The evening world., 1894-04-05

Franks, Of somewhere in Fifth street"
from the witness. e'
Lemon laughed and said that was one
or the names Franks" had been known
by, but added that DR.. Parkhurst intro.
duced Franks to him as mir. Franks,
The witness boosted Of the possession of
a splendid memory" but Col. James
succeeded In tangling him up ineXtric-
ably about most any events except the
visits to Grace Wclch's house.
me lawyer concluded his cross
examination by asking Lemon IT. he had
I T Nislted Mrs: Jacobs, az 81 Fast
Franks. Lemon said NO" cmphati-
caiiy, and then Col, James asked.
DIDN'T You visit that house with Will
son and Franks and insis; on having
Mrs. Jacobs sit on your lap: and Sidm't
she refuse. and didn'. her husband OH
!tct, and didn't a fight ensue, and didn't
you get your iinger broken in the iight?"
this hs" onasi Ia,d nm to each section of
he amended by saying that he remem-
bered a fight IN Fourth street on one
Of their visits, but 1t wasn't 50 nor Mrs.
Jacobs's, nor about his request to n
married woman TO sit in his lap.
we. went into a coffee saloon, and
one OF thu girl walters came over and
EiSSeI me Lemon was relating, when
~; lanes exclaimed interrogatingly:
Lemon FLUSHED and everybody in court
smiled Lemon said n man struck the
gifl. h said IT, was the man who
lived with her. Wilson. or some one,
fought this man on the stoop. col
said Confusedly :
That was in a d~isorderly house. but
as far as asking n married woman to
SIT on my lap, | never did it"
Recess.
Signed Notices In June.
Or. Charles II. Parkhurst was called
10 the witness stand after ra..SG Tbn
doughty President of the Society for the
prevention Of Crime and pastor of the
iashlonaGie and wealthy Madison
Square Presbyterian Church, related
the story of how he and the society's
agents laid the ground for this indict-
inent II Is an old story now.
IN August, 1893. the Society's agents
gathered Information regarding the
many disorderly resorts in the Eleventh
Precinct, after which a letter was adj
dressed TO Capt. Devery, giving him a
llst Of d~is9rderly houses, policy shops,
places, r%eciting the sections of the Act
Of Consolidation, which ~designates the
duties of police captains, and calling
upon him to suppress these places and
prosecute their proprietors.
This letter was igned by DR.. Park
hurst, Frank Moss and Mr.. Kenneson,
of the Society for the Prevention of
Crime.
In response, a few days later, Capt
Devery reported to Inspector Williams
that he had raided and closed up most
of these places, that others had closed
up of their own accord. that others did
not exist at all, and that others, includ'
ing the house Of Grace Welch, 81 FL
bridge street, We're private residences.
After that DR., P~arkhurst's agents per,
formed the work of gathering proof OF
the character of these houses, and oct
II another letter was addressed to Capt
Devery, again demanding that he clos
up the remainder OF, the fifty place!
named in the August letter.
This letter was UNDECIDED, and DR.
Parkhurst laid the matter before Dis
trict-Attorney, Nicoll, who presented |
to the Grand Jury; Devery was In
consisted of alternatives, Mr.. Week
reading the documents between tn
Doctors 'yesses.'
DIR. Pnrlhurst on the stand.
DR.. P%arkhurst said he had never know
Franks by my other name. Notice
of the alleged dereliction of Capt
Devery were sent by Or. Parkhurst t
the Superintendent of Police. the Mayo
and the Board of Police Commissioner
and inclosing copies of the specification
sent to Dcvery.
Cross-examining, Col, James asked
Did you notify the public press, Docto,
when YOU sent these notices to Cap
Devery""
when the first one was sent, Aug. II
j was In Europe. | sailed June IL"
"Wha-at! Did you sign this notice be
fore you went to Europe"
replied the militant parson. 1T was pre-
pared in June. There was some della
In serving it on Capt. Devery."
Did not the Commissioners or Super
your Society that you furnish the name
of the witnesses who would substantial
these houses?"
Mr. NI.akc oh3.ctaJ &c tho act Of III
Superintendent or Board could have n
bearing On the charge against Devery
Col. James argued that the real issu
was between the Department and tn
was only a subordinate, and that as tn
Society refused to furnish the informa
tiop asked for. they anl the CAPITAL
were absolved. He read from the rule
and regulations to sustain his contention
Asked About Gardner.
Justice O'Brien thought, the q%uestio
was proper and Or. parkhurst replie
such request had been made by the Polio
Department. To other questions he sal
that he did not return from Europe unit
November, and he could not swear thS
such a request did not come in his al
, sence, but he said II in a way that meaI
that no such request was received:
Col. James set out to poster DIR. Parl
, hurst with questions about Charles v
Gardeners connection with the Societ,
Mr.. Weeks objected to them as INN;
terial. Col. James said he should sho
presently that 1t was very material, al
Justice O'Brien allowed the clergyma
to reply that he could not recall q!
actly when Gardner began services wit
the Society.
1t will be remembered that it was Cap
Devery whose activity resulted in II
, arrest, Indictment, trial and %convictic
, of thief Agent Gardner, of the SoCiet
= for attempted ~eXtortion. and evident
=, Col. James desires to impress the jul
with the idea that DIR. P~arkhurst WI
: actuated in the prosecution of bcvery !
a desire for v~engenCc. Col. James su
: Ceeded in getting the story before Il
: Jury, and then he asked:
Wn. After the Police.
. Nov, DIR. Parkhurst, did you ev
> send any of your detectives into Il
Eleventh Precinct before the arrest
u Gardner by Devery"'
c n Doctor couldn't say definitely, b
, Col. James stirred up II hornets ne
! when he essayed to show that the do
tors charges against Devery were ma
on hearsay. ,
4 "Oh. no; ! had passed through Il
streets of the precinct, and ] had bee
o assailed from the windows of hous'
d and by women on the streets reptile
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