The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-10-03

Ono of them carried In her arms q
small child. whose continual wailing she
was unable to still. Mrs. Caela Urchit-
tel, whose ptiful story Of oppression was
told to the Committee at its last session,
was one of the group. She has not yet
been able to get back her children. who
were taken from her by the ward men
of the Delaney street station. where
she was arrested and locked up because
she could not pay the tribute de-
manded.
Mr.. Moss said before the session be-
gan that he proposed to folioy up Mrs.
Urchittels case to-day. and several
others of similar nature.
More Policy Oppression Evidence.
I'VE have a plethora OF these mat
ters," he said. 'and we shall only select
some specimen cases to show the Com
mittee in what form police oppression 10
exercised in this direction. We could not
IN the way q evidenee Of this charac.
ter"
lie had a big pile of pelice-station
@sm on Schultz ns table
Eakins OF the Mercer Street station,
came in before The work began, and
WIN thehi ohe VI wv PeuoAheh -
Senator o'Connor called the Commit
tee to order, in the absence OF Chair.
ana RoSe ST beiHr the oth.r @em.
bers present. Mr.. Con was not present
at the opening.
Mr., Moss produced and offered in eyi-
DAVID kronm t1, i for ~. on furniture Il
his house at lSil Third avenue. In sup
port OF Kronman's testimony given Mon
day.
The first witness called was John H
WEIGH, a jeweller In Greenwich street,
near Murray. who said that Ward Man
Hickey came to him year ago and tried
above his awning In the street
IT said to him: That sign will stay
there longer than the brass buttons q
AFTER that they bothered me about the
money. They couldn't get anything
Mrs. UrchitteI's Arrest.
The next witness was ex-ward Man
Ambrose w. Hussey Of the Delaney
UIchittel lived. He is now at High
Hussey testified that there were very
few ,disorderly houses in the precinct
ten complaints while ward man there.
but had only secured three or four con-
victions. He admitted that he had ar.
rested Mrs. Urchittel on the night or
May 10. 1898, on the complaint OF one
Joseph Takata-
Ward Man Edward Shalvey was with
him when the arrest was made. and
took her 10 the station
The witness said he had never de-
manded any money from her, as Mrs.
Urchittel had testified, and knew OF no
one Nho had asked her for money, A
man named Joseph Block, who met them
In the street, knew Mrs, Urchittel.
This man Block told me afterwards
that Mrs. Urchttel had paid money to
a man in the Eleventh Precinct named
Charles A. Place" said Hussey.
rs Mr.. Place in court? asked Mr..
Moss.
A od-looking young man rose up In
the audience and was Identified by Po-
iceman Hussev as Place. He said he
now lived at Plainfeld. N, ].
Hussey said that Bloch was formerly
employed by him as a stool pigeon. His
examina ton was interrupted at this
point by Mr.. Con-, who had come In
With District-Attorney Fellows.
Mr. Gon said he had an important
to make Affecting the
ttorney's ONCE. He recalled
the fact that the Committee had been
nampered during Its early sessions by
The fear Of witnesses that they would
De indlctea arrested and railroaded 70
state prism II they came forward 10