The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-12-20
waramen making collections in the various

no. | never did, except by rumor.
Ibid your men collect any money ID
your preciuct?"
sNo."
well. what bout Frank Wilson, How
did he get rich in your precinct?
Il don't know"
"And George Hess aud Jonn Wade?
Il don't know anything about tnas.
''By the way, captain, did you ever
know the notorious Mrs Martini!
Yes"
"She flourished in one of your precincts
several years ago, did she not?"
"She didn't flourish; she lived there.
These women were arrested over and over
again. I've seen woman get six mouths
twice wsek."
How did they get loose?"
81 don't Know"
"Ths all happened in the Tenth Pre-
cinct, believe"
"Yes." The witness said that in the
Tenth he had raided houses time after
time. but that it was net in his power even
as captain to suppress these houses"
"Why?" asked Mr.. Golf.
Its a failure Of the law" replied the
captain. Captain Allaire said he re-
ported these houses every three months to
his superior officers. He was not aware
that the houses sold liquors in opposition
to the excise laws.
"Well, captain" said Mr.. Golf. ''can you
tell US how much money was collected
from the disorderly houses while you
were captain Of the Tenth2"
Il don't know that any money was COL
lected. l never say any of it"
did you ever ask any of your men
about it ?"
No. l never did, but once, and they de-
MED all knowledge of it,"
did you ever forbid them TO collect
any of this money!"
eyes, 1 did,"
And also forbid them to collect money
from gam milling houses?"
During the last six years that I was
there there were no gambling houses in
the precinct" The captain gave it as his
opinion that the excise laws could not be
perfectly enforced in the city because the
police could not know of all the places
where it is violated
How about disorderly houses" con-
tinued Mr.. Goff. "You raided those houses
every once in while in order 10 get blood
money, OlQ you not
mo, we did not. We raided them in
order to drive them away from the pre-
cinct."
DO you remember the murder Chick
Murphy committed in your precinct?"
mo, was the man arrested" asked the
captain.
Il was going to ask that question my
SELF" replied Mr.. Golf. Mr.. Golf tried to
call it 10 the captains mind by reminding
him that superintendent Murray at the
time went on Mufphy's bond. but he cap
tain could not recall the case. He denied
also that green-goods men had any head
quarters in his precinct. and that shell
fakiis had TO pay for their privileges.
Questioned as to how many Christmas
presents he had received from the liquor
dealers in the precinct, the captain re-
piled:
None: oh, yes, wait minute. might
have" Then he remembered that at diff
ferent times he had received baskets of
fruit or wines, but he never knew who
sent them.
''Weli, now, captain. since you have
been superintendent of the steamboat
squad. have you known about the monthly
COtl6CblbAo DidUC ltUlu bho uUCh
"No. have not. | never heard of them
until this testimony was given"
Sergeant Taylor has sworn he put in
your desk an envelope with money in it
every month. DO you know anything
about that?'
mo, l don't"
Never heard of it before?"
''No. never did,"
"And all the time You were captain you
knew nothing about this?"
''No, | did not"
Captain Allaire was then excused and
Hattie Ross, colored, was called. She
swore that in 1879 she opened disorderly
houses on Wooster and West Third streets.
In answer to Mr.. COTS question she said
she paid The wardman $50 month for each
house. This was paid to Wardman S.
Levin.
who was captain of the precinct at the
time ?' asked Mr.. Golf.
Captain Byrnes. now Superintendent"
She also testified that she paid the same
amount of money to Captain Brogan. She
formerly kept 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 Inspector McAvoy's pre-
cinct. She paid no money there, but had
to keep very quiet.
do you mean to accuse Captain McAvoy
of allowing you to run your house without
paying protection money!"
Eyes"
"You made a good deal of money there,
did you no?"
Yes and lost it again."
"How?'
Gambling"
"How much of your money did Adams
getP' asked Mr.. Golf. Adams is a we'll
known gambler.
"Seven thousand dollars" Adams ran
policy shop and the witness said she los,
this amount of money in his shop. She
was the keeper Of house in the tender
loin district for about six years but in al.
that time was not arrested. At this june
ture the committee adjourned until to-
morrow.
Superintendent Byrnes heard of the tes-
hmony given against him by John Mar
rett few minutes after that witness tes
| tilted. He imm ndiatp1y locked himaalf ir