The evening world., 1894-06-04

smoke or drink, so L Shipped u rev ooi
~''Didnt you say II there was an!
none TO pay you would rather pay !
10 the officer than the Italian woman
"Yes She offered to settle II for VI,
.aThen ali you gave the officer was Sg
Every cent. ! only gave II to him. &c
get a drink, and not with the intention
pf bribing him. 1t was In the Court
'The policeman went on the stand
and testified for your sonY'
HI. Son Was Acquitted.
And he was ncauittedT'
Donohue said he got the money, &c
pay the policeman from his wife thai
why did you give the officer s. t.
get a drink when he told you he didn''
drink9' :, asked Senator bradley, ,
I'm built that way that I couldn't HELP
giving him something"
'sThe officer told you he would do what
he could for your n MT GGh " Is he
said was that he didn't see my son steal
Donehue protested loudly that he didn't
but simply did It as a friendly act. 49,
Mr.. Nicoll did not c~ross-examine the
witness, and then Mrs. Ausus
Informed Mrs. Thurow that she would
be protected by the Committee In any
testimony she might give: ,,o, ,,o
reports in the newspapers that the VII
nesses who testified before the Commit
tee might be called 10 testify elsewhere,
was having a very disastrous, effect. In
other words, II was intimidatlng them;
Two important witnesses under sub.
poena last Saturday had already left
the State, he said, and another, witness
had stated that II he went on the STAND
- ..-,l -. E,An1. urhDrA | WDul1
"well, l don't see how We are going
to control the papers, aid senator
II don't expect that" said Nr. Gon,
''but | simply state 1t as a fact that we
are having great difficulty in securing
the attendance OF witnesses.
Mr.. Nicoll stated that Supt. bNlEes
had given his word that witnesses v you'd
NOT be harassed and that they would not
be threatened with subpoenas !-rm any
other court.
Mrs. Thurow's story
Resuming the testimony. Mrs, .Thurow
stated that she WAS a dressmaker anu
lived since February last at g East
had lived at . Second avenue for nine
what vas the character of that
house asked Mr. Con. ,or,,o,,,
straight. but the last four. years !
couid moi get respectable people TO take
rooms so i kept it as a house OF i'll
Mrs. Thurow went on TO say tina; a few
weeks after che began 10 rent looms TO
girls she received a visit from the ofhcer
On the post Il vas Capt McCu'iashs
The Officer told me that he noticed
women coming in my place, ana that
I must stop IL or there would he trouble
Il was always in the Fourteenth Pre-
cinct until after Capt. Cross raided me,
md then ] was told ] must go down
ind take a house in Broome street. II
wanted to go on in the business But
will tell o that later.
well. as 1 was saying continued
the witness, ''the policeman came to me
N told me that ] ought to attend to
/ should do it, and he said he would
send Bissert around to see me. and |
could make arrangements with him:
Bissert was Capt. McCullough's ward
.He came to see me about a week
afterwards. He seemed to be well in
formed. although / never saw him be-
fore. When he came in he told me that
Ii / would pay something l could let the
girls 20 on and do as they chose. and
he would see me again In u month.
y Couldn't Afford More Than $40.
"He came around to the end OF the
counter. add I paid him so. said !
because ] was not doing much business,
! I ave h anat 81, b. f H. ,,s sv sSd " onee 80 .eSl
didn't have any money for hin IT, .vsrv,
the money in bills. Sometimes ! gave
him silver. but he preferred bills, be-
u he admit like to hear the coins
clink Bissert always came into my
house to get the money. II was given
to him by me n We were always alone.
My husband was never with me on any
of these occasions
her experience when Capt. DJherty took
charge Of the precinct.
"a new ward man came to see me
about a week after the new Captain
came in. / was expecting him. Tor l
had heard about others paying an initia-
ton fee, and that they had raised the
prise a month.
This ward mans name was Barney
Meehan. When he came to see me ]
told him i had no money to a them
and put him off. He did not say any
thing about an initiation fee and went
away.
Raided by the Police.
About a week afterward, on oct. 25,
1892, i was raided and l was arrested
with seven girls. We were taken to the
station, where the saloon-keeper on the
corner gave bail for US, and the next
morning, in the police court. ] was put
under $500 bail and the girls were fined
$40 apiece.
Then l was tried before three Judges
at Special Sessions and fined s2S."
Did you reopen your house after
that? p" asked Mr.. Goff.
mot at once. l saw Ward Man Nee
ban when ] came out OF the court. and
! asked him what j was to do.
"'You must see the old man. he said
to me-meaning Capt. Doherty.
Il said ] didn't know HIM and didn't
want to. but Barney Meehan said |
must. so ! went to the station twice.
and the second time / saw the Captain
In his private office.
Capt. Doherty Accused.
IT told him what ] wanted and he said
he could not attend to the business him
self, but he would send his ward man TO
see me and i must do as he said. Nee
han came around about "a week after
election. n we arranged matters. He
said SIS a week would be all right, and II
would pay that neither he nor I would
haye any trouble: ! paid that until Nee
"Who came to see you hem"
"a big man, wnOm ! afterwards
learned was John Hook. was tn new
ward man. He came IN one day and had
q little book with a list Of names, lie
asked me II ! was Mrs. Thurpw
when ] said ! Uhs ne said the Cap
tain wanted 70 see me al the station. |
went there tie next day and took SIS