The evening world., 1894-07-23
vice, and complained of 1t as an over

men chased the girls into the house
from the street, and that that was now
hnuse This set MIR. Fromme's teeth
on edge He inquired about the arrest
of Clara Smith: ..,,.
w "c,ara smith was arrested In her
room on a warrant, and that was the
only, arrest ever made on a warrant
e"Do YOU know Police Justice Hogan"
Didn't YOU tell Judge Hogan when
You were arrested tna nat g9u b S"'u 0'e
Mrs. Thurow denied this, and Mr.
Fromme asked: A., ,, five,
nay money to any member of the police
force in Capt. Doherty's time?
Paid Pntrolmen as Well ms Others.
I'm November. the day after election
in 1892, l paid to Ward Man Meehan.
Only you must remember that patrolmen
are policemen, too" she added Wagsihs
her head significantly. cha M
troiman on beat before my house"
Il paid Meehan twice-in November
and December Then l paid Capt. %;
hsrty IN January, and after that l paid
Mrs. Thurow said that Capt. Doherty
conducted the first raid on her house IN
las matter of fact there were as
many as twenty arrests in week made
OF the girls in front of your house!
Some Of them sere my girls. Some
were Molie Burns's."
Mr.. Fromme returned to the money
payments. Mrs. Thurow got tangled ~
money, and MIR. Wellman arose and READ
from the minutes Of the LeYow Com
mittee. to which, Grant and F'romme
hMrs. Thurew testified" said Mr.;
Wellman, reading: ~ paid 20 to
Meehan in November. 80 IN Decehm1o"sGr'
How many times did you call on
Capt. Doherty?" asked Mr.. Fromme.
Called on Doherty Five Times.
II didn't claim protection till after,
was raided by the Captain, said the
woman. Then she counted up fve
times that she had called on ne Cap
about two days before election, ls92,
called at the station. l went into the
office. told the Captain that ! wanted
got along with Bissert, and 1 didn't
want to be pulled again. lie SAID ne
would send a man around ana that the
bother who held the mortgage on the
house had made complaint.
Bissert was the ward man under Capt,
McCullagh, Capt, Doherty's predecessor,
Mr.. Fromme didn't care for more de.
tails apparently, for he let the inquiry end
with the dates. The second visit was
U,
LIST and 10th of February; the fourth
in June, and the fifth in August or Sep
TENDER, 1888
in defending policemen, coached Mr..
Fromme impressively. and in response
to further queries, Mrs; Thurow said;
ing that visit OF Jan. 6, 1893. l remem-
Der because the man who told me to go
down said to go between and o'clock.
I'm February 1t was in the evening,
after 6, but ! can't recollect more def
nitely. l can't remember the day In
June
in June, or July?" asked Mr.. Fromme,
"Only because l had had spat with
Ward Man Hoch. He said he didn't
want to do any more business at the
house, and / must go see the Captain
at the station" said Mrs. Thurow, in
a matter-of-fact way.
The close-cropped head of the virtuous
Hoch blushed like a peony at this, and
Mr.. Fromme asked If the witness had
not had talk with Capt. Doherty In
yes, II was few days after. Carrie
Smiths arrest Meyer the real. real,es,ate.
was on the stoop. He had a letter, and
said 1t was from the Captain. lie
wanted me to read it.. said | didn't
that on the street. He said 1t was to
him from Capt. Doherty."
Capt. Doherty Wanted Her to Move.
The Captain wants me to get a new
81 said i would see the Captain. A
day or SO after Capt. Doherty came
;he go Sne my hssS n n and sat
eating peanuts. He scattered the shells
on my stoop and he said. smiling;
said part o were nI good i Women Se wo Me sad
that must turn every one of the bad
women out. He was smiling all the
time and pleasant"
Memory's picture of the big, hand
some Captain in blue and brass MUNICH
Ing peanuts and good humorediy, telling
law seemed to tickle Mrs. Thurow' s
fancy, for she smiled and chuckled.
MRS Mrs, III, Thurow,s throat must have been
full glasses of water during the hour
and-a-half cross-examination.
To Mr.. Wellman on redirect examina-
ton, Mrs; Thurow said this conversa'
ton was in June. 1892.
"I told Capt. Doherty, l would send
the bad women away and see him after
wards. Later he told me must close
up for a week.
81 told him i must get out and in. ant
asked him what to do. He said:
He Had to Make IA show
well get out and in as quick a,
q week. ! must make the people be
lieve the house is closed. have beer
ordered by Supt. Byrnes to close tins
house, and l must make 1t appear tina
have obeyed orders
$50 l closed for a week. After tina
the Captain suggested that ! would bet
ter keep the house as cafe.
Mr.. Wellman's next queries Were
aimed at the proposition OF Fromme an'
Grant that as 1t had been shown tina
Capt Doherty was constantly arreStlni
the women, the charge that he connive'
at the existence of the place fell to tn
ground.
The prosecutor said that he wanted L
show that the arrests of the girls onl!
resulted in the collection of S. apiec
from them to go into the fund in IN
sergeant's hands at the station:
when a policeman arrested one O
the girls, the very same policeman
would come back and say to me:
Don't let that girl sit there lonE
Go and get her out Then ] would tax
IS down and get her out. / would pu
the Sc on shelf behind the sergeant
desk. Then the girl would be Gale
out, and l would sign the bond, and sh
would sign il, and We would go away
Mr.. Grant objected, on the groun
that Capt. Doherty was not present a
either of these transactions.
Mr.. Weliman asked If IL were reason
able to suppose that Capt. Doherty di
not know of these transactions wher
the keeper of the very disorderly hous