The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-09-13
EDITION.
The HALF NOT TOLD.
Lezow Witness Heyman a Regu-
lar Mine Of Information.
More Startling Sens atoms May
Follow This Weeks.
Unfortunate Ceala Urchittei May
Yet Secure Justice.

Greater sensation has been caused by
Committee in the last three days than
In any of it's previous hearings. or IL
may more properly be said. in nearly
all OF them taken together.
That. at least, Is what a great many
New Workers. who have followed the
proceedings from day to day, with the
most absorbing interest, say and in the
opinion of those connected with the in
vestigation itself they are not far out of
the way.
Although the Committee has now sus-
pended its work for time. the activity
of Mr.. Goff and his assistants is unre-
hitting, and 1t was learned this morn
ing that they are not only following UP
some Of the important threads of EVIL
dence which have been spun by the
witnesses in the last three days ses-
sions, but that they are preparing even
greater sensations for the future.
1t Is said that a vast deal more i'm
portant information Is still to come from
the witness Abraham Heyman. who was
an employee of Mclaughlin and Dan
scribner in the gambling business. and
who gave such damaging testimony yes.
| his alleged partnership with the gam
blers of the Twentieth Precinct.
Alderman Parks was heavily inter-
ested, according to this witness, In sew
eral notorious gambling dens in that
| locality, and Capt. Schultz himself was
the official who always gave the gang
| timely tip when any raid was contem-
plated. These raids, however. were cyl
IDENTIFY not intended to strike fear to the
| hearts of volators of the law, but
merely 10 pull wool over the eyes OF the
public.
The Pequod club, Police Commission
er Sheehan's little Tammany social or
ganization in that district was appa-
rently as much headquarters Of Nc
Laughlin, Parks and other prominent
members of the sporting" fraternity
as their own establishments, and their
stand that their prospects would be bet
tered IL they would join the Club.
Schultz and Mclaughlin were bosom
friei ds," said Witness. Heyman. who
evidently knew whereof he was speak,
ing, and who has several additional
chapters in his varied experience with
| Ing precincts to relate when the Com
mittee meets again. He said as much
| to an Evening WORLD reporter who
met him this morning on his way to the
office of one of the council to the COM
! mittee.
What | could tell" he said, would
let me tell all ! knew Yesterday" But
Heyman was close mouthed and would
say nothing more.
l. ,uis Munzinger, the Secretary of the
| Pequod Club. is an old friend of Hey
man, who said Munzinger could give
some interesting facts In regard to the
mineral water trade among the saloon
| Is said to control.
In fact Heyman's testimony has
opened up so, many avenues for investi-
| gator that the Senate Committee would
| have all 1t could do for week to follow
them up thoroughly.
one OF the most aggravated instances
of police persecution yet related to
| the Committee was the story of Ceala
| Urchittel the poor Russian widow, who
was not only robbed of her money.
| thrown out of her business and mall
treated by a ward detective of the De-
lancey street station. but was deprived
OF her three children, whom she did not
see for more than wear.
we are going. to follow up this case"
said Mr.. Moss this morning, "and bring
the author of this woman's misfortunes
1T is unfortunate that the woman
does not know the name of her persecu-
Tor, and her memory seems to have been
was several months in a hospital after
| they had succeeded In getting al she
had and rot!.Ag her OF her children.
Our detectives are hard at work on
the case. We propose to take the witt
ness all over the ground, and give her
an opportunity to identify some of the
officers who We're in the precinct about
the time her prosecutions began.
"As nearly as we can ascertain this
was about year and five months ago.
| Her recollection is that the detective who
insulted her and searched her clothing.
even to her stockings, div ided the SIS
| he got from her with MOchs Hockstim.
heeler of Silver Dollar Smiths. at
Essex Market, and then they put their
heads together and compelled her TO
| sell her little cigar store at Pitt and
Ridge streets to satisfy her demands.
| Interpreter Ehrlick. of the United He
| brew Charities. which did much u assist
/ the poor woman before she fell into the
| hands of the police. has made an investi-
| only dill a legitimate business at her
store, that she had always borne good
character and that her friends and
neighbors generally regarded her as the
victim Of malice and rapacity of the
Mrs. Urchittel has now little stand
! up on Broadway and Is making enough
| to get along. She would support her
children if she could get them, but they
were put away by the Gerry Society, on
/ the testimony Of the detective VINO
/ causeI her arrest on the charge of keep
! ing "A disorderly house when she refused
to pay him blood money and, as every
for any parent to regain possession on
children committed under such circum-
stances.
She could not speak English, and when
arralgned in court did mt Know what
had become of her Chlldr1n n | could
not explain her position. She was con.
! vCted and fined on the testimony or
her prosecutors, and - was to nay this
| fine of $50 that she 40; a friend 10 sell
| our her little shop.
When she got out of prison her chill
dren had disappeared and she was COM
petely penniless and homeless in the
big city, and almost without a single
friend 10 turn to- Some interesting de-
velopments in This story are more than
/ likely To be brought out, when the Com
mittee resumes its work in october.
Another interesting point which Is
/ being Investigated and worked Gp Is
/ the Intimate relations which seem to
! Gombossv, the notorious dlve-keeper.
and the police Of the Fifth street sta
| ton as brought ont in the testimony
OF Mrs. Josephine Hirsch yesterday
| In this case, Gonbossy, who had sold
the house at 276 East Houston street %
the Hirschs, had occupied II himself
| for Ions time, and u had never been
| interfered With The new tenants had