The evening world., 1894-10-03
WITH H0CHST|M, COT HER SIS
Then the Edward Man and Ward
Heeler Divided the Ill-Gotten
Blsod Money.
ACCUSED CHAS. PLACE IN VAIN. f.
The Oppressed Weman's Pitfful
Appeal for Her Children visibIy
Affects Senators.

The old Part Ill General Sessions
Court room. which Is the headquarters Of
the Lexow Committee, presented strik-
Ing contrast this morning to the scene
OF yesterday.
The army of clubbers had disappeared.
and not n single bluecoat was to be seen.
In place of the array of ruffians, con-
victed OF brutal assaults upon unoffend-
ing citizens, the witnessbox was barely
filled with group of anxious-lookfng
women, who looked as II they might
have had some unpleasant dealings with
the police. and were dreading the ordeal
for which they had been summoned.
One OF them carried in her arms
small child. whose continual wailing she
was unable to still. Mrs. Caela Urchit-
tel. whose pitiful story Of oppression was
told to the Committee at it's last session.
was one of the group. She has not yet
been able to get back her children. who
were taken from her by the ward men
of the Delaney street station, where
she was arrested and locked up because
she could not pay the tribute de-
manded.
Mr.. Moss said before the session be-
gan that he proposed to follow up Mrs.
Urchitters case to-day, and several
others of similar nature.
More Policy Oppression Evidence.
1--WE have a plethora Of these mat
ters," he said, land we shall only select
some specimen cases to show the Com
mittee in what form police oppression is
exercised in this direction. We could not
possibly bring out everything We have
In the way of evidence of this charac-
ter"
He had big pile Of police-station
William Schultz. of the Delaney
Eakins, Of the Mercer street station,
came in before the work began. and
Senator O'Connor called the Commit
to edsr r. the sraseS OF
and Robertson being the other mem.
bers present. Mr.. Con was not present
at the opening.
dence a chattel mortgage, executed ~
David Kronman, for so, on furniture In
his house at lS4l Third avenue, In sup
port of Kronman's testimony given Mon
The first witness called was John H.
Welch. a jeweller In Greenwich street.
Hickey came to him a year ago and tried
to make him pay for a sign which hung
above his awning In the street -
there longer than the brass buttons "a
your coat, Hickey" said Mr., Wel9n
AFTER that they bothered me about The
o %1n 81 me" "''
Mrs. UrchitteIs Arrest.
The next witness was EDWARD Man
Ambrose w. Hussey Of the Delaney
street station, in which precinct Mrs.
Urchittei lived. He is now at High
Hussey testified that there were very
few disorderly houses in the precinct
which he had left He had made about
ten complaints while ward man an there.
Wctions. He admitted that he had ar.
rested Mrs. Urchittel on the night OF
May 10, 1888 on the complaint Of one
Ward Man Edward shalvey was with
him when the arrest was made. ana
took her to the station.
The witness said he had never de-
manded any money from her, as Mrs.
Urchittel had testified. and knew Of no
one who had asked her for money;
man tbs ns s1reet 'G knew Mps urcSitte
This man Block told me Afterwards
that Mrs. Urchlttel had paid money to
N t Place. alsv sad H Rnssge' named
rs Mr.. Place in courtT asked MT
Moss.
A good-looking young man rose up IN
the audience and was Identified by Po-
liceman Hussev as Place. He said he
now lived at Plainfield, N. j.
Hussey said that Bloch was formerly
employed by him as a stool pigeon. His
examination was interrupted at this
point by Mr.. Con. who had come In
with District-Attorney Fellows.
Mr. Con said he had an important
communication TO make AFFECTING the
District Attorneys office. He recalled
the fact that the Committee had been
hampered during its early sessions by
the fear of witnesses that they would
be indicted, arrested and railroaded to
State prison II they came forward to
testify, and that Col. Fellows had APP
peared before the Committee and guar
anteed that no witness of the Committee
would be interfered with.
81 want 10 say" said Mr.. CON, that
Col Fellows has carried out his promise
faithfully, and far from interfering with
our witnesses he has placed the maehln-
cry OF his office at the disposal OF the
Committee In securing indictments
against witnesses who have refused 10
testify. l say this In justice to the
District-Attorney's ONCE, and to show
his attituds towards this Committee.
"If any OF our witnesses have been
interfered with Il has not been by. the
District-Attorney's once. Col. Fellows
also promised that no prosecutions
would be Instituted against persons Inn