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be suspended, that OF sergt. Liebers be-
gun and Mrs Thurow sworn as tne

rtin and Mrs Thurow sworn as IN
hrst witness against him. ....,
And this was done IN spite q I Hen ueAe'
Mrs. Thurow's testimony was s,mlla
In Liebers's case to that against Clarke
the only difference being In names an.
Rachel Davis, Sarah Snyder and Rache
Marks. all OF them inmates OF M Ms
Thurow's house. were pulled, and Mrs
Thurow went bail for them, sergt: Lie
IS being deposited on. each occasion
where the Sergeant could get 1t, accord
ing to the woman's testimony.
The trial OF Sergt; Liepers was sus
tuted in Mrs. Thuiow's story OF bal
bonds and bribery.
Each Sergeant was compelled to plead ah1
lection had been declared not well
taken, and each time Mrs. Thurow
wac sworn afresh to tell the truth:
Mrs. Thurow bailed Lottie Schroener
of her household, at times when Sergt;
Jordan was in charge. and she testineo
that once when she visited the station.
ssss SsrS patoS ssn being the nc
After a while" she added, 'Sergt.
Jordan brought the book for me to
sign. and that time ! laid the money
down on the book, as Sergt. JORDAN held
To Mr.. House Mrs. Thurow said that
Rachel Davis was present in the BACK
room. Of the .station-house when she !,
was present under subpoena. This story
was new. Mr.. House stormed at
the witness. and she admitted that she
book transa ction'' to any one, until this
morning, when she happened to- think
OF II and told i to Mr.. Wellman's sub;
Mrs ;, ThIrow cq 3Ss tIa ieil
action while she was witness before
the Lexow Committee. nor while she was
witness against Capt. Doherty. only
'n ser nsens lsersas COX ses
sgain repeated her story with the new
defendant as the heavy villain.
hailed out by Mrs. Thurow while Sergt.
Patterson was on desk, and Mrs Thurow
testified that she left the IS fee" for
The sergeant Once g.. she ,,a 5aii sS. f srt
no on the shelf two feet from sergt.
Patterson, but she didn't know whether
the Sergeant got the money.
the i nth time. and i repeated her story y
the bald headed" and this round OF
trials had made one whole turn. Then
i started on another turn OF the quin-
Mrs. Thurow said that on one occa-
SION. when Sergt. Mckenna was at the
desk. her friend. Mr.. schierman, went
bond for one Of her girls,
Sergt McKenna said to me:
!. :" suppose you know what you've got
'T said, Certainly do Then I put
the IS on the shelf and went away"
Returning to the trial of Sergt. Clarke,
Mr.. Wellman called Inspector Alex. s.
The Inspector Identified the items Of
bail from Augusta Thurow in the Four
teenth Precinct blotter as in the hand
writing Of Sergt. Clark. ,,
Jams said that he had known Clark for
forty-two years; that his character was
good, and that he had been an excellent
police officer.
TIE Inspector also identified the entries
made in the blotter by the other ac-
cused serseants. On direct as well as on
REPRESENTATION he said they all had
cisrs H acsore u the E.se. Market Po-
lice Court, testified in all the cases that
the bonds given by, Mrs. Thurow had
been removed by the janitor OF the
Policeman Michael J. Cooney, Of the
Fourtee nth Precinct, was called. and
testified in each of the five cases that
when Capt. .poherty was In command
the sergeant twice day for six months
to get evidence against Mrs. Thurow's
house. In spite. Of that fact the SER
kcAutb COutiHutu u dCCept neT btThN
bonds for her girls as fast as they were
arrested.
Patrolman Mccarthy and sergt. ia
cob Brown. of the First Precinct, who
was roundsman In the Fourteenth Pre-
mony. Then Mr.. Weiiman rested.
Immediately Mr.. House moved TO have
the charges OF bribery against his clients
dismissed on the ground that Mrs. Thu
row, a participant in the alleged crime
had not been corroborated. He also
moved toh ave the charges OF conduct
unbecoming an officer. In accepting Mrs.
Thurow's straw bail bonds. dismissed
Under the law of 1882, he said, as
well as the police rules, the Sergea mt
was Obliged to accept such. II the
proper affidavits were made. Lawyer
Swift made a similar motion, but all
were denied.
Major Kipp. of the Police Board. was
then called for the defense. He iden-
titled therule referred to. There Sergt
Clark took the stand In his own behalf
He had been thirty-four years on the
force. he said, and no charge had been
made against him in twenty-eight years.
He denied all of Mrs. Thurow's story.
He admitted however. that he knew
who the women were for whom Mrs.
Thurow went bail
Sergt. Liebers also denied Mrs. Thu
rows stories.
The other sergeant defendants took
the stand one after another. and denied
the allegations Of Mrs. Thurow. and ties.
titled that they accepted Mrs. Thurow's
bail because the law and the rule of the
Department obliged them to do so.