The evening world., 1894-04-27
M'LEAN'S DETECTIVE.
Mr.. Soyer Tells twisting Resorts
in Capt Slevin's Precinct
Paid by Parkhursts Superintendent
for "a Private Individual"
He and Thompson Alone Against
Slevin's 100 Witnesses.


Oak street station. was put on trial to-
day before the Police Board on charges
preferred by Commissioner MacLean.
The charges specify that the Captain
neglected to suppress certain disorderly
houses in his precinct located re-
spectively at 9 James slip. rs and 90
James street and ITO 10 Cherry street.
In answer to these charges Capt.
Slevin claims that the house at 80 James
street Is a respectable tenement. &C.
cupied by sixteen families, and that he
has never heard as complaint against
1t. The Durham Manufacturing Com
pany couples the whole building at Q
The two remaining houses at % James
street and ITO 1-2 Cherry street, the Cap
tain admits were at one time houses OF
ill-fame. but after several raids the
places were suppressed. and now he al
leges that there Is nothing Objectionable
IN the character OF either OF these
1t Is on the two latter specifications
that. the Commissioners decided to try
Capt Slevin. Commissioner MacLean
says that the Society for the Prevention
Of Crime has had nothing to do with
the preferring Of these charged
The courtroom at Police Headquar-
tiers was thronged half an hour before
the opening Of the case, which had
been called for II o'clock. and there was
an army Of bluecoats. headed by serst::
Walsh, on hand from the Oak street
squad, all ready to testify in behalf
of the accused Captain.
A dozen or more women and a score
Of citizens were also present in behalf Of
Capt SEWN. SO Mr.. Howe. his lawyer.
said. making a total Of at least half a
hundred witnesses to be called for the
defense Il the Commissioners would allow
The only complaining witness named
in the specification submitted by Com
missioner. MacLean. was William L.
Sssn empio:ed for a year or 50 By Dr..
fsrkhurst's Society as detective. As
sistant Corporation Counsel Blandy ap-
peared as counsel for the Board and the
Ali the members OF the Board were
present when President Mastin called
upon Mr. Blandy to 80 on At Il .45. =.
the %haH s.ked eS%ms
Sonly two" answered Mr.. Biandy.
And for the defendant" continued
NEARLY one hundred" replied Mr..
Howe. who added that most Of the wit
nesses were occupants OF the alleged dis
The first specification taken up was
that relating to the house at James
slip. At Mr.. Blandy's request all the
women summoned as witnesses were ex-
The first witness called was William
L. Soyer, who said he lived at 2o1 East
Fourteenth street. and had been a prt-
yste dete e since since 1859. April 49,
which is a saloon on the corner. to get
information in regard to the place:
A. M. Thompson was with him. There
WAS some Inn about the
ing that this saloon was not In the
premises known at N. 3.
The witness said there was no number
No. thi i he tRou sS Il to Se No.
was a three-story frame house. This
was not the building occupied by the
Dunbar !IrS Manufa s Company q J.,
the license granted 90 the proprietor OF
the saloon. Thomas Clark" said MI.
then the r. Excise Ranav 1os ;cl
given as No. 9 in the city directory"
for that number" IS" said NJ. Howe; why
Go s nsrSs: the hs srss. from the
In. ana 1t appeared that No. was used
to designate premises In James slip on
missioners ruled that Mr.: Blandy could
go on and examine the witness.
He first described! l"s visit to The
saeem RsPI by Gsr a on the aPr hs
frequented by disreputable women.
who brought men in from the street.
On the same evening the witness said
there again on the following evening.
He found, he said. the house to be of
the same character as that at James
slip.
ness said. was apparently tenement
house. but on the evening of April he
vas solicited by several women standing
in the entrance OF the hallway. who
by Mr.. TIL mpson on this as well as on
previous occasions.
with regard sad to hi 10 Vent s ch ,Sys street ss
6, however. ne was admitted to hall
room by the proprietor of the cigar store
In the front, where there were several
able The cigar store kept by Larsen,
the proprietor. was mere fake"
There were only q, few packages Of Gig
had been employed N DIR. Parkhurst' S
Society to Investigate these places. He
Ra Fore bst not to
soyer also said that he had been en-
powered by supt. .Wishart. of the. Park
in Capt Slevin's precinct. He was told,
however that the work was not to be
done for the Society. but for a private
Individual. He received sl4.25 for his
services In this particular case.
"What were you told by Supt. WISH
art?" asked Mr.. Blandy.
He said to me: This work is not for
would be surprised II you knew who II
was. What he wants to find out Is how
these places In the Fourth Precinct are
run. Get all the facts you can
John Edward Thompson, a boyish-
looking young man, who said he had
been a private detective for six years.
was the next witness. He had accom-
panied Witness Soyer on his visits to the
alleged disorderly houses IN Capt. Sevin q
precinct. and corroborated his testimony.
Thompson told the story OF the visits
TO the four houses with much more par
ticularity than Soyer. but corroborated
the latter In every point.
On cross-examination Thompson said
he had been employed by Bupt. WISH
art, OF the Society for the Prevention
OF Crime. but the latter had told him
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