New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-06-20
"BUNCO" MEN PROTECTED
po1IcE JUSTICE DIVER SHARED ED"
PARMLEY's PROFITS
,xrrHEsT1NG STORY OF FRANK cLARKE-RoUND
Sums PAID TO THE PoLICE-THE PAN
TATA's" NEW YEARS GIFT
AND HIS SCRUPLES

AND HIS sCRUPLES.
The Lexow Committee got to work early yester-
h,v morning beginning its session at twenty min
u,es before II O'Clock Senator Saxton alone was
hssnt Frank Moss associate counsel. first led
IN. Senators over some Old ground, with which the
,,bic is already familiar He went over the charges
r.de by the Society for the Prevention OF Crime
against Police Captain William s. Devery. OF allow
;rr numerous dsordery houses remain open in
ha Eleventh Precinct. Mr.. Moss read the quar-
,sry reports made by the captains OF the Eleventh
,,a Fourteenth precincts to the Superintendent for
.ha last TWO years and half Previous TO April.
100 the captains always gave the addresses OF the
asorderly houses, policy shops, "bunco places etc,
IN their districts. On March g. 1892 the Grand Jury.
IN presentment, called attention TO the fact that
the Superintendent OF Police had power 10 issue his
avn warrant for the arrest OF the keepers Of dis
orasrv houses. After that. the captains all dscov-
srsd that there no more such places IN their
n,scjnc,s Not only had these houses closed, but
a had all other questionable resorts, such as policy
shops etc. II the reports Of the captains were TO be
,rps,ei In reply to question by Senator OCon-
nav Mr. Moss said that Superintendent Byrnes could
have acted against such places. Captain Deverys
,snor always gave his precinct clean record MI.
Moss also called attention TO the fact that all these
,snor,s were in the same handwriting although
signed by various captains
WHAT MIGHT BE INFERRED.
at is your claim. then. that all the reports were
made out at Police Headquarters" suggested SEN
aor OConnor Mr.. Moss assented TO this
The lawyer next read the famous communication
Of Dr. Parkhurst. president OF the Society TOT
the Prevention OF Crime. TO the Police Board. Mayor
GCroy Superintendent Byrnes and Captain Devery.
This document gave list Of over fifty disorderiy
houses which were open In the Eleventh Precinct
This was in June. 1898. and in the period when Dew
ery reported 10 his superior that such places were
All closed. Mr. Moss offered in evidence the re-
norts OF Captain Devery and Inspectors Williams
AMI McAvoy, denouncing false these allegations
and the second communication Of Dr.. Parkhursts
society dated october H. 1885, IN which the accusa-
tons were repeated lest OF all. Mr.. Moss offered
the record OF the subsequent conviction Of five per-
sons who were named in the societys communica-
tons.
The first witness was the Rev. William Hamilton
now pastor OF a Brooklyn church. who was for three
wears in charge OF the Allen Memorial Methodist
Episcopa Church. In Rivngton-st. His present
home is No. So Richmond-st. Brooklyn he said
sat he had been pastor Of the Allen memorial
Church until April last. For time he had lived
In the church but later he moved to NO 2V9 Mad
!sonst. Mr.. Moss examined him:
o-Were there any disorderly houses open in the
Eleventh. Precinct while you were pastor over there?
Ayes, many OF them.
'o-Where were some Of them? A.-There were
many in Rivington, E,dridge and Ludlow SITS.
Women beckoned passersby from the windows. l
cav this myself. and so did my three assistants
pEvERY's SHAMELESS INDIFFERENCE
Odd YOU speak to Captain Devery about this?
Ayes about year ago. on the steps OF the sta
ton house / called his attention 10 the houses
and asked his influence in stopping this KIND OF
hing At first he treated IT all indiferently He
said: 'Oh anybody who is looking for that Kind
Of thing can find plenty Of It," L said: i nave
not come here to be insuted, but to call on you as
captain 10 do your duty" named several OF the
houses He said: IF drive them out of those pri-
vate houses they will go into the tenements' Don
YOU think that would be worse?' Another time
again called his attention to these houses and also
to the saloons which were open on Sunday. He
said he would look after 1t.
Odd the patrolmen know about the saloons
being open? Ayes: / called the attention OF one
Of them to this on a Sunday; he said he know H.
but did not dare to do anything. In September
last there was poolroom at Orchard ana XIV
ington SITS, within fifty feet of my door. asked
the captain to close this and he did.
Ex-Surrogate Ransom undertook cross-exami-
nation and as usual. in this hearing, brought out
new facts rejecting badly on the police. Al one
point, Mr.. Moss made suggestion, and MT ran
som told him he was "discursive enusive and
unanimous" Mr.. Moss looked duly sat upon
Mr. Ransom objected TO the admission OF Captain
Devery's statement TO Mr.. Hamilton that there
disorderly houses In the Eleventh PRECINCT
but Senator OConnor said That's not hearsay
evidence for the purposes OF this trial" Mr. Ham
lton said that on Sunday he had counted sew
enteen or nineteen liquor stores open on his way
from his church TO his home. He went into some
Of these places and saw men drinking.
THE MAN WHO GAVE THE WARNING.
The committee then resumed its tourney into
Bohemia" with John W. Goff as guide again. Jo-
seph Pospisil, president OF the Bohemian Liquor
Dealers Association Of the XXth and XXIld AS
sembly districts. had testified last week mat on
Saturday. June 0, he had been warned by fohce-
man Paddy" Grove that the following day wouid
he dry" Pospisil accordingly warned all the
members OF the association to be carefui Oh the
following day. 1t was understood that the warn
Ing was sent by the "pantata." or head father as
the Bohe,nans termed Police Captain Strauss.
Grove was as stupid and wretched witness as
any policeman yet examined by the committee
Mr.. Gon asked him.
Q-Do you know Joseph Pospisil? Ayes
Q--Dd you on Saturday week ago tell him TO
send notice to the Bohemian saloonkeepers that
the next day would be dry? A-No.
Q-What did you tell him? Al think told
him that the following day would be strict.
Q-Tow did you come TO tell him that? Al
don't remember. We get orders from the captain
every Saturday to enforce the Excise law.
Odd you ever tell Pospisil that before! A.
No
o-wasn.t there something special that satur-
day? A-No
ODD YOU tell any one else that? Al don't
know
Senator Lexow-what did you mean by "strict'f
Al don't know exactly at present.
Odd you mean strlcter than other sundays
A-No all Sundays alike.
"PADDY's" RELUCTANT ADMISSION.
Q--wasn't what you said warning? Alt
looks so now
Joseph Kovar another member OF the Bohemian