The evening world., 1894-10-10
CORCORAN
THREATENS.
The Clubber Says He'll LAY
For" Quinn and His
LeXoW Witness Friend.
FAKE LETTERS FOR BYRNES.
The Superintendent Paid No At
tention to Complaints Against
Policy Shops.
CAPT. WESTERVELT Is IN 1T.
A Policy Dealer Tells How He A.
forded Protection to Members
of His Craft.

Senate Police Investigating Committee
resumed its work this morning. Con-
trary to general expectations. no promi-
nent Police Department officials were
present
1t was after II o'clock when Chairman
LeNow called the Committee to order
Senators Bradley ana Pound were the
only other members present.
In the absence of Mr.. Goff. Mr.. Moss
opened the proceedings by calling Sam
uel kaufman. tailor's salesman, OF
437 East One Hundred and Nineteenth
street, to the witness stand
Did you hear Policeman Corcoran
testify yesterday" asked Mr. Gotf.
Yes, sir"
Did you follow him out of Court?"
Yes. l saw him go out, and went
uptown with him on the elevated road
from the City Hall station. Another
policeman was with him
Did you hear any conversation be-
tween them?'
Corcoran Threatens Witnesses.
Il heard Corcoran say to his compan-
ion. I'll make those two witnesses as
dead as door nail. I'll lay for them
some night
Those witnesses referred to were
aGeysed ;!yse of Of !S,lubbing?"
Was anything else said?"
Il heard the other policeman say to
Corcoran. Don't talk so loud. You had
better wait till the LeXoW Committee
gets through. Then they joked about the
The witness said that he was men,
Der OF the TaiIor,s Union, which held a
Trefny meeting a6ept eight months ago at
policeman on post said that the mem
bers must take up a collection for him.
We collected about 50 ana offered 1t
to the policeman, who was very mad
because 1t was not larger sum"
.p2. you know the name of the police
NO, I couldn't get 1t, or his number"
Meyer Schoenfeld, of the Tailjrs
Union. corroborated Warfmann's story
man at the Irving Hal meeting, but ne
had never been able to learn the officers
Patrick Kelly. an iron worker, of 1917
Third avenue was the next witness.
He related how one night, about
week ago, he was going. home late, af-
ter having some fun with the boys and
sat down on stoop at Ninety-fourth
street and Third avenue and went to
sleep.
He was reused by feeling some ones
hand in his pocket, and opening his eyes
saw a policeman bending over him. The
officers name he thought was Trurow
Il looked in my pocket and 80 cents
was gone" said the witness, " and / ac-
cused the policeman of taking it. He
pushed and punched me and told me to
move along.
Abused After Being Robbed.
Il went to the Eighty-eighth street
station and reported him, and two nights
afterwards two other officers assault ed
me. kicked and beat me, and finally ar.
rested me. and Justice Burke fined me s.
and testified against me, and / had u'' no no
witnesses.
again he would give me three months"
Captain of the Eighty eighth street sta
.tion. hearing, that he was going to tes-
around an officer to his house, and told
his sister that there was a Job waiting
for him if he wanted it.
Did you go to see the Captain?'
Mr.. Con, who had meanwhile come
IN. called on the next witness, Vernon
H a. Brown, the general agent of the
He said he had held that position for
Did you ever pay the police, of this
'Onlv the sum of $40 week to the
officer who has charge of the dock |
have paid that for many years past"
lis this the general custom with
steamShiB companies having docks in
Yes l think it is. At leas., that is
the rule so far as the passenger traffic
lines are concerned. / suppose the
freight lines do it, too"
Chairman LeXow tried to get the wit
ness TO tell something about the pay
ments alleged to have been made by
70 captains Of the steamboat iiI Squad, sI'i1 bui
$40 weekly.
schmittberger had once come to him
son after he was appointed to the com
mand OF the squad, and had asked him
hot 70 pay any money to the policeman
as his reason that he did not want his
subordinatSs to be receiving money
officer?'' ~ '''e
Mr.. Lemon Mt the French BnII.
"Yes. sir"
young man, who said he attended the
FTeneh ball given at the Madison square
Sarden on Feb. last, He saw there
capt Schmittberser, Inspector MCAvov,
men.
The ball, he said. with the air of a
connoisseur was not up 20 the usual
standard OF liveliness, but stlil there was
good deal Of fun after midnight. II was
mentioned came in and seemed TO enjoy
the fun. 'S'
supt. Byrnes. he said. was in tine wine
room, where all sorts Of orgies were
being held during the early hours OF the
morning. and yet he did not even make
a protest against the lewd conduct OF
the persons assembled there
. william II. Jamouneau, President OF
the Alvin Manufacturing Company. tes-
: tined that in 1891 he was robbed OF
81 200 worth of goods by an employee,
Detective O'Connor, of the Central OF
nee. furnished the information Of the
inert by the discovery of some pawn
tickets on the prisoner who had been
Part of the goods was recovered from
various pawn brokers, after $40 had
neen paid for advances. Then O'Connor,
me witness said, suggested that he
ought 70 get something for his trouble
offered him $50. but he didn't seem
20 thlnr that wa enough. so ] gave him
tn Inoeared to be satisfactory
you paid him the $40. too. that was