The sun., 1894-10-20
LExOw COMMITTEEDRAMA.
MRS. URCHITrEL's LITTLE GIRLS
RESTORED TO THEIR MoTHER.


-He.r-sy Asout = F--s for the se-s-
ter--Testi-o-y Assent Fretecti.- Money
s-s the w.y 90 oct or The I.i.-s.
The machinery of the Lexow committee
slipped q cog yesterday. and although the in
vestigation moved It made little progress. The
morning session was devoted 10 further ex-
Animation of the men who were running a fake"
mining stock exchange at 3s New street. w. s.
Fender, who IL associated with w. ID. valen-
tine in the concern. testified that after q news
paper exposure Of the game Police Captain
schmttberrer called and had the game ex-
planned TO him. He did not order II stopped or
demand any money.
William Craig testified that he had been bun
coed there out Of several hundred dollars with
the spurious stock tape" and its quotations"
Of unheard-of stocks at invented prices. He
complained TO Acting Captain Hogan Of the First
precinct. Hogan said he was glad TO have the
evidence Craig offered and sent Officcr Sullivan
with him TO the Tombs 10 get n warrant for the
arrest of the men who are running the exchange.
Justice Ryan refused TO give the warrant with
out corroborative evidence. Acting Captain Ho-
gan was in the court room. and was told that he
could apply TO Superintendent Byrnes and get
his warrant for the arrest, ignoring the Justices.
Hogan was lectured and told to go to the Super
intendent The place was raided later In the
afternoon.
JOHN v. BRoDsKY WANTED.
Mr. Goff read from a morning paper an in
terview with John +. Brodsky, in which that
lawyer said that he would like to appear before
the committee. Mr.. Goff said that that was
strange. because they had tried to get him there
on subpoena. He publicly invited John TO come
up and be examined
Then lot Of Bowery lodging house keepers
were examined and severely lectured because
Il laa thair tba tba
mittee thought they should
Frank MARITIME, bootblack, OF Sixty-seventh
street and Third avenue. told this story: Of
ficcrs Brennan and Loonie owed the bootblack
money and were requested to pay up Instead
of doing 40 they slugged the bootblack and his
partner, and, after the bootblacks were bruised
and bleeding. took them TO the East Sixty
seventh street station and charged them with
fighting. The witness made charges against
the officers and succeeded in getting Brennan
indicted He had heard nothing of the indct-
ment since il was made several months ago.
Mr.. corr Up AGAINST ANOTHER VETERAN.
Mr.. Goff has unfortunate experiences with old
soldiers. YESTERDAY he called Joseph w. Kay
and asked him sneeringly when he was expelled
from the q. A. II. Mr.. Kay responded that he
never was expelled. but that on the contrary he
o candidate only a few month ago for De-
partment Commander. and came within thirty
three votes out of several hundred. OF election.
One Of the committeeman. Senator Robertson.
ponent In the language of the Bowcry, Mr..
Con found himself up against i" on that
witness ' with policy. Witness replied that
for eish. Ugh years. @ Mr. Con then wanted aH to know
II he had any visible means Of support. and the
printing and publishing establishments anG
gave number OF industries in which he was
financially interested.
$4,000 roR SEVEN SENATOR'S.
Again Mr.. Gof found himself up against it,"
Then he asked the, witness II ne had heard that
the policy men had made up purse TO buy of
that il SO 900 had been paid to ths Com Committee
pay pay no attention to such idle rumors. '-
Uncle Daniel Bradley-seyenty Thousand dol
men. Ten aPisoei That's funny!
,Q,-Now, did You not tell some one that you
lied, and he knew he lied. think the men, who
peddle such information to you should be
MI. Con ! am very glad to give yoa an oppor-
tunity for this vindication.
The witness-I wanted no vindication in this
community. l am satisfied with my character
'es0rs coiofed ior man. Frank Price, wa. brought
down from the Island 70 testify that he had
men because when h he he was ARE; arrested for Seepns
a dIsorderly house he had threatened TO expose
the disorderly houses schmittberger was pro-
,o...fou were arrested by capt. westervelt'
,o...Were you treated well in his precinct sta
tionp A.-0h, as well as prisoner deserves.
was only called out OF my name.
TESTIMONY OF TWO SEGREssEs.
Another witness came TO the stand from the
Island. Lucy J. Harris, also colored. She had
lived and pursued her vocation for nine years in
She was serving three months, she said. for
"lotering." She testified that il was the rec
derly houses % in that precinct to pay the mad mad
ans 81 n week for the police II they went on
psrlor by the madam and the girls were shown |
to him. The madam would say. These are my |
in thai nei ghborhood. When a man was robbed |
@ a Ss the sha sF the
victim squealed the police - told him ghost |
story" hinted 70 the victim that he had no no bust
posure would ruin him, and then IL he went |
aysy the police took half Of the proceeds OF the
the madam and the robber, she mentioned |
Onicer Derrigan, who she said. had frightened |
on the victim OF $3.50 robbery with a ghost |
The next witness was another eolored woman |
after serving three weeks OF q six months sen |
,ence. Like the preceding witness, she said she |
In two and a half years she had been arrested |
GETTING OFF THE ISLAND.
Q.-How do you get OF the Island? A.-Oh, |
you get a lawyer.
Q.-Yes, but howS What is the process A
don't know; you just get lawyer.
She said Lawyer Webb had the greater part of |
that class of business. This witness was a re- |
mArkAble looking person, and gave a great deal |
OF extraordinary testimony. she had hideOus |
bruken teeth. and face repulsive in every fea- |
ture, she crOuChed down in the chair untl she |
looked almost like bundle Of rags. and gener- |
ally testified in bored. Indifferent tone, but |
would occasionally laugh when Mr.. Con showed |
his familiarity with her history by asking lead |
ing questions concerning various events In her |
astonishing career. She admitted in answer 20 |
Mr. GO1's question that Oh1cer Churchill had |
been charged by her before Inspector McAVoy |
with some unspeakAbls conduct, but she had |
withdrawn the charges at the REQ uest OF Oficers /
MAhOhy and Reagan, and upon the payment TO |
her by Churchill OF S35.
She gave some testimony that neither the /
counsel nor the COMMITTEES could get straight
ened out. she said that frequently after she /
had been sentenced 10 q month on the Island |
without the alternative OF hne she was per-
mitted 10 20 back TO the street again upon the |
payment 10 the Justices clerks of SIS. She
mentioned Justices EoOrhis. McMahOn and /
w.las-,