The evening world., 1894-06-15
THEIR ASSOCIATION TAXED.
Ward Man Campbell, he Swears,
Received from 500 to $l26
Per Month.
WITNESSES WHO DID NOT PAY.
Miss Hadaday and Mrs Butler, q
Friend Of Silver Dollar Smith,
Deny Having Been Assessed.

The new lead which Mr.. Cot opened
UP yesterday when he put George Apo.
the notorious steerer of the green-goods
swindlers, on the witness stand. prom
ises some fruitful developments In the
Lexow Committees investigation.
Appos story was one OF tho most
remarkable and sensational ever lis
tened to from witnes, and when he
connected the Police Department., and
especially the Central Once detectives.
with the green-goods fraternity. and
said they all had to pay handsomeay
for the protection they received. and
for immunity from arrest although
they were all well known to the de-
tectives. the Importance Of his testimony
was apparent. A,
The result was that the Conmittse'a
headquarters in Part II. Of the Superior
Court this morning was the rendezvous
Of numerous prominent representatives
Of the Police Department. including
number Of Central ONCE detectives.
Among them was Detective Sergt. Mike
Crowley, who had a big bundle Of. pa
produce. They were records ot the
Detective Bureau at Police Headouar-
tiers. If ss-ts
Big Capt. Max schmittberger, now Of
the Tenderloin Precinct, and Capt.
Strauss, OF the East Sixty-seventh
street station. were also on hand In an
swer to subpoenas and dressed In fuii
1t was said that they had been brought
down for purposes OF identihcauon py
witnesses. and not to testify. Besides
and ward Offts FRS In the court.
Counsel for the Committee said that
there was no truth In the report that
room-keepers, hal expressed Q desire to
testify before the Senators and tell Of
the enormous payments he had made TO
m De Lacy has made any such state
ment II has not been made to any one
connected with the Committees" said M.
Moss this morning.
Byrnes N Yet Subpocnasd.
1t was also stated that supt. Byrnes
had not yet been subpoenaed as a wit
some records Of the Department, but
| this will not necessitate his appearance
in person before the Committee. said
Mr., Con this morning.
1 Senator Pound, who had been absent
| for the last two weeks. made his appear
ance this morning and sat next TO
Chairman Lexow when the latter called
| the Committee to order at IL O'Clock.
other members of the Committee pres
ent were Senators Bradley. Robertson
and O'Connor.
sion would be held to-day, and that the
principal witnesses would probably be
| small street-venders, who claim to have
that there would be two or three Keep.
| ers OF disorderly houses on the east side
who had been dropped. when the Com
the Te Ti Precinct. There were we're
several women In the witness-box In the
! corner, one OF whom was waiting all day
Yesterday to be called ,o h.. 49,,
daily attendant at the sessions Of the
! Committee, and who has a place re.
served for him inside the reporters'
railing, was on hand before the proceed
Mr. Sicoll was on deck again this
morning. and ex-Jpdge Ransom took
| Suth erland, of Rochester. sat at the
head OF the COUNSEL table. as usual, and
| took notes.
Petty Merchants Called.
Mr. Goff opened the proceedings BY
calling off a list OF witnesses With UNI
names ws with Vii, which slS .n he
take an excursion into the mountains
OF Bohemia to-day" remarked the law
| yer.
were present, but the most OF them did
not respond TO their names. Those who
answered said that the others had been
| in court earlier In the morning. but had
gone out. They had their account books
with them and all We're said to be small
merchants on the east side.
apparently in well-to-do circumstances.
Some OF the absentees arrived after the
roll had been called, and the small
bohemian colony was finally corralied.
There were no seats for them. and
were being mopopoiized by persons
| from various police courts in the citv,
and stated that Il they did not vac n
them he would publicly call thsss
II don't know what the purpose .,
those persons 10 N coming here" said
| iiIing the seats reserved for witnesses
ever since this Investigation began.
| can't imagine what their bufInepe A.
and ! give them thia public notice g
a number Of men looked uneaaIiy abop<
(ooaiirg 4 n 1spd lesz !