The evening world., 1894-04-06
.DEvERY WAS
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suppress the social evil wherever they
discovered 1t.
,'ncsr reports were made every week.
They were al! substantially alike, except
as 10 the ''rumarks" at the conclusion.
inspectors Cpulir. WiiliamsIu Mtkvoy
Appeared in court as witnesses. They
were in fui; uniform. and o!aIed VITA
phirlds. ly the irony II tate, the MY
vacant chairs We're ,ra'"l On three siho'
uf the chair in which sat the diminu-
and determined Dr l'Hrkhurst
Evidently capt. Dcvery. VIII try tn
prove that he did not wiliullN nrgl.Ct his
duty, for there was in the r'ourt-Iious"
corridor n whole platoon Of va trolmcn IN
fun uniform from the Ildrilse street
station, come TO testify as to what was
done under the Captains orders, towards
Byrnes. conveyed through Inspector
Williams. to upprcs the places rom
planned of IN Dr. Parkhurst's famous
letter.
The Superintendent related how he
sent for Capt, nevery after the receipt
OF the ~iarkhurst letter last AuEus,' ana
instructed him To make n thorough ana
determined EFFORT to get the facts, re
port to him twice a week in writing
and arrest every v%iolator of, the law
ound In the places specified 10y br,
r%arkhurst as disordcrly or gambling
houses.
col. lanes also elected that after the
second letter Of Dr. Parkhurst the super
intendent detailed Detective Sergts.
Jacobs II Reap. of his Headquarters
staff, to. make an Independent ana secret
inquiry into he character OF these places
and report to him every m)'ning, their
work to be dono between i o'clock at
night ana 6 o'clock in the morning.
Justice O''rien excluded these reports
from the case, however. as not hearing
on the question OF Capt. lbcvery's neg
lect Of duty. The reports were marked
for Identification. however, and Will he
used by the defense when Jacobs and
Reap are called to the stand to testify
as to their discoveries in the Eldridge
street precinct when they were Sent to
find out for Supt. Byrnes whether Capt.
pevery was performing his duty or
not.
Supt. Ryrnes testified hat Capt. De-
yery's record as a policeman had al
ways been good. that he had been
obedient to his superiors. and no charge
of neglect of duty had ever before been
preferred against him.
Arthur f. bennett, who rooms at go
Greenwich street. an agent of the Park
hurst Society since Last November. sup
planted Supt. Byrncs in the witness
chair.
bennett Found the Door Open. Too
Mr.. bennett testified that he visited
Grace W"lch's, place, 81 EldridEe street,
II found, the front door ajar," said
bennett. II rang the bell and was ad-
mitted by u young co!ored girl. l asked
for the, madame and she came. | toni
whom | desired to bring around to spend
the night. She said it would be all
right"
Nov. % the witness visited the place
again. 1t was 1890 in the evening.
Again the door stood ajar. An inmate
answered the, bell. She took down the
chain on the door and let bennett enter.
Grace"
Grace asked the girl why she had
admitted a stranger. ] explained that
| was to meet a friend there ma med
Billy a short young man. with a
small mustache, with about seven hairs
on one side and five on the other" said
bennett with much relish OF his own
humor.
There were four girls besides Grace
in the parlor. ! bought a round of beer
for 81, mo the girls did some high kick
ing and
No Doubt ns to the Houses Chnr.
The rest of Dement'S story was APP
palling as n revelation Of the abandon
these east side dives. Young Mr.. Den
nett told the story with many fiourishes
house on Nov. e. 1893, anyway
Under cross-eXamination, bennett
said he was twenty-seven years old,
born in Concord. n. H., and had been
in New York some years. He worked
eighteen months for Watson. the printer,
in Murray street. and had worked there
every Winter since. Six years & he
bought a half interest in the Aquedok-
tan Hotel in New Hampshire. a Sum
mer hotel. He keeps n general store
there in the season also.
Col. James exclaimed j%Oyously, wher
young Mr.. bennett said that he had pu,
out some little side lines. and was al
one time last October a Columbian Guard
at the Chicago Fair.
"Wa-are you? ?" exclaimed the Colonel
"When was that|'
bennett said 1t was for only four days
last October.
the Parkhurst Society because he be,
lieyed in that Society: that he was a
How many disorderly houses have
you visited at SIS a week." demanded
Col. Jan es. The witness said twenty.
five. To the next question he said he
hadn't drank liquor or beer in all OF
them-only a part Of them.
that on two different nights recently he
had seen some of the girls of Grace
Welch's house in Capt. Devery's new
precinct, the First.
the observation-disclosures office, testified
that he tried. but failed to serve a
subpoena upon Arthur Il, Wilson, who
was one of the Parkhurst agents who
Devery, but has since gone away to
some unknown place.
Edgar a. nltntS was recalled Tor
further cross-eXamination by Col.
James.
"You said on your direct cxnmina-
ton hat you resided at ZOOS broadway
r and that you had passed under several
aliases as a detective. Did YOU ever
go by the name of Edward whitney,
asked col. James, The answer was In
the negative.
Did you know william A. Peasc?"
Yes, sir, he was Il friend of mine
sometimes. He worked as Il railroad
man, and sometimes he kept a poker
game
Whitney said he had played poker in
Pcase'S room In Fi~fty-third street, and
was arrested there by Capt. Devery in
a raid. He denied that he had any CON
neCtion with the house.
Did you know a man named Rick
etts p"
Yes. sir. He kept a gamblinE-placc
called The Homestead club"
And IT was q .gambiing-place, and
you played there"
Yes. sir, 1t was a gambling-house.
and he paid regularly for protection to
the police, too"
PROSECUTIONS CASE ENDED.
This concluded the testimony for the
prosecution.
Col. James asked the Court to instruct
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