The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-07-20

This brought up Mr.. Fromme for the
first time to-day. He made vigorous
objection to the question, which, he saiu'
Alter q wrangle Mr.. wellman said he
would withdraw the question.
Mr.. ,Fromme, on ross-e issinr abinh
he said Capt. Doherty had written to
the witness, but he was not allowed 10
Then Mr.. Grant wanted to cross-ex-
anime the witness, but to this MIR. Well
man objected on the ground that only
one counsel for the defendant, could
cross-examine ana fnat II cM wHu,o Dc "a
allow one or two questions.
Big Capt. Doherty manifested a very
active interest IN every question asked
ing with his lawyers and giving them
At Lawyer Grants request; Meyer et
tho letter from Capt. Doherty and have
it at Police HEADQUARTERS on Monday.
The copy of the letter in question was va.
BERN and in 1t Capt. Doherty
notified Meyer under date of June %,
1899. that he had found the house kept
by Mrs Thurow to be dis9rdery pace e,
convict her.
Doherty Raided the House.
Mr.. Grant stated that the Captain
had thereupon raided the place. and
that Mrs. Thurow had been arrested
and fined. This was to contradict
William Delamater, first deputy clerk
Of the Police Board. gave the dates of
the appointments ITS Of Capt; PS Sasl " and
fer to the Fifth street station, and their
removal from that precinct.
The next witness was Rosa West
ThErow's house. g Second avenue, from
May, 1892. till February, 1898. The wit
1css would not say at first whether i
Lawyer Grant became very much en-.
cited when the interpreter from General
Sessions tried to persuade her to answer;
the character of the place, and said she
had seen Capt. Doherty there several
times while she was living there. He
sometimes spoke to the girls as he
what did he say?' asked Mr.. Os-
Il don't want to tell"
well. he said. Go into the house,
The witness had been ordered in sew
standing on the steps. and had heard
him say the same to other girls. -
sSs ; q ds shi srsw eSu n SS DO
although he sat next to Capt. Doherty
and within ten feet Of her.
other officers In passing the house, the
they would be arrested. She was In the
house when 1t was raided once.
Ordered the Girls to Go In.
The witness said she saw Capt. Doher-
~ pass the house soon after the raid.
She was. standing on the steps. and lie
Get into the house, you -
or I'll pull the place again.
This was in the WINTER tbs OF l, sss
1t was customary for the girls. to run
into the house when they saw the Cap
tain or any policemen coming and lock
Were girls ever arrested near the
house or on the stoop?' asked Mr.
Fromme.
Yes, many times"
Rosa said that the girls had funt
To- which they contributed to get eacf
other out Of trouble when arrested.
come down the he street or on p a horseocal
and jur,p off suddenly and arrest tn.
girls. Mr.. Fromme brought out a gooc
that something was being done by thu
I pc''"a to break up the place.
Lille Sanders. the next witness. was
\ black O eyes s' jsuntY lat and wa:
1 smartly dressed. AS she took the wit
4 ness. stand she glanced around at OFFICER
! wickediy at them. They both smiled
1 back. Hoch seemed to be particular,
interested in the witness.
i
years at % Second avenue, Mrs. Thu
rows. Now she lived at 1853 East Thir'
| street.
Miss Sanders shrugged her shoulders.
We'll. they had girls there, didn'
Yes. lots of them"
| How many"
ri can't say there were so many o
l them while ] was there
That birthday Celebration.
Mr. Grant, IN his crosseNamination
1 asked about the birthday celebration .
Ian; T. lss2, When Mrs n Thn l,oTev sai'
day, said Miss sanders, gisslilg. "sh'
had been celebrating my birthday, SIN
was not able to go out of the house
and she was fighting 30 at one time tina
1t took three men to hold her down,
Mas Meeha nat at the house b that that day.
- When the police came around" sal
Miss Sanders, I'VE used to run into tn
hallway and throw ourselves down o
the floor so they couldn't see us.
Mrs. Thurow used to collect none
from the girls, sometimes 81 and some
times 90 cents apiece, to get protection
from the police. she said"
ibid you ever get protection" aske
II don't know. I got arrested RICH
along"
II DeCSINeu
On one occasion, the witness sale
i some of the girls followed Mrs. Thuro'
/ when she said she was going out {
pay money to the police, and found tina
l she saw no one. She would come bac
i and say: Go ahead: It's all right" an
the police would arrest them the sam
/ How many times have you been I
Mr. Fromme's office?" asked Mr.. Wei
u man.
Several times"
Who took you there"
Capt. Doherty."
How did you happen TO go with him
II saw what Mrs. Thurow said in tn
newspapers and l went to see the Cal
How long ago did you see this in tn
papers,"
q don't remember exactly, but 1 thin
II was about the middle of June"
II so you put yourself under the pre-
II lection OF the Captain"
Il object" roared Mr. Grant"
Well, I'll withdraw the question,
SAD Mr.. Wellman obligingly.
Miss Sanders admitted that she ha
peen to Lawyer Fromme's Office {
least three times. She went to see I'll
TTssptain because she saw that Mr.
Ihurow had not told the truth in III
testimony before the Lexow Commi
When she got her subpoena for IL