The evening world., 1894-06-12

left the courtroom.
The argument had lasted nearly an
hour. Tit next witness called was Mrs.
Henrietta Hensing. Of 81 Fourth ave-
nue..
In answer to Mr.. oon's questions Mrs.
and was dressed In q polka dotted gown
of n dark red color, said that she did
not keep ii d~isorderly house, hut that
senator I.exow interpreted for her.
Hook visited her last July or June, she
said. and called her out on the street
She, had me-, him before; People, she
house. she must see tho police" 80 she
went to the station in Filth street and
saw the Captain.
She couldn't rcco,lect his name. but he
told her she must see Hook, She paid
Hook $40 first, and afterwards sent him
$50 In an envelope to the station, This
was. after there had been some trouble
In the house. aud q watch was stolen.
There was more trouble in January
last. and then Capt. Cross pulled the
house. Detective bush had gone to the
said. ard they made a row. and then she
and two Others, one of them her house
keeper. were arrested.
Got Hail for $40.
"'rhev took me to the station. and I
asked to re let out on bail. and the ser
geant said II would cost Inc sl5. ! only
had Ni. so a friend Of mine loaned me 81,
Afterwards. went to. court, AMI
there I mot u lawyer named Refer, who
said he could get me of. but that |
II had not that amount, but gave
him $50"
Not long afterwards the witness said
the lawyer sent her II card, asking her
to come to his office, and told her that
t"S ssSSse paid nth" thia r Rone s"e a1n~i
then, when the cNse came M in Special
Sessions she gave $40 moro to Detective
Bush.
She was discharged. and then. she
said. Bush called to see her again. after
more money. She refused to pay 1t. and
the next week the house was raided
again:
II don't see why I should have paid
money" said the witness, "as did
not keep n disorderly house. Al I had
was q saloon, and the rooms I rented
upstairs. Every one there was respect
we were all arrested the second
time, There were twelve persons there
In all. We went to the station, and
silver Smith came to hail Ills out"
You mean Silver Dollar SMITH"
silver Dollar Smith Accused.
Yes. He said he would bnil me out
for 500, and $50 for each woman. All
the women arrested were respectable
There were three visitors among them.
II paid 500 and $50 more for three of
the women. the Others paid for them
selves, each one SIS. one of the ladies
afterwards fined 800 In the police court.
and he does not know to this day what
he was fined for"
The witness said that the detective
swore that her house was n ~diSreputable
one. but she had Indignantly denied II.
She simply kept a boarding house.
Mr.. Gon produced a blotter OF the
Fourteenth Precinct Station. in which
was an entry on Ian 20, 1894. recording
the arrest OF Carl n Henrietta Hen.
sing.
The record stated that Carl HcnsinG
sing a diso"derk woman. The entry
closed with the following:
$500 bail to answer. Hogan"
Mrs. Hens!ng said she had been mar.
ried twenty years. and came from Berlin
only n year ago. She only did cooking
In the house In Fourth avenue.
While she lived In Berlin her husband
was a head-waiter In Il hotel. h had
no children.
II want to show said Mr.. Con. wher
ex-Judge Ransom interrupted his ques
tons. that this H. n thoroughly re
spectacle woman and kept a respectful
house"
Mrs. Hensing said she wanted to ge
a hotel license, but had not procured on.
at sbs the b,d time ,ries she WAS msn arrested bss nrom si,hSSuf !;
get her one. All she had was a salooi
license.
Ex-Judge Ransom asked on cross
examination all about the furnishing o
the house in Fourth venue, including
all the rooms hat were rented.
Didn't you send up drinks to the oc
cupants Of rooms when they ordered
II don't know. / was in the kitchen
most OF the time"
What was the price charged fol
FIFTY and rs cents a day. or SO t,
$3.50 n week"
What was your Idea OF paying fol
protection for keeping that sort OF q
81 don't know. except that sometime.
the boarders got INTO trouble, and the,
told me IT would be a good thing tt
keep In with the police"
Mrs. Storach was the housekeeper an
had charge of therenting of the rooms
the witness said.
She Was in town two days age" con
in Boston now. Mrs. storsch was tax
ing her meals at the house when | tool
II. She lived In Fourteenth street. bu
made her my h~ousekeeper. She col
Mrs Hensing could not remember tn.
name Of the sergeant to whom she sai'
she had paid SIS. No explanation Of tn
time. but she thought her husband wal
charged with keeping n disorderly house
She only knew this because her lawye
told her 30 afterwards.
u" odIi sht sthi hNeb ~ y u fohlt
venue, but the house was closed. M,
license has been broken and every cen
that ! had Is lost" she added;
York and go to Boston," asked Senate
Bradley.
II only heard she went away bu,
don't believe IT,
Has Mrs. Storsch Skipped?
Mr.. Golf stated that Mrs. Storsci
had been served with n subpoena yes
terday. and that he believed she ha,
skipped the town.
John Schlic. who went to the station
with Mrs. Hensing when she was ar
rested, said he saw her give the detec
tive s. on the street, when he came L
arrest her.
II went down to see Mrs. Hensing
and they arrested me, too. At Esse>
Market next morning the detectiv,
took me around the corner and laid h,
wanted s. out OF me.
Il asked him what for, and he said, /
| didn't pay him IS. | would have to pa,
$40 to get OF. | didn't pay him any
thing. and the Judge discharged me-"
Bartolomeo Brizzolari. Martinellrs for
mer chef. who liz now a caterer at |
East Seventeenth street. testified tina
he had the bar privilege at the Liquo
Dealers ball at the Metropolitan Opera
House in the Winter of 1892. and tina
at ~, 30 A. NJ. a sergeant came TO hin
accompanied by "a man In citizen
clothes, and told him that he woul,
have to come down handsomely o
close up at | a. NJ