The evening world., 1894-06-11

Mr.. Grant addressed the Commissioners.
He asked that the complaint be dis
ldsen hnd no 'Pem PSnoWiedEe 's uS tSst t gam gambling
house existed at 3t5 West Thirty-nrst
street, and that there was no construc-
tive evidence TO show that such was the
Mr. Biandy opposed The motion. declar-
ing that gambling did exist In the house
at the time alleged IN the afi,davit 3l
the same view and concluded to 20 on
Capt Price took the stand in his own
nation he had that gambling house
was being conducted at the place men
toned was on Saturday morning. June
2, the day Of "The Evening worlds
lie said he had once gone to the
house in citizens clothes and made
search from cellar to garret, but saw
none Of the implements and parapher-
who lived in the house, and in the
Alderman told him that he had pur-
chased the property. and lived next
door.
"That was the frst 1 ever knew that
saio the Captain. II found that the
house was occupied by n Mrs. Thomp-
son. with her two children and her
father and mother. She denied that
house I have subpoenaed them all.
and they are here to-day
Il made inquiries in the neighborhood.
but found no one who had heard or any
gambling going on In the place.
"In the adjoining house, 3i7. there are
seven or eight policemen Some Of them
long 10 my command. subpoenaed
them to appear here to-day"
The Captain said that he had done
his best to rid his precinct OF gambling
houses and that he was sure there were
no such places there now.
He denied that he knew the author OF
the anonymous letter mentioned above.
hut declared. with apparent eGrnestness.
thnt he would give years salary TO
know.
Commissioner Murray took the witness
IN hand and got him to say that MIS-,
about n month. and that shortly after
wards she had rented the ground floor to
seversl young men. who suddenly moved
out on the day Of The Evening worlds
Capt. Price called upon Mrs. Thomp-
son again on Monday. when she told
him that the reason why she had re-
house longer was because Alderman
Parks objected to It. saying that they
had too many visitors.
Alderman Parks on the stand.
Alderman Parks was the next witness
called.
He testified that he was the owner
OF the building and that he leased the
premises to Mrs Thompson two months
ago. .
He said the first intimation he had
that gambling was going on In the house
was when he read the story In The
Evening World" on the afternoon Of
Saturday. June 2.
He Immediately went to the house and
told Mrs. Thompson that II any gam
bling was going on there she must stop
II.
He declared that he never had any
previous knowledge OF anything wsonE. sI,,,i
gambling in the house the night before
"The Evening World" expose
lived at 347, three of whom stated that
they we're distant relatives OF Alderman
Parks testified that they had never seen
anything suspicious about the place.
sent to Investigate The Evening
Worlds story on the night of June .
sWore ., that they had not found found any; N.Y.
even e~t%s been s ' carried on is there. "'S 'D
Edward Scholes. william Myers and
Louis Grant Lyman, the three men
Ts0 xh svSs Se csS there IN ee ee pss
upon the stand 10 rthe defense.
All three denied point blank the story
told by Sullivan. and declared that there
never had been n roulette or red and
black table In the house.
On cross-examination Scholee and Ly-
man were badly tangled up. The former
said he was ticket speculator, and the
latter a broker and commission merchant.
Neither had. however, been doing busi-
ness recently. nor had they had regu-
lar office.
Myers, however who had declared
that he was an insurance broker, with
an office in the Equitable Building,
showed n document which bore out his
statement.
At 530 o'clock an adjournment was
taken until next Thursday at 030 A. NJ.