The evening world., 1894-04-05

once stood trial on n charge of perjury,
but ,Wishart added, that he was "tri-
How many houses of i'll repute hav
you visited since o entered the employ
Of DR.. ~Parkhurst's Society last Fall?'
II really couldn't tell. They began
Sent: 20, and there have been so many
| really can't remember how many.
Might be a hundred; might be more"
The detective testified in a slow. delib-
crate way as II rapid speech were i'm
possible for him. He said that he al
ways took memoranda when visiting a
disorderiy resort of the names Of he
proprietor and inmate if he could get
Them; the number of the house, when
he could; noted down ,t the sc nn m "f tp Sa
transactions within as would be service
able as evidence of the character OF the
place.
again OF his visit in company with A. r
Wilson and Edgar A.. Whitney, W other
Society agents, to the house 81 Eldridgt
,tds ia a I few d 10 ssn freq e 49, tss P %hen t fss,
Devery was indicted for permitting the
house to continue its unlawful trafhc.
about the only evidence of the character
Of the house obtained on this visit, and
Wishart admitted that he did not IN,
form the police nor enter n complain,
| against liz pidNNp oiiN Vac"
Col. James.
Front Door Was Wide Open.
Mr.. Weeks got W,ishart to say that be
visited at least twenty-five resorts u
Capt. pevery's precinct, and that OF
three different visits to the place .
Eldridge street he found the front 400
might la entered had 1t ever occurre'
TO his innocent mind that the law wa
being broken In the place.
John II. Lemon, another or the fark
hurst agents, and one of the officers VIII
We're rudely treated by a gang or tough
In Capt. Devery's precinct, was the neN
witness. He lives at lS2 East one HUI
dred and Twenty-third street, and ha
been an agent of the Society for the Ere
vention of Crime since May last;
He related that he visited 81 Elarldg
street May q with a man named FRANKS
- asked If the girls We're m, co''t az
went in ard found nine young WON"
there. We had drinks. | paid for then
Grace WEIGH receiving the money. o
the door-plate / had noticed the nam
'Nordlc,' but one Of the girls told me IN
madame's name was Grace Welch. !,
Lennon CAV a detailed account OF IN
Incidents of the visit. 1t left no ROOF
ior doubt regarding the character c
the place. even If 1t had not already bee
judiciully classified by the conviction {
W - 49, 49,
on Rlackwelrs Island.
There were many subsequent visits
me house, and entrance was as easy d
TO any hotel or public barroom.
O one visit one of the young me
wanted to play on the piano. but, Graf
Welch wouldn't let hin because she ga.
The Captain of the Precinct had notlnt
her that she must be more quiet, sa1
the witness
Such Testimony Wasn't Above
Col, James objected vociferousiy
the admittance of this testimony, al
Justice O'Brien promptly struck 1t on
as hcarsay. The same fate befeli Len
ons statement that he visited the u
out a warrant for the arrest. of Ora,
WEIGH and prosecuted her tn she wa
convicted Nov. 10, 1893. and fined $50.
Under cross-eXamination Lemon ga,
ne was reared in Youngstown, D., Whel
Re was manager of the Miller Hous
ne was In Youngstown TIL ten yea
ago, In 1854 he came to New YORK al
mas been a detective fourteen years e
v,ssdpt that for a time he had a bakery
IVY Lexington avenue, this city. !.
LCol. James asked Lemon to describe q
c~haracI"r OF his detective work; -,
VI never took a divorce case IN my III
Ny work was shadowing, looking
Characters and like that, ha
WUTkei in Ohio, Illinois penns!
States, My first employment as a q
Insctly" against women was given me
Ut Iarkhurst's Society"
On then prior to your engageme
W Or, ~Parkhurst's Society you comm
koo9fSrlf to spying upo men, ask
|gl James, with n sheer.
..Lem9n admitted hat he had be
Solged to use many aliases and to {
Se,Ve people about his business.
soouFht employment of the Parkhul
ssr1cciety, and receives $50 n week and
commissioners MncLean Interest,"
,%bpolce Commissioner MacLean, I
morn in the side of the Tammany pol
nnser' stole into the court chamber,
iTrU"oh, took a rear seat. made himself
smvohspiCuous as possible and lister
"TttIillLely to the testimony.
,bn ~, James pursued n line of inquI
mdt implied that Witness Lemon h
SSiIt'charged the Society In his expei
S H. and asked questions as IL the sto
1tseoh "Franks' had turned agail
s%rrHthoh, and was posting" Capt, d
W.T. lawyers on the methods or
rSNow don't you remember Il
) SS,anks's' name was Benjamin Eft.
~sF' asked Col. James, after tryl