The evening world., 1894-10-17
All because the Father Wouldn'l
Submit to Be Blaokmailed
and Abused.
MRS. URCHiTTEL'S CHILDREN.
The institution Holding Them Not
fies Senators that II Will
Surrender Them.

From the generally seedy and dllapi-
dated appearance of the crowd that oc-
cupied the seats reserved for witnesses
In Part III. of the Superior Court this
morning, 1t might readily have been in
| ferred that Mr.. Cons subpoena servers
had made descent last night upon the
| east-side lodging houses In search OF
"hoaters' and ante-eleotion "colonists."
There was also a liberal sprinkllng OF
| swarthy skinned individuals in this con
| tingent that suggested visit to
Little Italy" while the pres
ence Of a number OF policemen IN
uniform, together with Excise Com
missioner Dalton, who admitted that he
had come down with subpoena In his
pocket, seemed to indicate that there
would be no radical change to-day in
the general tenor of the investigation
unless Mr.. Con proposed to follow up
the fraudulent registration vein which
he tapped yesterday.
| Mr.. Moss said that the counsel for the
Committee were anxious to push mat
tiers to climax, but that with the mass
OF testimony that had been prepared
1t was impossible to go ahead more
rapidly than at present without jeopar-
|
vestigat ton. AS soon as a solid founda-
ton Of fact has been laid. he said,
| the Committee would be In a position
TO follow the evil-doings up through the
higher ranks of the police service. but
1t was lilo when Chairman Lexow
called the Committee to order the other
members present being Senatorsd3radley.
Pound, O'ConnJr, Cantor and Robertson.
Mr.. Moss called AS his first witness
FRANK II. johnson, nice-looking young
man. who said his business was that
OF manager OF assemblies, weddings
and parties. He said he frequently had
to put up awnings over sidewalks, and
admitted that he usually paid the Of
ficer on post Sc on such occasions.
Il wasn't asked by him for the money,
the people giving the entertainment, be-
cause he rendered valuable services in
s ef the eear Ra
tomary practiceT"
posed "os' to yes sst The officer is always sup
Mr.. johnson could not remember the
names of any officers to whom he had
ever paid money.
May Get Back Her Children.
Senator Cantor announced that he had
conversation with President Goodhart,
Of the Hebrew Sheltering and Guardian
Society, and that the latter had assured
turn the children Of Mrs. Caela Urchit-
tel, now IN Its charge. to the mother as
counsel made formal request.
Mr.. Goodhart, Senator Cantor said,
had caused an investigation to be made
OF Mrs; urchitters story. and they had
found that she was In every way a re-
spectacle and worthy woman, and en-
titled to the custody Of the children.
the sG9sety vas therefore ready to
Mr. Moss said he was very glad to hear
that the Society was willing TO give the
children up without a contest. as the
pairing to take legal steps to recover
them for the mother. These proceedings
would now be given up.
Mr. Con-, who had come In mean |
while. offered In evidence a letter which |
he had received from the Commissioners
OF Charities and Correction In reply to
their attention to the reports OF fraudu-
lent registratio in the Sixteenth As |
sembly District, from the inmates OF |
public institutions on Blackwelrs ISL
and.
The Commissioners stated that they |
had sent a notice to the heads OF all |
departments requesting that no inmates |
Of any OF the institutions under their
charge he allowed to register this Fall, |
and copy OF this notice was inclosed |
IN the communication, which was signed |
had been issued this year particularly
on account of the prevalence OF these
rumors of fraudulent registration.
Mr.. Con said he had also received
several COMMUNICATIONS In regard to the
Police Benoiit ociation. and he had
obtained from the bank In which Its
funds had been DEF osited a sworn state
ment OF its accounts.
II have examined this very care
fully" said Mr. Con-, "and / can say
that every figure and entry has been
explained. The payments
are made only for funeral expenses OF
members. the sums ranging from 800
in each case. when the Association
was first organized, four years ago, to
sl75. which is the present death rate.
II had the trustees subpoenaed and
shall not call them as witnesses, be-
cause / am satisfied that there is
nothing In these accounts which re-
quires any further explanation"
Mr.. Con also said he intended to in
vestigate the subject OF corporation po-
licemen. or those detailed for special
service at the requst OF corporations
and who performed no services for the
city. although they were paid their regu-
lar salaries.
In calling Antonio Condrianus, the
skinned Italian. Mr. Com said he pro
posed TO show how a man, a stranger
In town, could be brutally beaten and
robbed in a public house In this city
In the presence OF d saloon-keeper and a
policeman. and not finger lifted for his
Condrianus told his story through an
interpreter. He said he came from
Halifax. where he had left the ship
Mirabeau' after receiving his pay, $3.50
(ContInued on Seventh PaRel