The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-10-18
SODA STANDS
WELL CHARGED
Continued from First pay eJ

III
q. legitimate business, but the witness
WSat ssscg y (. has en- Mr. Rrodsky rem
Nothing except to attend to arrests
you don't want to know any more
mo. I'm not particular
l." How much Of the 5000 you collected
went into the purse for the Captain?'
I" None of 1t, that know.
where Did Brodsky's $3.50 Cor
I" Didn't some of the $3.50 you gave to
Mr.: Brodsly go to the Captain
81 don, know"
Wasn't 1t understood that some of
it was to go there?'
You were anticipating, trouble with
the police were you not" asked Chair
man an. Lexow.
And 1t was natural that some of
this money should go into the pockets
of the polce?" .
II don't know"
You mad better tell us, because the
f n ySS will have to pay @ in
upon which we may act.
mo, / won't pay another cent. I'm
done with it. They won't get any more
''oh, then you do regard it as an i'm
YES. They can close up the stands II
they want to: l won't pay any more
money"
Alter this. outbreak Mr., Latght gath;
~ persistent effcrt, however, Mr. Moss got
hm 4. s admit ne sSs SS sap %as F'sSa
whether the money ever got into their
lts pockets or n9t he did not know ,.,,
meas. and Mr.. Con- announced th,. he
was prepared to clear up the .oubt
about Policeman John ID. Mel! 'gh-
Inns army career. which was questi. red
Mr.. steffens is an officer on the Broo',-
lvn "a %
f5nited States, infantry, lie knew Nj
ha Sis e fo nd g2a 1csE ha he was
He was good faithful soldier and
an honorable man. and he couid not
charge" said Mr.. steffens.
against the flood of communications,
- anonymous and otherwise, which. he
said, had been pouring in upon him re-
private character of witnesses who had
appedred. and furnishing Information
"Au these letters are valueless," he
said. "and go into the waste basket. 1t
takes a good deal of time to read them.
all these people to stop writing them. /
They are nuisance, and l want II pub,
licly understood how we regard them
Wolf Wailach. a soda-water manu-
facturer. OF % Columbia street. testified
apiece from s the Reepers OF street sG' stands
using his d sodaswat S fPr BPermiS ."
II gave II to MIR. Brodslty. and he
got the permits"
A Didn't you take UP a collection !
among the manufacturers last spring
= for Capt Schultz"
!; mot that know OF. All the money
we collected we paid TO Mr.. Brodskey.
~ Then when any one arrested and
" the case came to court 1t was never
you had to close down your stand
last 1 spring in Capt schultz's precinct"
ter y. few days."
Fs what did you do to open them?"
What Brod.Isy snid Went"
II don't know. Johnny, nrodsky said
p, The witness said that his share of the
$500 fee paid to Mr.. Brodsky was $3.50.
r. ostensiply It was to oecure permits and
keepers who had been arrested He did
= not know whether any of it went to the
Joseph L. Weller, OF So ChrystIe street,
Manpfacturers' Protective Association,
and ce-President of the organiZati ton, |
testified that he had contributed $500 of
the purse of $500 made up for Mr..
The soda water men had always had
trouble with the police and after stand
ss as ihsE '2aa nGy a
influential lawyer, to do something for
What was he employed to do"
TO pass an ordinance for us; and
"Did you ever ask him for an ac-
soh, no; so long as We got what we
You don't know what he did with
" ma !,s Suppose he kent IT, ,,
Of i to the police?'
M, ~ ei: o., -...-...- -,--,.--, =,
selves by collecting So piece from their
costumers, who kept the retail street |
Mr.. Weller denied all knowledge of
ufscturers for Capt Schultz last year. ear
gained Fe ask ed chairman {S exo%
mot entirely"
They May lie Hnppy Yet"
Have you ever asked Mr. Brodsky
to give you back the money you paid !
him Oh that account ,o.
William Jacobs, the secretary OF the
- Soda Water Manufacturers Associations |
- was then recalled He testified that the
money paid 10 M. Brodskey was for the
purpose or securing nonlnterterence by
the city authorities in the soda water
business.
Mr.. Moss went oyer. the, minutes of
the Association and found the record |
of several fines that were imposed on
members.
~ nat are tnose llhes lor he asked. I,
De That's when one manufacturer takes
customer from another. He is fined ,
for that"
Then your Association must be a
!, sort Of trust" said Chairman Lexow
80. We'll. you might call it that" as
So scented the witness, I'VE trusted each
40 The minutes showed that Mr.. Brod
- fkyl4was employed several times TO
4lrender legal services TO the Associa-
,.tion, and that he usually charged larger
.,s hlls than the Association counted TO
pay. They always paid them, how
,,eHer, otter some kicking. There was no
-,Eecord In the minutes OF the payment OF
900 to Mr.. Brodskey. That was a
fprdyate pool, the witness said, and had
nothing to do with the regular business
of the Association.
80. paid $3.50 into the pool" he said,
from the standkeepers."
."t: Bribery by Wholesale.
Nathan l. Mailman. a private detec-