The evening world., 1894-08-17
Mrs. Sanford Gives Further Tes-
timsny Of the Methods Of
Extortion.
WARD MAN SMITH THIS TIME.
He Was a Representative Of Capt.
Cross and Claimed to
Act for Him.

The Police Commissioners always set
the early hour of 10 o'clock for the trials
now going on before them, but nobody
Is In Il hurry. and 1t is usually all hour
or more later when the contention really
resumes.
President Martin looked when he ar
r;,cd at Police Headquarters this morn
ing as " he had been laboring hard In
sorting out tlie testimony OF the three
Witnesses. a,nl had had hard time di-
NdInS ii into five parts, with each word
IN II. proper parcel.
Frederick L. House is responsible for
~" remark that If the four Commits
sipners can succeed in partitionins off
thsir minds into five separate compart-
mguts. and depositing the testimony
Civ against each of the five defendant
pDlce officers in its proper pace, never
missing or confusing them, they viii es-
iab;IslI the fact that they possess re-
tentlye memories and order of mind
which relegate maud, the phenomenonal
lightning calculator, and his mental
blackboard to the common place.
In the five concurrent trials three wit
nesses had been sworn when the trial
VAS adjourned last evening.
bHc Oh Matte schubert, Hau
given positive testimony that she paid
money several times into the hands of
STa9t: I Ds,Eery, ~, Capt ca t.; Gross. inspector
Man smth Ma VAN Man Mai Rnpn "T Ara
next, Mrs: Rhoda Sanford, widow,
testified that she never saw Capt.
pevery. but had paid money into the
to Ward Man Burns and to Capt. Nc
Laughlin. She had not yet testified In
Capt: Cross's nth Of the trial. The third
Sanford. that she Was an Inmate Of her
that Il and the other, places in that
%SSs old tba openly the doors al
hours round, and without locks, bolts or
bars for the nine months she lived there
during Capt Devery's command, and
that the police never interfered with
Mrs. Sanford's examination was to go
on to-day in the trial of Capt. Cross
the other trials being suspended tenn
porarily" for that purpose.
AS before, Capt. Devery was not pres
ent, police surgeon and his two two p ,.i,
that he is too Ill and is mentally unfit
to conduct his defense. And, as before,
DeVery's edward man, Edmund Glen
on the orders of his superior, President
Martin, denies his legal presence there
on the ground that he Is unable to Sc
Nuic the presence ". DeNeTyp MS
most important witness.
AS before, the lawyers for each OF the
accused officers protests against the
suspension of one trial and the resump-
missioners rule on every motion and
every objection just as their counsel.
lanes Tsncls !: Wellman. directs: and the
high glee each time at what they de-
clare TO be improper and unlawful rul-
in E OF the Board. which they say,
s w,Il give them a sure thing when they
siorari to have tn DISPOSED captains and
Maramen reinstated to the force. All
agree that the results of these trials
fOregone conclusion.
rahey all agree that Capts. Devery ane
SISss and Ward Men Glennon, Smith
S Anu burns are slated to be broken anc
dismissed from, the Police Department.
1.-The me men on trial are, therefore. no
using sleep. They say boastfully tina
C Tey VIII be back IN their uniforms b.
the hve months spent in enforced yaca
o nUn. They add that election will b,
Uoer then, and the Commissioners will
nj object to their reinstatement
he course, the accused who expect L
, ne broken base their hopes of reinstate
nn eht on technical grounds, on the sup
tbsvu errors of the Commissioners, blu
o ofey all proclaim their Innocence OF tn,
o"snnses charged against them, too
inter Mrs Sanford had for the flftl
and Te ~ told her name, age. social statu
WhoaSy That Ward Man George Smith
tw nol she Identified, called on her be
III IN May l6 and July &C. 1892.
| renIie, sag: You are very dark here
b,isIpau: Yes; you know, ] am doing n,
light nn Then he said: Wei. you cal
Grass haI been raided May IL by Capt
fined nS case was on July l6. / wa
was 10y ~ | asked Glennon how long /
EnSw gong to last. He said he dldn'
SO NJ, ne would let me know later.
as wien my case was over July 16
y saw S mad got me out of trouble, AM
= him 10 neo on the street. nodded I,
ri ." I'm ready for you now
my b nsa 500 in bills spread out aeros
III which msa He had said some thin
when he took the money.