The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1894-10-04
PECULIAR METHODS.
Interesting Testimony in New
York's Police Investigation,
OF THE GERRY SOCIETY.
Counsel GoR Declares That It Is Too
Arbitrary, and should bo ourtAiied.
Evidence That the Uniformed Highway
men Are sim Demanding Tribute.

Arbitrary ana should 20 Ourthtieu' ]
Evidence That the Uniformed Highway /
men Are stu Demanding Tribute.
NEW YORK, Oct. 4.-Mr. Moss, attorney /
for the Parkhurst society, opened yester- /
days proceedings before the Lexow in |
vestigation committee by placing in evil |
dence chattel mortgage given by David |
Kroman to David Kroman. The first |
David has already testified before the
committee that he gave the mortgage to
pay the police for protection.
Policeman Ambrose w Hussey, for
merly ward detective was the first wit
ness of any interest Mrs. Urchitell, who
some time ago appeared before the COM
mittee had testified that an officer had
walked her around the streets all one
night and then took down her stockings
to search for money.
The prosecution tried to show that Hus-
sey was the officer, Hussey testified that
stool pigeon named Block had told him
that a policeman named Charles A. Place
was the man who took the money.
Officer Place took the stand and swore
he never saw the woman or took money
from her
The woman then took the stand. She
testified that her children were torn from
her by a policeman and placed in an
orphan asylum. She was scourged from
pillar to post by the police and by Max
Hochstem, an east side politician who is
at present under indictment for assault
ing a reporter. Hochstem at first under
the guise of a friend, advised her to pay
the police, and later insulted and bounded
her Mrs. Urchittel refused to pay $50
tribute to the police for keeping a small
cigar store. The woman, who is a Rus
sian, was soon afterwards arrested on a
charge of keeping disOrderly house and
kept in Jail many months.
Senator Bradley was so moved by the
story of apparent injustice that he in
structed Mr. Moss to secure the release of
| the children.
The woman had been looking around
| the court room. Her eyes lighted on
Hussey She recognized the author of
her troubles instantly, and became in
tensely agitated. She pointed dramah-
cally at the officer, and cried in English,
of which she speaks but a little, That's
himl That's himW For a moment she
seemed as if she would spring at the Of
! fcer.
Counsel Goff said that he would like to
| call the attention of the committee to an
abuse which should be remedied on their
return to Albany. Too much power, he
declared was vested in the Gerry society.
Children could be torn from their parents,
and there was no way of getting them
back if the society desired otherwise.
! While Mr.. Gerry's objects were humane
| his methods were too arbitrary.
Elias Mandel testified that in 1898 he
| kept restaurant at 19l Delaney street.
Hussey came to him and demanded 500
for protection for gambling, Then he was
arrested by Hussey on a false charge,
later being subjected to much persecution.
| Officer Hussey was at this point called
upon to tell the committee If he had not
threatened to blow out the brains of Mar
beth PETER, detective employed by the
committee, during an alteration a few
moments before.
! H. H. Alexander, a stenographer, who
had been sitting next to the policeman
and PETER, swore he heard Hussey say,
"I'll kill you" and others gave similar
evidence.
PETER also told his story In the course
Of his work as committee detective he
had incurred the enmity of Hussey. Hus-
sey accused him in court of being the au-
| thor of all his trouble After calling him
a foul name the policeman threatened to
blow his brains out Hussey was again
called to the bar and again denied the
charge.
1--WE will look further into this" said
Mr.. Golf as Hussey stepped from the
stand
Morris Masch, a cloak manufacturer,
testified that clothing was stolen from
his store about Christmas of last. year.
Officers Hussey and Shelvey assisted in
finding the thief, but, although they made
arrests and had IA strong case when it
came up in the Essex Market court Masch
was not allowed to call his witnesses and
the thieves were discharged. Their pulp
had saved them from being sent 10 Jail
Mrs. Annie Treyursch told a significant
story. The woman supports her family
by selling newspapers on a stand at the
corner of East Broadway and Rulger-
street She has the permission of the
owner of the premises in front of which
the stand is located This morning Po
liceman Lynch asked the women if She
paid rent She answered in the negative
and declining 10 pay s. was arrested. She
was arraigued in the Essex Market court
| and discharged.
Policeman Lynch was identified as tn,
| officer who demanded So from her
This is a remarkable case, because il
] shows the police are still demanding
Il
Jacob Drummer, of 600 East Eighty
third street. testified that he paid War,
| Detective Jacob Drummer S. a montl
when he owned "A saloon at 1913 Avenue
!, B. The last payment was made May Il
last. He also paid Excise Inspector Ma
J. | Murphy $40 when the other demanded it
4 Adolph Forster told tale which threy
some light on the peculiar power wielde'
by the notorious Max Hochstem, Beside
. being a brute and an intimidator o
( women he appears in the role of colleC
! tor of tribute for the police, Forster tes
titled he paid $40 to him for protection TO
a coffee house. The business was legiu
4 mate, but Hochstem said he must pay u
or he would be in trouble. Many othe
: poor east side merchants followed AM
told how the ward men had called an
l. sent them to Hochstem, who under threat
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