New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-08-17
THE MONEY FOR DEVER1.
HOW MRS. SANFORD WAS "BLED" WHEN
HE COMMANDED THE PRECINCT.
oLENNoN WAS THE WARD MAN TO WHOM
SHE PAID $sOO-coNT1NUATIoN OF THE Pc
LICE TRIALS - INTERESTING DISCloS-
UREs OF THE ACCOUNT BOOK KEPT
BY ONE OF THE VICTIMS

URES OF THE ACCOUNT BOOK KEPT
BY ONE OF VICTIMS
OF BLACKMAIL
The trials Of policemen who are accused oil nav
ing blackmailed keepers OF dsordery houses In the
Eleventh Precinct east of the Bowery. were con-
tinued at Police Headquarters yesterday |Ap'H'"
William S. Devery, who was In command Oh tlie
precinct last year, was still IN MS hoihe' a' w 30
West Twenty-eighth-st. keeping up the appeaia'i
Of being too III to stand trial. but his trial went on
tust the same No counsel appeared for nm yes
terday, and no message from him was 'aheh "
the Commissioners who listened 10 'he e''ue".'
against him. Policeman Edward Glennoh' beNei! .
former ward in the precinct, was present Ill
uniform but he had nothing to say wheh 'ne o"s
in which he and Devery Joined was being con-
sidered His lawyers. Friend Il House kept up
the farce of ignoring the proceedings VINE" i'' '''
was under way and then bobbing up wneh the case
of Policeman James Burns IN "i'ch "o' " 49,
retained resumed 49,
Tho main witness Yesterday Mrs. Rhoda
Sanford. who formerly kept disorderly house III
the Eleventh Precinct and 1t took fer no .o"s ~
tell her story In direct and cross EXAMINATIONS !"
the Devery and Glennon and Burns cases ''"'
there was no testimony in the case Of captain CrosS
who was present with his counsel ana reau! 10
take his turn in the charges by which the cases
are being tried separately. while Inc "itleSS 'o9"
fes In each In turn Mrs. Sanford in her 'es''"ohS
against Burns brought in the name OIL inspector
Mclaughlin who captain OF the EeFeh'h iie-
clnct when Burns was the ward man there pu'
the witness did directly mplicate the inspector
and said she did not him when he was III the
precinct. ,.,
Police Commissioners Marin. Murray. kerwin
and Sheehan resumed the trials at lo:5o a. H.
the trial room at the Central Office being crowded
with men, Assistant District-Auorneys Weiimal
and Osborne. the pfosecu .ors, sat at the iei' oi
the Commissioners, and near tnem were captain
Cross and his counsel. Hess q Mcoletahd' Nj
Jerome of counsel for the LeXow Commit'ee' SAT
In the rallied space near the reporters ana wa'cheu
the proceedings.
MRS SANFORD'S CHANGE OF FAITH.
Mrs Rhoda Sanford, the stout widow win
bleached hair WHO prominent witness ne
fore the Lexow Committee in June. was the first
witness yesterday, and she first sworn in the
cases of Devery and Glennon. Mr.. Hess objected
when she was sworn. saying that as witness be-
fore the Lexow Committee the woman mad de-
clared that she did not believe in the Bible
II do believe in the Bible now" said Mrs San
ford and she was allowed to take the oath. The
witness testified that she formerly kept the mouse
at No. "a Bayard-st.. having opened II Tor I'M
moral purposes on February u, 1892 On May 10
of the same year she arrested by captain
Cross and the house closed for two months
In September she was fined $50 in court but she
paid only SIS to a man who fixed" her case. Her
house kept open during the winter she saiu'
and she was carrying on her business 'here OPEN!
when Captain Devery TOOK command vi inc fie-
cinct In February. 1923. In the summer OF that
year Glcnnon. the ward Nnan went to the mouse
and told her that she must carry on her business
quietly for time. Then she kept the chain ON the
front door. DR.. Parkhursts agents were acNve IN
the precinct at the time She knew GIenhon wen
then. Soon after Devery took command OF the
precinct Glennon went to her house she said, ana
introduced himself as the captains ward
man. The conversation. she remembered it,
was
81 am the new captains ward man. suppose
you know what am here for
..Oh my! again? Well. how much is t?'
"You must pay $500 down and 500 month II you
run this house.
isn't that a lot Of money!?
"Well. We are not doing the other captains
did. pull the houses first
She tod Glennon. she said, that she did not have
so much money the time. and she asked MIN to
wait About six weeks later she paid the 500 10
him.
THE ACCOUNT-BOOK TRANSLATED
Mr. Welman produced the account-book which
she had kept at her house. and which. as she de-
clared before the LeXow Committee. had been stolen
from her by an agent OF DR.. Parkhursts society
Mrs Sanford testified that she had been an unwill-
ing witness before the Lexow Committee, ana she
had been shocked greatly when she had been con
fronted with the account-book by Mr.. Con- In her
testimony before the committee. she had trled as
hard possible TO protect the police. she Hehu-
&.
date OF April q. 1885, and said 1t was record OF
the $500 which she had paid Glennon for Captain
Devery "C"' meant captain. Where the letters
"W NJ" appeared in the book. she said, they meant
ward man, while "W. s" meant Ward Man Smith.
s'Man Shark stood for any policeman VINO went TO
the house and asked for money. Officer also APP
peared in the book. and meant police. The witness
stated that she frequently had given small sums of
money to the patrolman on post in the street BE
fore she paid the $500 Glennon she said she had
paid 800 to him for March and April, and in the
accountbook. under date OF April l. 1870 was iouiu
the entry "W. NJ. 800
The witness told of a number OF disorderly houses
in Bayard-st, which were kept open in Captain
Deverys time
Mrs. Sanford then sworn again as wilt
ness against Policeman Burns. and Mr.. House
made his usual objections. which were overruied
The witness testified that she had seen Burs three
times The first time was soon after she op sa5
the house No. "a Bayard-st, on FEBRUARY IL, lo1@.
TRYING TO PICK OUT BURNS.
Mr. House demanded that Mrs. Sanford be re.
oured TO identify the policeman. who was seated
among other men In the rear OF the triaroom
Mrs Sanford walked passed the rows OF benches
once without recognizing Burns. who sat with down.
cast eyes and half averted face. All the men were
ordered TO stand up as Mrs Sanford continued her
search Burns stood with his chin held up high and
eyes nearly closed. Mrs. Sanford passed him twice
rs West Fourth-st. man who looked like
Burns Mr.. wellman later had ConIin and Burns
that the two resembled each other IN appear
ance although the witness had failed to IDENTIFY
Burns Mrs Sanford said 1t was the first time she
had seen Burns In uniform. .
Soon after she had opened the house IN Ba I
st in February 1892 Mrs. Sanford testified Burns
came TO see her and asked why she had begun bust
mes there without consulting the captain she re-
fhe precinct Burns told her that she must pay
500 down and s25 a month. You are lucky to get
OF so easy" she remembered Burns had said
"Other captains want $500
She did not have $500 ready she said but she paid
<h. roonev 10 Rurns later The witness said she
did not any captain in the precinct while Burns
Was the ward man there. and thought no captain
VAS in charge as Captain Cassidy had died shortly
before she opened her house. but Mr.. Wellnan pro-
6uced the record to show that Inspector Nc
fauchn was the captain Of the precinct at the
time mentioned by the witness.
"LcI1r1.. KENNETH ON THE STAND.