The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-06-16


Large Sums Paid Over to the
Underlings Of Tammany HaiI--What
Relationship and Doodle Will Do
for Law Breaker in Our Misgov-
erned Metropolis.
New York, June 10.
J NJ ONE interesting testimony was
| " brought out at t0days session of
| nm the Lexow probing committee.
" The first witness this morning
was Julia hadady, a young Hungarian
woman She WIS once arrested by
Ward Detective Levy for selling liquor
without license, but was discharged,
as she did not see the liquor sold her
self She said she had never paid Levy
any money herself, luz her partner
told her that he had dons So The sur
prising statement WAS made by the wit
ness that sho understood that Ward
Detective Levy kept u house of nrOsti-
tuition at No. 80 Stanton street. The
committee declined to allow the wit
ness to state the dates and amounts of
money alleged to have been paid to
Levy by her partner.
The next witness was Bessie Butler.
She said she formerly kept the house
at No 81 Eldridge street The witness
positively swore that during the five
years she had Kept the house in Ed
ridge street she never paid dollar to
any police officer or other person for
protection. She admitted however,
that her husband was partner of
'Siver Dollar" Smith the Tammany
leader
ONE BoHEMIAN'S PROTECTION
Mr. Goff now opened up new line
Of blackmsil by calling rs witness
Joseph Pospisil, q Bohemian saloon
keeper Of 1870 Avenue 4, near Seventy.
third street, in the Twenty second AS
sembly district. Pospisil identified
copy Of the Bohemian paper, the New
ske-Liste, containing an advertise
ment of the Bohemian Liquor Dealers
association Of the Twentieth and
Twenty second Assembly districts.
The association, he said, was or
ganized for the mutual pro-
lection OF its members, the
dues paid by them being used in
paying the expenses OF defending the
members, procuring counsel, etc, for
them wnen in trouble over the excise
laws. The witness said no kept his
own saloon.aoor ON the chain, AMI did
not let any ona in on Sunday So fur
40 he knew no Bohemian saloon keeper
was arrested on Sunday. After some
persistent questioning the witness ad-
mitted that besides reading in the Bo
heman paper last Saturday that there
was 10 be - strict exciso law on Sun
day a policeman called at his saloon
anu told him took out the next day.
Pospisil reluctantly admitted that
the association had paid money to the
police about two years ago." he
added, hut he maintained that he had
not said that the association was form
ed 80 that the money could be paid to
the police in onr sum instead of indi.
vidunlly by the members. The mcm-
bers Of the association pHid in 10 the
treasurer so or 70 cents u week zach.
according ~ they were assessed they
were all assessed the same amount.
SYSTEMATIC BRIBERY DISCLOSED.
The witness said that the association
by resolutions, form lily and regularly
adopted, ordered their treasurer to pay
money to the police, and the money
was so paid to the ward man. Captain
Gunner was in charge OF the precinct
at the time the association was formed
and Samuel Campbell was the ward
man, Popsil said he personally dealt
with Campbell. The witness called on
Campbell Mt his house by Arrangements.
and Campbell said that the association
must pay him $l2j month. He
told Campbell that tGe members of the
association were very poor and could
not afford to pay more than 500.
Campbell said that il that We're 20, it
could not be helped. and he agreed TO
take 500 The association then duly
authorized the payment to the ward
man Of 500 amonth, aud that sum, the
the witness said, was regularly paid to
ward man by the financial secretary of
the association in the witness presence
for about a year, Tnan. by reason of
of tho association, the monthly black
mail was increased to SIPS
THE GREEN GOODS BUSINESS.
Of all the immense volume of testi-
mony taken by the committee, that of
George Appo, the hnlf-brsed Japanese
given yesterday in relation to the green
goods business and the manner in
which it is conducted, was by far the
most interestin2. Appo said that the
green goods business in this city wns
mostly in the hands of james McNally
and Frederick Hadlick. These two
men IN lnaged rival concerns and
were known as the hackers"
Both had police protection.
Men called ''steerers" were employed
to escort the victims to tho "offices."
These steerers were well known to the
police. Appo himself was we'll known
to them They escorted their victims
under the eyes of the police with i'm
punity. The backers guaranteed pro.
lection in this city to those in their
employ and held back q percentage of
each mans pay for the purpose of pay
ing tho police,
Men who tried to run the business
on their own account in this city, Appo
said, were driven out Of the precincts.
even murder being attempted TO gel
rid of them, jobs being put up for
that purpose. There could DO no
doubt. the witness said, that the
regular men in the business were
protected by the poliee. and as proof of |
that he added with the utmost non
chalance that If he attempted to pick |
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