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

ihcse dIslcpu'abe places. Thereby rlyIng 90 eNcry
citizen the protection which the laws OF this state
entIuc him. Yours truly, CHI HARDY.
The reading of the two letters pro-
voked roars of laughter from the spec
Ia tors in which the Committee and the
witness Joined.
The latter stated that they were con-
cocted by his assistant, who was
young college man, and whom he be
lieVed TO be the smartest young man In
the city.
LAS a result OF the second letter." said
Majewski. "Smithy, the ward man. came
around few days after. and said that |
| the Captain had a suspicion that l had |
been sending letters downtown;
Il asked him what made him think |
mad been to see Byrnes and the lattei |
had shown him some letters which were
in almost the same handwriting as the
| ones | had written to the Captain.
Il told him he was all wrong and
| that | had never written the letters
An adjournment was taken at this
point.
The Policy shops SIN Running.
After recess N1ajewski took the wit.
ness stand again. and stated that all
| four of the policy shops about which ne
had written to Supt. Byrnes, were still
in operation in fun blast. The place
which he had been running, however,
| was closed up.
The other places are now run by diff
ferent hackers, and not all by Morton,
as formerly. The witness said that he
|
shops. liquor dealer in First avenue
| had also won money in shop at 2O3S
First avenue. He produced number
OF policy slips, which were examined
by the Senators with much interest and
! curiosity. The liquor dealer had given
his slip to the witness to collect for
| him.
Sept. % Majewski said he went to see
Parker, the hacker, to try to get the
money. Parker refused to do this, and
struck the witness. abusing him with
Afterwards Parker offered him SEQ, but
Majewski said he told him he wanted
the 500 or none at all. Co., r
! Il then went to see Supt Byrnes and
told him that j had winning slip on
which ! could not get the money, and
asked him what to do.
cinct 1t was AMI told him Capt. Wester-
your money"
Il told him the policy headquarters
were at 29S Elizabeth street, and he
called in two detectives and told them
to so with me TO the place to get evil
them and waited at the Mott street
entrance for fifteen minutes, while the
other man went to the front of the
hal and spoke with some men,
Then we went to the policy headquar-
ters, but found no one there. ! saw one
OF the men belonging to the policy head,
ONCE. One of the officers with me
"Kt the headquarters of the policy men
the door was locked, and a watcher
was stationed outside. He said there
, was no one inside.
II then reported to Inspector Will
; Jams"
3 Ibid you know Williams"
e "Oh yes. l had known him for years.
o Ever since he was in the Thirtieth street
station. ! have been around to all the
J., gambling houses and other places and
- seen all the curiosities."
y You regard Inspector Williams as one
: of the curioslties?'
e Police Worse than Siberia.
e The witness shrugged his shoulders
( He related an experience with the police
years ago. at which he said the police
- had treated him worse than he hao
4 been treated in Siberia, when he was an
i | exile there. They had beaten and
Q choked him and robbed him of s.
Williams was Captain Of the precinct
where he was taken, and he remembered
q that the Captain told him never to rur
foul of the police again or he would be
killed.
a policy, and when had told him he SEN
+ for Capt. Westervelt When the latte
n came in he and Inspector Williams hac
a talk in the corner. The Captain CAV,
y the Inspector a cigar.
= afterwards the Captain came anC
d spoke to me and told me to come tc
IS about getting evidence about the places
d | had reported"
/. Did you go up them
e into the lions den 1t was after tina
IS that l saw Parker, and he offered ms
r $50 for my hit, which called for 500"
y The policy slips shown by the witness
s. were dated as late rs Oct. 6 and 7. Ir
g answer to Senator Bradley he said tn,
police used TO come In every day anC
IS play policy in his shop in One HUNDRED
= and Nineteenth street. 1t made no diff
e ference whether they were In uniform o.
It not Frequently they would be allowed
Is TO hang up their accounts.
10 by policy men for protection goes?"
q ITO the Captain. Usually the war,
man collects It, but sometimes the Cap
r tain VII, go around and get the none,
What Captain did you ever see col
n lecting money!
le Doherty Did His own Collecting
1T Capt. Doherty. lie came to the head
quarters one night and saw Pete Ware
n. What did Ward do?''
n. Z" He handed over the Doodle"
" " And you saw the Captain take it?
to Yes, and Ward said to me; There
did you ever hear of policy men be
ing E arre yafd naov.
a. What is usually done with them?"
az but sometimes they are fined"
,T When there have been complaint
20 against policy shops and the Captain {
Il precinct wants to make a record. tn
Id policy writer will get some one TO 6
and sit In his shop and be arresteC
r. Then when he IL taken to court non
= Of the compliments will be able
"a Identify him as the writer and he wi
ne be discharged.
m This practice Of arresting dummie
20 the witness said, was very Commo
VI whenever there was any agitation
the newspapers against policy shop
he II showed that the Captain was actiN
in in making arrests, and that satisfied Il
he public. The fact that the dummies we
to discharged at court was never heard o
Those police arrests are only a fake
ne said Majewski.
nut There is no attempt then to conce
'se the pOlicy-shop from the police. Tn,
know where the deals are made al
pt. where the slips are wrltten?" ask,
to Chairman LeXow.
les THAT'S right" replied Majewski.
and instead OF making arrests IN,
,rs stand in the way OF the arrest OF Il
ere polio" mem
j. Yes sir
of Mr.. Con- wanted Majewski to give I
the policy slips he had played this we,
{, and last week, but he objected /
ne didn't mind giving up the old ones, no,