The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-07-25


Where is he"'
| Hes in chicago or somewhere"
Where We can reach him. OF course.
| Give me another
Fired t'lman."
| Where Is hc"' demanded Mr.. Well
man. again taking up his memorandum
II don't know what has become Of
! him IL. cot evidence for Defective"
| Mallon against Mrs. rhurow's place In
November, 1898, and was witness on
I the trial" said Hook.
/ Promptly MIR Wellmun tished "A docu-
mcnt from out the heap on his desk
ana passing it over towards the wit
Here's the rec ri Of thai case. SHOW
me, II YOU can. the name Of Freierick
! Imam in 1t a. witness complainant
or IN any capacity. or ten me II any one
Hook locke the paper over and said
he couldn't find u.mans name.
Did Fora Walter pay w mon!hly
man. VITA cool audacity. The reply came
in commonplace tone
Mrs. klaud,r?"
NO. sir"
The Roscnthals?"
no sir. don't know the Eosentnais
oh. yes. | know one of them. bui
never got any money"
Did you ever collect protection money
from SCnwdrtz?''
NO. sir. | arrested him for selling
Deer WITHOUT a IICtllS'.
Yes, and don't YOU know t1at he kept
right on selling beer without license,
and is selling Yet in all probability"
II don't know anything about II. Why.
! haven't seen SGnSartH IN year. ]
don't know ~ he is In business.
Wasn't 1t your business to know after
you hal once arrested hum and he had
been convicted aud punished?
"Well. | believe II Vas; yes. he was In
business Two weeks before was trans
ferrcd," confessed the witness.
questioned about Mollic Burns. Hook
said he could not get evidence against
'Did YOU ever get evidence against any
disoricrly house while you were "ard
YES. a whole lot of EN-. You'll find
'em on the record.
Tel me one.
Hook Gets Ratified.
Hook named one. but qualified his first
statement aud said he sent George Ro-
mer and the station house bootbiack in
to get evidence.
Why didn't YOU use these men to get
cvi1pnc, against Mrs. ThuroH
Mr.. Grant objected that if Mr.. Wen.
man were permitted 10 GO on the trial
might include all the disorderly houses
in the Fourteenth Precinct.
Whereupon MIR WellInan abandoned
that line and demanded abruptly:
How many disorderly houses we're
there iiourisn.ng in that precinct during
tive and Doherty Captain -,
1t was a hard question Hook hest
tated. Then he replied:
There were those We raided. rms
pleased Grant. but the witness added:
There weren't airy.
That's all" said Mr. Welman, com
fortab.y: ~ nj,
got more than 1000 years sentences
in the aggregate against people he had
arrested during his career as a police
man
Commissioner Murray asked questions
whica brought out that in claiming 3i5
arrests in ten months. Hook counted al
The inmates caught IN III 'msy raids ann n,
other members OF Capt. Dohertys squad
Mir. Wellman prodded the edward
man sharply. and he said he had always
kept record of every arrest he ever
made, but when the prosecutor called
upon him to produce II he said ne had
left IT at home. never thinking that he
Then h. said the first raid led by him
was In January, 1882. 1t was found that
this was II gambling house. and all the
Another raid-this time Of lisorderly
housc-all disch rged. Was tnat because
you didn't produce any evidence de-
anded Mr.. Wellman.
MIR. Tromme objected, and the question
was Withdrawn to give place to this:
WAS It not the fact that this raid was
made because you had Just become war1
man. that then you made your bargain
for protection with the proprietor, ana
then proper evidence for a conviction
was withhell?'
Hook denied the inslnua ton.
Explain how 1t was that you ana
Smith. heing unknown In Frank M"los-
SOS house, 2oS East Twelfth street,
were abb. to obtain evidence ON which
to swear out "A warrant, but wer. not
able to secure CONVECTION" Mr. Well
man asked.
capt. Duherty Gets Excited.
Hook couldn't tell. Mr.. Grant oh
jected, The question was ruled out.
Capt. Doherty was much agitated, and
fahlly hlurted out:
lie can't tell: but ! can. The r"a-
son Their" was no r%nNlrtlon rs because
holed down in Mr. Wellman's District
Attorneys office"
President Martin mildly cautioned the
"You viii have an opportunity pres
entity"
Il cant keep still, Mr.. President.
! This IT, an outrage ON this poor man
pointing his fan towards Hook.
MI W.llman was not rraah"l by this
outburat, He shovel from thu I'll tier
that Mu!,Sso's peoD.e wrr. discha,sel
I IN Special Sessions, thr case never hay
Ing gone ln;o the hands of the District
/ Attorney n ali. Then, vita bland
smile { conten;m"nn he released the
/ Nl,HtSs.
M,ssrs Grant and Frommc Contcntcd
! themselves With very Few INQUIRIES,
| TO which liock mad. reply that he Obj
| tliu"d warrants Ion these raids on the
sumo evidence Submitted at tne trials,
| auI that h- never withheld any t"sii-
I mUny IN his knowledge, nor in any way
! shielded or protected amy oIf"nu'r.
Cam. Dohrrt>'s instructions.
/ Serst. G-uTg" l.I"n,rs. of the Four
/ lr-ntn, was tn, frs, witness O' IN" after
! nOOa session, lie told Of the genera! in
StruCtions given ur Capt. boh'rtN re-
rdTlirg Alr~. rhUInw's huuse. y second
bNauuN,. lie was On duty Feb, Il. lsG,
, and wa nusitiv. tnat Mrs, Thurow did
not Nisi' H. station That day, as shr
had testified lie recalled a visit Of Mrs.
ThurDN GA another day. perhaps Jan T.
On" " the DAYS she mentions
/ "ll was or i in the afternoon sail
the Sergeant. Il heard the Captain say
IN 4 ioad voice. YOU have Ebt 10 get
oI' of % Second avenue and out OF tus
precinct "
Mr.. We!msn drew III, that Scrs;, Liet-
! crS first heard the captain Instruct me
platoon wach Mr-. Thur1w's in the
latter part OF August, 1895, lie hal
known Augusta ThurJw year or m re
before that. He had seen her three OF
four times in Tia" staiian-hJuSe and
several times on :he street lie knew
her as the proprietor Of the res RI % SEC
ond avenue, and tina; she was not "a real,
estate owner. We; he accepted her a BAL