The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-10-04

head and knocked down. I managed to
4, get up and crawl up the steps OF house,
: where. / remained TIL the procession
.The jsnitor of the house said he saw
q man steal up through the crowd with
/ with both hands l had not ceased to
! cry thief and police from the time 1
: ives robbed.
Z an assault would have killed some men,
. i wonder how 1 escaped.
IT reported the matter at Police Head
I, quarters, and although they were very
. polite TO me, they never succeeded In
(! finding out who my assailant was"
{. Mr.. Meredith said the police ascer-
5has tas cn there
7 was q crowd of about 800 people in
+, front Of the procession, and these. the
witness thought Mere 0rgaan ro6b nor the
strangers they met.
Thugs Everywherey Police Nowhere
'sThey were sweeping up the street, as
asked aYa. Mr. r. Con.
/: "was any one else robbed that night7'
4; Yes. 1 heard that man had been at,
! tackled and robbed at Ninth street and
: that another attempt had been made to
rob q man at Thirteenth street.
mot q policeman was in sight said
I the witness, "and although 1 kept on
shouting no one came. 1t was on &C
c cSSnt q the noise 1 made that 1 was
THAT mob of 300 organized thieves
can take possession of one OF our prin-
:. cipal thoroughfares is fact that wish
e S5as eFc sas Mr. the Con I'm 81 fne
the witness and thanking him for his
testimony.
.Asbury Leonard. boss truckman.
Of rs Cortlandt street, the employer of
Thomas Lucas, who was SO brutally
F. dubbed by policeman last Sunday
night and was witness before the
Lucas's good character.
Lucas was accused of trying to rescue
prisoner. Mr.. Leonard said he had
lieved that he had been unjustly as
Lucas was recalled to the stand. His
yealed the frightful cuts which he had
received upon his head. He identified
Policeman Bernard A. Dunn, of the
Eighth Precinct. as the man who
Clubber Dunn Called.
Dunn was then placed on the witness
an, excise, prisoner to the station, to-
gether with Policeman Kelley, Of In
epector McAvoy's staff, when he was at
IA man named McCue was with Lucas,
and he attacked Policeman Kelley. Lu-
cas- and rolled in the gutter together,
I to defend myself. The barkeeper, who
came along with us, was a witness of the
/. assault, Kelley arrested McCue."
Dunn told Mr.. Moss that he had only
!. that he had been appointed by Commits
sioner Sheehan on the Recommendation
Of Patrick II; Ryder, a Spring street
plumber. ell had only made four arrests
since his appointment
;. what was Lucass condition when you
arrested himT
ibid he have any bruises on him?'
mo. sir. / picked him up. and he
struck me. and then we went down
again picked h faIt up second Time
and went down again. Then drew my
20, IBID you give hin him -. any D., treatment
mo; he stopped, kicking when he saw
., Lucas had to have o., twenty-seyen
In his lip at the hospital:
How many times did you strike
about four or FIVE"
How did he get such black eyer"
That was where punched him first
"oh, before you used your club on
Yes. SIR"
Where was Lucas at the timer"
ala s WAS lying lying on his back in the mid
You are a good deal bigger man than
Lucas. Do you mean to say you were
obliged to club him so as to infiict such
terrible injuries in order to arrest him?"
asked Senator Lexow.
Yes, sir; he was very violent"
keeley took care of McCue, didn't
Eyes; but Lucas was SO full of fight
had to club him"
Dunn described how he had heir Lucas
of with one hand and struck him on the
other.
Mrs. Sarah Brown, of 23l West Thirty:
fourth street, one OF the stout colored
women, was then called to the stand.
She testified that she was, suing Law
yer Cohen for $500 and that Mrs.
Anderson, friend of here, had ad-
Saet eSI 9 up ss suf friend
Cohen's and would put her out of her
house II she pushed the matter.
Several attempts were made to induce
the witness to give W, her suit against
Cohen, but she refused to do SO. Then
in December last Policeman Callahan
came to her house several times and tried
suit. He also came to see girl, the
Tried to Assault Her Daughter.
One evening he came there with an
other policeman named Savage, the wit
ness said, and the latter tried to as
sault her eighteen-year-old daughter
while she was talking with Callahan In
another room.
distance. and / went to her and ordered
both men out Of the house"
rs mat officer Savase?'' asked Law.
yer Moss. calling upon the latter &c
"Yes. that's the man." said the wit
ness.
Two days after that she was ar.
rested and charged with keeping dis
orderly house, and spent five days II
the Tombs.
Ibid you try to get bail?"
: mo; / was poor and knew 1t was
Of no use. because 1t was Cohen who
put me in"
The recorde in Mrs Browns case
showed that she was acquitted. She
denied that she kept a disorderly house
but said that her house was perfectly
respectable.
Just at this point. President Elbidge T
Gerry, of the s. =. @. g.. doomed up anC
took possession of the entire space be
hind the counsel's rail. He held paper
In his hand, and said he was there tC
make a statement in behalf of the So
ciety OF which he was President. or the
facts in the case of ISM urchittle, in re-
gard to which he said Mr.. Con was evil
IDENTIFY laboring under some apprehen'
sion.
Mr.. Gerry was proceeding to read his
paper when Mr.. Con- rose deliberately
and said he objected to Mr.. Gerry max
Ing any statement not under oath.
IF he will take the stand. l have nc
objection TO his making any statement
he may desire, but to an oral statement
] very decidedly object"
Gerry on Mrs. UrchitteTs Case.