The evening world., 1894-10-11

on the East River, uptown, thsn
had been shifted all around, but mad
always been assigned to posts IN open
docks. In fact, he made 1t plain that
things had been made as uncomlortaple
"Do YOU regret your refusal TO give
up your money to the Captain" asked
Reilly shook his head
The next witness was Augustus a.
Wolf, manager OF Maillards chocolate
He was a friend of Mr.. Forget and also
Of Capt Schmittberger, whom he SAID
he had known ever since he was pa
9Didn't Cant, Schmittberger go to you
not long ago and ask you to use your n
fuence with Mr. Forget not TO tes'''y
AGAINST himY" -,
Forget who was then abroad ana
promised to find out when he would sail
for home and meet hin.
Had u Prcmonition.
what did he say to you?'
HE said that there might be Some
Investigation of his conduct ny tne
get might be called as a witness, ana
he asked me as an old friend to DO
what l could to find out how MI. FOR
get felt about the matter. $780,
Mr.. Wolf said he met Mr. Forget down
the bay, when he arrived on La Iour
aine, and spoke to him about CAPT
also dropped I'm at the Hotel Martin
afterwards, and renewed the conversa-
tion on the subject ..,.,.. 80
You did not know that these visits oi
yours to Mr. Fourget were observer"
asked Mr.. Golf.
mo, sir: 1 never suspected 1t, but |
Have YOU seen Capt. schmittbergcr
recently"
didn't he call at your Office yester-
a.,
Eyes, / heard he was there looking for
me, but | was away all day and didn
Mr. Golf tried to get the witness
to admit that he had paid money to the
police for permission to obstruCt the
Sidewalk in front of the factory, but he
denied that he had ever given any money
for this purpose
And Vow, Capt. Grant.
Bernard w. Wolff, liquor dealer, of
He testified that he had paid blackmalI
to Ward Men Logan and Dougherty, of
Capt. Grants precinct, in 1858
"They began prosecuting me ana inter
fering with my business so had to do
something, or / would have been ruined
/ was pretty independent before that
and had never paid anything
How much did you pay?"
Twenty dollars month. Logan used
to collect the money. This was In the
Rlizzard year Gnse ~ q naa m SUin tax srp re.
duced. / went to see Capt. Grant about
Il and told him that ! could not afford
to pay Sc much hsn mS cues wien lHF 'nf
gave to him, but told him that he
would have to make 1t easier for me
After talking the matter over, he
said he would o so. and after that time
I never paid but $40 a month"
You gave, Capt, Grant the money
for he usually did the collecting, and
he took 1t, There was no address on
the envelope, but that was not neces-
sary; he knew what II was
Seth b. Robinson. lawyer of ~ LIB
erty street, said he was coming down
on the IL" road on the morning OF
SeP st Msen Of go in
Twenty-eighth street, He got out at
Twenty-thlrd street and sixth avenue
ton. and fell down the stairs into the
A man helped the officer into a neigh
boring basement store ana the witness
man O'Neil, who was standing on the |
corner. He at first refused to do any |
thing, but afterwards went Into the |
basement and arrested the policeman,
whose name was Callahan, and be-
longed to the Leonard street station |
Surgeon Cock was summoned to see II |
Callahan was drunk, and naily the Of
ficer wasta ken to eJfferson Market Po-
lice Court, where he was discharged
Richard Gerehen, a grocer, OF 300 East |
One Hundred and Eighteenth street
a recent burglary in his store An OIL
Ger found man in his cellar and re-
ported It.
las everything seemed all right, |
told the policeman to let the man go.
The next day found that $50 worth of
cigars had been stolen. / reported the
told that = il j paid the officers might
get my goods back refused
The witness said that since that time
three attempts I'll had been made n by
that the police there would not arrest
any of them.
Hochstim's Chowdcr BIackmaiI.
Leon Buck, of NJ Canal street, testi;
ned NED, that hat his uncle; Mr. Rosen' , had
Hochstim because he could not afford |
to take II.
Tell us about this chowder ticket"
The witness begged to be let OFF He
said he was in the Comptroller's Office
and had secured 1t by political influence. |
II he. testified he said he would lose his
position and would be afraid to walk |
through the streets In the night Sen |
stor Lexow treasured him and told him
Buck said that Hochstim became very |
angry when he told him that Rosen |
could not anord to buy the chowder
ticket, and sam that he had better take |
II IL he wanted to keep his place run
ming.
What sort of place did Rosen
keep" asked Senator LeXow.
"A policy shop. | went back to RUscn
and told him what Hochstlm had said,
ana ne seemed much alarmed. | don't
Know whether Rosen bought the ticket
or not. They were s. apiece. He told
Hochstim II M would walt till business
was better he would take two tickets"
me ticket was for a Chowder party
or the Max Hochstim Assocla ton, and
a -
tpe Association the witness replied
hon. II. ID. Sullivan"
Discharged for Revenge.
Buck afterwards said he was no longer
ehployed IN the Comptroller's office. and
thought he had been discharged because
ne had given some Information to Pfef-
fer, detective employed by the commit
tee, about matters in the Essex Market
neighborhood. He said he had been in
formed of his discharge in a letter writ |
ten by Comptroller Fitch, who gave as
the reason for his dismissal that he wa
incompetent.
He explained that he had made an |
plication for another position under the |
city government, and he was afraid Of
the Senate Committee.
Joseph II. Brown. a clerk of the Court
OF common Pleas, was the next witness.
he Is in the Naturalization Department,
the busy time of the year was In the
Fail, he said, but the work usually
began early in the Summer months.
lie said that siNty-three persons were
naturalizei yesterday in the Court Of
common Pleas, aud this was about the