The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-10-11

things had been mace as uHcohioi 'oD'
"bo YOU regret your refusal to Civ,
up your money to the Captain asked
Reilly shook his head.
The next witness was Augustus A
Wolf, manager of Maillard's chocolate
factory at ia West Twenty-ntth street
He was a friend OF MT Forget ana s alst
he had known ever since he was pa
trolman on the force.
"Didn't Capt. Schmittberger go to yot
f fiuen nS With Mr.. Forget not to testify
against him? -
Eyes. he asked me to speak to a Mr.
promised to find out when he would sail
Tor homo and meet him."
Had n Premonition.
what did he say to your
"He said that there might be some
Investigation Of his conduct by the
Lexow Committee, and that Mr.. For,
get might be called as witness, ana
what l could to find out how Mr. For
get felt about the matter"
Mr.. Wolf said he met Mr.. Forget down
the bay, when, he arrived on La rout t
aine, and spoke to him about capt.
Schfnittberger's request, and that he had
also dropped in at the, Hotel Martin
afterwards, and renewed the converse
you did not know that these visits Of
yours 70 MI; Fourset were observed?'
mo. sir; never suspected it, but 1
see Have ave. You seen Capt. schmittberger
recently?
mo, sir"
Didn't he call at your office yester-
Eyes, 1 heard he was there looking for
me. but ! was away all day and didn't
Mr.. Goff tried to get the witness
to admit that he had paid money to the
police for permission to obstruct the
sidewalk in front of the factory, but ne
denied that he had ever given any money
for this purpose.
And Now, Capt. Grant.
Bernard w. Wolff, liquor dealer, Of
2o2 Ninth avenue, was the next witness
He testified that he had paid blackmall
to Ward Men Logan and Dougherty. OF
Capt. Grants precinct, In 1888
They began prosecuting me and inter
i was pretty independent before that,
and had never paid anything
How much did you pay?'
Twenty dollars month. Logan used
to collect the money. This was In the
Blizzard year. once ! had some trou-
BILE when ! wanted to get my tax , re,
It and told him that / could not AFFORD
to pay so much. / had my dues for, the
monthosSnin an an e en,J bIn, w thai he
would have to make 1t easier for me
after that"
AFTER talking the matter over, he
/ fA never af paid paid but sio a month"
'You gave Capt Grant the money"
Yes. l told him It was, for Logan;
for he usually I'D, did the collecting thrs.. and
the envelope. but that was not neces-
sary; he knew what II was"
Seth 3. Robinson, lawyer or ~ LIB
eTy tSe Sq road ne on ~I the monnE
Sept. IL, when a policeman In an ad-
vanoed stage of intoxication got In AT
Twentp-eighth street. lie got out AT
and the officer got out at the same sta
ton, and fell down the stairs into the
gutter.
boring basement store, and the witness
complained OF the matter TO Rounds
man O'Neil who was standing on the
corner. He at first refused to do any
thing, but afterwards went into the
basement and arrested the policeman.
whose name was Callahan, and be-
longed to the Leonard street station. |
Cook Tas ann to ,S see
ficer wasta ken to, jefferson Market Po-
lice. Court, where he was discharged,
Richard Gerehen, grocer. OF 800 East
One Hundred and Eighteenth street,
took his place Mr.. Gerchen described
J recent burglary in his store An on |
Ger found a man in his cellar and re-
"As everything seemed all right,
told the policeman to let the man go.
The next day l found that $50 worth OF |
cigars had been stolen. ] reported the
told, that II / paid the officers might
get my goods back. refused =
The witness said that since that time
three attempts had been made by a |
In hn ~ IN IN, nd
that the police there would not arrest |
any of them.
Hochstim's Chowdcr BInckmniI.
Leon Buck. of III Canal street. testI-
ned that his uncle, Mr.. Rosen. had |
Hochstim because he could not afford |
to take It,
Tell us about this chowder ticket"
said Mr. Moss.
The witness begged to be let on He
said he was in the Comptroller's office
and had secured II by political influence. |
If he testified he said he would lose his |
through the streets in IN the fs' night E sSm
ator Lexow treasured him and told him |
he must tell what he knew, whereupOn |
Buck said that Hochstim became very |
could not AFFORD to buy the chowder |
ticket, and said that he had better take |
II II he wanted to keep his place run
.. What ,.s sort s Of a place did Rosen
policy shop | went back to Rosen
and told him what Hochstim had said,
and he seemed much alarmed. | don't
know whether Rosen bought the ticket
or not. They were So apiece. He told
Hochstim II M would wait til business
was better he would take two tickets"
The ticket was for a Chowder party
OF the Max Hochstim Association, and
when asked who was the President OF
the Association the witness replied:
Hon. T.. d. sullivan"
Biscbnrged for Rcvcnae.
Buck afterwards said he was no longer
employed in the Comptroller's Office, and
thought he had been discharged because
ne had given some information to Pfcf-
fer, detective employed by the comm [.
tee, about matters in the Essex Market
neighborhood. lie said he had been in
formed of his diSchargs in a letter writ
ten by Comptroller Fitch, VINO rave as
the reason for his dismissal that he was
incompetent
He explained that he had made ap-
city government, and he was AFRAID of
losing this chance by testifying before
the Senate Committee.
Joseph Ii. Brown, a clerk of the Court
OIL Common Pleas, was the next witness
he Is IN the Naturalization Department
Inc BUSY time of the year was in the
Fan. he said, but the work usually
began early In the Summer months.
He said that siXty-three persons Were
naturalized yesterday in the Court Of
Common Pleas, and this was about the
election.
What Is the charge for cartI6cataso -,