New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-10-12

ment OF money to the police by the po.cy men?
Al never had anything TO say TO police captain
DO the hackers pay the police? A.,Why' Ger.
tsin;y You can't open Poncy snop IN " ,/
In the Twenjy-hrst Precinct. whore Martens IS m
c;osed for month be ase q tn parkhurs crusade
He refused 10 pay the 81 for the month ana the
police worried him constantly 49,,
Q.-What arrangement has the hacker win me
writer? A.-The writer usually gets i2'z per cent
o. notice that the ofRcial slip has printed on It
Beware of counterieits what docs uli' mean.
any hits except on me official sip \ runner might
stand in with somebody making a play and glv. -, a
slip with numbers - make 4 III, men, j. we
money WIS naid on sun ci ZIP NE ng ra .af N I Thcy
ou,4nt cav a word II they LOST soo in that way.
because the who'll, business is against the lay.
&ook n GsH? From s5 to $50 day for an
average book in good times.
OF COURSE THE POLICE KNOW 1T.
Q.-Do the police know where all Of the policy
shops are? A.-They can't hep knowing. There Is
one shop | know Of which has been runnDS for
twenty-five years The pole thcms Ives play poicy
Some policemen stin players. but they don pay
the writers one policeman owes IN. $l' 10Y pay.
Q. tBy Senator Bradley is ne sun on u'v ''i0r'
senator BradleyIf you viii give me your bill
\ will try to collect for you. U-dughter)
c. (Sy Mr.. Gon) What are the names Of TIE
play When P9 sys s. or cents 1"' the aT
! her; come out Three numbers make a gig, Ike
70 Opp rs that gig Often Played AWhenever
| anything happens to a policeman, they play IT,
Olrnen il "A policeman should get Knocked over
| bv a Broadway car they wouid play thai gig =
! A.-We.. they might take the p9cemlh huinprf
and the number OF the car and play c0noindloh
The witness explained that four numbers played
gigs and on. He never had been arrssiei he
said but he knew of other policy men VINO had bceh
! arrested The captains and ward men in the pre-
ciDcs made few arrests but they often "irhen NJ
| hurst the newspapers were making foup'' it'F
warnings given becar'e at such tines M
Central Once might be sent - maxi hNe7'.ss
| tlons and tn. men from the Central O1ice wou.i
make arrests If they found anybody writing policy
BROoKiNM's "MKANE GIG
@ N3y Senator Bradey)-Is there "A i-exow "sig" =?
| Al never heard of il. hut there a Mckane
gig" 1t was made by taking McKanes age the
| numbar Of his cell and the number OF the tier in
| the prison. as they were published IN the news
papers. and tine gig came out "A t." days al ier
| McKane was locked up. There the Reilly
gig" is-sD-2s so-caled because a Brooklyn man
won His hit was for $1,000. and her hit was for
$1,000 Both had sealed pays and neither ,, OF them
n b vr ~n1c IN, of MAXIM ' se.3 pays
Senator Bradley much for brooklyn,
| @ dsy Mr.; G5ffD-Hts there been any decrease in
4 the policy business in the city lately? Ayes.
| Between DIR. Parkhursts society ana The Lexow
Committee and the newspapers there has been such
| Owe have heard testimony here 10 the effect
! that dummies were sent TO some OF the policy
shops TO be arrested o you knom any lh a ab1u,
! IL is no; necessary to have dummies at some Of
the police courts where the policy men who ar"
arrested dismissed, no matter what evidence IS
gwen against them
A DISASTROUS MISTAKE
Q-Are not some of the men held for trial? A.
II they are they are admitted to bail and their
cases are never heard of again Comstock has
sent two or three TO jail. mike" Ryan. who runs
\ a policy i'm Tyent third ThiId-aye,,