The evening world., 1894-06-19

called, and was asked Il he ,iSd ,remem5erei
Strauss and s25 to the ward man.
"I took the the money none % in an envelope to
the station-huose. There was SlOo In the
envelope and 1 put 1t on the table.
THE Captain was not In at the time
Sc, left It with the sergeant. The en-
velope was labelled For Capt. Straus,
with a Happy New Year ."
And you gave t25 to the ward mani"
Yes, ! gave 1t to Ward man Lang
velope. and we gave him a New Years
card, too"
| s. Did Not Want the Prcaent.
Did YOU see Capt Strauss after
=" Yes. about two days afterward met
him In the street, and he told me he did
not want the present, and said ! must
some up to the station and take the
What did you say to that?"
" / told him that the present was given
with the good win OF the Association; AS
| want TO take 1t back. He said. all
! right and went away .,o...,
"Did YOU ever get back your sloo?'
witness, 'it was only for a little New
Years present. II was not for protec.
! tion. We only wanted to show our good
N"You' say say you gave the sa5 to Ward
Man Lang, yourself?'
He didn't decline the present, did
"oh, no. He took it and thanked me
for it,
The money given to the police was
| always put in an envelope.
The next witness was Frank Clark.
middle-aged man, with closely cropped
hair
Going Back to War Days.
Were you in New York during the
war;" asked Mr.. Goff.
Yes. sir. and before; from 1859 to
.. "whai "a was was your occupation, them"
I'm connection with a gamer"
no YES t "a at Prince and Mercer 81 ,d streets eas
erals. / was dealer Of the game. which
was faro. for four or five years.
81 boarded around the corner with a
clergyman. Rev. =. p. Wild, and told
backed by the three men, Langman w:
Moore, John Franklin and Cunningham"
Clarke said that Central Ofhce detec-
tives frequently came around to collect
money at the Generals" 49,.
Among those were Radford. Dusen-
berry. Kelso, afterwards Superintendent:
Lilley and others. The place paid 500
week to the detective.
". some times used to give the money.
which was always put up in an envelope,
and sometimes the barkeeper would pass
1t out. There were no ward men then. all
the business was done from Police Head
quarters"
Among the frequenters OF the "Gen-
erals" were such notorious characters
Dan af Pu''s sobe HsnF'Gh blaeksmth s S0'fpSlR paR
"Moiiis Matches. All these people used
to leave their money there for the police,
and the Central Office men would come
around every week and get IL.
His Career of Vice.
After 1865 Clark says he went West,
worked Mississippi steamboats,. and
back New York. and went into the
bunco and Monte games wit Parmely
in the Fourth Ward. Parmely. had four
Monte games in various parts OF the
| Wards, principally in Chatham street.
and one bunco Joint in a private house.
Mr.. Goff wanted to know II this was
not known as the sawdust game.
"Oh, no." replied the witness.
"Or the green-goods businessW
mo. Bunco is played with a closet
Bunco Game Described.
Clark then described the well-known
bunco game, which was worked upon
sent out to rope In Victims. One is the
.steerer." The latter would bring the
victim or Euyin.S the Joint on a'G some bs pre-
lottery game going on, Money would
pass between the bunco man and the
steerer, and at last the victim would be
1--WE had to lay aside half OF all we
got for the police" said Clark. TO be
prepared for 'sauealers. These were
victims who would go to the police and
THE ward men would come around
with the 'squealer usually. and the place
would be changed SO that the victim
| could not recognize the room.
The wardmen would usually scare the
victim into leaving town. and would take
him to the station and pay for his ticke
ways charge us extra for these expenses
They got half anyway OF what we got
out OF the guy.
would get a dozen or more victims q
day The man who stayed in the join
and looked out for the ward men wher
they brought in squealers, was known a!
the trailer" There was also mar
around usually to scare the victim aftel
he was leeced, SO as to make him leave
town quickly. and keep him away from
the police.
=" In the old days they used to be care
full to leave the victim enough to ge
home with, or pay his hotel bill. Blu
afterwards they wanted everything th
man had.
The most startling testimony giver
by the witness was brought out by Mr.
Con- when he asked Clark about hov
much money was paid down for tn
privilege of working the ward.
! Some People Exempted.
, "It was an understanding with tn
police" said Clark, that we shoul
: not work citizens OF New York, mir
, listers or priests. They were to b
. exempt. That was the consideration
. when the ward was bought"
. 'lHow much was paid for this work."
a well Parmely paid $500 down. and al
! terwards had to pay my share OF II"
. Where did you pay the money and t
: whom"
I IT was sent up to DIVERS place"
II what place was that?"
- "a saloon on Chatham street. nea
, the hat store"
4 You mean Patrick Divver7"
~ Yes"
, DO you know whether Mr.. Diver
il in the saloon business now?" asked NJ
% Con.
r II think not. I heard he was a Polic
% Justice or something of that sort now
=. replied Clarke
"A Then Divvers's place was the heaC
quarters OF the business, and payir
money to Diver was part OF the sy
q tenn"
Yes, and 1t was where the gar
t spent all the money. We used to depos
le our bank roll in the safe in Diver