The evening world., 1894-06-04
CAPT. DOHERTY
IS ACCUSED.
tSonrnu,d ram Iyrsi Tuce. ,

"Yes, l asked him to take a drink and
offered him n cigar. but he said he Didn't
smoke or drink. so i slipped n few dol
lars nto HIS hand
"Didn't you say II there WAS any
to the officer than the Italian woman
Eyes. She offered to settle 1t for ~
Then all you gave the officer was '5E
Every cent. only gave IL 70 NM 10
Of bribing him. 1t was In the Court
House"
"The policeman went on the stand
and testified for your SON.
Ills Son Was Acquitted.
Yes"
And he was acquitted?"
Donohue said he got the money to
pay the policeman from his wife That
morning. u, -, .,vo tho officer 81 to
drink" asked Senator Bradley,
We'll, | saw him standing there. and
I'm built that way, that COULDN'T heip
giving him something"
The officer told you he would 40 whnt
he could for your SOM Mr.. ion asked;
80 help me God, he didn't. All he
said was that he didn't see my son s'ea'
Don9hue protested loudly tn hr h. d bim,
MIR. Nicoli did not c~ross.examine the
witness, and then Mrs. Augusta
Thurow was called. Chairman LeXow
Informed Mrs. Thurow that she would
be protected by the Committee In any
testimony she might give. A..
Mr.. Con stated. at this point, that NE
reports in the newspapers thai the VII
nesses who testified before the Commit
tee might be called to testify elsewhere,
was having a very disastrous, effect. In
other words, 1t was lntimidatins, them;
poena last Saturday had already left
the State, he said, and another witness
had stated that II he went or the stand
he would never know where 1t would
"well, don't see how we. are going
to control the papers," said Senator
II don't expect that" said MIR. Goff,
"but I simply state II as n fact tiIat we
are having great difficulty in securing
the attendance Of Witnesses"
Mr.. Nlcoll stated that Supt. Byines
n given his word hat witnesses would
not be harasscd and that they would not
be threatened with subpocnas fr0m any
other court.
Mrs. ThurOw's story.
In answer to questions. Mrs. 'Thurow
stated that she was a dressmaker and
lived since February. last at 60 East
Fourth street. Previously to that she
had lived at % Second avenue for nine
What vas the character of that
VI V y'"'p "''
straight. hut the last four. years |
could not get respectable people to take
rooms so l kept It as a house Of Ill
Mrs. Thurow went on to say that a few
weeks after she began to rent rooms to
girls che received a visit from the officer
On the post. 1t was Capt. McCu.lagh's
precinct. the Fourteenth.
'"The officer told me that he NOTICED
women coming In my place, ana mat
l must. stop 1t or there would be trouble
,y xxf,u a r'u xu TN rho Tnlrtptnth Pre-
cinct until after Capt. Cross raided me,
and then | was told must go dow.
and take a house in Broome street., II
/ wanted to 20 on In the business. But
l will tell about that later.
well. ~ was saying continued
the witness, "the policeman came to me
the, matter at once, ] asked him how
I should do It. and he said he wonld,
send Bissert around to see me. and l
could make arrangements Win MN;
Bissert was Capt. Mctul.agh's ~arq
He came to see me about n week
Afterwards. He seemed to be well IN
formed. although | never saw, him be.
fore. When he came In he told me that
II I would pay something / could let the
girls go on and do as they chose. ami
he would see me again In n month.
CouIdn't Afford More Than $40.
He came AROUND the end OF the
month, and | paid him $40. said ]
couldn't a 10 d TO pay him much more
because ! was not doing much business;
After tat he called every, month. and
l gave him $l2, $l3, SO ana once so.
Only four times In the four years l
didn't have any money for nm; ,r,
The money in bills. Sometimes / gave
him silver, but he preferred bills. be
clink. Bissert always came into my
house to get the money. 1t was given
to him by me and we were always alone.
My husband was never with me on any
of these occasions.
Then Mrs. Thurow went on to tell of
her experience when Capt. Doherty took
charge of the precinct.
"a new ward man came to see me
about a week after the new Captain
came In. / was expecting him, Tor !
had heard about others paying an initia-
price per month.
This ward mans name was Barney
Meehan. When he came to see me
told him / had no money to pay them
and put him off. He did not say any
thing about an initiation fee and went
away.
Raided by the Police.
1892. | was raided and l was arrested
with seven girls. We were taken to the
station, where the sa~loon-keeper on the
corner gave bail for us, and the next
morning, in the police court, 1 was put
under $500 bail and the girls were fined
$40 apiece.
Then | was tried before three Judges
at Special Sessions and fined S25."
that" asked Mr.. Con.
Not at once. i saw Ward Man Nee
han when l came out OF the court. and
/ asked him what | was TO do.
"'You must see the old man. he sale
to me-meaning Capt. Doherty,
II said / didn't know HIM and didn't
want TO, but Barney Meehan said
must. so | went to the station twice
II the second time l saw the Captain
In his private office.
Capt. Doherty Accused.
II told him what | wanted and he said
he could not attend to the business him
self. but he would send his ward man &c
see ms and l must do as he said. Nee,
han came around about n week after
election and we arranSed matters. II,
said S25 a month would be all right, and Il
| would pay that neither he nor l woult
han was transferred"
who came, 10 see you them"
"A dig man, whom l afterwards
learned was John Hook. was the new
ward man. He came in one day and hn,
II little book with n list OF names. IL,
asked me n l was Mrs, rhurow.
when j said / was he said the Cap
tain wanted to see me at the station.
went there the next day and took 81
with me. expecting to AVE 10 pay /