The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-06-30

was Matched that night to get the man
aging editor away He was actually
decoyed uptown, and thrust upon a
aftef nidnight. He had Ae over The tele,
phone satisfied himself that everything
was running smoothly at the office, and,
proceeding home, he tumbled into bed.
| While counting sleep his mind travelled
over the events OF the day. and then he
wondered why. the men in the office
seemed so glad that he should take a
night off; This train OF thought led him
to speculation, and then, with anything
but a sanity ejaculation. he leaped out
of bed. threw on his clothes and running
the newspaper office IT was then 100
A. Nj. Half an hour later the presses
would be at work
He hurried upstairs into the compos-
ing-room and scanned the forms. There
on the first page. under big headlines.
was the story OF the police officials con-
nection with the Hollywood Company.
The story was lifted from the form
and what was probably the nearest at
tempt at publishing in detail the Holly
Whitley SIX s9s ns G ssoseq
paper. wanting TO make record for
fearlessness. tackled the story and two
newspaper men who were supposed to
engaged to gather the facts all over
again. They. were told their first story
would be of two pages, and that the
matter would be followed up until the
Police Department had been turned up.
side down.
These reporters saw some OF the
wholesale men, including Peter Nc
Quade and John keresey.
You will never print that story" Mr..
He was assured that 1t would be pub
~ will call a meeting Of the Executive
Committee OF the Associate and we
will bind ourselves to stand behind the
are brought We VIII pay the the costs. and
II by any possibility a verdict Is given
against the paper we will bind ourselves
s TO pay and ID tell T hin see your managing
The Executive Committee did meet;
and whether the resolutions referred
to were passed or, not, :, certain 1t is
paper office and that afterwards the
reporters referred TO were told to go
ahead with the story. 1t was then early
Was the Ordered wssf for the sa,Gr
day morning
1--WE will then put out our entire staff.
II necessary" II was said TO verify
all the statements. so that there will be
Every day, from early morning until
nearly midnight the reporters worked.
many statements obtained. From the
wholesai lie men, as well as from smith;
1t was learned that Supt. Murray had
made an investiga ton on the complaint
forwarded to Mayor Hewitt. According
to the statements made at the time
each one of the liquor dealers who had
made affidavit as to the coercion was
called down to the Superintendents Of
flee.
Then. 1t was charged at the time,
they were handed second batch OF
Wheh they q Rad ssne the and HFmsF f
taking back all that they had sworn, to.
1t was ohoreed that they were told 10
swear. AM that five OF them actually
altogether. The sixth one, who was
brother-ln-law Of well-known eN-sena-
tor. refused.
II will not" he was credited with say
irg, commit perjury for any man.
VERY well. Mr.. =. good day" and
the liquor dealer was shown outside.
Something, however. happened during
time the same retail dealer again APP
peared at Police Headquarters. He was
asked II he was ready to make the coun.
1t was changed SO that he would not
have to commit actual perjury. The
affidavit was, It was said at the time,
handed to him and changed into some
thing of prevaricating nature and
sworn to. six months later the same
man thought 1t advisable TO get out OF
the liquor business.
The two-page story was written and
turned into the newspaper office early
on the Saturday morning indicated. The
reporters were Informed later that the
entire staff did actually start out to In
terview all the persons NAMED. 1t was
also stated that the story had been set
up in type.
But Is was not published the next day
AS promised. nor has 1t yet seen the
light The reporters were never In
formed why.
one OF the men sent out to corroborate
the story stated that he had seen "A we'll
known official who had been mentioned
In the story. When asked about II. the
official IL credited with saying:
III that story liz ever published ! Will
railroad to jail the men who wrote II as
well as the men responsible for 1t. !
will kill the paper
Now. what is the Hollywood story all
about?