The evening world., 1894-06-21
PRICES TRIAL ENDS.
Taking of Testimony Concluded by
the Police Board To-Day.
Important Witnesses Have Mystic
riousIy Disappeared.
Gambling Tools Hastily Removed
from Alderman Parks's House.

The trial OF Police Capt. James X.
Price. OF the West Thirty-seventh street
station, who Is charged with neglect OF
duty In failing to suppress an alleged
gambling den in Alderman Charles
Parkss house at 345 West Thirty first
street. was resumed before the Police
Commissioners at Ii o'clock this morn
ing.
The trial was begun a week ago Mon
day, and was twice adjourned because
Of the failure of Capt. Price to produce
material witnesses. The most important
witness. William Stone, who. 1t is
claimed, leased tho louse from Alderman
Parks. end his daughter. Mrs. Thomp-
son. who was his housekeeper. mystic
riously disappeared Immediately after 1t
was positively proven that gambling had
been going on in the house. Subpoena
servers from Police Headquarters
secured the city without success for
some trace of either Stone or Mrs.
Thompson.
Capt. Price insisted that he. too, had
exercised every power at his command
to find the missing persons. but they
seemed To have disappeared as com
pletely as II the earth had opened and
swallowed them.
Another important witness is Abe
Hyman. who piloted Reporter Sullivan
to the house. Neither Capt. Price nor
the detectives from Headquarters have
succeeded in locating him. The Com
misstoners have had officers out for
week hunting for some clue to his
whereabou but their efforts, according
to their sworn statements were pro-
ductlve OF no better results than those
of Capt. Price and his men.
Why any, Of these witnesses should
run away Is, in the estimation of the
Commissioners, matter of very plain
inference. There was no intention to
prosecute or punish them in any way.
They were even promised immunity
from possible arrest for the purpose of
detention. 1t Is not believed that the
parties left the city Of their own vol-
tion, but. On the contrary. that pressure
was brought TO bear to place them out
of the reach of the Police Commission
ers.
1t had been already proven that gam
bling had been gong on in the house for
place was exposed by THE Evening
desiring the testimony OF Stone and Mrs.
Thompson was to strengthen the case.
The first witness called to-day was
Lawrence F. Stone. an exprcssman, Of
know nothing about the place or what
was going on there, and was excused.
As Assistant Corporation Counsel Blandy,
missioners. promised to show that gam
bling paraphernalia. which Capt. Price
failed to find In the house and which.
there. was actually moved out as soon
AS darkness settled after The Evening
Worlds" expose
James Smith. a driver for the previous
| witness, was called and testified that he
never moved anything from 3A West
| Twenty-first street to $40 West Thirty
ter place. He also testified that records
of jobs OF moving furniture, &c, were
entered IN book kept by Mr.; stone.
or lyman ne or ' schoies. % Who are 'a Alleged p te
have been the proprietors OF the place,
or that he had even spoken to Capt
Price or talked about the case.
The first witness was recalled by Pres
ident Martln and directed to produce
the books in which the entries Of work
! done are made.
ever called at Police Headquarters rela-
| tive to the removal of property from 344
Vest Twenty-tirst street to 3i5 West
He Acknowledged that he did after be-
| ing subpoenaed, but denied that he
| knew what the property consisted of or
what driver removed It.;
| Weren't you asked for the name OF
! the driver at Police HEADQUARTERS, who
moved stuff from 3i4 West Twenty first
street. to 345 West Thirty-nrst street
who removed it."
"Then there was property removed. as
| stated?'
There might have, been. but I don't
iSoo know' bee because ,o, only keep records of
to Say vee' that any sns pToperty
had been moved into s44 West Thirty
first street by any Of his men. and ex-
for hA Mt w q
amined by the Commissioners for some
reference to the moving of furniture
for Alderman Parks from the Twenty
first street house to the alleged gam
bling-rooms in West Thirty-1rst street.
President Martin. Commissioner Muir:
ray and Lawyers Grant and Blandy all
teral facts ELECTED were that he had
had two interviews with Supt. Byrnes
relative to the moving OF furniture for
Alderman Parks, the second time last
I Price.
Florence j. Sullivan, the reporter, or
whose affidavit the complaint was for
you Lawyer sSsF fsompson Fl aisea y Es K
change place, Jersey City, out Of s2oO?'
No, sir; there Is not word OF truth
The witness then identified q number
OF witnesses who had been suhpoenaed
by Capt Price to testify as TO his (Sulli'
* Robert Davis one of the Jerseymen
was then called He said he knew Sui
Ivan; that his reputation was bad and
that he wouldn't believe him under oath
He testified that he had held the offices
OF sheriff, Jailcr and Police Judge,
what was his reputation bad for?'
asked Mr.. Blandy,
borrowing money to play cards, to
play the races and for other purposes
and never paying 1t back"
Ibid he ever borrow any from you,
and how much?"
"Yes, about $40 or $780,"