The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-10-09
Warden Leawith Tells Of Abuses
in the Jefferson Market
Court Prison.
KEEPERS WORK THE GR0WLER.
Favored Attorneys Admitted to the
Jail and Permitted to See
Prisoners at Night.

The Lexow committee mace anotner
change OF base to-day and resumed its
work of investigating police corruption
in Part III. Of the Superior Court, in
stead of the old General Sessions build
ing. Many rumors had been circulated
to the effect that Mr.. Goff, the chief
inquisitor, was prepared to strike for
higher game when he got the Senators
together again, but there were no Police
Commissioners about the Courthouse
'previous to the opening of the session,
and the counsel for the Committee was
dumb as to their plans.
Police Capts. Schultz and Eakins were
on hand, however, and a squad of seedy-
looking individuals, with blackened eyes
and otherwise disfigured countenances,
in the front row of seats reserved for
witnesses, seemed to Indicate that clubs
would again be trumps A number of
patrolmen and roundsmen had also been
summoned, which further supported
this conjecture.
Patrick Kelly, an iron-worker, who
accuses Policeman Schroeder, of the
Eighty-eighth street station, of picking
his pocket of so cents, and three others
OF assaulting him, was on hand, and
Newsletter Trywusch. who says the
Ward tough to do him up because he
had testified against Policeman Lynch
at the last session of the Committee,
was also ready to tell the Senators of
his new grievance.
Chairman Clarence Lexow came In
Njust before II o'clock, and was imme-
diately besieged for information as to
the programme which had been laid
ont for the week
Don't ask me about It," he said;
Its ali in the hands of MIR. Goff, If
you want any information, go to MIN.
The other members of the Committee
presnt were Senators Bradley, Robertson
and Pound.
After calling the Committee to- order
Chairman Lexow read communication
from the Police Commissioners OF Jer-
sey City asking for Information regard
Ing the testimony Gn yen aga "a tsat eeS
p py ARPssat of the
Senator Pounds suggestion, that the
stenographer furnish transcript OF the
testimony Of Applegate at the expense
Of the Jersey Commissioners, was cheer
fully adopted.
James w. Ledwith, the Warden OF JEFF
ferson Market prison, who had pre-
court prisons in the city. He did NOT
have the power Of appointment of sub,
ordinates, but this was in the hands OF
MIR. Sedwith said he had investigated
the charge that the keepers at JEFFERSON
Market worked the GROWER every night
the keepers themselves denied i: a
neighboring liquor dealer furn infferso1
Market prison. Patrick OToole, one o.
the keepers, he said, had been dis
IBID you find that favored lawyers
were admitted to the PRISON. aske'
III aid not secure definite information
or proof Of this, and have no positive
Information OF this, but j suspect tina
some keepers may admit them at night
There are many men who cannot resis
an appeal to their cupidity."
He said he had asked the men abou
this, but they had denied It. m .
queer way OF investigating the matter
but Ledwith said he did not know OF an
other way of getting at the faetsi 1,o,
The next witness was Augustin Forgel
agent of the French steamship line
After telling Mr.. Con- about his six years
service and the location OF the, steam
something to dowith the police.
He knew Capt. Smith and Cap
schmittberger, but the present Captal
4
did YOU ever pay money to any police
man|' asked Mr. Con-.
Yes, ! gave money to the Superir
tendent, Mr.. West, TO pay the poiicema
on the dock for looking after the pas
sssngerS and taking care of things
How much did you pay?'
think 1t was $40 a week"
You never paid any money In gross?
No, not that l remember"
Mr. Forget produced book Of week.
accounts covering the period from NJ
Sember, ,sei. TO January. 1892. and NJ
Son >aaped attention to an item Ell
Tered on Dec 81, 1891. 1t was write
4 y French. and the translation was
For donations and subscriptions 4
special surveillance of wharf, &C.. for Il
year 1881, to whomsoeyer Is entitled
receive I paid by Mr.; Forgst $500" =,
Go WHOM was that pa!dT' asked
TO several persons. replied the wi