New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-06-15

MORE EVIDENCE TENDING TO SHOW
HIS NEGLECT OF DUTY.

TIN, CHARGES or FLORENCE SULLIVAN A RED
rnprrn coRRoBoRATED IN DETAIL BY
,rxRv WOLFF DAMAGING TEs-I-
MONy ABOUT ALDERMAN PARKS
THE TRIAL ADJOURNED.
The trial Of Police Captain James Is PRICE, OF
tho West Thirty-seventh-st. station. on charges OK
NEGLECT Of duty for failing TO suppress an alleged
,n,h,in bous. mt No 3lj West Thirty irst-st. was
continue before the Police commissioners yester-
1,v Florence Sullivan reporter, testified to hav-
in,, visited the house and having played rouietts
and red and black there.
rIis testimony was contraiicted by William
s,howles who declared that h. was the occupant
- rho rooms on the night in question. and he swore
positively that no gambling was carried on 'here'
A man named Louis q. Lyman. who said he was
a stock broker and witness named Meyers also
swore that there was gambling. Alderman
Parks who owns the house. declared under oath
mat the rooms were not used for gambling pur-
poses
President Martin and Commissioners Murray ana
Sheshan were at the trial yesterday.
Assistant CORPORATION Counsel Blandy called
Horny Wolf as the first witness Mr.. Wolff said
H., lived at the st. Cloud Hotel He declared that
he was present in the house In question ana saw
MIR sullivan play roulette in the back parlor.
The other persons in the room. he said. were Ly-
man Schowles and Meyers. Mr. Wolf said thai
Schowies and Lyman manipulated the gambling
devices and cards. He said he had known the two
for year. and had gambled in the same rooms on
a preyious occasion He said he had seen the man
LYMAN at Long Branch and also at gambling
house at No S4 West twenty -first-st., and had
seen Alderman Parks in the gambling house
in Twenty-nrst st. and had also seen him In
Thirty -flrst-st.
Louis Grant lawyer for Captain Price, tried to
show that the witness made money in other than
a legitimate way. but failed The lawyer tried hard
to shake Wolf's evidence which the Commission
ers evidently regarded as being extremely strong
against Price, inasmuch 1t was direct cor
roboration OF Suvans testimony Then Mr. Grant
asked the witness II he did not try 10 blackmau
Alderman Parks through Mr.. Lyman.
IT'S lie." exclaimed the witness.
Did you tell Lyman that you would suppress the
story FOR sloo?'
mo" replied the witness.
Mr. Wolff" asked the lawyer. will you swear
that you have not Alderman Parks since the
night OF June l. and offered for sum OF money
To give him some important Information"
Il will" the response IT'S le
The. reporter. sullivan was recalled and test.
fed that the man Meyers followed him from the
gambling house the night in question to his
Office downtown. ON the next day Schowes called
upon him and asked him II the publication OF the
care about himself or Lyman, but that they wanted
10 save Alderman Parks Schowles said that Al
derman Parks had been interested In the game, put
turned It over Lyman and himself.
Captain Price went on the stand himself ana
swore that he made efforts 70 serve subpoenas on
Mrs Thompson. her servant and William stone.
who were wanted for witnesses. He vent there
on Monday afternoon and found the house vacated.
President Martin took Captain Price to task for
not knowing of their whereabouts. The Commits
soner said the captain should have sent his detec
, was then tn ,''s adjourned }Or' one week.