The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-10-05
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Damaging Testimony GiS.n Be'ore the
 Lexow CommiE. e.

Lexow CommiS-e
 New York, Oct. 4.-Th4 Lexow com- mittee was called to orde It II o'clock this morning. Lawyer is ss of Park hurst's society offered in evidence the records of two policemen who were found guilty of the same ofense by the police board, one of whom was dis missed from the force and the other fined three days pay.
 Mrs. Sarah Brown, colored, testified that she had brought suit against n lawyer named Isaac Cohen for s6, ,5O0 She said that Officer Callahan and Off, cer Savage called on her and asked her to discontinue the suit against Cohen. While talking with Callahan, Savage went into the other room and attempt ed to assault her daughter Lizzie. Mrs Brown then drove both policemen from the house.
 A few days later Mrs. Brown was ar rested by Callahan on the charge of keeping a disorderly house. While in the Tombs jail Callahan told her she could settle with Police Captain scmitt- berger for $500. She had never seen Schmittberger and did not know him. Lizzie Brown, daughter of the wit ness, corroborated her mothers story as regards Callahan and Savage. Edward Rubes, formerly of Lyric hall, testified that he had to pay an ex- else inspector $500 to get license He applied for license and 1t was refused by the excise board. He was advised to buy up an old license for $500, which he did, and then he had to pay $200 more after getting the old license. Mr. Rubes had paid WardmanBrett $10 for keeping open after closing time. He also said he had sent $40 to Captain Reilly as d Christmas present. Witness denied that he sent money in box of cigars to Cap tain Williams. He admitted sending a box of cigars to Captain Williams as a Christmas present.
 Susannah Martin took the stand. MT. Golf said he had been informed that as late as this morning witness was of fered transportation to Europe. She said she kept cigar store on Allen street when Captain Allaire was in the Eleventh precinct and Frank Wilson was wardman. Wilson was rich she said, had resigned and was now in Pennsylvania. She gave Wilson money, she said and she cried as she told it. She kept disorderly house in the pre- cinct twelve years in one place and Wilson always protected her. She used to give him $25 or $50 every month and gave him $100 at Christmas.
 Wilson wanted a diamond ring for his wife and daughter and she gave l him them. She also bought silks for dresses for his wife.
 She bought silverware for his fam fly, water pitcher, goblets and so on, paid $1,000 for. the furniture for his house. She was in his house very of ten. His wife picked out carpet and the witness paid $500 for it.
 Did his wife know what kind of a house you kept?" asked Senator Brad ley, bluntly.
 'She did, was the answer.
 Witness stated that when Captain Me Laughlin took command of the pre- cinct she had to pay Burns, Captain McLaughlin's wardman, $500 and $50 every month. Burns sent a man to her with a diamond stud. Burns or dered her to buy the stud for him. She did so, and paid $165 for it. She pawn ed everything she had to buy the stud. Every house in the precinct paid money to the Gerry men, Mrs. Martin said. Other persons told Captain Cross of it. Mrs. Martin heard Captain Cross did nothing about it because he wanted to keep Becker, one of the Gerry men, out Of trouble.
 MT. Golf came down to the time when Captain Cross man, with Agents Finn and Becker, then of the Gerry society, raided the house.
 The trouble, witness said, had been made for her by woman named Schultz, who kept house next door and who had given Becker $500 not to be bothered. She told Becker that Mrs. Martin had girls in the store and that he might make $500 out of her.  This morning." said the woman, while was in a Grand street car man named Bowling said: You go right up to see Inspector Mclaughlin at police headquarters and he will buy you off, Do not go before the Lexow committee , I refused his advice"
 How much have you paid to the po- lice in all?" From $8,00O to $1O,000." And you are now destitute" The woman sobbed, q haven't a cent left"
 James w. Ledwith, warden of Jeffer- son Market prison, was called. MT. Golf hauled him over the coals for wis., iting David Fender on Blackwell's Isl- and. Fender was mentioned by green goods witness Applegate, and it appears the warden, who is a friend of Sergeant Detective Hanley, interested himself in his friends behalf and tried to get some sort of a statement from Fender which would help Hanley. MT. Golf took the warden to task also for improper prac- tices in the prison. He charged that certain lawyers were favored and that the ''growler" was rushed at night time.
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