The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-10-25
LEXOW WITNESS ARRESTED.

1ExoW WITNESS ARRESTED.
 Looks Like Scheme to Prevent Her From Testifying.
 New York, Oct 24.-The Lexow com
 mittee adjourned this morning until 2 o'clock this afternoon. The reason
 given by MT. Golf for this move is that
 one of his witnesses, woman named
 Matilda Hermann, was arrested this
 morning as she stepped from a train in Jersey City. She was on her way to
 this city from Chicago. MT. Golf claims
 that it is a conspiracy.
 Several detectives employed by Mr.
 Golf, who accompanied the woman, were | also arrested on the charge of kidnap-
 ping. They were brought before po- lice justice in Jersey City and after
 hearing the cases the justice adjourned
 further hearing until late in the day.
 Just before the Lexow committee ad- JouiH MI. JUL Sdiu. say III lue
 hearing of one of the agents of this
 conspiracy that we expect to prove that
 this woman was given money to leave
 this city. I will also say that one hun dred women, keepers of disorderly
 houses in this city, are now living in
 Chicago waiting for this committee to adjourn"
 MT. Golf said in reply to a question by Chairman Lexow that the woman
 had come of her own free will from Chicago to New York and he could not | understand how charge of kidnap-
 ping could be made.
 l In Jersey City 1t was learned that the
 arrest was partly due to Senator Will
 liam Daley of New Jersey. The woman
 was desired to give testimony against
 the police of the fifteenth precinct of
 this city, to whom, 1t is alleged, she has paid large sums of money to be al-
 lowed to operate four alleged disorderly houses on West Fourth street, near Sixth avenue. Some months ago she was served with subpoenas to appear
 before the committee. Her sudden dis appearance resulted in MT. Goff's sus- pecting that some of the subpoena servers were in collision with the po- licemen under suspicion.
 Private Detective D. F. Wells was engaged to look her up. He found her at the Colonade hotel, Chicago. He en- deavored to induce her to return and testify before the committee. She re- fused. Wells communicated with Ser
 geant-at-Arms Thomas Kearney of the Lexow committee, and bogus telegram was sent to her with the information that her husband had broken his leg and was lying in a hospital in Hoboken in a critical condition. Mrs. Hermann lost no time in coming to her husbands s assistance. She arrived in the Penn sylvania railroad station at half-past seven o'clock this morning. Detective Wells was shadowing her.
 Near the stairway leading to Mont gomery street Sergeant-at-Arms. Kear- ney intercepted the woman. He asked her to consent to go with him to New York and subsequently, Detective Wells joined in the conversation. The woman became highly indignant and was ges- ticulating wildly when Senator Daley approached and told her he had been retained as her-counsel. Kearney and Wells wanted to compel the woman to go to New York, but Senator Daley re- monstrated and declared he would not permit her to be kidnapped" A lively war of words followed. Mrs. Hermann shouted in a loud voice that MT. Golf had telegraphed her, threatening to cause her indictment if she did not re- turn to New York, and that she had been inveigled to come east by her ene- mics. Such confusion was caused in the station that Policeman Boyle ar rested Sergeant-at-Arms Kearney, De- tective Wells and Mrs. Hermann, charg- ing them with disorderly conduct, and took his prisoners to police headquar- ters in Jersey City, Senator Daley bring ing up the rear.
 The prisoners were arraigned before Justice Potts for examination at half past eleven o'clock.
 To Chief of Police Murphy Mrs. Her mann made an, important statement. According to what the chief said the woman stated to him that she had paid $2O,O00 year for two years of protec- ton. Four police captains and some higher police officers were implicated by the woman, who would not give the names to Chief Murphy.
 { Justice Potts after hearing the tes- timony of Policeman Boyle and Senator Daley, discharged the prisoners. Mir Moss of the counsel of the senate com mittee, who was present, immediately thereafter, to insure the custody of the woman, asked that she be made a pris- oner on charge of criminal contempt of court and perjury committed in New York.
 Senator Daley made a vigorous protest against the further detention of Mrs. Hermann, but the court decided to com- init her for thirty days to await extra dltion papers Mrs. Hermann broke down, and 1t is likely that she will consent to go 10 New York.
 MT. Cor reappeared before the con-