New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-09-11

Captain Meakim again in the drugstore at ,ne
corner of One hundred "a nd-six teenth-st. ana
man. and Hawkins and McNally. Then went to a
telegraph operator in one hundred-and-sixtee
ST. where there was female operator we ""''''
Q-How much were you TO pay her? A:Iri LILY
t toward this Is.'''' ,ou,.
O.~What was the woman's name? Al don
know. sir She lives there with her mother ne nSr
mo.her has y sort Of candy store, and the dauSn-
! ter has charge Of the operating
HOW TELEGRAPH OPERATORS HELP.
o-Generally speaking, was that ARRANGEMENT
made with all telegraph operators who did busi-
ness with you? A.-fes.
-Q.-What was this operator to do? AIShe was
20 keep any telcgramS that might come rom ,ne
victims 10 fictitious addresses one night mr.
mother came down to Dolph Sanders az O'Clock
tim said he WAS coming at 8 o'clock. and she took
this presautlon, she said otherwise the aRpoht,,
many Of the teegrsms directed to No. .2s West
one hund an1-sixteenth-st, vacant iott said
he had ONCE at the Bowcry ana Grand-st'' next
took the stand ~.
men having Geographic messages addressed to that
office? Al presume DO. .,,no-.,, %
vacant lot? Al have not had that 9xperiehcS;
have receT one Ne Or r., ' E0 addressed in care OF
Q.--To whom Al don't know; to three or four
pOp"Read No. 1877 Bowery. was one Of them? A..
Yes. Sir Read. | understood to be employed by
McNay but was not t sgegoSyai
KNEW MNALLY WOULD PAY UP
A-What bill is that? thandng witness a BILL
A.-They said Mr.. NcNally would pay the bill and
let the bill
Q-Was the bin furnished at the instance and
with the cognzance of the company? A.-No. rather
at my own instance; took the risk OF letting It
run. relying upon Mr.. McNally to see that 1t was
paid. ~.
Q.,-Dd the company know about these .se dis
patches? Al suppose so: telegrapheh me COM
pany about any dispatches which were sent III th's
senator O'Connor-Dll they know they were aid.
ing and abettng a crime in sending dispatches OF
that kind? Al don't know. presume they did
William Apologize again took the stand: and de-
scrlbed how the victims were steered 70 Hawkinss
barroom. and how the "come-9ns and the guys
and all the others were made to perform p tnstr
part They were brought first sqmetmes 10 ,efh
ave; Farrelrs. One-hundred and Isl
and Eghthave and to Csusens 20 me
turning joint which was Ha"kinas; wnere f nuy
wsnb. the witness ahded -FOUR
Q-Why did You move away? A.-Comralnts
were made TO the captain about "green-goods men
hanging around there.
WHAT MIR. FOSTER WROTE.
Frederick r. Foster. Of No. 50 wall-st.. was the
ncxt witness He said he was The owner or some
property in the neghborhood Of OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
sixteenth-st. and the agent had tod MIN II
was depreclatlng in value on account OF the green
goods" men and the noise and tuinult IN Hawkins :
barroom every night The witness sara ne "rVte
a letter 10 Commissioner Mclean, In when ne stu
other things The captain IN ny din n,s
Is not fitted for his position. and requested some
Thing to be done soon after this, Mr.; Foster sad
tie nuisance abated, and the greeh-goouS
men away. , -
William Appiegate was again recalled and re-
sumod his testimony. lie identihed Detecoivss
up. and added that when they left HAWKINS 'hey
moved to Days saloon . , om,o
The Wiiness-G found two or the 'en,ral olI0g
men in McNally's house. where my SISTER, anu
time and paid money police officers and captains
and to men from the Central once
WHAT A STATES RIGHTS BOX IS.
App,egate then produced the paraphernaiia OF the
"bunco-stcersrs trade. which consisted or the
usual brick piles 81 green paper a lot OF TIN boxes
and other boxes called dummies" all Of winch, ne
said belonged to McNal.y and had seen much ser,
vice RE described the old-time trick ana staFt'sn
Mr. Gofr the committee and the spectators wren ne
referred fondly to what he called the state 's"''
box. .-.-.o,.
whats that said Mr.. Cor in astonishment
"A states rights box" answered the witness
,r,Imphant,v ''c0gis the guy $3.50 OF good money
Tor which he Is supposed 10 get $1,000 but IN teaity
he gets only this'-ard he NJ 20 an on o'''" Wy
amid tho uproarious laughter of everybody.
"Ru' the States rights limited MI. G"fi .
ION that means" said he, that we guarantee 10
rho iav Who buys sio-. worth that we VIII sell no
more II anybody in Ms state ,- l., ,,, ,ho
'rhcre was another burst OF laughter In when the
witness himself joined and then the comuittee az
iourned until 10 80 O'Clock this morning with Apple
g,ta's testimony still unfinished. Inc sergeant-at-
arms was Instructed 70 deputize Thomas Carney 70
take the witness in charge