The evening world., 1894-06-19

IN RiyinEton Just above the cnurSn' Tha Ths
Wofnef openly solicited from the win
dows and STEPS Of the houses and IN the
otsn ss, spoke srs,1ns .s %: a%s %sre %y eSn
msaeo n"Sieo 40 oPrps Suppress them" -.
'1bld you ever speak to Capt Devery
about themf'-' -~r ~- 49, "'
rhrice Complained TO Devery.
IRE sscG,ssst alec 80,es wSs to T about ssFes
Of the station-house. complained about
The houses near the church. and he told
me that he could not shut UP the houses
oniy drive the the women into tenement
.'Did he ever do ANYTHING towards clos
ins Not aay that RI tnf'e saw. The conditions re.
mained about the same as long ~ 1
stayed there; had two other Gonversa- ns,sn-
oas ns Tisn IN wSieR eomplained xS not only Of
the disorderly houses. but about the sa-
looms In the neighborhood which were
kept open on Sunday. .h and a5out seVern'
Mr.. Hamilton said he saw an officer
going into one Of the saloons one Sunday
and he asked him why he did not close
the place. The officer said he did not
Didn't Capt. Devery ever do anything
Mr.. M Moss. ~ ''' '
3 Got n PooI-Room Closed.
'.Yes. ne did close UP, a pool-room that
was doing business right next to my
cnSrsn s0mpbapedb q II
Ransom am sr0ssre1fninhSn Mr. Hamii.on sad he knew
that the houses pssr ss oMS SS creh
and not entirely from hearsay.
He said he had testified on the trial
Of Capt. Devery a. to the character ,o,i OF
whatever in swearing that they were
places OF iil-repute.
He said they had been in existence
f0s tns nst4y sntye as perGSS the OF Allen
did any Of the saloon. keepers in i The b,
neighborhood attend your cnurch9
asked ex-Judge Ransom.
mo, cir; not to my knowledse."
did they G. contribute m to the support
S"Not ms saloon keepers. The wife of
saloon n-keeper whose place adjolned my
church was sometimes an attendant NJ
services, and she put contributions IN
The witness raid that on the occasion
Of his speaking to p9lieemaan, aan, aGoht niSh!
teen open liquor shops on his way from
the church to his home one Sunday
evening. e...
interviewed Capt. Devery the latter
treated the matter very lightly, and told
him that any one who was looking Ior
houses of ill-fame could md them. once
or twice while making pastoral calls IN
the neighborhood, when he Grst TOOK
charge OF the church, he got Into these
houses by mistake.
Policeman Grove Called.
Tho next witness was Policeman Pat
rick Grove, Of the Twenty-fifth Pre-
cinct, Of which Capt Strauss Is the cap
tain. He told , Mr Con that tsststad ne Ene% oI
ErSsg tsa9 !, RGspsP was Padag wSo
had given him the tip q week ago INST
satgTday that the :. following Sunday
Il didn't know Pospisil was President
OF the Bohemian saloon-Keepers' Asso-
ciation," said the witness. =, Il never
ibid you tell him that he had better
keep closed up the next day?"
.sss ..XsS sissis. ssa a conversation with him
"Yes; i only told him i'm !. thought 1T
How did you know 1t would be
II didn't know t. any more than any
one else. but kind. Of thought SO. We
used to get our orders every Saturday
Excise law
Why should ,l i s,hs have Sesn more strict
81 didn't know 1t was"
"Didn't the Captain give you orders
, warn these saloon-keepers?'
Man didn't tell you to give the tip?"
Not Ordered to Warn snloon-k eep-
"I do. Nobody gave me any orders.
ahsnse snss fGs saw me going BY sna sad
Hello, Paddy and / said. Hello,
You thought it oySu y9ur duty to
ST couldn't say exactly why / warned
him. I thought 1t was all right to tell
him to look out, as 1t would be strict
'What do you mean by strict?" asked
any other Sunday?"
No It was the same every sunday,
int house would you think 1t your
duty to warn him that you might arrest
"oh. no. But I told Pospisil that ts
could not arrest him."
THAT wnl do, Mr.. Grove" said Mr
Con-. I'VE are very much obliged te
Mr.. Grove retired. Ex-Judge Ransom
y did not want to ask him any questions.
Joseph Kauvar n Bohemian, once 9
saioon-keeper in the Twenty-flfth Pre-
clnct, but now from the wilds of New
Jersey. according to Mr.. Con-. was ther
called.
He said that while Schmittberger wal
Captain of the precinct he opened IA
loon at 1850 First avenue, and Joined th'
Bohemian Saloon-Keepers Association
The object OF the Association. as he un
cerstQod It, was to make all saloon
keepers sell beer for eight cents a pin
end get protection from the police TO sci
beer on Sunday.
The ward man then was Cannon
At that time there was some talk a
one Of the meetings about the mofe
that was paid to the Captain. A com
mittee, consisting OF President Pospis
and Mr.. Sykora, was appointed to se
the Tammany Hall leader, Mr.. Delnoull
the witness thought his name was. I
see II he could persuade the new Car
tain to take the same ameunt they ha
formerly paid to Capt. Gunner
Says Sch hmittberaer Raised the Pric
The new Captain, he said, was Schmit'
berger, and ne raised the price on tn
saioon-keepers. Kauvar said the Coz
mittee went to Delmour and reported a.
terwards that 1t was all right.
The reason why they went TO see IN
Tammany leader was because the
thought he would have. influence wit