The evening world., 1894-09-04
Never Demanded Nor Received
Money from Merchants for
Sidewalk Privileges
NEVER AUTHORIZED KELLY TO.
Gus Thorne and Inspectors Williams
and McAvoy Give Testimony
in His Behalf.

The trial of Police Capt. John Thomas
Stephenson, of the Mulberry street sta
ton, for alleged extortion from COM
mission merchants for unlawful use OF
the sidewalks while he was in COM
mand at the Leonard street station. was
resumed before the Police Commission
ers at Headquarters to-day.
Although the adjournment was to 10
o clock. the Commissioners were not
ready to 30 on until after IL.
There were still rumors about future
trials but the Commissioners were not
communicative ON that question Mr..
Wellman said:
whether any other Captain will be
brought to trial at the conclusion OF this
one 10 matter entirely In the hands %
opinion that trials before the Commits
sioners would clash with the proceedings
of the Lexow Committee:
II was informed by Mr.. Con some
days ago that the Committee would sit
Sept. 10. next Monday, and would adj
lourn only for "A few. days at time.
Necessarily. we would sometimes want
the same witnesses desired by the
Lexow Committee. but ! do not know
the feeling of the Commissioners.
against four police captains. and
against several ward detectives, but j
cannot give the names OF the accused"
Merchant LyOns's Books Produced.
At the adjournment Friday Mr.. Well
man had said that the case for the
prosecution against Capt: Stephenson
the books OF Leroy NJ Lyon, commits
sion merchant at $40 Washington street.
in evidence. They showed these entries:
"I9ly ii, iS9i, polite captain, ssO."
This is in confederation of Mr..
Lyons testimony that he agreed to
pay and did pay to Ordinance Man James
. sidewalk protection. twice
a year" said Mr.. Wellman.
Supt Byrnes was called to show that
tice. The Superintendent testified that
he gave n bench warrant to one OF his
detectives the first week in July, last,
and that it was reported to him that
Kelly could not be found, and had fed
the country.
objections and exceptions of Ira Shafer
and John Vincent. counsel for Stephen
son.
That concluded the case for the prose-
Mr. Shafer made the usual motion for
dismissal and put in half the book OF
Police Rules, giving the number of each
section in argument on his motions. all
After Mr. Shafer had finished reading
his motions MIR VINCENT got permission
10 recall Merchant Martin NJ. Edwards.
the strongest of the accusers Of Capt.
Stephenson.
Mr.. Vincent questioned Edwards about
a conversation between him and Louis
Collier at 80 Harrison street on the
morning of last Thursday, the day he
appeared as witness against Stephen
son.
Mr.. Edwards said he did not tell Coll
lier Il am going to do Stephenson up"
He did ask Collier. by the way, what
| has become of Gus Thorne, who used to
be around here|'
Thorne is the policeman who accord
| ing TO Edwards, came to him and left
] 4
and address ON 1t in 1891, the day after
Edwards had been approached by him,
| and told him the Captain must have
some fruit in lieu of money.
Collier replied that Thorne was dead"
said Edwards.
Then the witness was asked to look
at a young police officer sitting behind
him in court. Edwards biushed and
said he had been told that this was Gus
| Thorne,
when he came to me in March. 1891. y
didn't know his name" said Edwards.
Thorne stood by during this converse
ton with Collier, but Edwards did not
Did you say to Collier that Capt
Stephenson had tried TO break
Edwards didn't remember. He thought
he had said something like that to some
one some time. He wasn't sure whether
it was, at 50 Harrison street.
up then and say. Why. Capt. Stephen
son never tried % break mer"
Well. yes, | believe he did"
What else was said?" Mr. WellmaD
demanded Lets have It ALL"
"As / went out, Thorne said: Don;
mention my name before the Commits.
siorers. l was sent down to your place
tC order fruit, ana that's all I know
about II. Don't get me into this now,
Just leave my name out of IT," prompt.
ly replied the merchant. thoroughly In.
I dgnant that his veracity should be i'm
peachei.
Mr.. Shafer stormed and clustered his
objections, but the whole answer got on
the record.
Gus ThoGne's Testimony.
Policeman Gus" Thorne followed Mr.
| Edwards on the witness stand. HI
wears two blue service stripes on his cuff
and testified that he had been In thu
Leonard street squad thirteen years
He had seen Edwards eating in hi
mothers restaurant many times
did YOU go to Edwardss store In IN.
month of March, 1891, and order a barre
o. apples for Capt. Stephenson Mr.
Vincent asked.
mo. sir" replied Thorne.
He declared that he had never aeliv
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