The evening world., 1894-07-24
IN DEFENSE
OF D0HERTY,


lie looked them up for his own informa.
know.
why did YOU look them UP two
months ago" There WAS WAS; no one &C.
was going to be accused"
No sir, but l thought something was
going to happen"
forty or nifty women from that house,
and that YOU arrested many from the
stoup Yourself Would II surprise you
to know that there were only three ar
rests made from that stoup during the
whole of 1885, and only ten or a dozen
OF the inmates arrested BY the whole
platoon?'
Here's Where lie Fell Down.
Why, | know there were more than
that! rye got a list of more than that
il my pocket
wei, lets have it," demanded the
iclcnl less and impertufbably cool cross
examiner.
The now thoroUghlv-rattlsd policeman
flushed, and passed the list to Mr.. Well
man. Then the great prosecuting lawyer
and the copper witness compared the list
with tho blojter.
Lille Sanders WAS found to be the only
'rhe officer had credited Rosa Nint. 16
First street, arrested in First street,
near the Bowcry, to Mrs. ThLrow's
house.
rye seen Rosa Vint run into Mrs
Thurow's house when l was chasing
her" said the witness.
What did you chase her for?"
For the misdemeanor OF soliciting
She ran into the house to escape arrest,
and they shut the door"
Did you 20 In and arrest herr"
NO; 1t was misdemeanor. and had
" What? Who told you that you had
no right to pursue a person who had
committed a misdenneS nor in your pres
erce, wherever she might COZ
was told that at the Police School
OF Instruction"
Mccarthy did not swear out a warrant
for Rosa Nnt because, he said, the
that offenae sufficient for warrant.
July 81, according to the blotter. l.ottie
Rcnner was arrested as the only In
mate of Mrs Thurow,s house. Mrs; Thu
row was accepted as her ball In $500
Rosa Nint and Lottie Renner were
arrested by you from Mrs. Thurows
stoop. one in June. the-other In July.
Show me one more on your list arrested
by you from that stoop during the whole
year" demanded Mr.. Wellman.
Gets Into Deeper Water.
Mccarthy found the name OF Mary
rested on Second street. In August. He
declared tho Sergeant must have made a
mistake when he made the entry In the
blotter. He would not swear 1t. how.
ever. He thought this was the time
when he arrested her on the Bowery
near Second street He had arrested heI
twice.
This suggestion got tho poor fellow
into more trouble, for Mr.. Wellmar
asked him to find the record Of the sec
ond arrest. and after much perspirins
he was obliged to give 1t up.
Commissioner Murray asked several
questions in an effort to find out why
Policeman Mccarthy did not SO through
Mrs. Tn vows that night. when he go,
in as far as the hall with one of the
inmates. but he did not succeed, and
the witness gave place.
Patrolman Francis j. Hughes. a po
liceman so new that he has not yet
achieved single stripe, testified thai
he was detailed in September, 1893, to g
special port in front Of Mrs. Thurow'
house.
The Captain told dine he suspected
that 1t was a bad house, and instructed
me to let no one so in or out"
early in October Mrs. Thurow ap
| pointed me. She said, Officer, are yo,
| detailed especially to watch my house?'
II replied that | was, and that l wa
| instructed not to let any one go in or out
| ! arrested dozens OF women there.
was with great difficulty that arrest!
were made The women seldom venturet
further than ten feet from the door
and when an officer approached they
would run in the house and slam the
ip,r