New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-06-15

"Wy n"
. MISS MAUD HARVEY.
the subpoena server testify. Ex-Surrogate Ransom
| objected to this He said that Maude Harvey might
be related to Senator Bradley's friend, Tom Pepper
but he appealed TO the chvalry OF every man who
had a mother to protect the woman from injustice
| Senator O'Connor said terscy "Oh. she can take
| care Of herself" Evidently she could AT any rate
| the subpoena server. Edgar A. whitney took the
wtness-stand. He Is "a fresh young Kid to use
| the language of a policeman about whom testimony
| has been given. Whitney chewed gum steadily
and answered with overwhelming willingness. In
| addition he pert and offensive to MI Ransom
at one time However. these characteristics did not
affect his veracty lie said he was an agent Of the
! ParkhuIst society, but at present employed by
the Iexow Committee He told the following story
Of his call Miss Harvey:
! went her house IN Twenty fourth-st about 7:oo
oc.ock las; night. ard rang ne bell negro So
| Tan4e Wsrvev said mad an jmportant mes
sage for her She came 70 the door and served the
FOR marker. when the street Is tuH OF mes
| paces?' ] SAID that perhaps the others would be
so6Poenaei ao Sne sT TIE name nan si n
! man who was here the other night. was talking
| showed me paper which made me shake with fear.
H had the IDENTICAL figures on j, that had to pay
500 and So a month"
CAPTAINS WHOM SIZE PAID.
| ] said. VINO was the ilrSt captain you pau. SHe
| said Williams She said she had also pad Nc
Laughlln OConnor and Schmit,bergor. think she
was going 70 see some one asked her II /; was
f fpS RIi' names She asked me thought hey
would break Tammany Hail up sag r didn I
could 90 business and make some money
Mr. GoT said tina, all he had to ask the wit
ness Mr. Ransom tried 20 attack Whitney's credi-
billy. but mercy succeeded in calling forth mass
IL "a III
mail.
| Q-Are you married? A.-Yes.
| Q-Have you got any children? Ayes two.
One was born last night while was at Miss iiar-
veys.
O-Were you ever arrested in a gambling house ?
! Ayes.
| Q-what were you doing there Al had bet
the proprietor s. that he couldn't keep open twenty
| four hours without the police knowing H. knew
him in his previous place. He paid the police for
| protection
| Q-How DO you know? Awe paid money my
| self 70 Jimmie" Reilly Captain Killilea's ward
man. IN Kii,ieas presence.
! Q-How that? A friend OF mine wanted
70 buy gambling mouse. but could not get protec-
ton He got to pretend that was gong TO buy
the place l, was at No. 1876 Broadway. paid
Reilly s2J-
Q-Where? Am the staton-house.
Q-Who else was present? A.-No one.
-
Also in the station house in Kili,ea's presence.
KIII.ILEA MIXED Up IN TT.
ODD Knillea know you were paying protection
money? Al won't swear that he did. but am
certain OF H.
Q-Did you talk with Kiirea? A.--No.
| Q-When was that? A month after the first
payment.
ON what year? A.-The fall Of 1889 or carly in
Q-what business you in? Al was a DE-
tective.
o-what kind Of detective business did you DO?
| Asserting subpOenas looking up character shad-
| owing
Q-That 49, spying? A.-You might call 1t that
| You may be doing work Of that kind.
Senator Lexou re-r5vcd the impertlnent young man
and Mr. Ransom then continued the cross-examina-
| ton.
Q-When did you pay next? A month later.
I went to the station house TO the captains room
ana asked Kl.li,ea II Reilly there. The cap
tain asked what wanted. said had an envelope
! for him from 1875 Broadway. lie said 'I'l. give IL
10 him." and he took 1t.
q what In the envelope? A-T"enty- five
dollars in bills.
! q Was there an address on the envelope? A
No.
O with evident curiosty)-What are you eating?
Adjoining.
Hes chewing tutti-frutti." volunteered Senator
Bradley.
! Senator OConnOr- Tell us Of that transaction with
| Reilly "A friend ran the pace, and he told
Reilly that he was going 10 eel out 10 me ] asked
| II I could continue 20 pay the same sum for pro-
| .ectlon Reilly asked what the limit OF the
game sad twenty-five cents II was only for the
| vour0 fellows IN the ncghborhood. Reilly said that
| So a month was all right
| CAPTAIN DEVERYS GENEROUS PROMISE.
Mr. Gon-Tel ~ about when you were arrested.
At was IN September l%' W. H. Pease ran 'he
game at No 1915 Broadway one night he asked
IN. ., .end the game while he 70 supper. Glen
| non Deyerv's ward man. came in and asked for
,he nronrjetor | said ! running the place
/ uhlle the proprietor was at supper Gdennon Sid
that the piaca would have TO be closed up until after
| e,ecton Captain Devcry sald the ward man went
n, ,bat ~ Tammany Hall successful, he would
protect US in anything from a gambling house 10 a
| dsordery house | afterward told Pease or ths'
He said n he closed, ne would lose all his CUSTOM
org g, he would open a place for six weeks in Fifty
,hIr,l-st / told him that II he opened place, 1t
would be pulled in forty-eght hours. lie did open
! !, ord was nulled the second night. was dis
| charged at the station house Two men, Pease ana
ono,h.r were fined so each In Special Sessions. In
| court Deyery said to Pcase, win an oath' lou +"
| never run another game In my precinct
| Senator Iexow-Do you know OF any other cases
| In ynich money was paid TO the police? A'-fes
! 7 t,ou, that MEL" Beckett who ran the Home
| s,ead club at F'f;y-hrst-st and broadway paid
| ..IInm,e" Reilly. | was there one night "heh lie
49,, Fin from, Reilly 10 move the stuff upstairs be-
! carse C,mstock's men were liable 10 make '"'"
| T holned 10 move the things upstairs
| ~ MA Won see any money paid? Al saw
Rickett put $45 in an envelope anu s''' ~ -
| In the station house. -,
| o1s there any gambling going on nowT A.