The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-06-16
WHY CROOKS FLOURISH
Sensational Testimony in the New
York Police Investigation.
IN LEAGUE WITH GREEN GOODS MEN
How Fortunes Are Made by vIctimIzing
oountrymen with this Connivanos of
Officers OF tho Lnw-The Testimony OF
q ProfessionaI Confidence nIan.


oountrymen with the Connivanoe of
Officers OF tho Lnw-The Testimony OF
q Professional Confidence HAN.
New YORK, June 15.-Several witnesses
were examined by the Lexow committee
yesterday, and considerable interesting
called was Mrs. Maud Harvey, who testi-
fled that for ten years past She has kept
FURNISHED room house" for transient
guests in the Tenderlon district. She de-
clnred that she had never paid for police
protection. Edgar A. Whitney, Park
hurst detective, testified that the woman
had been paying for years.
Mr.. Whitney swore that he had been
inside the Homestead club, WHICH he said
was gambling house, ut Fifty-third
street and Broadway, owned by "Mel"
Rickctt. The witness said he was in this
house one night when Captain Reilly came
In himself and snia: "Comstoc s men are
likely to be around tonight; you must
clean up" Mr.. Whitney said he helped
to carry the gambling paraphernalia up
stairs and hide it. He said he saw Reilly's
ward man receive S25 for protection in this
place, and that on several occasions he
had taken the 3a5 himself to the precinct
station.
Mrs. Harvey was recalled and declared
that Whitney's testimony regarding her
house was false.
Miss Evelina Bull swore that for ten
years past she has kept n disordcrly house
at "A West Thirty-sixth street. in the Ten
derloin precinct, and paid to the police
during all that time $50 month. Each
'succeeding police captain had different
ward men. She had never paid anything
to II captain personally. She always gave
lpairolmen IS at Christmas.
Mr.. Guf called George Apo to the
stand. If a bomb had exploded in the
court room It would not have created any
moro of a sensation thnu when the noted
green goods man stepped to the bar.
When called TO the witness box Apo
lsaid; II want you to know that | am
here unwillingly. / am forced here"
Mr.. LcNow assured him that he would
be protected.
Apo described his various methods of
iswindling, lie said: "a can swear that
green goods men pay for protection"
Now, George, have not green goods
men their representative in the post
oflicet"
George Frederick Hadlick. the second
largest and wealthicst green goods man
80 'tAA9 NiN9 ih1 ilN flbthNEi 1uAIAGo HUI
lick, in the postoiiice."
did Mike Ryan, a leader in Tammauy
Hall, get him thcreE"
YES, SIR answered the witness
What does the man in the postotlice
Idof"
Sees that the green goods circulars do
not get stopped in the mails
The witness told Of james McNally, the
largest green goods nun in the city. He
was formerly porter and by money Sc
cured from the shame of woman went
into the green goods business. He is now
worth from ST5,000 to 100000.
| The witness said when victim de
manded his money back he would some
times be taken to police station and the
sergeant or captain would scare the vic
tim and let the green goods men 20. lie
knew of several instances, but refused to
say where the station house was or who
the sergeants or captains were, as 1t
might incrtminate them, and he had a
few friends among the police.
He worked McNally for a good many
years, and although the policemen and
detectives knew he was a siserer he never
was arrested, because McNally had ar
ranged for protection. Fifteen thousand
green goods circulars were being sent out
! from the city to rustics every day Nc
Nnlly has exclusive rights in certain pre-
iclncts, and no other green goods game
could flourish there. When green goods
sharp who was not in the employ of Me
Nally invaded the territory tho police
would arrest him.
/ The only name the witness would di-
ivulge was Detective Rogers, of police
headquarters. He said Rogers, vino was
stationed at Grand Central station, knew
that green goods business was going on.
The witness said he never was molested
by the police. lie had saved n friend of
his named Tony Martin from being muir
dercd by the McNally gang, who wished
to remain here, as he was a competitor
The police had nothing to do with this,
but the witness Thought they winkcd at it
because they did not arrest anyone.
/ All of the witness testimony, while ex-
tremely sensational in character, failed to
make the impression it would had he fur
n4Led names.
The witness declared that New York
was the only city where green goods men
could operate with IMMUNITY.
The witness said that the only time that
he had personally given money to the po-
lice was one time he was arrested while in
an opium den owned by McNally in West
Forty street by two headquarter
detectives. He gave them So. lie refused
to tell their namrs.