New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-07-25

A-No. was known I went back in an hour put
the girls yn ran n 9"ay rGm 10 e any evidence did
J Is one aS Ssan'e you had you didn't take
Q~Would it surprise you to know that only yr zen
or twelve arrests were made from No q Secpnu,
ave. in 1885? A-Yes. I made forty arrests there
myself have list here
Mr. Wellman-Let me see It.
THE LIST OF ARRESTS DW1NDI,ED.
Mr. weyman looked at the lis, carefully. and then
asked Mccarthy 70 identify the entries in the Dot
ter After half an hour spen, IN fencing ana eN-
p.ain.ng Mccarthy admitted that only two OF the
forty names on the list girls from Mrs lhu-
rows house. The others belonged elsewhere NC
Carthy's original story that many OF Mrs ln"-
rows girls gave their residences at other places
than No. q Second-ave but he soon abandoned 'ha'
contention under Mr.. Wellmans scrutinzhs queS
tons
Francis J. Hughes. another patroman. testihed
that ne was stationed In front OF Mrs lhuro"
house by Captain Doherty. with Instructions 20
prevent people from going out and in. lie had
also tried as n detective in citizens cIothes' 10
get evidence against the house. He had arrested
many girls on the stoop Of No % Second-aVe ne
would ride In n Second-ave. car In front OF the
house. jump off and arrest "a whole lot nj once.
Mr. Wellrnan wanted know how many ne had
arrested al once He thought IT was two. and
thought he had taken four or five on OCCASIONS
Mr. Wclrnan set Hughes to looking at the blot
ter TO find the record Of one OF these occasions
Hughes said that he had a list Also but ne
had left il at hcme." 1T wasn't correct anyhow
Hughes had been in a room apart when Mc'ar-
thy had his list discredited but In some mysteri-
GUS way lie managed to avoid the difficulty INTO
which Mccarthy had fallen. lie couldn't find the
record of any occasion" which he had arrest
ed more than two girls ut one time
Henry Cohen. another policeman. said he was
attached to the Fourteenth Precinct under Cap
tain Doher;y. He had seen Captain DO
hertv watching the house. The police made
great efforts to arrest the women of Mrs.
Thurow's house but they met great difficulties
as watchers would give alarm Of the approach
of a policeman Captain Doherty had conhded 10
Cohen also his earnest desire to close up Mrs
Throws house. Mr.. Cohen tried real hard to
get evidence against the house. but he failed.
@ Gy MIR. Wellman)-You knew that the house
kent bv Mrs Thurow disorderly? Al did
saw men going into it with women almost every
Q'~And IT continued dsorderly all the time Cap,
tain Doherty was there? Al was ~ ior Two Two
months | know that il was disOrderly all the
Mr. Weiiman-That will do.
Lizzie Meyer a typical Bowcry girl. with nm OK
aggerated figure n white hat with rooster
feather in H. and an ATE Ward accent. was
next called. "She knew Mrs. THROW. See. She
read In de papers dat Mrs THROW had told de
Iexow Committee dat she TO de station-house
on January sxt nnety-tree, when Mrs. THROW
went dere TO see Dc capt'n. She wuz Twin now at
was 10 de station-housc but wunst, and dat was
on January g. 1898. She gave her name as Kate
Miller dem
Mr.. Wellman's cross-examination brought ont
plainly the exact status OF the witness.
O--When YOU read about Mrs Throws tcsti-
n0nv In the papers what did you DO? Al went
10 de capt'n ! fought IL wuz best fur me 10 do II
Q.-Why was II best for YOU A-Wel, Il didn't
make no difference to me- only know Mrs. TIL
row didn't tell Dc trut.
O.-Wel what did the captain tell you 20 do
Ale told to 70 to de office OF his lawyer,
Mr. Fromm".
O-Vhcn You were arrested were YOU hailed ont
or locked up? Al was taken downstairs TO II
cell
DIDN'T YOU know there are no cells for women
at The Fourteenth Precinct house Al don Know
Q-Were you drunk? A little, not much.
though.
Q.-Was anybody arrested with Won? A-No.
O-Who told You 10 take the name Of Kate
Miller or Muller. and testify 10 all this? A-No
one 80
We'll. now l VIII read from the blotter: Kate
Muller was arrested by officer Cohen on January
% lsa2 at H. 81 p m together with TWO other girls
She was taken - the Thirteenth Precinct Station
House" Now somebody told you 10 testify here
that you that Kate Muller. but omitted TO tell
YOU about these other things On the record, didn't
he2 40.
Mr. Wellrnan-Thai Will DO.