The sun., 1894-12-06

police paid no attention to them. Tho girls he
said had told him that the police hod INSTRUCTED r
1 nfm 9 go ahead hs II would be a" right If they
Mr.. Gofr then called John Kreyer. who for
four years, beginning ia 1883, kept saloon at
Mr.. Moss-W,e found book which seems to
belong to you, Mr.. Kreyer.
The witness took the book which was handed
70 him, and said II was his saloon account book.
e9nsained itsn % for eyery month OF the four years
Q.-What DO those items mean Alt means
that l gave $50 month to Ward Man Mu-
The witness said he did not know what It was
for. His predecessor had told him II was the
custom. and he had followed it. lie said he
kept his saloon open on Sundays, as every one
else did.
MRS. LovATT's GRIEVANCE.
Next young Irish woman named Mrs. Mary
the witness stand. She testified with just pride
that her husband and three generations before
n,cs Sfs G2n In and dhT M she had heard
suit Miss Frenm. and had had n little experience
Of her own. woman. a fellow tenant the wo-
not three months in the country" had assaulted
the witness and her husband. blacked their four
She and her husband, with The marks of the
battle upon them, went to Justice Feitner for a
Tcns1 r sss, she% d sae ss ;ns
70 the witness 70 serve, The assallnnt
lawyer recommended by Silver Dollar Smith.
who never opened his mouth In court. Justice
Feitner, although the witness offered to show
him the bag OF hair which grew on her head
prior to the row, discharged her assailant. This.
however. did not seem to cause the witness so
much chagrin as the fact that the greenhorn
was admitted inside the rail In Justice Feitner's
court while her husi and, with two black eyes
and an American pedigree OF four degrees, was
kept outside.
AUGUSTINE f. CosTELLos STORY.
Then came Augustine Z. Costello. He said
that while he was in charge OF the Herdld's
Inn rfara httrs h..r load bs.
idea OF writing history of the police force from
the time OF the old Dutch Trading Companys
watches up to date. To give II an official char
endorse the publication. which should be sold by
subscription for the benefit of the Police Pension
Fund, at that time at very low ebb Tho Com
ment, and he proceeded with his work OF
compilation. For his time and labor he was to
receive twenty per cent. of the sales. The book
was published and was having fair success
when the Commissioners withdrew their official
support, and their action, being reported in the
papers, seriously !nterfered with the sale of the
book.
The witness. in answer to questions by Mr.
Moss. admitted that he believed the action of
the commissioners was prompted by the fact
that Superintendent Byrness book on the Grim
innls OF America was then in embryo. and that
the sale OF Mr.. CostellO's work would interfere
with that or Mr.. Byrnes. do not charge Mr.
Byrnes with this" said the witness. II have
known him long and well. and have always
found him agentleman in all our relations"
Mr.. Costello then thought that he would have
better success with n history on the same lines
mitted his plan to the Fire Commissioners.
posed to issue this new book Tor the benefit Of
the Firemsn's Relief Fund, and made salts
tiOn. which depended. however. upon the sale Of
the book. He secured from the Commissioners