The evening world., 1894-06-21
PRICES TRIAL ENDS.
Taking of Testimony Concluded by
the Police Board To-Day.
Important Witnesses Have Myste-
riousIy Disappeared.
Gambling Tools Hastily Removed
from Alderman Parks's House.

The trial OF Police Capt. James X.
station. who Is charged with neglect of
duty In failing to suppress an alleged
gambling den In Alderman Charles
Parks's house at S45 West Thirty first
street. was resumed before the Police
Commissioners at IL o'clock this morn
Ing.
The trial was begun week ago Mon
day. and was twice adjourned because
OF the failure of Capt. Price to produce
material witnesses. The most important
witness. William Stone. who. 1t is
claimed. leased tn" aouse from Alderman
Parks. end his daughter. Mrs. Thomp-
son. who was his housekeeper. mystic
riously disappeared Immediately after it
was positively proven that gambling had
been going on in the house. Subpoena
servers from Police Headquarters
secured the city without success for
some trace OF either Stone or Mrs.
Thompson.
Capt. Price insisted that he, too, had
exercised every power at his command
to find the missing persons. but they
| seemed to have disappeared as COM
pletely as II the earth had opened and
swallowed them.
Another important witness Is Abe
Hyman. who ploted Reporter Sullivan
to the house Neitner Capt. Price nor
| succeeded in locating him. The Com
missioners have had officers out for, a
week hunting for some clue to his
whereabouts, but their efforts, according
to their sworn statements, were pro-
ductive of no better results than those
of Capt. Price and his men.
/ .f rI,z 4
run away Is, in the estimation of the
Commissioners, a matter of very. plain
inference. There was no intention to
prosecute or punish them in any Way
from possible arrest for the purpose Of
! detention. 1t is not believed that the
! parties left the city of their own voli-
ton, but on the contrary, that pressure
! was brought to bear to place them out
of the reach OF the Police Commission
ers.
bling had been going Oh in the house for
place gas exposed by The Evening
desiring desiring the testimony iS my Of Of stone and Mrs. s.
Thompson was to strengthen the case.
The first witness called TO-DAY was
EgSb f. an He 6
know nothing about the place or what
was going on there, and was excused.
who Il prosec8tng the case for the Gom
ns W %heh fS1T cant @ ree FREE
failed to ind in the hs. house and which
there. was actually moved out as soon
as darkness settled after The Evening
James Smith driver for the previous
witness. was, called and testified that he
never moved anything from ~ West
ter place. He also testified that records
of jobs of moving furniture, sc. were
entered IN book * Kept by Nj stons
or Lyman or Scholes, who are alleged to
have been the proprietors of the place,
or that he had even spoken to Capt
Price or talked about the case,
The first witness was recalled by Pres
ident Martin and directed to produce
the books in which the entries OF work
done are made.
Then MIR. Dlandy asked him If he
ever called at Police Headquarters rela- :
tive TO the removal of property from Sii
West Twenty-tirst street to 3i5 West
He Acknowledged that he did after be-
ing subpocnaed, but denied that he
knew what the property consisted or or
nv Weren't you asked for the name of
the driver at Police Headquarters. who
mGyGd d 5u 5 frS% %eS "a %Gs
and didn't you say 1t was John Smith?
II thought It might have been Smith
| NnO removed II.
Then there was property removed, as
"rhere might have been. but I don't
know, because ! only keep records of
Mr.. Blandy failed to get the witness
to say positively that any property
had been moved into sii West Thirty
first street by any Of his men. and ex-
cused him. Smith was sent to the office
for the entry-book. which will be ex-
amined by the Commissioners for some
MOI tnE Of n n
for Alderman Parks from the Twenty
first street house to the alleged gam
bling rooms in West Thirty-hrst street.
President Martin. Commissioner Muir,
ray and Lawyers Grant and Blandy all
asked further questions. The only ma
terlal facts ELECTED were that he had
relative to the. moving of furniture for
Alderman Parks. the second time last
Thursday. during the trial OF Capt
Price.
whose h1Seeadh atiidSvft the Complaint c; was for
you LswSsr sysFr fsomnscn hs nsssa Fy Of Es
change place, Jersey City, out OF $2OO?'
| Mo, sir; there is not a word of truth
The witness then identified number
, of witnesses who had been subpoenaed
by Capt. Price to testify as to his (sulli
van's) character.
J was then called. He said he knew Sui
livan; that his reputation was bad and
, that be wouldn't believe him under oath
} He testified that he had held the Office!
OF sheriff, Jailcr and Police Judge.
What was his reputation bad for?
! asked Mr. Blandy.
play the races and for other purposes
; and never paying 1t back"
"Did he ever borrow any from you
and how much?'
"Yes, about $40 or $50"