from me. He said it was anoth- CT man who took the money"
 Did you see anybody else?"
 "Yes, sir. Two men came to me a lit- tie time ago and told me if I was to make charges against Hussey and Hockstein would get into trouble"
 Did she get her children back?" ask ed Senator Bradley.
 "No," said MT. Moss. "but we expect to return them to her."
 Mrs. Urchittel's children are. in the care of the Gerry society.
 Isaac Lafkowitz of Delaney street, manufacturer of syrups, said he knew Mrs. Urchittel and supplied her with goods. He said that MT. Frank came to him and asked him to buy her store as she wanted to pay a fine of $50.
 At this point Policeman Hussey took the stand.
 "Hussey," said MT. Golf, "you have threatened to shoot a man in this court" "No, sir. only told him he was not fit to live" [..s
 What do~you mean by telling per son who may be a witness here that he is not fit to live?" "I mean that he is low to accuse an innocent man."
 Have you got a revolver with you ?'' ''No, sir"
 "Now, will you swear that you didn't tell this man that if he didn't stop the proceedings you would put a bullet through him?" T will swear I did not"
 "Do you swear that you did not