Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1894-06-15
NEW YORK POLICE.
Strange Tales Of Protection Given DisrepuiahIe
Persons and Places.

New YORK, June l4.-Before the SEN
ate investigating committee, today, the first
witness was Maud Harvey. For 10 years
she kept furnished room house at l44
West Twenty fourth street. Miss Harvey
said she only had trouble with the police
once, several years ago, when the place
was raidcd. She never paid the police for
protection. Lawyer Goff subjected Miss
Harvey to a severe examination, but could
not make her admit that she paid the police
for protection.
JAMES Whitney, one of DR.. Parkhurst's
agents, relieved Miss Harvey on the stand.
He served subpoena on her last night.
He said che saw the name of Mr.. Sawyer
on the corner of the subpoena and said.
"That man was here few nights ago. He
had paper that filled me with fear. He
had exact figures. paid $500 year and
$75 month"
Whitney said he asked Miss Harvey to
whom she pail money. "She told me-
said he. ''that she paid Captains Williams,
Mclaughlin, O'Conner and Schmiuberg.'
Judge Ransom took the witness in hand.
Whitney said he was employed by DR..
Parkhursts society at $40 week. Wit
ness said he knew the police got money fer
protection. ~ paid them money myself.
| gave Jimmy Reilly, Capt. Killiles's ward
man, $25 to secure protection for gam-
bling house at 1916 Broadway. A friend
of mine run the house and I made the
arrangements with the police"
Witness said he gave Capt. Killilea him.
self money once. Whitney was asked if
he knew of gambling house in New
York now, and replied that there was one
on the corner of 1875 st. and Eighth Ave-,
in the back Of asaloon. He said he fre-
quently saw policemen playing poker
there. Miss Harvey was recalled. She tes-
tilted that everything Whitney said about
the payment Of money to the captains was
false.
Evelyn Bell, who was at "a West seth
street, for 10 years, was the next witness.
She said she kept no girls, only rooms.
She said she bought her house out Of money
saved in her business 10 eight or ten years.
She said Captain O'Connor raided her and
men $50 every three months for 10 years,
months ago by Captain Schmittberger, but
paid nothing.
George Apo testified that he had been
engaged in the green goods business late
years. James McNally was the principal
and Frederick Hadley his chief rival.
Apo declared that all the green goo ds
men all worked under police protection.
He heard there were employees in the post
Office and w. u. telegraph office who looked
after the interests of the green goods men.
He heard that pOstoffice clerk, Charles
Hadlock, brother of Frederick, was ap-
pointed by Mike Ryan, the Tammany hall
leader. He said that McNally had grown
very rich in few years, and he guaranteed
the witness protection from the police.
He said that Detective McManus had
seen him "veering," but never interfered,
and that New York was the only city where
protection was guaranteed. He stated that
he was once sent to Poughkeepsie by a
green goods man. to bring two men to New
York. One was told that he (wituessl was
svindler and shot him. The witness wss
arrested and brought before Judge For
chauser, who said: 81 am against you, but
we are out for the dust"
Witness stated that they kept him four
weeks in Jail without hearing, trying to
shake money out of him. He said McNally
had been running game since 1886 with
out being touched. On cross examination
he esid he had never known, of his per-
sonal knowledge, of hacker paying money
to policeman for protection. On redirect
examination he said he had frequently seen
policemen smoking opium in joints and had
seen them standing outside the doors Of
joints. The hearing adjourned until to.
morrow.