The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-10-04

rested and charged with keeping a dis
orderly house. and spent Ave weeks In
"Did you try to get bail?"
NO; ! was poor. and knew II was
Of no use, because IL was Cohen who
| put me in"
The records in Mrs. Browns case
showed that she was acquitted. She
denied that she kept a disorderly house,
but said that her house was perfectly
respectable.
Just at this point. President Elbr.dFe 7,
Gerry, Of the ;. +. e. e. doomed UP and
took possession OF the ensire space be-
in his hand, and said he was there to
make n statement in behalf Of the So
ciety OF which he was President OF the
IDENTIFY laboring under some misapprc-
Mr. Gerry was proceeding TO read his
paper when MIR Con rose deliberately
and said ne objected to Mr. Gerry naK-
ing any statement not under oath.
If he viii take the stand. | have no
objection to his making any statement
he may desire. but to an oral statement
very decidedly object"
Gerry on Mrs. trcbitters Case.
Mr. Gerry looked very much sur
prised at this opposition. and said he
mad nothing TO say II he was going to
be shut on like that. but he could not
listen TO an assault against his Society
without making some reply
IAN ! wanted tc state was matter
Of record In this case" and Mr.. Gerry
went on to say that the children had
simply come INTO the custody Of the
Society through a police court, and all
1t had done was to give them shelter.
This woman was convicted" he said,
although she was defended by a we'll
Known lawyer, and the Hebrew
Society has Investigated her case and
consulted with US In the disposition OF
the children"
Mr. Gerry added something more about
the ignorance Of the counsel of the Com
mittec, or he would not have said that
the Society exercised arbitrary. rover
mod9Ee," said Senator Bradley in a con-
clliatOry tone He praised your So
ciety yesterday for Its humane work"
We'll. | only know what have feen in
. the public papers, and then he appears TO
have made an assault upon the Society,
and upon me as Its president, and ]
simply want to corerct the mlsapprehen-
sion that seems to have arisen.
Il dom think we ought to be blamed
for taking care OF few helpless children
and giving them shelter" added Mr..
Gerry.
But suppose these children were com
mitted on false testimony" suggested
Senator O'COnnor
well we didn't prosecute the
woman" replied Mr.. Gerry, who seemed
to think that this settled the question.
Con "Ronsts" the Commodore.
| MIR Con-. who had been leaning
against the table and listening to Mr..
| Gerrys harangue with an amused ex-
preston on his face. finally got II
chance to speak.
| He began, IN a slightly sarcastic tone.
| to alludc to the unnecessary anxiety
exhibited by the learned Commodore.
| because n pun Of air had crossed his
bowsprit yesterday. but said as he
seemed To- com" before the Committee
lay ABOUT him, he would respectfully
suggest that the next time the Commo-
| dore Crulsed In that direction he should
| provide himself with II pilot
Mr.. Goff then repeated what he said
yesterday In regard to the Gerry Society,
and while praiSlng II for it's humane and
| phlanthropic work, ne thought that the
| power II had beyond the authority OF the
| courts, as had been repeatedly decided
! by the Justices OF the Supreme Court.
was too much to he given to any private
| citizen or society.
In conclusion he said: II still maintain
that II IL a dangerous thing to place such
unlimited power in the hands Of any
| man that walks upon Gods footstool."
| There was great applause at this from
| the audience, and Chairman Lexow rap
ped loudly for order.
Ing up " his " SS to sa 10 Mr Gerry na II S S
not, Imagine that ! possessed such I'M
| limited power. but perhaps this attack
has been made upon the Society by the
increase his chances for the Mayoralty."
Wen, Il I'm a candidate look out for
| your craft Commodore" retorted MIR.
| Con, and with these parting thrusts
the combatants were separated.
! Mr. Gerry went away without read
| ing his statement, and when the excite
had subsidized Mr.. Moss went on with the
| examination of Mrs. Brown, the col
| orel widow.
She said that Callahan had offered to
| settle matters with her for $500 get her
out of prison and fix things up generally
with the Captain. but she had declined
the proposition with scorn, and waited
| for her case to he tried, when she Sc.
| cured her acqu.ttal
G"rr' iu"nt Tried BincLmaiI.
incidentally she said she had once beer
| visited by Gerry Society agent while
who mad Threatened to take her children
away from her unless she would pay hin
Il told him to take the children wher
he liked, | wouldn't pay him. He never
| came to get the children"
Miss Lizzie Brown. who .probabl,
weighs several stone more than hel
| mother, was called to Corroborate tn,
attcr's testimony in regard to Gala
hans visits to their house at III WEES
| Eighteenth street. She also told OF tn,
attempt OF Callahan's brother officer tc
Ieaac Poatshak, of III Meeker street
Brooklyn. worker in galvanized sheet
Iron, tod no" he had been doing me
Mercer street, two years ago, when a
wari man came around and threatened
to arrest aim for ohstructng the strcn:
lie was building an awning. He sail
his employ or went around to the station
in Prince street saw the Sergeant and
afterwards paid the ward man SIS not &c
be interfeTcl with.
The witness iii not know the name
OF either the Sergeant or the ward man
In the afternoon the first witness called
was James Taylor. II builder OF POI Mer
Ger street He corroborated the test
mony of Tinsmth Paltischek regarding
the payment of money TO the ward mar
or the Prince street station.
Paid Ward Ian Robinson.
This officers name was Robinson, and
Mr. Taylor SAID he had to pay him s.;
| to allow the work on the awning In
| Washington street to go on.
The officer on the beat told one OF
my contractors that he must see the
ward man, He saw Robinson, who want,
| ed $50. ! said that was too much and
went TO see the Captain. but he was out
The sergeant In charge referred me
to the ward man. whom | found, and
told him that $50 was too much
| That's the best We can do for YOU
said Robinson to me. Finally, however,
II was arraigned that should pay S25
which ! did and the work was allow ed
10 90 on.
The contractors men were arrested
Saturday and held over til Monday, and