New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-06-27
The Times. London.

when you took up only one-hfth Of the sidewalk. s.?
| A-Somethng Ike that A., ..as,
ct was his business public ,er ryan not
Ole was not especially detailed to your house?
@. You found it necessary to pay money to the
police to that your goods were not stole"' A.
| Yes; found 1t desirable $500. -. nro,r,,cnt
o-Thcn we have It that YOU as prenlneh to
pay policemen 10 do the duty they were S"o'" ~
70 fak special care of your goods how about your
neighbors who looked out for their goouS A.
u1 Otpid You ever meet n ward man? A-No ,,,,s
O-How the payments mace Al" o''''
openly not in an envelope. . .. e., q
O. How much would the presents amount to IN
'C,'-pii YOU make the payments yourself? A.
Q-Werc you ever arrested or were any sles sn'fs
ever brought against you for violating the sde"''"
o' isaac r wclch Mr. sweetsers shipping clerk
was next called He appeared to be III o AT SnS
which was not to be wondee eyn a. him Closely
said that he lived at No l02 C1rkst', rs of ne
store In the busy the goods were lrequehsy
piled high on the sidewalks, ana occaS'o"""' '''
nd V you ever have any trouble with police
men? A-Once IN while stray io, I ~ @ood deal
/ around and says: "You are taking UP n Boou ue''
81 o' '"' a stray policeman. you mean new one
on % 'nG n" '' he ever trouble you again? No,
q Not after he has seen Mr. Swectser? Al
d19 n npW Won know before to-day that Mr. Sweet
o ocr Eat Of the sidewalk? Al don't know any
thng about that. supposed he ga ,,o,, ara n
the hearing Of your employee Don't you SpTI az
matter Of common notoriey anu 10 th n"iice?
that all the drygoods men paid money " inc p'
MIR T,con-r object.
senator Tcxow-Objec'ion overru"l - .,
Mr Nicoll-I move to strike out all hearsay EVIL
Sem Senator Lcxow Motion denied ,,..o.o q. Mr.
Thus shoru3 Io's lary in the Investigation the
question ~ the admttance OF evidence as W 1ee
common under;tandlnr IN ,hG coermatvIy The
SaIra a, fhmSfard Mr. Scos objections patenty
her poIicy such objections and motions now only
cncumber the minutes ana lngr' &c dIsnleyeI an
anxicty to keep down always NJ Times "he" MI
cot Tho wns n ! ESbcr,s OF 80 RcadeSt fruit
and produce merchant testified that he had pseh
~ ~. 6u, ,hs .dcTak a.. was necessary Tor his bust
ness lie had been fined several tmes 94t I Mad
g. "a" yc"r to Ward Man Parker until three years
ago The payments w"rc maze thro.Sn ,ybn AWorj
Kelly and capt"n Joan s,.Pn'ps e m@ df two
the price va raised to - ,Sss I,a iSqa lie put
he money IN envelope Kelly tod nun 10 o." "a
The nr't TIM M h Ee eN Ns Robert. said it
wa not you ought 10 put i IN; sald Nc!Iy. -
No captain Will kno" "h're '"' money '''''
THE REGULAR PRICE s..
Roberts sail that the regular price for protection
was 81 a year Tor stores on the block. ana ~
year for corner stores IS genera 'hI,s, M VIZ
,r,duce merchants paid. II was a part or the sys-
'"Wv, Rans,n- Would you ohjec, to the use Of the
-, i,,ile'e 4 Yes II was simply case OF
nav or gel ont OF the business. we had 10 use the
Mr. Goa was /, not a fact that II you had mo- no;
paid money YOU would have been driven out OF
r.so',ol. C,rso. a fruit dealer in basement
at SO u Bascay 81 sufprael ,F,fypIS ,c ,,''
ns that h. hal pail any m"nry TO tngi :,S a..
though he admitted ha,nS 9osSGtr' when ing Gar
4 gallo gave further testimony ana 'ne 'o"''''''''
mere alb, 70 81, nm ~ ono that Won had paid
q .p, y ,Sa n n1s1 ss'' any NO ''' ''''
mo ;ybe, ~ No. Won subp,eniel2 A-ras Friday
yas u flys You iai<ed win ANYBODY obout tho
3 su6p,cn, since ,h'n2 Al talked with Anthony
~G CpiA y,u oyer tel him that YOU hal paid money
how much paid Tor having goods On the sidewalk
70 I lo,lel with him anu said pai ".
n HE WAS ONLY POOLING.
l. - rtl ,., lie ~ him then? Al said what wa.
= no, true I was only foollng
Tn. witness was told that ne must bring his cash
y | hank before the committee this morning. He al
mitted that policemen frequently helped themselves
70 fruit AZ his store They usually thanked him ~
f. he said sometimes they said they would CONF
o back and pay. but they never did pay.
}. ! T. Laird a produce dealer at No. SS Washing
ion-sf testified mat ne Iild &~' - Nf'S' '"' "'''
: man two years ago when he was In business at NJ
- "a, Washlncton-st lie paid the money directly t.
= Kelly with the understanding that the police should
- not trouble HIN for year, ,,. u,,,. q, old ,r,sh
Il man who lives in jersey City and has had paper
y, stock warehouse at No g Sga'n f',h-Ne ~ .,,
maj B5yic was an unwilling witness and had mad
,,n his mind 10 teil nothing against the police.
W o "'i you hal any trouble with the police OIL
=? actoua, u ,ur use Of the Sidewalk? AENeyer;
Q-IIave you had to answer any complaints? A.
Ycs bur | never was hncd came do~n 10 IN
bureau o. in -umb -ances vi TIE complain an1 WI
'-6ld v,u know the Official In the Bureau OF In
e cumbrancc-? A-Ye.. | knew him as a boy
,e O'~Whnt is his namc2 Al don't remember
" Mr COZ and the Senator's asked the old man
: dozen questions in the effort TO make him tell IN
n n,i'i remember the name lie was told that he wou
have TO come back this morning and bring ne nam
ever Wv had papl the police and he declared that h
never had said that the police h1d demanded -
Tall 'rHS9t man w'5 N ~Hte 6hn Mnr,, MN
then the comm IT adjourned until 10 80 a. m today
Major Searcs was tod 10 bring his papers with hin
this morning. lie has place at the public bath a
Markct-st, and he IL said TO have an interesun
story to tel the committee.
After the adjournment senator Lexow said tina
three or four members OF the committee were goln
affront he said II the newspapers attempted 20 ge
reports Of what WAS said at the purely social vlsi
Of the other Senator'S at his home
THE MAYOR AND TAMMANY RASCALS.
In referring to the statement printed by Tn
Tribune yesterday to the effect that efforts woul
be made by Mayor Gilroy and the leaders OF Tam
many to discover the truth Of the charges agains
members OF the organization before the Lexo'
Committee with n view Of Kidding the Wiswar
OF Objectionable material the Mayor sad
Il have no hesitation in saying that am care
fully considering what action can take II any
but the difficulty of obtaining evidence which woul
be admissible In hearing before me Is great. TIL
nd al test investigating