The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-08-31
Fifteen Witnesses Have Give
Their Testimony for the
Prosecution. 81
Entries In the lsdasrs Of M6G
chants Marked % n
Exhibits.

1t was II o'clock when Mr.. Weilman
appeared at Police Headquarters tod
and the trial of Capt. John 7. Btophe<
son was resumed. with Partner Whlr
pell, Of Edwards's commission house, a
the witness chair.
Mr.. Whispell testified that he kept II
books while he and his brother, VII
was q witness yesterday, were IN buo1<
ness with Edwards, and that he MAD
the entry In the ledger when IN
70 barrel OF apples and the 6ouI
boxes Of peaches were sent up 70 Cape
Stephenson's house.
He testified that the entries w61@
transcripts from the day book. kept III
his brother. -
Thomas p. wsilsco, one OF the e.
plainants against the CAPTAIN. foGe1
that he had been compission w4r0&
twenty-five years, and liyed - ~
roe street. Rrooklyn, He ws4 a.
issl. be was intrcducsd "a Z hliiE
MIR .weiimsp inyifsd Wai3se9 q
G %nst X ke ns.shss ss sSad s Ssss
s sI:sussi SSsh! Ts. scssS Sasll ~ -
,'SWsIl, what ala Kelly say 70 y.s
grounds that whst, Kelly Ssid could T.
ss q m ne. a aSs s ssp.s
"Kelly told me he would 81 are1g
after my money tto-morrow. The -
He said it would Be IS every year"
Mr.. Wallace's books OF accounts ye9
produced and they showed that on LEI
Po,ss captain asas va IN r snsrs % Sa s
Mr.: shafer objected that the vitnss
could not substantiate his story oy mai
II paid that second SIS to Kelly ~
same as the first time" cut In the VIII
ness s T"
"But You never saw sapt. step6sli
know whether he ever got the mqas1
or Sot'" A..
! Then that entry In your book. :ca61
to Captain, s25. was incorrect p
Well. suppose It was. techuical1y-1
to ADMIT thai he u had Seen See ~ Sslss ~
and Then Mr. 'ss hsfsr tested him S messiI5
mna ss s1 pp:o nat o snS v ws:s ss
paid money to bride a police ofSicers
Well. ] suppose I was."
committed crime II a. much 70 u
believed as a man who has notf'
II think that sometimes the end ~
tifies the means. Sometimes We cann>
IT ike Your eandor. Mr.. walssss
did witness We have had. You ffssEI
sdml, that n You have yiSisssS The
~ nMsll@as Pu. IN sy Z, sas =
from pec. ). 1880. ' to April psSei IS ,sss.
Charles w. Maxfisld. another complain
ant, came next to the stand. He Wa I
business business at, a. ls2 Res de- street when 4
kelly spoke Of the ssdswaik rnktt@1
] was encumbering the sidewalk Gccor1
ing TO the constructions of the law N
upon II by the police, hut not accoz1zn
Kelly said II would cost us s25a,ys5l
] paid the IS to him. placing Il Ii n
hand In money, used no enyeiops. n
Iura atS up up a y.in a year aftsrwards ~
On the cross-examinatlon. Afaxfiel
said he soS was located at Ia Rsade stree
"Then You We're not violating u
ordinances?' Mr.. shafer asked. u
Well, not TO any extent" ~. Il
Ioh Just little Not much. but III
But that was a violation. and 90 -
committed bribery"
! mo. l diunt look upon IL a. euou- 4
was ignorant of that aspect Of the lar
i supposed l had TO pay the monSy..t
Yet you knew Kelly had the power,
stop YOU violating the law. didn't You q
II supposed he had the power 10 n(1
H. and supposed he wanted 20 se<t
IL with me"
Then arose u discussion hetwe4n couI
sci as to whether the police could II
rest for ordinance violation.
Mr.. Shafer read the sections GOVERN
the point, showing that II was the nWoz
duty OF policeman To arrest any Re
son who violated the ordinance In h
presence. but that, II the policeman al
not see the violat ton committed, then
must proceed in civil suit TO recover n
penalty prescribed In Civil, Juakf14
court. ~ ~
A remarkable development OF the 81.
of Capt. Stephenson ID that these con
mission merchants, who have been 4
their lives in the business. were ana
lutely ignorant of the law and ord
nances the subject of sidewalks n
, When Wallace was turned over
Wellman again he asked for the rest
that first conversation with Kelly N
Shafer objected. but the wltness was u
mitted TO answer, n "
He said the money was for the q
tain. He said II l wanted the privileI
! Of o6strpeting. the sidewalk would ~
Charles d. Maxheld. son Of 60 60
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