The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-07-20

neis ~ the lIln street station about
IL. and he told me he suspected II wa,
disorderly house and said he woIlt
look out for it,"
Grants Objections OverruIcd.
Mr.. Grant kept Directing to all tn,
questions put by Mr.. Welman, but h,
was overruled. The witness went on tc
raid the place, and the Captain said he
would do SO II he got the evidence
When the witness went to collect rem,
he saw two women in the house besides
Mrs. Thurow.
Did Capt, pohsrty tell you it was a
hc ,!y Of iIl-fame?"
when was this?" g.
In the Summer of 1897
And the house was never rented until
81 believe it was not rented until
After further questioning, the witness
altered his statement and said "The
Captain only spoke of his suspicion
about the house. and did not say posi-
lively that he knew 1t was house of
i'll repute."
The witness also had a conversation
with Ward Man Meehan about Mrs.
that Mrs. Thurow kept girls in her
house, but the witness was not salts
fled that the house was actually dis
orderly one.
This Caused n storm.
Everything had been going along
smoothly up to this time, when MIR.
Wellman asked the witness how much
more rent he got for the house than he
could get If it had been "a respectable
one.
This brought up Mr.. Fromne for the
hrst time to-day. He maze vigorous
objection to the question, which he said.
tended to incriminate the witness.
After wrangle MIR. Wellman said he
would withdraw the question.
Mr.. Fromme. on cross-examination.
showed Meyer the copy of letter which
he said Capt. Dohe:ty had written to
read II.
Then Mr. Grant wanted to cross-ex-
anime the witness. but to this Mr.. Well
man objected on the ground that only
cross-eAainine and that it would b. a
waste of time. He finally consented to
allow one or two questions.
Big Capt. Doherty manifested a very
active interest In every question asked
the witness and was continually consult
ing with his lawyers and giving the IN
suggestions.
At Lawyer Grants request, Meyer
was directed to produce the original OF
the letter from Capt. Doherty and have
1t at Police HEADQUARTERS on Monday.
The copy OF the letter in question was
notified Meyer under date of June -.
us that 4. he had found the house kept
and had procured evidence necessary -
convict her.
Doherty Rnided the House.
Mr.. Grant stated that the Captain
had thereupon raided the place. and
and fined This was to contradict
Meyers testimony.
William Delamater, first deputy clerk
OF the Police Board, gave the dates of
Officers Hoch and Meehan, their trans
fer to the Fifth street station, and their
from that precinct.
The next witness was Rosa West.
Thurow,s house. 20 Second avenue, from
May. 1892, till February, 1895. The wit
A.: rss WOULD not say at first whether IT
Lawyer Grant became very much ex-
cited when the interpreter from General
sessions tried to persuade her to answer.
Afterwards, however, she described
the character of the place. and said she
had seen Capt. Doherty there several
times while she was living there. He
sometimes spoke to the girls as he
What did he say?" asked Mr.. os-
borne.
II don't want to tell"
But you must"
Neh' ne saiu' 20 INTO the mouse,
The witness had been ordered in sew
eral times by the Captain while she was
standing on the steps, and had heard
She said she knew Hoch. but when
asked to identify him could not do so,
he sat next to Capt. Doherty
and within ten feet of her.
Other officers in passing the house, the
witness said, told the girls to go in or
they would be arrested. She was In the
house when 1t was ralded once.
Ordered the Girls to Go In.
The witness said she saw Capt. Doher-
~ pass the house soon after the raid.
She. was standing on the steps. and he
said to her:
Get into the house, YOU -
Or I'll pull the place again"
This was in the Winter of 1928.
On cross-eXamination the witness said
I was customary for the girls to run
INTO the house when they saw the Cap
ain or any policemen coming and lock
The door.
Were girls ever arrested near the
house so or on the stoop?" asked Mr..
Yes. many times"
Rosa said that the girls had a fund
% which they contributed to get each
't her out out Of trouble when arrested.
'ome, down the street on a horse-car
md jump Off suddenly and arrest the
|irls. Mr.. Fromme brought out a good
leal or testimony of this sort to show
hat something was being done by the
'olice to break up the place.
Lille Sanders, the next witness, was
stout young woman with swapping
black eyes, a jaunty hat and was
marty dressed, AS she took the wit
less stand she glanced around at Officer
ioGh and Capt. Doherty. and smiled
Jack. Hoch seemed to be particularly
Interested in the witness.
She said she had lived for nearly two
years at % Second avenue Mrs. Thu
'ow's. Now she lived at l59 East Third
street u
WAS 1t fast house?" asked Mr..
Osborne.
Miss Sanders shrugged her shoulders.
We'll. they had girls there, didn't |
hey?"
Yes, lots of them"
How many?"
81 cant say there were so many of
hem while l was there"
That Birthday Celebration.
Mr.. Grant, in his ross-examlnation,
sked about the birthday celebration OF
an. 6, 1892. when Mrs. Thurow said
ieehan came In and wanted money.
MIS-. Thurow was very drunk that
ay,' said Miss Sanders. gigglng. "She
ad been celebrating my birthday. She
vas not able to go out OF the house
nd she was fighting so at one time that
took three men to hold her down"
Was Meehan at the house that day."
When the police came around" said
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