The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-12-20


even as captain, to suppress these
houses.
"why?" asked Mr.. Gon.
ITS failing Of the law" replied the
captain.
Captain Allayre said that he report
ed these houses every three months TO
his superior officers. He was not aware
that the houses sold liquors in opposi-
ton to the excise laws.
NEVER SAW ANY MONEY.
We'll. captain" said Mr. Coz "can
you tell us how much money was coll
lected from the disorderiy houses while
you were captain OF the Tenth pre-
cinct?"
II don't know that any money was
collected. l never saw any OF it,
Did you ever ask any OF your men
about it?''
NO, i never did but once and they
denied all knowledge OF tt
Did YOU ever forbid them TO collect
any OF this money!"
Yes. did"
And also forbid them 10 collect mon
ey from gambling houses"
During the last six years that I was
there there were no gambling houses
in the precinct
The captain gave il as his opinion
that the excise law could not be per
fectly enforced in this city because the
police could not know of all the places
where il is violated
How about these disorderly
houses continued Mr. Goff. You raid
ed these houses every once in a while
inorder 10 get blood money. did you
not?"
No, we did not. We raided them in
order 10 drive them away from the pre-
cinct."
FORGOT CHICK MURPHY.
DO you remember the murder Chick
Murphy committed in your precinct -
No; was the man arrested?" asked
the captain.
Il was going to ask that question
myself. replied Mr.. Goff.
Mr.. Gof tried TO call IL 10 the cap
tain's mind by reminding him that Su-
perintendent Murray at the time went
on Murphy's bond. but the captain
could not recall the case. He denied
also that green goods men had had
any headquarters in his precinct and
that shell fakirs had 10 pay for their
privileges.
mas presents he had received from the
liquor dealers in the precinct. the cap
tain replied, None; oh, wait a minute.
/ might have" Then he remembered
that at different times he had receiv-
ed basket of fruit or wines, but he
never knew who sent them.
We'll, now, captain, since you have
been superintendent of the steamboat
squad. have you known anything about
the monthly collections made from the
docket officers?'
mo, l have not. I never heard Of
them until this testimony was given. "
Sergeant Taylor has sworn that he
put into your desk an envelope with
money in il every month. Do you
know anything about that?''
NO. / don't"
Never heard of IL before?"
mo. never did
And all the time you were captain
You knew nothing about this?"
NO, / did not
Captain Allayre was then excused
Hattie Ross, colored, was then called
swore that in 1879 she opened disor-
derly houses in Wooster and West
Third streets. In answer 10 Mr.. Goff' s
question she said she paid the ward
man $40 month for each house. This
was paid TO Wardman Slevein.
Who was captain OF the precinct
at the time?" asked Mr.. Goff
Captain Byrnes, now superintend-
ent"
She also testified that she paid the
same amount of money to Captain
Brogan. She formerly kept 4 house in
the Tenderloin district under Captain
Reilly, but never paid any money there
but once-s25 to Wardman Howard.
She then moved into Captain now in
spector) McAvoy's precinct. She paid
no money there but had to keep very
quiet.
do you mean TO accuse Captain Nc
Avoy of allowing you To run your house
without paying protection money!"
Yes"
You made good deal of money
there did you not?'
Yes. and lost il again"
How"
Gambling"
How much OF your money did Al
get?" asked Mr. Gof.
Al Adams is a wellknown gambler.
Seven thousand dollars"
Adams ran policy shop and the wit
ness said that she lost this amount
keeper of house In the teuderloin dis
trict about six years but I'm all that
time was not arrested. At this juno
ture the committee adjourned until to-
BYRNES EXAMINES PAPERS.
Superintendent Byrnes heard OF the
testimony given against him by John
Marrett few minutes after that wit
ness testified. He Immediately locked
III his dl ppt4Et
-ers and for an hour examined papers
bearing on the matter referred 10 by
Iarrett. Afterwards the superintend-
INT said OF Marrett:
"All he says is untrue except that he
,ame 10 my house under false pre-
lenses. When the proper time comes I
shall tell my story in the proper
place"
Further than this the superintendent
: he Il serrr frNQa
Marrett said before the committee
.oday that he had gone 20 the home OF
Superintendent ByTnes with n letter
or Mrs. Byrnes' which had been
given him by another PaTkhurSt agent;
hat the superintendent took the letter.
-ead Il. took him by the collar. threw
lin into the parlor and forcibly de- {
aimed him there; that Byrncs threat
ned 10 have him imprisoned for ten |
-ears and by force and theats COMPEL +
d him 70 tell all he knew OF the case of /
Charles W. Gardner. another Park |
hurst detective. who had been accused |
4 extorting biackmaIl from one TiIi9e !
-lifton- Marrett also said that Super
ntendent Byrnes had trunped up the |
.ase against Gardner.
Senator LeNow expressed his opinion
hat Superintendent Byrnes had a 1
light 20 extract Information from Mar
EFT. Then the witness said. "He
would have sent me 70 prison except b
or one reason-we were both Masons" 1
Police Captain Schmittberger whose 1
rial on charge Of bribery was today .
- for Jan :. was again arrested tnis ,
fternoon On an indictment; found .
)ct . last charging him with accept
NJ a 500 bribe from August Forget.
gent Cf the French steamship I5ae.
ichrnittbe-zsT's bail o, tire lssf IN
ictmeut was A1ed az s5.760 the same
'ond which he had furnished on the
reFious charge
HUrrOrs % impending arrests Cf high
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