New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-08-25

peaoed guilty In the Court Of Genera, Sessions
"iei oe'hs arrested for keeping disorderly house
sentence IN her case was suspended upon an am
aavlt OF one OF the Captains policemen that her
place. ~ INV
Nov" asked Mr. Wellman. was not that done
because she was paying you for protection"
fositiVeiy not replied Captain Cross land IL I
hau oeen In the court the officer would not have
made that affidavit"
other duties which kept me away ""D
Q-Dd YOU allow officer SCHNEIDER to 90 10 the
SUSPENSION 0 M and make AFFIDAVIT
S Sou Knew she had been arrested before? Al
last night only made an AFFIDAVIT mo ie h 1a the
nuisance had been abated. l want to say that he
as bright as you and some of your associates are
Mr.. Wsllman, but he was and IS good policeman.
she was allowed to open. DO you deny that? A.
do most positively. Even you Yourself Mr. Well
was closed and not doing any business
,Q.yvDid YOU know this from personal observation?
smith smith whom consider good. loyal, intelligent
OF your officers. How abou, Kelly? Al don't
QMr MendrieEs 'on' has Ms'S made charge against
MN Amies; hut he didn't wish 70 make any
' go yosrsr the w qe sansns @
Kelly and giving him MIR. Hendricksons card? A
refused to make complaint?
Q.-Yes. but you had been his captain? A-Yes
and he was out Of the department
Applause In the trial room followed the Captains
retort to Mr.. Wel.man. and Commissioner Martin
raped sharply for order. Questioned further about
the Kelly matter. Captain Cross said he did every
thing that an honest could do In the matter
He said he never had received penny from Kelly
He heard rumors. he said that Kelly collecting
money and he went around inquirlng among the
merchants in his precinct. but could find no who
S wSn1 o admit they paid money They denied tina"
inspector Williams was called as witness again
orderly houses raded in the Eleventh Precinct since
Captain Cortright took command there. The In
night. and several others had been made latey.
Then It is not true as Mr.. Wellman stated yes
Sad BEEN 3ns M e the
',0ficers were sent from other precincts to get the
evidence in these cases" said the Inspector.
RHODA SANFORD AGAIN
That closed the testimony for the defence in the
Of Captain Cross. and 1t was stipulated that
the same testimony might be used in the Of
Policeman Smith Mr.. Wellman called Rhoda San
ford again. and she produced books showing her
accounts with a grocer TO prove that there were
a number of persons In her house in Bayard-st
in the latter part OF 1892 Mr.. Wellman called at
tention to the accounts which showed that Mrs
Sanford had bought about sixteen loaves OF bread
a week during the time Captain Cross had declared
that her house closed.
Mr.. Hess again cro.ss-examined the woman. and
compelled her to admit that she had been lying
in many things which she told the Commissioners
Mr. Wellman and the Commissioners refused to
let her tell where she had been staying lately. but
Mr. Weman said she had been looked after by
officers under hrs direction. and that her board
had been paid for out of the fund provided for the
expenses OF the trials.
Mr. Hess asked for leave to Ale requests for
findings in the cases OF Captain Cross and Police
man Smith; this was denied by the Commissioners
Formal charges dismiss tho charges on the
ground that they had not been proved were denied
Shortly before p. m. Mr.. McCeilani summed up
for Captain Cross. Mr. Wellman said he would
submit the to the Commissioners without argu-
ment
President Martin said tina; the Commissioners
would reserve their decision in the cases Of cap
tain Cross and Policeman Smith for time. prob
ably until they gave decisions also in the cases
OF Captain Devery and Policemen G.ennon am
Burns The Commissioners then took recess until
Tuesday a, 10 a. m. when the defence OF Policeman
Burns Will begin. None OF the Commissioners
would speak OF the probable decision IN the case
OF Captain Cross. Several other officials at me
Central Once said that the Captain deserved TO
have the charges against him dismissed, but thhi
i, was believed that two Of the Commissioners hai
decided in advance OF the trial to dismiss cross
from the force.