The evening world., 1894-08-17

publican leader. Jake Hess, objected In
a dignifed way TO the admission of
was concerned.
He claimed there was no evidence
that Capt. Cross knew anything OF
The objections were overruled. and
M,s sa q, , wen. Sn eSSasE snat
and ons Of saa was so FOR the the" captain
| and Sio for Smith.
II remember / thanked Smith and told
him TO- buy s couple OF bottles of WING
| wrote, Cash, $50 That meant $50 for
the Captain, didn't like to write Cap
Mr.. Hess objected again that these
items in tn, book OF money paid 10
Smith and Mrs. Sanfords story of con-
versations with the ward man could not
bind Capt. Cross, who was not present.
81 Snapped gSSTif Mrs as, MI hed
self"
Mr. Wellman urged that the item and
the talk were strongly c9rroDorauye, and
of course az the rejection Of this testl-
mony would have ruined the case
against Cross, So far as Mrs. Sanford
was concerned, the Commissioners
once more over-ruled the objection.
Mrs. Sanford again reiterated that the
other houses in the block were wide open
all during the administration Of Capt
Cross, and that there was no suggestion
lawbreakers.
~ continued to pay the $50 II month
from July down TO April. 1888, when
East Fifth street station" said Mrs.
Sanford. but would never have been
a witness against him or any other Can
| tain II that Parkhurst detective hadn't
| been daylight robber and stolen my
account book when he called to see me
and talked about going into partnership
Mrs Sanford was cross-examined
carefully negatively by AIR. Hess. She
said again that when she was sworn
before the Lexow Committee she siyly
kissed her thumb instead of the Bible.
because she didn't mean to tell the
| truth. She didn't think an oath taken
| that way without kissing the book was
binding. She tried to protect the cap
| tains.
book on me" broke in Mrs. Sanford,
Then | said to the Committee: Yes,
that's my beck; and there's the thief
| Mrs. Sanford pointed dramatically d;
a Kodak fiend. who had taken stan
In the corner behind Commissioner Muir
"You don't mean to call that artist n
thief" exclaimed one OF the lawyers:
| "Oh dear me, no." laughed Mrs. san
! ford, her fat sides shaking.
- meant that ] pointed IN mat way
at the Parkhurst detective who stole
Again Mrs. Sanford admitted that she
had "lied" TO the LeXow Committee,
SHt she or sy0asS the a isrRs or psT
jured yourself as eat would cold
| water.
Reading from her testimony before
the Lsxow Committee Mr. Hess asked
When You told the LeAow COMMITTEES
that you never gave dollar or money
to Capt. pevery, OF Capt. Mclaughlin.
or Cant. Cross, Was IT true. OF was II
false?"
III was true. save it TO their ware
On Mr.. Hess motion the latter pan
OF the motion was stricken out.
| The lawyer succeeded in obtaining
from Mrs. Sanford, after long discus
ticipation OF future reward or punish
meilt, that the only true thing she sal,
before the LeNoN Committee was tina
the entries against &C" in her booi
meant payments to the Captain In com
mand at those dates.
Item by item Mrs. Sanford repudiate'
her testimony given before the LtNoV
Committee In explanation OF the entrie
She said she lied TO the COMMITTEE
when she told them she had paid W
to political orga nizatiOn because Sh'
had received an anonymous note sayiu.
the writer would call and see about he
house.
Il did get such a note signed Anony
nous but the rest Is false" she said.
For a hour Mr.. Hess laborel with Mrs
Sanford Identifying the handwriting II
the tcll-tale account book;
These entries, cheese, rum dress
goods and 'whiskey, / wrote; Rice,
that's the ice-man: milk 'sundries, my
daughter wrote, Bessie, 'sundries.
rum milk, were written by my mar
Jim," said Mrs. Sanford
Then Mr. Hess had Mrs. Sanford writ,
Cheese" &C." carpets" and othc
words two or three times each. Their
were some variations In the ''c's" snt
"C's" obtained from those in the book
land Mrs. Sanford thought that perhdp