The evening world., 1894-06-20

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leetcr for a company. He seemed to be
Chairman Lexow at this point said
the Committee would take an adjourn-
ment for recess, but Mr.. Con asked
beside him. listening with great Inter
est to the testimony Of the last two wit
hesses, be sworn.
Mr.; Hi, who seemed perfectly. willing
me Committee stepped up TO- the wit.
tell the whole truth and nothing but the
Mr.. Con Their told him that he would
be In charge OF the SerGennt-at-Arms
during the recess. Mr.. Hill responded
Mr.. Schram, who holds this important
position. and walked down Into the
crowd Of newspaper men. lawyers and
others, and for the next ten minutes
held quite a levce.
There were lots of people there who
knew him and who had not seen him In
Among those who greeted the ex-
dlve-keeper was Father Ducey. who is
one of the regular attendants at the
general opinion was expressed that II
Harry I'M told all he knew It would
set a cloud Of fur a,nyins among some
Of It th is 1 Msil R RnoSn ot fhat the counsel, for
the Committee have been making efforts
to secure Harry as II witness for some
ssi s VAS It r being ost a Of m bnsines 81 b ni' thor pa 5hse
after he had been protected by them for
many yens. in consideration. of course.
Of his prompt and liberal contribution
The old man himself. since he went
down on Long Island to settle, has fire..
quently threatened to make things hot
chance. n to show up the system by
which he was blackrnailed systematical:
ly. and then betrayed by the men he had
helped to make wealthy.
Mrs. Clinton Owns In.
At the opening OF the afternoon SEES
sion Ada Clinton went on the witness
stand again. She started to go to Police
Headquarters with Mr.. jerome to make
q complaint against officer Cash. but
she had changed her mind. and was WILL
Ing to say that Mrs. Shaw's place was a
disorderlv house.
Mr.. Con-, she said. had told her that
the object of the Committee was, to do
away with police bla and that no
harm would come to her.
"You said some things that were. not
true this morning. asked Mr.. Gon.
YES, sir
You were afraid?"
Eyes sir, l guess / was
"A coed many houses have closed up
since. the Committee has been In SEES
sion?'
Mrs. Shaw, got out Of town and left
| YOU 10 lace lHe HluSlt.
yes, sir. She said she would stay
away till the Committee closed Its
ny %YG ,gor are sorry for what you said
Yes, sir; 1 am" replied Mrs. Clinton,
p%enitently.
tigaton was not directed against women
OF the class the witness represented
and that nothing she said could be used
against her. and Mr.. Con said the Com
mitfaa Onlv had n feeling of Dlty Tor
such women.
Tells on Mrs. shaw.
Then Mrs. Clinton said that Mrs. Shaw
had kept the house Of il-fame at 1ea
West Twenty-fourth street for nine
J years. and IT had been raided o or
Mrs. Shaw, she said. was very wealthy
and kept carriages and horses. She had
always ten girls In the house but since nee
only been six girls in the house.
Mrs. Clinton had never seen Mrs.
Shaw pay any money to the police, but
ing among the women who kept such
houses that money was paid for protec-
ton, and she supposed Mrs. Shaw paid.
II collected all The money taken in
Shaw in the morning. She may have
PAID fas p IS Mrs. / shave RsXsr n assfa her."
: she was in Albany when last heard
from her. That was a week ago. Sht
said she was going to P9gshkesosie' n n,
week some time.
"She asked me how the house was
t Getting Ing on "a and d told me to be very care
:. This morning she said Mrs. Shaw wal
) In Europe. and she had not heard from
? her In four months.
|. Mott street. when she offered to come
back and testify, and Mr.. Jerome advised
plant to make against Ward Man Cash
as ne had arrested her on good grounds:
In answer. to Mr., Gon's question; III
. place about five months ago for severa
? weeks, but she came in one night ant
a said it was all right and the house was
= opened again.
e Harry Hill begins His story.
Harry Hill then took the witnes'
8 stand tan and sndw after ter 6 nnas,n adY hs sai by e sen:
: be used against him.. testified that hi
. came to this country in 1850.
You are pretty well known here?'
u $50 the people say"
!, Well, It's a fact isn't it?"
e Yes; ! suppose I'm known all owe
d Mr.. Gor began asking some questions
but Mr.. Hill wanted to tell his pedigree
so they let him go ahead. -.
He said he landed here on WoolseyI
SuBdT uOSh III AStotiu, his poDsho NC
ing paid by Woolsey, on a sailing yes
sci. after q voyage OF six weeks. H.
said that before long he had none!
II enough to go back to England and b.
pefersee at the H~eenan-Sayers fight.
II wasn't under police protection
a then" he said. land could afford to pa
! my own passage" .
- He wanted to tell more about his pedi
y gree, but Mr.. Con led him around an
n he finally got him started on his story
" He opened the place at Houston an
Crosby streets In 1874.
you gave q variety shown"
Eyes. and gave temperance meeting
on Sunday night. l had a theatrlca
license, too. the same as any othe
theatre In the city. / always paid In ad
anc
PoI2eel Uued Him Well for n Tim.
II always treated the police well, AM
they treated me well until after awhile
I tried to keep an orderly place. II
man came to my place looking for hgh
he got thrown downstairs. and the polio
would AXE care OF him. / used to d
the throwing down myself" said Harry
It with some pride.
h The first trouble he had with the pc
IL lice, he said, was when Capt. Murph.
came into the precinct. There were lot
OF good captains before then. and h
never had any trouble with them:
k There were Killilea, Byrnes, Affair
X and Others" he said. land to make l