New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-06-12
CAPTAIN PRICE ON TRIAL.
INVESTIGATING THE CHARGES AGAINST
HIM
r.,opr,,p SAYS he WITNESSED GAMBLING'lN
MAN PARKS. AND OTHERS.


MAN PARKS. AND OTHERS.
r,r tho third time since he earned goa s"'eU'
Cant,,n lanes X Price Of the goth Precno' me
eap.iI" .,a,,bst station Inspector Wiriamss
", ~1 so,sctlvc and d.s,ric, sergeant was I.a0.A
~ .i., hafore the Police Commissioners al iieHu
Quarters Yesterday charges mace ~ f ,.
,andent Ryrnes The complaint was hes'e0' % -,
IN nermittinz a gambling house 10 De oPe' rt
Vie rrecnct and falling to repress the same "a
ms ,,, ~ q newspaper exposure OF Il
t.,ng don AT No. BIS West ThirV-nrS'-s''
ts sad that Alderman Parks owns the properly "''
was Interested in the game ..,.oAr eat
"reminiscences Martin. Murray ana ""ee"'" 80,
IN Judgment al the tria., Mr.. NcO'a'e' W. ,,,.
-, 800 absent Louis j. Grant appeared lot O"P
Ia 80 49,, Frea House WAS present .oohln|
, ,ba interest OF Alderman PARKS @NS9.9'
C,,rnoration Counsel B.andy condnc'eu '"e P
ton for the Commissioners .h frs,
Superintendent Byrnes was ca"eu Do n
witness He said his attention h"' O'e' avs,ol
,.s,aner article t. the existence oil an ''.'
-, h,,ea NJ the pace mentioned. Ohuer
s,oo,tons NJ the Board of Police he maze d" ~ ~
o,,,on florence f. sullivan. a reporter ma. -"
davjt that a gambling house was o'N - ,.s,.,,
OK West Thirty-hrs;-st, and the sup -
brought charges against the captain va a,
had also directed Inspector McAvoy u MANI q"
investigation ,.,,,r, rvrnes
wbo admitted that the only Informant" '
relative 10 the existence OF gamo'i"7
the number was what he had redu -" go, c,..atr
na,er article Mr. Byrnes testihed ''A' rr'.1
Price made a report that 10 s''"'"'7
on at the place mentioned. ..uo,,,
c,,uca, the reporter came into the 'o"' "'
short,v after Il O'Clock ana was sworn /" 60 ,.,
q Mr. Blandys questions ne repheu va. a,1
the nren,ises No. 345 West Ihr'S- 49,. ~,
,,,sited them on June .. sullivan tes''' i .ho
,s,.1 tho house about rs d m.' June - -
r0illp
-, ,ha time While ne was there man wiz
uas called Meyers bought some checks anu i''
NJ Sullivan sWore that he also pous"' -.
