The Portland daily press., 1894-06-15
Examined by the Police Investigating
Committee Yesterday.
A COUPLE OF TENDERLOIN DIS.
TRICT WOMEN,
And a "Green Goods Man"-One of the
Parkhurst Detectives is Put ON the
Stand and They Add Fresh Proof to
the Load of Evidence Against the
Corrupt New York Police.

Corrupt New York Police.
New York, June 14.-At the police inv esti-
cation committee today, the first witness,
was Maud Harvey. For ten years she kept
a furnished room house at l44 West Twenty
fourth street. Miss Harvey said she only
had trouble with the police once several
years ago when the place was raided. She
never paid the police for protection. Lawyer
Golf subjected Miss Harvey to severe ex-
animation, but could not make her admit
she paid the police for protection.
-James Whitney, one of DR.. Parkhurst's
agents, relieved Miss Harvey on the stand.
He served a subpoena on her last night. He
said she saw the name of Mr.. Sawyer on a
corner of the subpoena and said 'sthat man
was here few nights ago. He had paper
that filed me with fear. He had the exact
figures paid, $500 year and $75 per month"
Whitney said he asked Miss Harvey to
whom she paid the money. - ''She told me
she paid Captain Williams, Mclaughlin.
O'Connor and Schmittberger.'
Judge Rasom took the witness in hand
and Whitney said he was employed by, DR..
Parkhurst's society at $40 a week. The
witness said he knew the police got money
for protection. paid them money myself
gave Jimmy Reilly, Captain Killilea and
Wardman S25 to secure protection for a
gambling house at 1916 Broadway. A friend
of mine run the house and rmade arrange
ments with the police. The witness said he
gave Captain Killilea, himself, money once.
Whitney was asked if he knew of gambling
house in New York now, and replied:
There is one on the corner of 125th street
and Eighth avenue in back of the saloon,''
and said he frequently saw policemen play
ing poker there.
Miss Harvey was recalled. She testified
everything Whitney said about the payment
OF money to the captain was false.
Evelyn Bell, who was at "A West Thirty
sixth street ten years was the next witness.
She said she kept no girls, only rooms.
Said she bought her house with the money
saved in her business in eight or ten years.
She said Captain O'Connor raided her and
she was fined $500. She paid the wardmen
$3.50 every three months for ten years and
paid nothing else. She was raided three
months ago again by Captain Schmittberger,
but paid nothing.
George Apo testified he had been engaged
in green goods business of late years. James
McNally was the principal hacker of green
goods game in this city, and Frederick Had
lock his chief rival. Apo declared the
green goods men all worked under police
protection. He heard there were employees
in the post office and the Western Union
Telegraph office who looked after the in
terests of the green goods men. He heard a
post office clerk tell Charles Hadlock that a
brother of Frederick was appointed by Mike
Ryan, the Tammany Hall leader. He said
McNally had grown very rich in a few years,
and he guaranteed the witness had pro-
lection from the police. He said Detective
McManus had seen him "steering'' but
never interferred, and that New York was
the only city where protection was guarran-
teed.