The evening world., 1894-06-01

who was one Of the Tammany workers
at the polling place, was Distributing
Policeman Complained OF.
IT ordered him away" .,s',Ia said the he wit:
ness several tmes soon oesaSse ne was pa
liceman Conley came from the station
and told me was relieved and to go
T Il afterwards learned that either
Kelly or the President Of the Lenox Hin
Club had been to the station and made
complaint abb about Nhod me The s,ot,on serpt
Casey told me to get my dinnea, anu
when returned he told me 1t was the
Captains orders that | SHOULD go up to
the Boulevard and seventy-sixth
What were you told to do there?"
ITO watch the fence
"What fence was that .
IAN old fence between Seventy-fourth
and Seventy-fifth street"
"And you watched II all the rest OF the
II did"
About two days afterward.
Mr.. Nicoll did not cross-examine the
witness.
Mrs. Sanford Taken Ill.
Then the mysterious woman was call
cd she took the stand, and said her
name was Mrs. Rhoda Sanford, put pe-
fore she could be sworn she began 70
tremble. and told the Committee it tnai nay
felt iii. She was allowed to retire tenn
porarily. Mr.. Goff escorted her to an
adjoining room' and then char'es Fr'e''
Mr.. Prien said he had appeared on
subpoena and against his will.
He said he lived at st, Marks place.
but had formerly had house Tor SIX
years at 28 Bayard street.
You kept lady boarders there! asked
Mr.. Goff.
"in other words, it was house of ILL
II think you might call it So"
Were you ever raided?
"Once; about year ago A..
The witness said that when he first
took the house Capt. Cassidy, was IN
command Of the precinct :rII1e Then d6w fol,
lowed Capts. Cross, Mclaughlin no"
Inspector; Devery and Cortwright
lice oiheial while you were in bayard
II don't under stand exactly"
You've heard Of police protection!
"Oh, God. yes" .o,,,
you for that?,
II guess So ,.,,
ITO whom did you pay it?'
says He Paid for Protection.
ITO the ward man, l paid bX the
month, and 1t. was always in bills
had to pay It that way ~,
ut was not as much at first as II
"Weil. when Cassidy was Captain
"Twenty-nve dollars a month"
"Who was the ward man"
George Connor. He Is now at Poiice
The witness went on to say that Capt
Cross raised the price to $50 month
and the ward man, to whom rrien pa''
the money then, was named Smith.
Didn't you pay Capt. Cross's ware
man $500 once?'
"Yes, that was after was. raided." >,
Did Did you pay the $500 in a lump sum
"fT Understood the $500 was for an mi
R aoh. then it was $500 initiation and 81
month";" said Mr, Goff.
wei, when Capt. Mclaughlin cam
S1n did you have to pay another initiation
eSsoh, yes, but don't, remembe
whether 1t was $500 or $780,
wasn't 1t $500?'
hna lt %'sHs shs .5S hSys month nss" went on rsh
. pss'', Hsss',
How was It paid?'
A Valuable Hnnd-shake.
"1 met the ward man on the corne
and we had handshake.
mans hand?"
That's about IT. 1t was resula
business transaction
when Capt. Devery took charge
suppose you paid another he initiation re
yes. paid $500 to Ward Man Gler
non" c.u,,,,oo how vou 4,
The witness said that Glennon cam
to his house and left word he wanted |
see him al the station.
..T hat ha nj
the station and asked the sergeant 10
the ward man, and he called him ou
That was few days after capt. Dever
was the first time had ever met Gler
I'VE went out o. on the ssoop; "a and n s,tt tn
ness and don't want any fooling,'
~ asked, How much? and he sa''
II told him I hadn't it, but he sal
oh. that's all CANNON. You can rs,,s
II in an hour II you want to,
"'Well, ! said, ~ try; ana ana l S DO
was Saturday. Glennon came arour
to my place on Monday. and took hi
into my private room and drew u
pSIiaih' psid Il oven 1re" to him. s'' '"'
'"He told me he wanted $50 more b
cause the police had been looking OF
''' '"I told him hadn't any more mop' N, n
"'Well' he said, let II go over Il
month and then 1t will be 500
Prien who, by the way, Is a Graz
Army man, and wore the bronze bu
ton in the lapel of his coat went
TO say that he did not pay $50 mon
TO Capt. Devery's ward man during I
whole period of his captaincy. becau
about the time the Parkhurst troubl
broke out, he received orders to clio
his place; ~, ,,
"A man from the station in citizer
clothes"
And you closed up?"
Had TO Close Up.
"Yes, I had to do so. Everybody 81
did at that time. Tho understand
was that when the trouble blew over
could all open again"
The witness said he never did open !
place, however, because he was dispC
sessed.
Z" Wasn't II about the time that Il
Committee was appointed that you We
ordered to close your house?"
"Yes. / think It was; but l was t.
that when the Committee got throu
with its work there would be
trouble about opening my house again
Several among the audience laughed
this, but Chairman LeXow hushed The
up, and said that II any further demo
stration occurred he would order I
room to be cleared. The witness We
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