The evening world., 1894-06-21
PRICES TRIAL ENDS.
Taking Of Testimony Concluded by
the Police Board To-Day.
Important Witnesses Have Mystic
riousIy Disappeared.
Gambling Tools Hastily Removed
from Alderman Parks's House.

The trial of Police Capt. James X.
Price. of the West Thirty-sevcnth street
station. who is charged with neglect of
duty In failing to suppress an alleged
gambling den in Alderman Charles
Parks's house at 345 West Thirty first
street. was resumed before the Police
Commissioners at IL o'clock this morn
ing.
The trial was begun n week ago Mon
day. and was twice adjourned because
OF the failure Of Capt. Price to produce
material witnesses. The most important
witness. William Stone. who, 1t Is
claimed. leased tho housc from Alderman
Parks. and his daughter, Mrs. Thomp-
son. who was his h~ousekeeper, mystic
riously disappeared Immediately after 1t
was positively proven that gambling had
been going on in the house. Subpoena
servers from Police Headquarters
secured the city without success for
some trace of either Stone or Mrs.
Thompson.
Capt. Price insisted that he. too. had
exercised every power at his command
to find the missing persons, but they
seemed to have disappeared as com
pletely as II the earth had opened and
swallowed them.
Another important witness Is Abe
Hyman, who piloted Reporter Sullivan
to the house. Neither Capt. Price nor
the detectives from H~eadIuarters have
missioners have had officers out for a
week hunting for some clue to his
whereabouts. but their efforts, according
to their sworn statements. were pro-
ductive of no better results than those
OF Capt. Price and his men.
Why any Of these witnesses should
Commissioners, a matter OF very, plain
inference. There was no intention to
prosecute or punish them In any way.
They We're even promised immunity
from possible arrest for the purpose Of
detention. 1t is not believed that the
parties left the city of their own Volt
ton, but, on the contrary. that pressure
was brought TO bear to place them out
ers.
1t had been already proven that gam
ping had been, gong on In the house FOR
p SGme ' Mas e EXPOSED ID BY byne The + WIEN Even fhs
World" The only purpose, therefore. In
Desiring the testimony of stone, and Mrs.
Thompson was to strengthen the case.
The first witness called to-day was
Lawrence F. Stone. an expressman, of
272 Eighth avenue. He rrofessed TO
know nothing about the place or what
was EOliS cI lntIt, anu was thtuStu.
Assistant Corporation Counsel Blandy,
who is prosecuting the case for the Com
~missioners, promised to show that gam
bling paraphernalia, which Capt. Price
It was testified in his behalf. was never
there. was actually moved out as soon
as darkness settled after The Evening
Worlds expose
James Smith, a driver for the previous
witness, was called and testified that he
never moved anything from S44 West
rN,.l -, G-at -N.zAt 60 OE AZ III 4
first street. nor anything gu, of the lat
ter place. He also testified that records
of jobs of moving furniture, &c, were
en He deh III { t an1k h se Knew ex Mill s.1ns Stone
or Lyman or Scholes, who are alleged to
or that he had even spoken to Capt
Price or talked about the case.
The first witness was recalled by Pres
ident Martin and directed to produce
the books in which the entries of work
lone are made.
Then Mr.. Blandy asked him If he
ever called at Police Headquarters rela-
tive to the removal of property from 34i
West Twenty-tirst street to SS West
He acknowledged that he did after be-
ing subpoenaed, but denied that he
knew what the property consisted of or
what driver removed 1t.
Weren't you asked for the name of
the driver at Police Headquarters, who
moved stuff from 344 West T~wenty-frst
StTttl 10 OfJ w tSl lHlTtN-llISt street,
and didn't you say it was John Smith? q
Il thought, it might have been Smith
no removed it,
Then there was property removed, as
stated"
There might have been. but I don't
t know' because ! only keep records of
Mr.. Blandy failed to get the witness
to say positively that any property
had been moved into 344 West Thirty
first street by any of his men. and ex-
for. the .e~ntry-book. which will be ex-
amined by the Commissioners for some
reference to the moving of furniture
for Alderman Parks from he Twenty
first street house to the alleged gam
bling-rooms In West ~Thirty-first street.
President Martin, Commissioner MUIR
ray and Lawyers Grant and Blandy all
terial facts ELECTED were that he had
had two interviews with Supt. Byrnes
relative to the moving of furniture for
Thursday. during the trial of Capt.
Price.
Florence ]. Sullivan, the reporter, on
whose affidavit the complaint was for
Did you ever" he asked, "try to
blackmail Lawyer Thompson, Of Elk
change place, Jersey City, out Of $2O0?'
No, sir; there. is not a word of truth
The witness then identified a number
of witnesses h had been subpoenaed
by Capt: Price to testify as to his (sulli-
van's) character.
robert Davis, one OF the Jerseymen,
was then called. He said he knew Sui
livan; that his reputation was bad, and
thai he wouldn't believe him under oath.
He testified that he had held the offices
of Sheriff, ,Jailer and Police Judge.
What was his reputation bad for?"
asked MIR. Blandy.
borrowing money to play cards, to
| play the races and for other purposes,
and never paying it back"
did he ever borrow any from you,
and how much?"
Yes, about SO or $50"