The evening world., 1894-07-31
THREE LEWIS IN IT.
The Elk. Ward Mans Counsel and
One of His Jurors Namesakes.
Seven Jurors Obtained Up TO This
Afternoon.
No. u Sits Near but Is Not Rclai ed
to the Accused Policeman.

Edward Man Jeremiah :. Levy was
the only ono of the principals in his
trial for alleged bribery to put in an APP
pearancc at Part !. of the Court Of Cen
oral Sessions at II this morning, tho
journcd, And he came under escort Of
Deputy Sheriff Brown from the Tombs,
where he had lodged all night in the
gay uniform OF Il mounted policeman,
under commitment by Judge MARITIME.
With certainty that an hour of the
Courts time would be taken up with
the pleading Of the vrCtchcs indicted
for minor vulgar crimes, the prosecutor,
Assistant District-Attorncy Osborne, and
the counsel for the defense, Abraham
Levy, Of the Pulitzer Building, came
to court at their leisure.
Indeed. the District-Attorncy's Office
was entirely unrcprCscnt"d during the
preliminary proceedings till Judge
Marines patience gave out, and he sent
caustic message to Acting District
| Attorney Weeks.
There were only five jurors in the box
when court adjourned last evening. and
Lawyer Levy pleaded with Judge Mar
tine for Defendant Levy's liberty, but.
| although ErastusWiman was permitted
his freedom TIL the jury rendered its
verdict, the jaunty officer from the
mounted squad had to go TO the Tombs
| Tor the night.
Capt. Charley krumm, the proprieto
Of kuenstler Halle, lG7 Chrystie street
who Is the complaining witness against
| ex-Ward Man Levy, t1itted ponderously
| about the corridors of the brown-stone
Court-Housc like an avenging spirit. The
atmosphere about this rotund keeper oi
| the east side concert, dive was redo!eni
of perfumery. Can't. Krumm was accom-.
panied in his flights from Mr.. Weeks s
| room to the Chambers street windows
and back by stocky woman in gray
These people claim that they paid 81
a week to Levy for protection In keeping
their place in Chrystie street.
Max Lefko w. who was 1so, named nan as
false evidence to free lgnatz Lefkowitz
accused of larceny. has made an aff
davit saying that the ex-ward man nov
on trial is not the Policeman Levy who
swindled him.
Francis l.. Wellman, the wheelhorse OF
| the observation-disclosures office in the sue
GERS who transgressed the law last Fal
and of the erring policemen who hac
been indicted, and who was selected by
the leaders of Tammany Hall t. prose
cute Capt. Doherty and other police Off
GERS before the Police Commissioners
came In from Southampton this morn
ing to take charge of the trial If Capt
Cortright's precinct detective, Levy.
Mr.. Welman declined to say anythin.
of his future plans or who would mex
be called to give up his Captains hadg'
and buttons before the Commissioners.
1t was past noon when the trial o
Levy was resumed, and the work o
finding a jury taken up again.
In the outset Mr.; Osborne demonstart
ed that Mr. Levy's proposition of yes
terady that he would reject every citi
Zen of Hebraic origin was incorrect
He asked the first man called. Raphae
j. Levy:
Are you a Hebrew And on receiv
ing an affirmative reply he said:
| "l'll accept you for "A juror
Lawyer Abe Levy was satisfied tina
Raphael }. Levy would treat jeremiah
Is Levy fairy. and he was sworn as III
sixth juror.
Juror Levy is salesman for a fu
house at $50 Broadway, and lives al 3
East one Hundred and Fifth street
but has been summering with his wifi
and two babies at Rlythebourne, l..
Being No. in the box. Juror Levy mus
Lawyer. Levy and Defendant Levy. bu
this Ii the closest relationship that exist
between these three Ltvys.
George l.. Ford, printer and statinne
AZ ~ Pine street, and living at II Wcs
Thirty-eighth street, was single ma
without jury experience, but of unusua
intelligence But he believed in ''refor,
,, movements in general and in tn
ments particular, SO Defendant Lev
and Lawyer Levy declined to let hir
take "A seat with Juror Levy, excludin
him by peremptory challenge.
, The seventh juror, Moses Guedalia
real estate broker, married, middl
aged and lives at 1871 Lexington avenue
He proclaimed the remarkable doctrin
that policeman should be believed a
easily as any other citizen, which er
deared him to the Levys. defendant an
counsel.