The evening world., 1894-10-03

asked Mr. Con-, telling the officer, who
was IN court, to stand up.
lie did so, and the witness said she
knew him. He had told her several
times to move her stand away.
did he ever ask you for money!"
he asked me II ! paid rent, and when
1 SAID no, he said | must pay him So"
No, said hadn't the money and
ne Ne arrestd me and took me to Essex
. When was that"
This morning" replied the witness
:, II bring up this case" said Mr.. Con, in
Diminishing the witness, to show that in
| spite OF the frightful revelations before
this ommittee the practice of extortion
Mrs. Trywusrh added that she lived
IN brooklyn and helped support her chill
Samuel Trywusch, the husband, who
was next called. said he helped his wife
by delivering papers to customers at
their houses while the wife attended the
stand She only sold papers from Q to 10
| A. NJ.
Mr.. Trywusch said the police began to
bother him two months ago, and told
him he must see the ward detective.
II was out delivering papers this morn
ing, said the witness, and when
got back found my wife gone and the
papers In the stand. a man told me
my wife had been arrested and taken to
Essex Market
II went there and found her in charge
OF policeman. told him to arrest me
ana let my wife go, as l was the owner
of the stand, but the policeman said he
could not do this"
Mrs. Trywusch was discharged. Her
husband said tbs, police at the court
stand In that. nelghborhood again. There
are many other news-stands there but
| they were never interfered with.
the off1cer asked me where l lived, I"
Salu IryWuSCh. - and when | fold him
Brooklyn, he said l had no business
to keep stand in New York and
tn Ht l ought TO- stay in Brooklyn"
who said he bought a saloon at 6l3
Avenue b last February.
Ward Man Hummer In IL.
Did you have any dealings with the
pollce?" asked Mr.. Moss,
yes, Ward Man Drummer came to me
and ..iy said / must do as all the rest"
what was thatH'
II must pay him IS month to keep
open on Sunday"
Did you pay him anything?"
Yes; i paid him IS on three different
Did you ever pay any one else money
while you kept the store?''
Yes; / paid Matt Murphy, an Excise
fn ms nS tor, ; slo at the time got trans
4" Did Drummer eyer come to your plac; e
icy.
" oh, yes, often"
Did he. ever pay for his drnks?"
81 No, SIR"
Samuel Abramson. who keeps a drug
knew Max Hochstim, but denied that
he had told persons that he had seen
| Hochstim going into the Delaney street
| police station five or six times every
II attend to my own business said
Mr. Abramson, who evidently didn't want
| to say much about Hochstim.
"Hochstim Is very powerful man in
| your neighoorhood. isn't he?" asked Mr..
| Moss.
II don't know. He may be-"
| Abramson finally said he might have
seen Hochstim going into the station and
| spoken about 1t to his friends, but his
memory was very defective on this point.
Mr.. Moss read an entry from the De-
Masch's stolen property to the value OF
| 800 had been found in the apartments of
| Charles Weisman, 200 Delaney street.
| Adolph Forst testified that Ward Man
Hussey had pulled his coffee saloon at
| 1873 Clinton street because he found him
| playing cards there on Sunday.
You said not long ago that Hussey
arrested you for a very different reason,
mo, 1t was for playing cards.
"Oh, come, you know why he arrested
YOU. What did he >. say to you before he
=, " nc III, except that I mustn't play
| Didn't Hussey come to you and tell
you you must pay protection for your
| place."
| NO SIR"
Didn't he tell you to go and see Max
| Hochstim?"
| after l was arrested I saw Hoch-
stim, and he told me to give him $40
and I would not be bothered. l did
so, and l didn't see any more police
men for a month: then Hochstim came
| around again and wanted so more. I
told him ! was broke and couldn't pay.
After that l sold out my place."
Hochstim Said Put Your Wife in
Hook"
What did Hochstim tell you to do?'
He told me If l couldn't get the
money any other way to put my wife
| in hook"
The witness persisted In denying that
Hussey had ever asked him for money,
although MIR. Moss had a statement
made by him in which he admitted that
he had paid Hussey money