New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-10-18

At this point In his story the witness was unable
10 sit st any Longer. He sprans 10 his feet ana
chair. whiIe he attempted to rcp.a, some 81 the
profanity whcn he declared had come rom ne
Lcxow valnly tried to make The witness 70 sloWly
enough 20 be understood captain Schultz Who
amused az the attempts of the witness ~ report
swear words. and there was so much laughter hat
Senator I.cxow threatened TO have III" room
The substance Of ih, testimony was that the cap
tain had called the witness a nuisanc'. "a number of
times. and with the us" ~ many proihhc al
station This was On Monday nigh, last The wit.
said h. had met the captain hcfor". II" had
store kept open on sunday. and tho captain
had told him 10 20 into The iquorsiors on me nrNt
Sunday. buy drink ~ whisk"y ana th'n Apply Tor
a warrant foi the arrest ~ the lquor-dcalcr.
g, H}y Senator Bradley Did policeman ever
ask you to pay money for protection y NO
WAS THE s~o FOR CAPTAIN SCHULTZ?
Wolf I.pman. the noxt witness. was Russian.
who had 10 be- examined with the help Of an in
terpreter. lie SAID he had kept soda water stand
OF the sidewalk at no. l05 Orchari-st. and had
bought the soda water from man named Gintcr.
In Nineteenth-st Gintcr had made him pay s.
for permit but had returned the money two weeks
ago because be had failed to get the permit Gin
ter had not said where ne permit was to come
from. The witness said he had heard rlimor that
there had been collection Of $500 raised for cap
tain Schultz in the district. bnt he knew nothing
about i.
the witness chair and The captain replied that he
could hear well enough At The rear Of the room
that he had a soda watr, stand for several months
In front OF no Ign Divsion-st.
Q.-Dd policeman talk with you about the
stand? Ayes.
Q what dG he say? Ale told me not to pay
money 10 anybody.
Q-Whom ala YOU buy soda from? A.
william Jacobs, Of No. III Sunolk-si.
O-Did he ask you for s52 Ayes. He said the
money was to be paid for Il permit at the corpora
tOn Office.
Q-Did he say why? Ale said II to keep
the stands from being removed
Odd you pay the money A.-No refused to
pay and he said h. would TX fn". lie took away
the fountain. and later the stand was taken away.
WHAT MRS. LEVINE HAD TO PAY.
When Mrs Amelia Levine called to the Wit
ness chair she carried her baby in her arms. and
Senator Bradley offered to hold the baby while she
was testlfying The child cried. and had to bc re
stored to the mothers arms. Mrs. Levine testified
that she lived at No. 1862 Chrystic-s and formerly
had soda water stand al NJ. 20 Monroe-st. She
bought her soda water OF Wolf Wallach, If No
- COlumbia-st. and was Obliged TO pay him $40 as
security for the fountain and s. for permit. She
understood that II was not lawful TO have the
street stand, but when a policeman asked her
about II she told him that she had paid 81 for thu
permit. and he SAID IAN right!' and let her alone
She had been obliged 10 pawn some quilts 10 &C.
the s. for the permit and Walach had paid back
s. at the end of the season. She had made in
quires she said. and all of the people who had
soda water stands In the neignborhood had paid
for permits
! Morris Levine. Of No. 1875 Forsyth-st. appeared
to be in fear when he was called to testify. He
mer. and paid s. for permit to "A manufacturer
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