Iaved Another besides himself piayeu
The witness said the man VINO 'u'"e' t,,sh
ao Lam LYMAN. an attache or Inc eS
-. lyman also sod checks ana paln inc O''
rrhera was also a man named r. NJ oe''eS P
who seemed to belong 10 the pace 49,. on
10 REORGANIZATION Sullivan stated that o"
,he night of June he received instr a,.,
his city editor to go TO the corner ., o, man
d 1,urantv-thlrd-st where he would nee' " no"
- ,,as q stranger TO him. In La,leys parroo"' 0'
tho corner he met the man whom ne hdu Oee"
% see ABE" Heyman, alias Jew AOe, va" ~
mans name Heyman tod witness 'h"' ''e -
nc ho,ss at No. s45 West Thirty-iirst-st anu
advised him 10 go there between lO'SV anu ~ = 49,
when he could get in. Heyman lou sum-
ia N,d tho men Lyman and Scholes thete' am
also q man known as Paddy the GaulO'ei
ivan said he supposed Heyman gave the up
his office because ne wanted some money ii ~
not seen rd 5' asked the witness If it was not iaGI
that the gambling devices %h Mere bv a prear
the house had been p.aCeH tI,s' man for the
ranged plan conceived by the man iiey u md AZ
r w me time getting money for the stor!' MI
Sullivan said he knew nothing aDou sed In Lalley's
nduor-store that he was going to baCe ' nrecinc
at No. $40 West Thirty ,trs-st in sincere
Friend sent a letter TO Captain II.Ge; ha9 been
about Heymans boast and that Heyh e, NO. mad
1sItinc with a newspaper man. Mir SulVart van, t tls
no nowledge of how the letter came 70 " ~ Grant
moved that the charge against CaPaind irInntajn
dismissed The m M bis defence TsS oe''s1 anu
The captain testified that the first infornaNoh *
Ha est 'T1 was in the forenoon Of June
2 when he received an anonyInouS aeIr nan Hevman
He directed Policeman sch to visit the mouse re
ad been sent for by Inspector McAvoy and he
had 10 90 Headquarters W heh ne cotbes
the saon-house he donned ms ci'iZen
and went out 70 make pe rs he
met Alderman Parks there. The latter t9li WI, nm
he Owned R the h persos S rs aPsn
ana bnT of her family Sch reported to the cap
mn tbat he could md nothing wrong in the house
The CAPTAIN on Monday June T. was directed 10
the house mentioned He made the report setting
forth that no gambling house eXts'eu ,nu who tbe
writer of the anonymous let er was. ana Wh9thei
he regarded the communication as UP. fIl.'
declared he did not know the author OF the le,Sfr
II would give a year. saiaTy 10 ~ DO oI no, re-
ma
gard 1t tip as ! 90 not DeheVe thd' inc "0'
was used for gambling. . . o..,o. Ca,,
In reDly TO Commis sioner Murrays question zap
tain Price said he informed by Mrs Ih% d son
been rented two men. but she had put thcm ou t
They left before the night on which sullivan 'es"
fled he gambled there. $500, 49,, o.. t4o sa,1 NJ
lived al No 3i7 West Thirty-hrst-st. The Alderman
said No 345 could not have been used as a taInbl
house without his knowing IT. Alderman Iaiks "a
mited that while he was ignorant OF the fnararie
OF the who had rented the rooms on tle Pai ~ ~
floor he had told Mr.. Stone Mrs. Thompson $ Ia
Their that II there was ANYTHING "rohs "e "0u
have 10 get rid OF the tenants - .o,
Several other witnesses 5Wore thty H'N'i S"'
anything improper at the mouse. a., . ~ n
William Meyers. who said he !iVcd az 80. ~
West One-hundred and sixty -eghth-st was Gale,
to the stand. He Is the man VINO Su!i'an "a, a.
legged was present in the gambling mouse on IN
Vent 10 10 S45 West Thrty-frst-st. the nigh
~ June ! TO meet Louis Lyman by appointment
The object OF his call there was to see iried %
MI Lyman about some property which he CMeyer~
foreclosed Meyers said he vas in the house irof
o n m to midnight. lie did not remember nav
ing seen Sullivan. lie swoTe mere w ond III
rambling carried on In the house lie anu III
friends played cards for while. .,. e.,...,.,
The next witness Edward Martin Schowie'
He said he was ticket Spectator, ana ana mveu :, q
The front parior Of 30. 345 West Thirty-hrst-st u
10 within a few days ago he swoTe there wa
no truth in the report that any canning was car
Red on there. He remembered sullivan comm
tbere and asking to see Mr.. Lyman. They ma
some conversation about Mr.. Lyman s brother J
Chicago He never had roulette Wheel or an
other gambling device In his room. - o.
Louis c. Lyman testified that he visited no q
west Thirty-frst-st the night Of June for tn
purpose Of seeing Mr. Meyers about raising
mortgage He declared gambling was going o
there Lyman said he and his friends playe
The trial was adjourned until Thursday