The Delta independent., 1894-11-07

New York by the fOllce VINO Dld NOT
Want Her to Testify.-shs Has Paid
the Police 02 900 for Protection and
Tells Who 1t Went To.
New York, Nov. 2.-Matilda Her
mann, the keeper Of disorderly houses.
who was run out of the city when the
Lexow Investigation began, by the po-
lice who feared her revelations, and
was brought back from Chicago, be-
ing stopped by legal proceedings at
Jersey City for a time, was on the
day. She said she opened disorderly
houses in New York in 1892, had twen-
ty odd girls there. She had 17-year-
old niece with her whom the girls
father asked her to care for because
he did not wish her to fall into the
hands of his wife, with whom he was
at outs. She guarded the girl from
contamination by keeping her away
from her house. After while, how
ever the girls mother got hold Of her
and put her in a disorderly house,
where she was ruined.
Mrs. Hartmann threatened to make
trouble for the mother but Captain
Haughey told her she should not take
the girl away from her mother, that
the woman was paying for protection.
Mrs. Hermann offered to pay the
amount If the captain would take the
girl away. The captain threatened her
with five years Imprisonment If she
did not let the girl alone. Mrs. Her
cniI chn would shoot tho GIRL
rather than see her lead a life cf
shame. She had the girls mothers
house raided and when the case came
! up the captain had her lawyer and her
self charged with conspiracy. She paid
from $50 to 500 per month for police
protection on each Of the several houses
which she conducted. The policemen
would stand in front of her house till
given money to go away. In response
to n question Mrs. Hermann admitted
there was one policeman who she want
ed to protect and no amount Of ques-
tioning would elicit his name, but she
blushed when Goff asked If she kissed
pretty Boy" Cooney, when she went
away.
Mrs. Hermann resumed the witness
stand at the conclusion of the recess.
"You know how to purge yourself of
after you were served with a sub
poena?" asked Mr.. Goff.
Eyes SIR"
"You know haw to purge yourself of
contemptW
ayes SIR"
"You are not afraid that II a certain
political party gets into power you will
be sent to states prison"
81 am not afraid"
"Now, when you were arrested, the
policeman told you to hire q certain
lawyerT'
"Yes sir; Officer Zimmerman told me
to take Stiner, now judge, or he would
send me to states Prison. l employed
Stiner and paid him $3.50 for the first
time and $175 for the second time. The
policeman swore he did not know I was
the madame and l was released"
"Did you have to pay the detectives?'
"Yes, from $50 to $500 to fix 1t with
the detectives after l was arrested.
"How about the captain feeling
sore?"
"Well, the captain wanted 1000, but
1 said 81 200 was enough and SO paid
it on June 8. l did this for the priv
ilege of opening up my house after I
had been arrested"
"Who was in command of the pre-
cinct when you paid the $1,000"
Captain Brogan."
"How did you come to forfeit your
bail?"
Lawyer Price advised me to skip,
saying the police captain had told him
1 should forfeit my bail, as I would be
sent to prison. / went to Europe, Civ
ing my bondsmen $1,1OO. When re-
turned l was arrested by Detective
Armstrong on a bench warrant. l Of
fered him 1000 and he said he must
consult his partner before deciding to
let me go. He afterwards said he could
not"
"You were constantly paying out
money"
ayes; I paid out over 81 900 month. -
"You paid the police, Police court
lawyers and prison keepers"
twenty-five Thousand dollars.
know 1 haven't 800 in the world.
Lawyer Price got lot OF money out OF
me. When l was brought before Re
corder Smyth on the charge of keep
ing disorderly house, Lawyer Price
said that for $500 he could get me off"
The witness wept when she told of
the brutal treatment she had received
from the police.
"Whenever / was brought into court
the lawyers wanted several hundred
dollars, saying they had to divide it
with the police"
"Did you ever see DR.. ParkhurstT
"Yes."
"Did the police warn you"
eyes; was sent away by the police"
"Was purse raised"
"Yes; the police raised $1,70O to send
me away"
"Who gave you the moneyT'
"a man never saw before"
"What did you ask him"
"If Captain Haughey contributed to
the purse. When he said Yes l asked
him If Captain Ryan was in 1t and he
said Yes He said also that Captain
Brogan and a policeman had contribut-
ed"
"How did you come to leave New
York;?
"Why, one night the man who
have mentioned, came to my house
and we went out and met twelve men,"
"Were they connected with the po-
liceY
eyes SIR"
"And who were they"
30, Mr.. Goff! I cannot tell you"
"You wanted to open a house in the