The evening world., 1894-06-07
ROEsCH ON ' '7
HOT GOALS,

@ HUI CUALS.
sCcnffnuod from First proe>
Probably she did. for / was very busy
with political work just tRen.>
. "She said that the police were persecut-
Ing her, and that Capt. Doherty had put
. man In front of the house. She also
told me that another house in First
street. where a sailor was assaulted, was
running. She said she kept quiet house.
The 800 Was His Fee.
'I told her was a lawyer, and she
su ps' She took ont she tSe money S GE and
laid Il on the table. l told my brother,
Charles Roesch, to get a charge slip,
and. the payment made was entered.
the ledger by my managing clerk, Henry
I.Mr. Roesch produced his ledger, and
y.lthough there was no date affixed, the
services.' The witness explained that
sometimes did not put down dates.
received the money as retaining fee
lawyer. No money was ever sent
the Club. and no other money was
ar paid to me by Mrs. .Thurow."
don't see in what respect your
y differs from that told by Mrs.
row." said Senator OConnor, who
lr. Roesch's testimony.
here IS no difference in substance.
consulted you and paid you $780,"
Es seemed to please the witness at
but he replied there was n good
- tof difference. Secretary Fay had
Ing to do with it," he said. "and
tThurow never went to the Club to
II, hideE was charged with taking her
to secure police protection, which
y. l only took It TO protect her in
iN you knew what her complaint
whd your services were to be rem
nn9g with her?" asked Senator
). i. didn't accept it for any such
ne wanted the man in front of her
'fd she tell you how she had paid
Z ,ey to Hock?" asked Mr.. Goff.
Hooks Name Not Mentioned.
4 about Capt Doherty." . "'
You mean to say that as the leader
The Tammany organization of your
strict you could not afford to take
protecting her interests, but as
i Hge r. Roesch. a lawyer, you coud?"
lot exactly that. AS n lawyer I
I could accept n retainer from any
!, he. knew you were leader of the
r. Roesch branched off here and said
noticed Charles Hesse In the court
afy In regard to himself. He wanted
> Explain about this. but the Committee
would not let him.
Then Mr.. Roesch said that he had an
ImnlFtant Stnt n M fp which Mr.
Con might take advantage of Two men,
he said. had come to his house in St.
Marks place. who said they had had sub;
probably testify that she had paid money
to him (Mr. Roesch).
,e "one Of them said his name was Otto
sree sad e % @ ather EaS julius Teseh
They said II they received some money
they could keep this witness away from
the Committee to-day They were sub
turned them, out of the house and
told them I would have nothing to do
with such proposition" said MIR.
Roesch. Mr.. Goff said he would in
quire into this matter later.
After some questions in regard to his
political career. In answer to which the
witness sad ne had been elected to the
thres ,dt tmss and had addss served
Ing elected Civil Justice. and believed
he was pretty well known. Mr.. Goff
asked him about the discrepancy between
portsrs the day after Mrs. Thurow tes-
tihed. and that which he made now.
HIS Statement to Reporters.
.You told the reporters" said Mr.. Con-,
shat you told Mrs. Thurow you had
never taken case Of that kind, and
could not afford to have anything to do
i dom. think I said that replied Mr..
Roesch, "at least ! had in mind the
charge that / took money to influence
as police seS S per peraR Ref take e e4 SSae mo5ss es
~ 2 retainer for my advice"
you say you were the district leader
at that time. Please tell the Commit
tee What the duties of a district leader
lie is a person charged with looking
after the political fortunes of his or
nospd In particular liar district a,
the, boys by getting them out of trouble
II they get into scrape?" asked Sen
atoc O'Connor:
"Were your legal services sought for
on account of your political standing In
the, district or your standing as law
Both may have had some influence"
But wasn't 1t your standing as leader
that brought you In most busness?"
asked Senator o'Connor.
may have rs;s,h.S been Senator's are also
cases before the Legislature, for the
same reason" he replied, and Senator
O'Connor blushed.
Mr.. Goff had warned the witness that
he was placing himself in a very ticklish
position when he volunteered to answer
all questions that might be asked, and
about this time Mr.. Roesch seemed to
realize the truth Of the warning.
did you ever accept a fee from any
other keeper of disorderly house?'
Mrs. Fischer Paid Him 5000.
yes; a Mrs, Fischer, OF 10 Stuyves-
ant place" And he found the entry:
mt. Fischer. July !. 1898. $500. legal
Mr.. Roesch said he had appeared for
this woman several times at Essex
and that her case was still
pending on appeal.
You say two men came to you last
night and proposed that you should buy
them of to prevent Mrs. Fischer from
testifying. Did you not know that that
Yes"
"Dld you take any steps to have these
persons punished"
What could l do?"
Wasn't II your duty to call police
man and turn them over to him?'
.M'b- our duty to do a good many
things that we don't do. Now, remem-
ber II, told the men to come back
again at $50 o'clock and would talk
With them. II was my dinner hour
.Why did you tell them to come back
again. SO that you might consider the