The evening world., 1894-06-15
DOORS OPEN
ON SUNDAY.

%tconhnuol from First Tuoe.)
emf. were Senators Bradley. Robertson
and o'Connor.
1t was announced that a full days ses-
principal witnesses would Probably be
small st~reet-venders. who claim to have
been blackmailed by the police. Also,
enst Of mise aiser %Sa,a houses De .sS on or ts ,sr es,t ks ssSe
who had been diopped, when the Com
mittee made Its excursion yesterday into
the Tenderloin Precinct. There were
corner. one OF whom was waiting all day
yesterday to be called.
Rev. Father Ducey, who has been n
daily attendant at the sessions of the
Committee. and who has a place re-
served for him. inside. the reporters
railing. was on hand before the proceed
Mr.. Nicoll was on deck again this
morning, and ~ex-Judge Ransom took
a day on. while Lawyer william A.
Suth erland, of Rochester. sat at the
head of the couase table. as usual, and
took notes.
Petty Merchants Called.
Mr.. Gor opened the proceedings by
p ssr"ssleS brsve nsmes sws WIN Win ~s srS' and nd
take an excursion into the mountains
Of Bohemia to-day remarked the law
Some OF the people whom he called
were present. but the most Of them did
answered paid that the others had been
in court earlier In the morning, but had
gone out. 1hey had their account books
with them and all were said to be small
merchants on the east side. " ,
They all were well-dressed men and
apparently in well-to-do circumstances.
Seine OF the absentees arrived after the
roll a been called, -and the small
bohemian colony was finally .corralIed.
There were 40 seats for them, and
Mr.. Goff complained that all the chairs
from various police courts in the city,
and stated that f they did not vac 4 I,
them he would publicly call their
II don't know what the purpose o.
those persons is IN coming here said
Mr. Goff. but they have been monopo-
LIKING the seats reserved for witnesses
can't imagine what their business Is.
and ! give them this public notice to
quit"
but no one stirred. Chairs were finally
procured fer the Bohemians.
Cnfe-Kecper Miss Hadadny Appears
The first witness called was Julia Had
aday, a hungarian chef
acting as interr refer.
Miss Hadaday. who was a vision in
yellow. lilac and pink, said she had kept
a cafe at 80 Allen street for two months
last Fall, but was out OF the business
now.
Have you ever seen the police in your
PLACES ayes. asked aa Mr' s ssra%sdi for selling
s%chnapps after 1 a been opened for a
What was the name of the man who
Levy; he was the ward man."
The witness said she was X to the
station and bailed out by a Rivington
street saloon-keeper. She saw Levy the
ing to court she was discharged.
my partner said she would pay Levy,
30 that " should not be arrested
Levy. often went. to her place after
that, she said, and her partner saw him,
s shs ' nsyss say tSs any Ken money nsp paid b to L esi
him anything She closed up her place
last Winter. Levy lived at 81 Stanton
WASN'T tRat:a disorderly h~oussf""s
"Oh. no; 1t was a cafe house"
There were girls there. were there
Yes, but they were only servants"
Didn't You hear hat It was a disor'
Yes, people said so, but the girls said
Mr.. Nicoll objected strongly to this a.
hearsay evidence. but Chairman Lexow
overruled him.
Tried to Implicate Levy.
What dId your partner say abou.
This was not allowed. as the witness
said her partner had gone to Europe
after she closed her house. Mr.. Jerome
wanted to get at the dates n amounts
said to have been paid to Levy.
Miss Hadaday, was then excused, and
Bessie Butler. who formerly kept a house
at 81 Eldridge street. was the next wit
Sho said her house was near the pc.
lice station. only n block away. 1t was
two years ago that she lived there.
Not When I kept it,"
You had lady boardersT"
Yes she was my f~ousekeeper. ant
had the house after I left It."
when did you leave it,"
About w years ago"
Wasn't Grace Walsh convicted Of
keeping a a%isorderly house there las
Eyes. I believe SO, but it was not q
disorderly house when ! Kept it. I onl,
:'How much was Grace Walsh fned?'
wei. tell the Committee what yor
told me yesterday"
"She was fined $50"
Didn't you pay, the finer
No; she paid 1t herself"
sh sSs' ya me .s sHs e. you 's0'''' u"
Mr.. Moss explained that as prosecutor
Of Miss Walsh he a~scertained she wa
only the ~housekeeper, and the fne wa
81 only thanked you for Grace, not 70,
myself" said the witness.
III left the neighborhood last Septem
Der because 1t didn't suit me. Tn
houses were not so nice as they used Il
be-"
'Didn't you tell me Mrs. Hertell KEEP
a house right opposite because she ha'
better conditions?
mo, 1 didn't. Somebody else told yo,
that"
Miss Butler said she did not know
Capt. Devery and had never seen him
She rented her house from a man named
lander, who lived in New Jersey
Where she did not know. He had n,
office in New York.
Insists She Never Paid.
Did any Central Office detectives cal
at your house after August, 1892"
mo, sir"
Didn't you see Glennon or Kiernar
or Capt. Devery?"