New-York tribune., 1894-06-21
THURSDAY,
JUN e 21. 1894.

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of the Commissioners were there Boss Shepard,
of Washington. was in the party. II ne onfe ronffee
have been broken. The house vas in Lexington,
ave. After that Murphy was sent up amor among soyin sne
goats. and he came TO me 10 get BACK down 19"n, H.
We'll. could get alm22n anythng wsntea wan. apa N
in thirty days he was down IN my preclnet AZ ~
four Police Commissioners passed my pace V on ,e ne
day he was moyel, aAr i@y si%y'p Who" saws l.
AIRY Iii" says he. we've 5roughst MY Murpngg ppngg
I insisted upon thei. taking luncheon with me.
and the best wasn't gooI enough for EN-
THE CAPTAIN "sPONGED" OK HIM
o-You were friendly with Murphy at first? A.
Oh very. lie used % come over every ngnt ana
dr,nl, nv v-no. Knllea. WILLIAMSON Dilks. Allaire.
Rv-nes and the rest of the captains in that pre-
clnct we're all good friends Of mine They use1 70
come in AMI drink. bat they paid for what tney
got I3u; Murphy didn't IIe used 10 come WIN % a
eJ sI,oSert " here some hayseels Ike the Senator's
CFere AIRY twtched his thumb iowsrd venf tne
committee wnie everybody in the courtroo@m nv w.ne h
into commissions of augher) I'm showing fmrnbS EN- Jne
town Give em ssa,, sSnT oi lines y@ night lie Was
fond Of Extra Dry" and specla orahd' ATTY
US oIB'd 9%n' Mhphy neygr pay? Ale just shook
hands Not the way you shake hands with ponce
H." Arrys' voice was no. strong, and the specta,
tors had to lean forward and listen carefully TO
ence," he remarked
REPEATED LEWIS or so EACH.
OMurphy soon began to bother you? A.-Yes.
he soon began 20 strike me for 50 pretty often He
had 4 man named Moran, who wasn't regular
ward detective. that used TO do that business ior
him The regular ward detectives were no good.
They used to walk around like sparrows You
rIght call Moran MS appOintee. Moran useu
to collect from the Italians, ana a soou many
others. He raised the ante al arounl' ~ hod,
What the first trouble thdt you HioI
A~We kicked some right along v1a one aoiay day
more business than Roster q Bia! sr Nv sot o "
put up" was upstairs with me n gdng tenn
par when you've got the rheumatism My cashier ia
od Moran how it Was rs ana lnabped his dngers and
said: Me and the captain everypody Il beiieve
him - Then he came upstairs and said to me:
''You've got 10 fall In line and put up $500 salu' @
In no 9ba tne bey " got after me They word
to minister up IN hargn n Bro6kyn Sf to back
cap" me.
BOUNDED BY THE POLICE.
o-you started little place up in Harlem? A.
yee I nald 5000 for it, We had TO look at every
mans feet to see II ne was a policeman. II ne "@S
= pollcernan. we barred him out. There were
gambling houses poolrooms and houses OF Hire re-
pute all around, running free ana easy 0"' my
place was watched and harasSel w.. : ,,dr,t
mt ~ mention him; he was a friend OF mine.
Q-Is it fact that you nave @ noI bounded
rom pIace 70 place by the police? AWe that's
about IT, I'm down at RockawaX Beach now keep
a respectable place and have license
THE "sWAG" wENT THE WRONG WAY.
o-Now. why have the police prosecuted you!
AWoD it's long story but I'll tell you straight
charlie Racon Governor Hills old law partner
was a personal friend Of mine. | says 10 MIN one
day: Charlie I'm getting pretty well oacKcappea,
wouldn't mind it u it landed right 6gt m arrer, aIra,!
II don't I'm told that it lands around me coraea aa
1PoIi~e Headquarters) Murphy is fond OF the race n
track and I'm afraid ne gets IL az az as s1i right
con to md for me If every thlng was an Wr
pncon said: I'm 50 close to superintendent 'i"i-
ray that eyeyhnE Will be t6 all m rlsm and Murray said
Won know I'm superintendent You We known g inJ
for years Hayept sad oesY Yes ''T II want to know
how how much has been collected. said Murray;
thought they were playing me loI " s"0Ne'' -''N
said didn't know.
BRANDED AS "SQUEALER"
,,ter that said the witness the Police Commis-
,orors eent for me- and asked to tell them all
about how much had been collected. not as
sauealer but as a personal friend OF the Co'ni,s-
soners They said 1t should never 20 beyoha 'he
friend would tel, another But it did get out ana
| was branded as squealer; 10 r,os ,roved
Q-What became OF MuIphy5 -A'-'ie was '''''NN
O-You had sparring matches az your Phace' Phars
and knocked out steve Taylor. alias Coroner Mann;
ou pay the % PHS urphy gyfry tame 'e 70" gave
nv theatre free every Thursday afternoon.
MANY HUNDREDS FOR THE POLICE.
O-How much did you give up TO the police alto
gether? "A good many hundreds OF dollars
thousands l suppose. was making so much
money didn't keep any account
O-Now didn't you pay money T. the ponce
before Murphy came into your precinct? A
I can't sav di. | don't recolect giving any
money to any one else. The other captains used
mo well, and wouldn't say awning against d
friend TO save my lie. But Murphy wasn't
IL. ltr4fE
DI III Won ever pay money to Moran in the pres
encc Of Jim SMITH A.-Yes in Billy Rodgers
Q-DM you ever talk with CAPTAIN french french; IN
;old him ia bough; place there had got word Y,, to
shut MP and after a license. ne salH iUu
ronse I've received word about YOU from New
York did get the license. though.
THE WITNESS CORDIAL AND OPEN-HANDED.
Q.-DM the Excise Commissioners Of Jamaica
tell YOU once that the had received communlca-
tion about YOU from Inspector Williams! A'-fes'
I had trouble there. But I've got license now at
rockawav Beach Come down there some time
and take dinner with me.
Mr. tioff-I will. and you may go now.
MIR Ransom-If you will include me in the invi-
tatlon III only ask You few questions ,,,,, 81,
friend Of mine, Steve French. ,.
Mr. Ransom-He was handsome man. wasn't
The witness-Yes; ani he p.nyed good game Of
Mr. Ransonl-The resemblance fails there.
In reply 10 Mr. RansOms questions, AIRY saio
that he had seen Captain Murphy walk down the
street had seen Moran come into his place and get
some money and then Moran and Murphy walk
away together No. he didn't Ike Murphy. Muir
nhv had tried 10 starve him; why should he = Sena-
ff' ffor i@xow tried 10 get AIRY" to say that he
had paid money to other police captains than
Wurnhy But while AIRY" refused to swear that
he had not paid money to others. he was loyal 10
his friends and couldn't remember
AIRY" said that he had had many men APP
nointel ON the police force and had secured many
promotions but In all these cases he was dealing
win real ana not false friends. and he could not
remember whether he had put up any money to
Aid them or not. He said his influence was big
enough TO get faVors from the bosses without
money Nearly all the bosses were friends OF his.