The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-06-16
SOME MORE DAMAGING Evidence
AGAINST NEW YORK POLICE.
A Baeksr Gets %. 900 in Day-The Regu
lar Quarterly Payment of $3.50
for Ten Years Paid by q Woman.

| tue sun Vi the notorious Chinese criminal,
Quimbo Apo, by a white woman of the
Sums. George is thirty-six years old, and
| since he was a youngster on the streets
he has been first pickDocket. and later a
/ steerer Tor green goods men. Ii was to
| give his knowledge of the alleged immuni-
| ty from police interference possessed by
certain green goods men that he was
called before the committee to testify.
| The "renderloin," that wonderful and
| mysterious district OF the city. at last had
It's hearing before the committee
lua BEL, who has for ten years been
! the Keeper of one of the most notorious
] disorderly houses In the Tenderloin dis
trict, at No. "a west Thirty-sixth street.
was detected and sullen. and answered
W t;eas Il forget TO great many ques-
uohs' put she did say that for ten years,
once In every three months she had paid
| 10 the ward men Of the Tenderloin pre-
cllct sl5O i paid II because | was told
what TO do by Rosa Bell, from whom l
bought the place" she said.
A GREEN GOODS OUTFIT.
George Apo, when called TO the stand.
hrst gave a list of his various terms
OF Imprisonment. and then explained in
great detail the way in which the green
goods business is carried on. Seven men.
and they consist Of a hacker. writer.
steerer, ringer, turner. the old gentleman
ana taller During his examination Ap-
po testified as follows In answer TO Mr.
Q.-Do the ward men warn the writer's
OF squealers who have communicated with
the police?
.A.-There is no doubt about that They
all work under police protection. Only
the hacker has intercourse with the po-
lice: My picture Is up I'm the ROgues
Gallery. They all know me. They pass
me when | have guy. and they bow TO
me and pass on.
Q.-Is 1t not well understood that the
green goods men are represented in the
post office?
A.-Well. the mail goes through all
right.
HFLp IN TIVE Posr-orFTcV.
Mr. Goff-Has Hadlick a brother in
the pcst-ofiice?
Al believe he has
Q.-Is II not understood that Hadlick
got his brother in the post-ofice through
Mike Ryan, prominent in Tammany
Hall?
Ale got in while / was in prison.
Odd you ever hear Of Mike Ryan?
Al know him.
Q.-Is he connected with the green
goods business?
Al decline TO answer.
Q.-When you first knew Backer Nc
Nally what was he?
Alt was eighteen years ago. He lived
off woman
DAcRER WORTH 100000
Q.-McNally has now got good deal
Ayes he has a big bank roll in the
Garfield Safe Deposit-from 5000 20
$4,000 Of genuine money-and with his
10000.
The witness said the last hacker ne
worked under was McNally That Is, the
last hacker under police protection. He
was asked 10 tell how he knew McNal-
ly's men were protected He answered
that when McNally assigned a steerer
he told him that he could do his work
without police interference-that is, he
could walk along with a guy with immu-
nifty. steerer's rightful percentage was
ten per cent, but the hackers held out
five per cent.-one-half what the steerer
was entitled tom the ground that it
was to help pay for police protection.
Q.-And did you walk along with guys"
with impunty?
Al did. If I had guy the police
never saw me: but If picked a pocket
they saw me pretty quick.
MADE 5000 IN ONE DAY.
o.-What is the biggest days business
Al made 5000 in one day
Q.-Do you work more than enc guy |
day?
Ayes; sometimes half a dozen.
Apo said that McNally had TIE cream |
Of the business, and that he had known !
him to take In as much as 5000 in one
day. He had then a dozen writer's at %
per cent. IN a basement in Jersey City.
GLOW many men, steerers, tailers |
old gentlemen, writer's, and ringers, had |
McNally altogether at that time?
The witness took "A piece Of paper and |
after figuring answered: About 35"
After further describing how victims |
were duped, the witness gave an account |
Of opium joints, after which the commit
tee adjourned.
WHAT THEY KxTORT.
The same correspondent, in his dis
patch of Thursday says: The probe has |
been put In so deep as to show great cor
ruption among police commissioners. and
nearly all persons attached 10 the force.
Blackmail has been levied on everybody
that 1t has been possible TO get one cent
from. Including $5.l39.lnG4 for salaries,
thu police OF this city extort from the
people the enormous sum Of about sl5.
10000.
The testimony brought out by the
Lexow legislative investigating commit
tee now in session here. shows that the
police I'm addition to their salaries from
the city, have had an additional income
contributed by the keepers OF disorderly
houses. saloons. gambling houses. mer-
chants and push-cart peddlers. This extra
income is called paying protection" by
those who pay. BY the public II is some
times called backmai The police prob
ably called It perquisites.
INCOME - TIE POLICE
While an accurate estimate Of the IN
come Of tn police from these sources
Is impossible at this stage Of the investi-
CATION. enough facts have been made
public 10 show that It was enormous.
There are, as shown by the last annual
report Of the Board Of Excise. 1900 sa-
looms In this city. Most OF them keep
their side doors open on Sunday. and
after legal hours at night. The price
for protection for Sunday slde-door open
ing varies according 70 location and
amount OF business. The average is be-
lleved TO he $40 a week for each saloon.
Police protection would. therefore cost
the $500 saloon-keepers, II only one-half
the total number OF saloons paid at this
rate, the following large sum:
3.f00 saloon. at $40 a week each s35, 900.
$500 saloons. 81 weeks. s1s2O.O00
Assistant Chief Clerk Delamater OF the
Police Department. estimates that IN are
city. Taking the United States census
estimate Of five persons TO a house the
police estimate Of the number of immoral |
women, 5000 shows that there must be
300 disnrderly houses I'm the city. Ac-
,ording TO the alleged police schedule
developed in the investigation. so-calIed
straight houses paid 500 Initiation fee. /
and fats $500. IL is estimated that the
business Is about equally distributed be-
tween flats and houses. so that the aver
lge initiation fee is 800 or So COO 900 for
opening the houses. According 10 the evil
fence before the Lexow Committee, the
keepers Of these houses are required 10 |
pay from $50 10 800 n month, 50 that the
average monthly rate for police protec-
ion Is S75. In addition TO these fixed
'harges for the protection" of disorder
V houses. the testimony before the Lexow
Committee shows that there were nu-
nervous extra charges. which varied ac-
,ording 10 circumstances Sometimes the
ward man wanted an extra 80 or sos for |
iome special favor Then the patrolman |
IN the post would occasionally want IS
H. nal /