The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-10-11

man. and got off Italian and French
now and then, and got along very well
with applicants.
But. we have to stand a great deal OF
abuse from people whose applications We
refuse. and we refuse great many
every day" said Clerk Brown. why. q
man was going TO have me summoned
before this Committee yesterday because
| / would not pass him"
Senator Lexow asked II the applicants
| were MT usually coached right In the
Clerks Office. but Brown declared this
was never allowed, and that no, favor
was shown to any particular applicants,
because they happened to be recon-
mended by certain political workers OF
organizations.
-" Surprising you refuse an applicant,
does that end it?' asked MIR. Con-.
Yes. so far as our court Is concerned.
They miGht 50 sGo oyer to The other court
The clerks asked questions OF appi-
cants simply to facilitate the work Of the
Court. The law did not require them to
ask any questions No record of these
questions was made, however. and the
Judge OF the Court conducted his cxami-
nation OF the applicant entirely independ.
ent Of them
Thomas Boesc. Chief Clerk Of the Nat
uralization Bureau OF the Superior Court,
said that he should think $50 persons
were made citizens by that court yester-
day. The number every day now exceed
cd 80 a day
4 recess was taken at this point.
After recess. Senator Cantor was
present. Mr.. Bocsc, or General" as
Mr. Con- called him, resumed the wit
ness stand.
Has anything occurred which has led
you to take steps to prevent perpetra-
tion of fraud inquired Mr.. Goff
mo, sir. we try never to let any fraud
ulent papers get out, and with proper
care fraud can be prevented. I think II
would be good thing OF the practise Of
paying naturalization fees In advance by
i.al lana
each applicant made to pay his own fee"
Policy Pnntnta "Coniin."
Lawrence Carney. n curly haired young
man., who said h. had been I'm the policy
writing business for the last two years,
was the next witness.
The witness. Ia Mr.. COTS request
told how the game was run. The draw
place at Covington and Frankfurt Ky.
and the numbers were received twice
each day in cipher over the Western
Union" These cipher messages repre-
scented the drawings of each lottery, and
were sent to a man named i. j. Conlin
OF Jersey city. lie was the only man In
this Vicinity who understood the cipher.
THAT isn't his real name" said Car
ney. but don't know hat II Is, and no
one else does.
"Conlin writes out the numbers from
these cipher dispatches, and they are
sent to all the shops In the city. These
are called running slips ConlIn con.
trols all the territory between here and
Albany.
There ~ another man who gets the
numbers in Albany, and he controls the
rest Of the State west"
How many hackers nre there in this
city,"
well. there's Al Adams. the king pin
who has the biggest pull. Jake Shipsey
Cornell Parker. Billy Mayors. Charley
Llndauer. Ed Hogan. Dick Cannon
Billy Morton and John Murray. They
each have their Office and long distance
cate with Conlin.
They all stand in together. except
Parker. who is going It alone"
Carney said that everybody played
policy. from the brokers in Wall street
who didn't think anything OF playing $50
side. who played penny gigs, The
hackers divided up the city and made
their arrangements with the police cap
tains In each precinct to run their
game.
Capt. sicberfs safe Ward"
The Madison street precinct Is called
This was Capt Sieberts precinct
why, Il Copper used to stand at the
door OF one OF the shops there to see
that no one interfered with the bust
ness"
What. the door of the snhop was
Senator Lexow.
sure, and he took good care Of us,
too"
Carney said the lower part OF the city
was let out to Cannon. then came
Lindauer. Morton and Murray Meyers
has the lower district on the east side
and Al Adams all the west side from
Fourteenth street up.