The evening world., 1894-08-20
he Had Warned Mclaughlin Of
His Ward Mans Scheme
to Blaokmail.
ONLY A FEW MORE WITNESSES.
Weliman VIII Close Tomorrow,
and the Defense viii
Then Begin.

II was nearly IL O'Clock when the
Board Of Police Commissioners resumed
the round OIL trials Of police officers at
Headquarters to-day.
Mr.. Wellman's oficers brought exact
ly thirteen Of the most disreputable-
looking women to Police Headquarters,
and corralled them In one Of the ante
rooms till their turn should come to
appear as witnesses against Capts.
Devery or Cross. or Ward Men Glennon,
Smith or Burns. or all of them.
Prosecutor Weliman was full OF re-
Sboh lsurs him a0s she
that he Ii only rehashing the Testimony
cut out BY Mr.. Con and the Parkhurst
socisty for the Lexow Committee.
said Mr.. w Gilman. mo legal proof Of
guilt was given before the Lexow Com
s: TSs Foss Bd hs muss t es
have Succeeded thus iaf in scrroborat at.
t ae 9T1s wisnssSss In
.sini.atLn. tts broken eaptsiRs. BY ias
Jsney sehie.iuser. a sunny faced young
Jacket. was the first witness.
She testified first In the Devery-Glen-
She said that she was an inmate Of
Woifrs disorderly house. $50 Allen street.
aSsns Sae, RisyerySs AZ. 'S%%SW1s q the
hsr oa heF o the Her ho SrSher wanted
She said she knew 1t was Glennon be-
cause Wolff told her 30. but when she
tr,ed 70 Identify Glennon IN line with
wrong man, Patrolman John J. Nevins,
Of the Fourteenth Precinct. being select
49,. x.y-,n, , AZ,
corner house next door ran With wide
open doors during the eight months
Wolff,s in 1883, and ex Assemblyma
basement OF iso Allen street. gave an
other shrug when Miss schlosinger tes-
when any of u. girls were arrested
Phil Wissig went bail for U.S."
According to Mr.. osborne's statement
to an Evening World" reporter the ac-
ceptance Of Mrs. Thurow as a bPndswo.
was In command Of the Fourteenth Pre-
cinct was considered sufficient corrobora-
tive evidence Of the bribery charges
Mrs. Mary Lovett, in a gown Of black
boarding-ho at 1a Allen street for
eight years. ana . snat she was Witness
the house next door and Wolns. That
house is owned by Henry Hoffman. who
was = witness before the Lexow Com
Ferdinand Lovett. husband of the last
witness. corroborated her as TO the open
violation Of dseen!y at $50 Allen street
Then Jennie Thornton. a trifie more
presentable than the rest of the sister
| hood Of thirteen witnesses. came from
ths snssIGom n blazer SUIT Of gray
She came to corroborate Rose San
ford. widow and disorderly house keep
"I don't know anything about Capt.
| Devery or Cross or any one" protested
the dark-haired Miss Thornton, siren
uously, as she placed her hand on the
Are You afraid to testify?" asked Mr..
" 'oh. no! / Amt afraid"
Then In ss,t ia tsat ss. hs
house, "a Bayard street, all during, 1893
and till March. 1894, There were from
cept for a few weeks in, June, and July
the house was run openly and publicly.
Capt. Devery being absent. and ex-
ing his own presence. these witnesses
| were not cross-eXamined in their behalf.
| Their trials were temporarily sus-
The trial Of Capt. Adam A, Cross and
resumed temporarily. and Miss Thorne
| testified that the mouse ran openly
| from the time she became an inmate,
| Dec. 2, 1897, down TO Feb. %, 1893. when
Capt Cross was transferred and Capt
| Deyery took command.
| Charles A. Hess cross-examlned. Inc
| giTi, who 10 really an attractive, shrink
Ing little creature, told him that she was
| twenty two years old. and that her right
4 name was Annie Russell.
~ am married now, and live with my
husband at 20 Bayard street" said the
II York at .passementerie making.
| My husband Is sick"
hOh, / forgot to ask you when and
where you were married" said Mr.
"Wen, I'm no. really married. just
living with a man under his name-Rus-
sell"
Then Mr.. Hess drew out a confession
that she was arrested three months ago
for soliciting and sentenced 10 twenty
days on the Island by Justice Hogan
Calls This n Good Life.
-. An. a ycg. served your time like
Yes sir, did: but since July, wher
I took up with Russell, / have been q
good girl" said the witness.
Mrs. Thorns- Russell said she wal
the daughter OF respectable parents II
Paterson, N. j., TIL she ran away from
home, came 70 New York and entered
Mrs sanfords house. .