The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-10-09
crowd of hoodlums coming down from

crowd of hoodlums coming down from
Wall street.
He was pushed and jostled' and som, some
his watch from his pocket Another
snatched one of the packages he was
carrying He recovered the package,
but lost his watch and never recovered
The crowd he said. looked like
chowder party, but he thought 1t was
gang Of highwaymen organized to ron
o Ger. John Corcoran. who said ne
was feet l2 inches tall and weighed
asked Mr.. Goff. holding up a bit Of a
broken. handle of polished ash.
"Its home" replied Corcoran.
How did you break IT,
Arresting prisoner.
Corcoran went OH to say he was
taking prisoner to the he staten n 3nI
In front of 1922 East Thirty-fifth street
and crowd attempted to rescue the
man. His club. he said, was broken by
railing in front of the house
The prisoner was very violent and
struggled to get away, the officer saia;
and he had all he could do to hold
"Didn't you break your club on the
prisoners face?" asked Mr.. Golf.
No, sir ! never dubbed a man in
my life," replied Corcoran.
His Face on Exhibition.
The prisoner was brought in as an cx-
hibit. He was a stout, understood man
been hacked with meat axe. His
coat was torn in several places.
Stand up. officer" said Mr.. Golf. and
battered little chap like as mountain.
The audience snickered
Aren't you known as che rna;l
| Ii al ~.
NO, sir" replied the latter in a surly
tone, mot that know Of"
Corcoran said he had been tried by the
| Commissioners on other charges, but
never for clubbing. He, had been fined
half days pay for each;
He admitted that he was drunk when
arrested. and In passing his house he
had caught holdo f the railing. He
wanted to get his brother to go his
bail.
Corcoran, he said, dubbed him on the
INFLICTED in the station afterwards.
He punched my jaw front of the
Quinn Is still under arrest. He is only
Ave feet tall, and weighs Us pounds.
James Clifford, VITO was also arrested
| on the same occasion, charged with at
tempting to rescue the prisoner.
He said that Corco-an Was pounding
manner, and all he did was to ask the
| officer not to hit his friend.
by what name Is Corcoran known ir
| that district?" asked Mr.. Goff.
"All l have heard him called is The
Lily" at which, the, spectators roaret
and Corcoran grinned broadly.
James Hughes, a liquor dealer at Var
| Cortlandt Park, told what he knew abou
| dog fight that took place at Mrsf Me
| Donald's at Riverside last week. The
! police raided the place just as the tigh
| began. and seventeen arrests were made
Hughes said he had given s. bill
to Roundsman Weiss earlier in the even
| ing. when the latter passed by the
place, but that 1t had not apparent ly
done any good, for the fight was broker
up.
Roundsman Weiss was then called
to the stand and asked by Mr.. Goft II
he had not once threatened to commi
| suicide, when Capt. eWstervelt haC
made certain charges against him.
Weiss denied this. but admitted thai
he said he would blow out his brains
against him. He was accused of beinf
in a house on Madison avenue with
servant girl. He said he was after
wards transferred, but declared that tn,
charge against him was untr ne
Mrs. Lille Weinberg was the last wit
ness called. She said she had Offered
'Silver Dollar" Smith $3.50 for the priv
lege Of opening cafe with lady attend
ants In his district, but he refused t
take the money. She ran her .plac,
THEE months without paying anything.
The Committee adjourned until to-mor
row at l0.30 a. m.