The evening world., 1894-09-12

Capt Cross.
Two thousand dollars. / got bail
from Mr. Epstein, at FIRST, but he sur
rendered Tered me- after he promised to go on
"If your intention is, Mr.. Con-. to
show that our witnesses are being in
think the case Of MGyson, which is
n stranger one than this"
We will attend to that In due time,
said Mr.. Con-. I'VE have sent for him"
Cohen Just Obcycd Orders
Policeman Henry Cohen. who arrested
Werner, was then called. He said he
was sent by Capt Cross to Werner's
saloon and told to make an arrest If
Werner was doing business. He went In
citizens dress.
Didn't you know 1t Is against the rule
to 20 and get evidence against saloon
Con. '
NO sir I only obeyed orders"
Had you gone out before that in citi
zens' dress to make arrests|'
Il had"
Did the Captain send you to any other
place that night?''
NO, that was the only one"
Didn't you see any other liquor places
doing business that Sunday night?'
"N). sir"
Don't you know that every saloon in
that neighborhood violates the law every
Sunday
Not of my knowledge"
Have yoL heard OF Supt, Byrnes's re-
violations of the liquor law every Sun
day observed by detectives where no ar
rests are made?'
Yes: / believe So"
Cohen went on to say that after taxi
| ing his prisoner to Essex Market Court
Werner had asked him to let him OF
| easy.
Make 1t an exposure, and not sell
| ing, said Werner to
Then / felt him slip something into
ny, hand and found 1t was fve-doliar
Attempted rBibcry Illustrated.
ssomething in your hand. How did 1t
feel?"
soft like"
And your fingers instinctively closed
on ~"
Eyes. sir"
Let's see how you did 1t, Please
Cohen did So and MIR. Gorr surveyed
Il notice your right hand is little
further from the hip than the left: that's
the correct position, i suppose
Everybody roared and Senator Lexow
raped for order.
II also notice that the fingers OF the
right hand are somewhat more widely
extended and that they are bent in
| ward"
There was another gIggle and Cohen
| looked FOOLISH. Mr. tiOT nau Some more
fun with the officer and the latter said
he had shown the bin to Policeman ART
ken, who was with him. and asked him
what to do
Why didn't you arrest Werner a,
Because knew he was I;exow wilt
ness, AN, snd didn't want to take the re-
"oh. then yonl. did know he was a
Yes. ! believe Arr ken had told me
I ~.
tender under arrest then. Werner was
not arrested I'll! afterwards" 49, ,u,,
asked Senator LeXow.
II gave It back to him"
Why did you not keep II as evidence
OF Werner's attempted bribery"
II had a witness in Arfken. and we
reported to the Captain when we went
back to the station"
Capt Cross was angry because we
| had not arrested Werner, as he said he
had committed crime In our presence
He told us I, go with HIM to see the
superintendent.
again befo-e the Superintendent and In
spector, Williams, and as result
was told to go to the Judge and get a
warrant for Werner and arrest him at
once
Was anything said at Headquarters
about Werner being "A Lexow witness?
asked Senator LeXow.
thing about It,"
Hut you say the only reason you
didn't arrest him was that you knew he
was "A IeNoW witness
IAN | said was that was sorry that
| had not arrested Werner on the spot
and they told me had made mistake
In judgment"
} How long had officer Arfken known
that Werner was l.exow witness"'
Il don't know, but believe he was &C
quainted with him"
y ,nbroiScrs and Police Again.
The next witness was Charles NJ
Patterson, of Shrewsbury, \. j., {
merchant OF this city, who said he hac
had some experience with the polio,
in regard to the loss of some jewelry.
, He lost a diamond scarfpin, he said
, while crossing the Brooklyn Bridge.
It was stolen by a thief who snatche'
1t from his tie year ago. He ofere'
"A reward of $50 for the return OF thu
, pin and $50 more for the arrest of thu
thief.
The case was reported to the Brooklyi
as well as tn, New York police. TIL
next day George Xundt one OF the Brook
Ign detectives. wrote him that he had 10
Gated the pin in sixth avenue pawn
shop. and wanted MIR. Patterson to ac
company him there.
Nichols 4 Co. and. going up Sixth ave
nue., several friends of Iunit Joined us
? We went to l.ehman's pawnshop. an
Hundt pro iuced The diamond, which wa
pay $50 for advances made on tn
= stone"
E This rather staggered me as I wa
not prepared to pay the $50. | said
hadn't the money with me, but Fund
5 said that II was all right, and he woul
pay 1t and | could give him my check
Then he counted out some bills an
5 gave them to the pawnhroker and W
l went away. | don't believe he gay
J., him IA cent. now | gave him my check
/ for $50 and $50, but the next day | sen
e to my bank to stop the $50 check, hay
ing come to the conclusion that | ha
= been swindled.
II heard from Zundt the next day. II
y | asked me to come over to BrOokly
and he would introduce me to Sup
! Campbell and he would convince me
: was all right.
II went over to see Campbell. and
a conversation with him | learned tina
the diamond had been found by the Ne
d York city detectives, and that IunC
- had to pay the so To them
II Il got letter Of introduction to Sup
a. Byrnes from my friend, David McClur
d and went to see him the next day, ar
N told him what | had heard from Sup
Campbell.
, RHrnrs Fired These Bleedcrs.
u The following day | got word fro
" him that he had learned that his me
had found my diamond and that tn,
ic had not reported It. He added that
d had applied the axe to the heads
ie both these men,
IT That was all l heard Of the matte