The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-07-25

President Martin asked IL there were
any arrests from Mrs Thurow's house
Time NI immediateiy ' after the house ' had
been raided and all hands fined IN special
Sessions.
THE record shows that there were less
than usual during those. months. Can
you explain that" asked the President:
Tao sergeant couldn't explain ii, but II
p is claimed that a part of the ,'protcc:;
e: tlon' system provides for the raidin8 of
protected houses occa sionally, when pub
JIG opinion gets to- not, ana tnat art at"I
off the protected" are given special I'M
munity for a time.
E1-Ward Man Hooks story.
Patrolman Charles NJ. Place did not
add to the store of Information, and after
him came:
ty-fourth Precinct, In Goatrille, for
nierly ward man or precinct detective
under Capt. Doherty. and now accused
with him.
The first thing Lawyer Louis J, Grant
did in examining Hook was to bring out
that he spelled his name III -o-c-k,
came q policeman in April 1886. and sup
posed it was spelled that way on the
books of the Department.
any one else that you spelled your name
.H-o-c-h?'"
:. No. sir"
=.
poherty told her once in the station
house to write your name on paper
30 she could remember who TO 90 Dus',
ness with, as his representative anu
had spelled your name Tor her
'H-o-c-n.'
II don't know anything about that"
Then MIR. Grant gor Hook to say That
ne had never lost by punishment Tor
violation of the rules but one and a half
days; that he had made So arrests dur,
ing his career as policeman. ana mad
made 345 while detective in the Four
teenth Precinct, or rim street station.
Then Hook said he had known Mrs
first meet her in March 1885 as she
testified. He denied Mrs. Thurow's
story. item by item. She said that when
he had iema nded bloodmoney and she
replied that her business was not sood,
he retorted: You carry II all to the
bank. That house ought TO be good toT
At least SO a mouth
Hook denied this.
Denies Mrs. Thurow's story.
She said that she sometimes gave
regular SIS Tor the Captain. Is that
mo. sir, replied Hook, without
sign of feeling. Il never took dollar
of that woman
Hook said he had told the officers in
citizens clothes to go to Mrs. Thuro~ =
and get evidence by every means.
81 couldn't put me face around there.
They all knew me-" said the witness.
"Sne testitied that you told her sh"
could do business In First street 81 or
avenue. Is that true asked Mr..
Grant.
except that she had got to get out or
that house"
did you ever tell a man named
Lawrence for the purpose OF carrying
$1,000 to the Captain she could 10 busi.
ness at IS Second avenue and would
never be nolested again"
NO. sir; i don't know a man named
Lawrence; never spoke to him in my
life. and never saw him"
Did you have a talk with Mrs.
she paid you ts6f"
mo, sir; never received dollar from
that woman"
Capt. Doherty took charge OF the Four
teenth Precinct in April 1892. Hook was
appointed Precinct Detective Jan. l3, 1893.
Prior to that time he had been six years
a patrolman on the Bowery.
Anything In "a Name"
1t will be remembered that it was
Jan. that Mrs. Thurow says she went
to the Fifth street station In RESPONSE
talk with the Captain in which she says
he told her to write down the name
Of Koch" and spelled It ont Vt for her Sns
would ''do business with" in the future.
Meehan and Meyer having been re-
dlced to the ranks and transferred to
AIR. Grant tried to bring out through
Witness Hook that other officers, Ronk,
Levy and others, had been broken by
orderly houses apd obtaining evidence,
in person and for sending others in to
do so.
President Martin said that Levy was
Mr.. Grant asked for the record and in
sisted that there We're two charges
\ h..
had sent citizens into disurderly houses
in the Bowery to get evidence.
'Mr., Grant knows that officer Levy
was charged with, getting two or three
disreputahle people to go In and get
false testimony" said President Martin,
ard Mr.. Grants motion to put the record
And | object to the President max
lng any such remark or statement ~ he
has made about the case OF Levy for the
record shows for Itself that my state
ment is correct, and ] move To strike 1t
Oft Fse IS pec s Of mr. Tn" which
Mr.. Grant would not dare to attempt
before. any court OF Law in the land"
said Mr.. Wellman, sprtly, to which the
"pollceman's lawyer retottfl:
Il am ready to answer FOR any act
or word of mine when am called upon
to ao So.
There was short suspension here he
fore Mr.. Wcllman began the work Of
ripping Hooks testimony up III" back, d"
NSuTatNrls SlUaklne.
Lawyer Grant famed himself ViSur-
ously. Then he said faortiously to an
Evening World' reporter:
Il see by THE World thai up To- n
late hour last night Mr.. W-llmau had
not yet decided what To- 10 towards OBJ
timing my disbarment."
Then, more sobtrly, Il want to say
that j have noe been guilty ~ any
breach of ethics. | did not MAX" any
remarks about Mr. Wellnin's private
life. All that was SAID came from The
witness. Mr.. Wellman ough; not 30 try
me through The newspapers, out il he has
any charges to make he should make
them before the proper tribunal. People
In glass houses should not throw stone. -
Wellman versus iiocL.
MIR. Welmun beg3l ON the accused
witness mildly, with:
Are you Of German descent
II am.
is there any such word In the German
lsnguaS as 'h-o-c-S?
Yes, sir"
What does il mean
1T means hook, My father spelled
his name 'H-o-c-k.'"
You have testified that YOU never
took money of Mrs Tnurlow or any
other woman for protecting her in an
that'S h., non T,.r,