The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-06-15

raay, Hungarian chet housekeeper,
acting as interpreter.
Miss Hadaday, who was a vision In
yellow, lilac and Iink, said she had kept
o care at 81 Allen street for two months
last Fall. but was out of the business
now.
Have you ever seen the police in your
placer" asked Mr.. Jerome.
Yes. was arrested for selling
nohn,ahpps after 1 had been opened for a
What sH wa, was the name of the man who
Levy; he was the ward man."
me witness said she was taken to the
static station .. and bailed out by a Rivington
next morning in saloon and after 60
ing to court she was discharged.
my partner said she would pay Levy,
again in the future"
Levy often went to her place after
that, she said. and her partner saw him.
and denied that her partner had paid
him anything She closed up her place
last Winter. Levy lived at 80 Stanton
Wasn't that disorderly house?"
Oh, no; II was a cafe house"
There were girls there. were there
Yes, but they we're only servants"
.".,Didn,t y9o,ui hear that 1t was disor-
:, Yes, people said SO, but the girls said
Mr.. Nicoll objected strongly to this As
hearsay evidence. but Chairman LeXow
overruled him.
Tried to ImpIicnte Levy.
What did, your partner say about
having paid Levy money!" Mr.. Jerome
This was not allowed, as the witness
said her partner had gone to Europe
wanted to get at the dates ard amounts
said to have been paid to Levy.
Mics Hadaday, was then excused and
Bessie Butler who formerly kept house
at 81 Eldridge street, was the next wit
ness called.
sho said her house was near the po-
two years ago that she lived there.
Was 1t house of Ill fame?" asked
Mr.. Moss.
. You had lady boarders?"
"Yoa know Grace walsh?"
80 YES ss s she was my h,9q,sekeeper, and
when did you leave it?"
about two years ago"
wasn't Grace Walsh convicted. of
keeping n disorderly house there last
November"
Eyes, l believe so, but 1t was not a
disorderly house, when kept 1t. I only
rented furnished rooms"
: How much was Grace Walsh fined?"
wei. tell the Committee what you
she was fined $780,
NO; she paid it herself"
mo, you said it,
Mr. Mess explained that as prosecutor
reduced from $3.50 to $50.
IT only thanked you for Grace, not for
myself" said the witness.
npiRhh0rhOOl SeDteyD-
Der because 1t didn't suit me- The
houses were not so nice as they used to
be-"
Didn't you tell me Mrs Hertell kept
better Na conditions Ssns Somebody els. told YOU
Miss Butler said she did not know
Capt. Devery and had never seen him:
lander, who lived in New Jersey.
Where she did not know. He had no
office in New York.
Insists She Never Paid.
"Did any Central Office detectives call
at your house after August, 1882"
didn't you see Glennon or Herman
or "S Capt; IDevery7"
you say you never paid any money to
any officer in that precinct?'
Not in all the ten years you were
mot cent
Didn't you say the reason why you
did not have, to pay was because you
kept quiet house?'
and t was because your husband
was a partner of Silver Dollar smithT
you know who Silver Dollar Smith
yves, he's the Alderman"
Your husband Is Edward Butler, and
L., nf
''He was three years ago"
Did Silver Dollar Smith ever re-
ats Eldridge street,"
didn't your husband ever pay any
YOU know silver Dollar pretty well?
eyes; I often see him."
Saw silver Dollar Smith Last Night.
"where did you see him last?'
Last night l went to see him aftei
"Where?"
eat his place in Essex street"
what aid you go to see him for! .,,.
to We come to here and 1 te The truth
This was SO similar to what Maude
Harvey said yesterday that Senator y
l Essf Miss sffsa !Hs shEs 'As
mo, sir; did not"
"You promised me when l left yot
yesterday you would come and TESTIFY
today"
Eyes. SIR" ,,,, ,.,,.,
s. "Weil; VIII, t did you go to Silver D0lla'
II thought l must see somebody, and
he was an old friend"
Mrs Butler was not asked any fur
ther questions, but Mr.. Moss read IT
evidence entries from reports sent dowi
s y snSt f Syrh 49, The report shove
that on April /, 1892, Capt. McLaughiir
had reported the house 81 Eldridgt
-Itreet as a house of ill-fame, of which
Betsy Butler was the proprietor anc
Caroline Zander the owner.
July l. 1892, by Capt. Cross. the same
house was designated as a reputet
house of ili-fame, with the same propri'
etor and owner, and on Oct. l, 1877, pS
the same Captain. the same entry was
made. The reports did not Include any
later dates.
witnesses from bohemian Colony
Mr. Goff then introduced some wit
nesses from the Bohemian colony. TIT
first called was Joseph Pospisl, :;
saioon-keeper at 1870 Avenue A. HI
said he had been in this country twenty
two years, and had been keeping
saloon in the Twentieth and Twenty
second Assembly districts for eigh
He belonged to- the Association o
Roherlian Linuor-Dealers, which wa
organized in 1889, and he was It's frs