The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1894-09-13

Tells How She Was Forced to Surren-
der Her Home without Receiving "a
Dollar in RETURN
New York, Sept 1S.-The first wit
ness called by the LeNow committee yes
terday was p1wubroker Stern, with whom
Detective Hauley said he pawned his
watch. Stern SAID the watch had been
pawned with him for Sl25, and the fact
could be verified 10y reference to his books
Mr.. Goff then asked Stern to produce the
books
Carl Werner, who has been much before
the public, then took the stand He for
merly kept a disorderly house in Captain
Cross precinct. Mr.. Goff said he desired
TO correct the statement Of Mr. Wellman
that Werner was in state prison. At the
time when he testified he was paying pro
lection money TO Captain Cross. Then
Werner told how the police put up job
TO arrest him. He said Detective Cohen
and another officer had drink in his
saloon one Sunday. Then they arrested
him for attempted bribery
Officer Cohen, who arrested Werner and
charged him with attempted bribery, took
/ the stand. He testified that Werner placed
a s. bill in his right hand, but he did not
arrest Werner. Mr. Goff caused great
amusement by making the policeman
stand up and assume the position his
right hand was in when he received the
bribe
Charles NJ. Patterson, Of Shrewsbury,
N. j., an employe of Austin Nichols & Co.,
grocers, followed He told how Detective
George Zent, a Brooklyn detective, con-
spired with two New York detectives to
make him pay Sl6O for the recovery of a
diamond pin which had been stolen from
him on the Brooklyn bridge.
William H. Heschke, manager for
Piord & Co., dealers in music boxes,
Broadway, testified that a man named
Cassell had run away after pawning some
of their goods. The detectives said that 1t
would be necessary to pay the advances
made by the pawnbrokers or bring civil
suit, and the chances of winning on a
| civil suit were considered small. In some
| instances the firm refused to redeem the
| goods because the sums demanded were
more than the music boxes were worth.
Arnold b. Ehrlich then testified that he
| had lost his watch. The police found it
| for him, but he had to pay $50 to get it
| back.
| Abraham Hayman, who said he worked
| lOT DOu oCIluutTi Jub green HOOub uldui
was the next witness called He after
wards went to work in a gambling house
owned by man named Mclaughlin. The
witness said that when the Parkhurst
crusade began they were compelled to run
"on the quiet" Witness asked McLaugh.
lin for some money but was refused be
cause Mclaughlin had been compelled tc
| pay $3.50 for protection that day.
| T,gaybtna TIfpgoh goiI thof ha ho1
| bought a house from Gembassy, at 2Tt
Houston street in October 1898. She rar
a respectable place for a few weeks auC
the police told her it would be necessary
for her to pay S25 weekly or get int
trouble. Her husband was sent to tn,
penitentiary for three months for keeping
gambling house. Mr.. and Mrs. Hirscl
could not speak English, and it was th
claim of the woman that she was not ac
corded a fair trial Gem hassy got tn,
house back again, she claimed, withou
paying a dollar for it, because of the aiC
afforded him by the police in arrestinl
her husband.
Mrs Caelia Urchettel, a Russian wo
man who kent a cigar store, said she wa
accused of E0epiug a disorderly house b,
police who tried to blackmail her Sh,
formerly made 5000 by keeping an immi
grant boarding house, and the detective
wanted to secure this. She sold her sho1
and gave the detective sos but he de
manded $50, and threatened to take he
three children from her unless she pai
the money. Finally she was actually al
rested, convicted and sent to the island
Her children were sent to an orphan asy
lum, and she had not been able to Sc
them since her arrest until year and
half ago.
On account of the approaching Reput
lican and Democratic conventions an ad
journment was taken until Oct. /.