New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-12-20

made special tep,ris 2eoa esm nSm
Q-You made fal-' report about N0. 49, ana 10.
Chry sile-st.. ia you not Al claimed II was nor
Here INC witness wanted to exp.aIn about the
report; but was not allowed 70 40 - ,.. .,c..s law
Q-it was your duty - -e, MT w eN''' ID"
was Observed in your frscnciF ,n,, hal H.
Gut they All sold wn@ AMI beer did th"i
O. 10 YOU plead ignorance n tho fart' !
never knew them 10 have liquors OBJ" "a never
- l4yc yDu am .loa hoN mum money "'~
collected from those lssorl'ry houses III ~ %
% Then ali these witness who sWDrc 90 having
Collected money rom i..,i'rF houses '"''' Do
"'.' w" hre YOU unaware hat in the Eleyen'h Pr
cinct Of which you Hsis ~ II, C'' m5phy rem, or
U.NDo you remember Ward Man Boyer A-Ycs
Q-iie shook hs ringer u your facc and tod, ,.l
you ono that you would 3 out 81 th%' pfer enc,
allowed hin TO say such ming 10 me IN earnest
he might nave said y in Je.'. .,, FAC, ,,o,
he had 4 foxy witness. Ailallc was uniuhled ana
courteous. ana always gave some kind q an answer
answer but il would seem to Suihr'
\ FLOOD or DENIALs.
Didn't Ecycr say you once during dis
pute that as long John J. Oiiricn. head Of The
John j. O'Bren Association. had infuenc" with ne
Police Department. that neither You nor any oih"i
man could get him out? Al don't remember any
90 20 DO YOU mean to say that during all the time
Won were in the precinct you never heard of these
houses being blcd? Al never did. 1t was rumor
Q.-Did you miintain the same policy toward the
gambling houses In your precinct \. lhet' "'rr
no gambling houses IN tndt precinct the last sN
60 b YOU forbid your men taking blackmail?
Ayes: told them to attend strictly to their po-
O-po YOU remember Jake" Shipsey? Ale
wa not in my precinct He kept over the Ho~ery.
Q.-You say there we're no gambling houses IN
your precinct the last six years you were therc!
a None except among the lsrarlites. y Few
played draw poker. But no one could stop thsm.
Do YOU recollect any murders or robberies
In that precinct while you were III command A
Q-Could blood money be paid without your
O."Couid Frank Wilson. your special officer. buy
a $500 tenement IN your precinct without your
knowing anything about II? A.-Yes
Q.-Do you remcmber Spencers saloon on 'he
O-Do YOU remember the murder OF man in
ten named Murphy struck II man the head
with a syphon ana killed hm-do you remember
Q.-Thats what want to know Of y9g cap,
tain You ought to know. Was he arrested Al
You hear Of Spencer being one Of fn sSP% h.
inicndent Murray : bondsfneh' A. ''S' ""o" Nv
Q-And that ne reason for the murder being
Mr. Con- then gave thrilling narrative OF me
murder and of how the body was thrown INTO ne
hallway to prevent IT'S becoming known tha' the
bartender had murdered the man The body was
hurried OFF 10 the Potters field before the man :
host nad f SpeM d"nyrd All this he sad
CURED IN Allaircs precinct.
I'm answer 10 whether "grocngoO1s' men. mer-
| chants Hebrew pc,Ilers and saltwater men wcr"
! not compelled to pay regularly TO the police, the
Wines iaid they we're not. 70 his knowledge.
CHRISTMAS REMINDERS.
Dwell. captain. tell us how many Christmas
presents YOU received from liquor dealers? A-None.
hold on though. Mr. Golf
"That's right. captain" said Mr.. Con. while a
| laugh went around the courtroom. just zen us
aboif few Of those presents. We have the evidence
Tho wines. said that he frequently received
| baskets Of wine and fruit
O-There were collections made for present LOT
| vou were there not? A.-Not to my knowledge
admit know OF any such thing.
..XVcu captain" exclaimed Mr.. Con, what were
YOU doing all those years that you had no knowl.isr
of what was going right around you! A-oh' /
was busy U-aughter) , a.. c,aho.,
O-Since YOU were captain OF the Steamboat
SnIad Won have heard of the men on the docks CIV
Ing M half the money they collected. haven't you
Al saw 1t In this mornings papers Tor the hrst
time. - 49,, ,., ,horoo -
| brilling the men six months In the yeaf
Q.-And those practices continued WITHOUT yum
knowing ANYTHING about II? Ayes. a.,
o. DO YOU remember the presentment OF the
Grand Jury only "A few years ago that you were cor
rupt and unfit discharge the duties or captain Z
Never mind. captain just answer my questions
said Mr. Con 80 i, A.. -....
civilians was linked with you In that present
ment wasn't he? Ayes.
o And those presentment papers nave since oeen