The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-10-11

had been shifted all arounu ~ onan
docks In fact, he made IL pam In55s
things had been made as uncomIortapie
for him as possible. ,, a., .,xe
M your money to the Captain asked
Reilly shook his head. .-
The next witness was Augustus, a. =,
Wolf manager OF Maillard's chocolate
factory al ia West Twenty-hfth street.
He was friend OF Mr.. Forget and a,i9
Of Capt sshmitteer sncs T IN Was se ' pa
sDidn't Capt. schmittberger go to you
not long ago and ask you to use your ~ IT,
fuence with Mr.. Forget not u 'e''''
"Yes' he asked me to speak to Mri
Forget. who. was then abroad; IA hha a,ii
promised to find out when ne wouiu san
for home and meet MIN.
Had n Premonition.
what did he say, to your, J., .ooo
investigation OF his conduct by the
Iexow Committee. and that MI: for
get might be called as t Wines f. at do
what { could to find out how Mr. For
get felt about the matter"
Mr.. Wolf said he met Mr.. Forget Iown
the bay when en.h he "a arr hm about at capt.
Schmittbergers request. and that ne had
also dropped in at the Hotel Martin
afterwards. and renewed the coh'ersa-
IVY oyo,i did not Know that these visits Of
yours to Mr. .Fourget were observer
asked Mr.: Con; Lover s,s,ec,ed IT, but I
SIJsve Won seen Capt Schmittberger
reeentiy?"
Didn't he call a your office yes'er-
Eyes. / heard he was there looking FOR
me, but J was away all DAY ana u'u'
Mr. Con- tried to get the witness
TO admit that he had paid money to ne
police for permission 10 0ps,ufhs ,,t ' he
denied thst he had ever given any money
for this purpose
And Now, Capt. Grant.
Bernard w. Wolff, a liquor dealer, OF
2d2 Ninth avenue. was the next witness
lie testified that he had paid blackmaii
TO Ward Men Logan and DSugher'S' oil
Capt. Grants precinct. In lSss
''They began prosecuting me ana lnter
ferjng with my business. so ] had to DO
somethng or would have b Seen r"i mat
and had never paid anything
"How much did you pay?"
Twenty dollars month nh. Logan n u iha
bIisHard year. Once had some trou-
bic when I wanted to get my tax re.
duced. went to see Capt Grant about
Il u a pay . SO mneh. had my dues for the
month-S20-in an envelope which
gave 10 him, but told him that he
would have to make 1t easier Tor me
After talking the matter over. he
said he would do so: and after that time
never PaS s anp, 80 crane en the money!"
Yes. / told him 4 was for LOGAN;
for he usually did the collecting. and
be took q There was no address mni nscs on
sary; he knew what II was"
Seth b. Robinson, "A lawyer OF ~ LIB
erty street, said he was coming down
Sept Sc the IT, when rUaa po oil IN an ad
var,ced stage OF intoxication got In at
Twenty-eighth street. He got out at
Twenty-third street and sixth avenue,
tlon. and fell down the stairs into the
gutter.
boring basement store, and the witness
complained OF the matter TO Rounds
man ONeil who was standing on the
,orner. He at FIRST refused to do any
basement and arrested the policeman.
whose name was Callahan. and be-
longed to the Leonard street station:
Surgeon Cock was summoned to see II
Callahan was drunk. and finally the Of
lice Court. where he was discharged.
Richard Gerchen, a grocer, OF $40 East
came next. Mr.. Gercher described
a recent burglary in his store. An OH
Ger found man in his cellar and re-
"As everything seemed all right.
The next day l found that $50 worth OF
cigars had been stolen: l reported the
told that " ] paid the officers ] might
get my goods back. ! refused"
The witness said that since that time
hnA ha nv
gang In the vicinity TO rob him. and
that the police there would not arrest
any of them.
Leon Buck. of III Canal street. testi.
sent back a chowder ticket to Max
Hochstim because he could not afford
TO take II.
Tell us about this chowder ticket"
The witness begged to be let off He
said he was in the Comptroller's office
and had secured 1t by political influence.
position and would be afraid to walk
through the streets In the night. Sen
ator Lexow, treasured him and told him
Buck said that Hochstlm became very
angry when he told him that Rosen
could not afford to buy the chowder
ticket. and said that he had better take
II he wanted to keep his place run
ming -,
what sort of place did Rosen
Keep? asked Senator Lexow.
a policy shop. l went back to Rosen
and told him what Hochstim had said,
and he seemed much alarmed. | don /
know whether Rosen bought the ticket
or not. They were s. apiece. He told
Hochstim IL n, would wait till bushes
was better he would take two tickets"
rhe ticket was for a chowder party
OF the Max Hochstim Association, and
when asked who was the President OF
the Association the witness replied
Hon. I. ID. sullivan"
Discharged for Revenge.
Buck afterwards said he was no longer
employed in the Comptroller's Office, and
thought he had been discharged because
he had given some informa tion to Pfef.
Ter, detective employed by the commit.
tee, about matters in the Essex Market
neighborhood He said he had been in.
formed Of his discharge in n letter writ.
ten by Comptroller Fitch, who gave as
the reason for his dismissal that he was
incompetent
He explained that he had made an.
plication for another position under tho
city government, and he was AFRAID of
losing this chance by testifying before
the Senate Committee
Joseph II. Brown, a clerk OF the Court
Of Common Pleas. was the next witness
ne Is In the NATURALIZATION Department
The busy time of the year was in the
Fall, he said, but the work USUALLY
began early in the Summer months
He said that sixty-three persons werr
naturalized yesterday in the Court of
Common Pleas, and this was about tht
average r the last thirty days before
election.